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You’re never too old for….
Plastacin. That's the name that has been given to the Playdoh the staff worked on making from scratch at the Centre. We're working hard to keep costs down and to maximize materials for the kids. Megan got the project started, and she quickly had the attention of...
Mission: Denied.
Last week Ian got to leave mid day for a meeting in Nairobi and then hopefully to pick up Megan from the airport. Since her plane was delayed, so was he, and he just hadto spend the night in Nairobi at the home of friends. He called me that night to check in on...
And this would be?
So on Friday after the program let out I took Megan in to the Makongeni market with me to do a little veggie shopping. She had been to the market previously with Ian, but on an off day...one with very few vendors and a crazy man screaming at them that they didn't...
Free gift with purchase
Or perhaps better titled, "Things That are Not Safe for Children: Part 3" Ian picked up some diapers for Lucy the other evening at the store as she has still is holding out from being a "big girl". She is something. This girl bargains. She tells me, "When all...
Karibu Megan!
In about October or November last year we found out that a fellow Portlander, Megan Steele, would be joining us here in Kenya. We met for dinner a few times in December and beyond, got to know one another (and our kids), and all made our predictions about our...
Perspective
There are things daily that frustrate us. Computers, waylaid plans, people who don't do what we expect or want, whinning kids. I was just reminded of what is truly important though.....not by anything an particular, but just one of those moments, probably the...
One stop shopping
This is a short post, but I had to share my horror or perhaps laughter??? My house help Esther asked if we could stop on the way to her house at the dentist so she could get some medicine for her son who just had a tooth extracted. I waited in the car while she ran...
HP Computer: 2 Ian and Anne: 0
If you've been reading this blog for awhile, you'll remember that we had to buy a new laptop in March, and then immediately had problems with it. If you can't remember, here's a refresher: ...
We’ve Got Mail!
One of my small pleasures in life has always been checking the mail. I don't know what it is. It doesn't really matter what the mail is, even bills are a thrill to receive. Ian has learned this about me and happily leaves the mail for me to collect every day. I...
WWF isn’t real???
This last week Ian had an interesting conversation with a Kenyan man who will renamed nameless in order to protect the innocent (quite literally). The conversation started out with a discussion of movies and the man asking Ian, "Why do they all hurt each other like...