Marhaba,
Well I have been in the new place a full month now and Guess what? They still do not have the lift working, so I have to trudge up the stairs daily. They have been working on the elevator though, very, very slowly. Actually, the stairs are not all that bad unless I go shopping and have a ton of groceries to get up the stairs, and it is good exercise. This week I was totally bored so I roasted a chicken in my little "easy bake " oven, and I must say it was delicious. Then still being bored, I bought some whole wheat flour while shopping and started baking bread and it turned out "not too bad" for a first attempt at whole wheat bread. I will modify my recipe some to get a better taste.
I really need to get back into using the Wii for exercise, I still play Tiger Woods golf and have been using my dumb bell weights plus the stair climbing, so I don't feel TOO bad about the Wii. I may bowl a few games when I get home today.
The weather here is pretty hot, but I guess I am used to it this year as I don't seem to mind the heat at all now. The main thing is to stay hydrated and not be in the direct sun for too long. Mostly though, I stay in doors at home or at work or at the mall when I go shopping and the car has an excellent A/C unit.
My girls sent me season 5 of Stargate SG-1 on DVD for fathers day, so I have been watching a few episodes daily in the afternoon. Also I have found some Arabic language pod casts and have been listening to them trying to add a few new words to my vocabulary.
Well folks, that's about all I can think of for now so I will say Ma'Assalama.
Mike
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
1 June 2009
Marhaba!
Today is the first of June and I am officially moved into my new flat (although I actually moved in a week ago). I love this new place. I finally got the Orbit satellite people to come by and install the sat dish I bought and now I have all my channels, even some I was not aware I should be getting. I will need to get a dual LNB for when Ashleigh and Kim get here so I can run another drop to another room. I have another Sat box but it is not smart card compatible so it only gets the FTA signals ( free to air) and those are mostly Arabic language. So, I will most likely buy a new smart card capable box and that way I will be able to swap the smart card if I need too. I will also check to see if I can get another smart card for a "reasonable" price, but that I doubt.
Today is a bit dusty, the wind has been blowing and the dust is in the air though the weather reports call it hazy. Today will be a good test of how well the windows in this flat seal out the dust. The previous flats' windows were not much better than screen doors when it came to blocking the dust out, so this is a test. So far, so good.
I need to shop for some new furniture for one of the bedrooms, and I want to get a sewing table for Kim for when she gets over here. Maybe I will check the Friday souk, but maybe not. That place is a zoo, I think I would rather pay extra not to deal with that.
I am supposed to have an electrician stop by and check the circuit in the spare bedroom, in fact he was supposed to stop back yesterday but he was a no show. So I will wait again for him to show today. A good thing it is in the spare room and I have nothing better to do right now except finishing the laundry I started.
Well, I just finished making (and eating) a tuna salad sandwich on whole wheat with lettuce, tomato and low fat cheese, and am currently watching the Today Show that comes on in the afternoon here from 2 pm until 6 pm. I really enjoy watching the show because it is live and keeps me in touch with stateside news and weather, plus it is very entertaining.
Time to go for now. TTYL
Ma'assalama
Mike
Today is the first of June and I am officially moved into my new flat (although I actually moved in a week ago). I love this new place. I finally got the Orbit satellite people to come by and install the sat dish I bought and now I have all my channels, even some I was not aware I should be getting. I will need to get a dual LNB for when Ashleigh and Kim get here so I can run another drop to another room. I have another Sat box but it is not smart card compatible so it only gets the FTA signals ( free to air) and those are mostly Arabic language. So, I will most likely buy a new smart card capable box and that way I will be able to swap the smart card if I need too. I will also check to see if I can get another smart card for a "reasonable" price, but that I doubt.
Today is a bit dusty, the wind has been blowing and the dust is in the air though the weather reports call it hazy. Today will be a good test of how well the windows in this flat seal out the dust. The previous flats' windows were not much better than screen doors when it came to blocking the dust out, so this is a test. So far, so good.
I need to shop for some new furniture for one of the bedrooms, and I want to get a sewing table for Kim for when she gets over here. Maybe I will check the Friday souk, but maybe not. That place is a zoo, I think I would rather pay extra not to deal with that.
I am supposed to have an electrician stop by and check the circuit in the spare bedroom, in fact he was supposed to stop back yesterday but he was a no show. So I will wait again for him to show today. A good thing it is in the spare room and I have nothing better to do right now except finishing the laundry I started.
Well, I just finished making (and eating) a tuna salad sandwich on whole wheat with lettuce, tomato and low fat cheese, and am currently watching the Today Show that comes on in the afternoon here from 2 pm until 6 pm. I really enjoy watching the show because it is live and keeps me in touch with stateside news and weather, plus it is very entertaining.
Time to go for now. TTYL
Ma'assalama
Mike
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