by AmeenaBlogArchive | Nov 9, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Thoughts, Travel
Anne and I play dumb games with each other all the time. Take little bets, try to predict things, or guess things in advance just to entertain ourselves. Since coming here we’ve taken to guessing what causes traffic jams, that we get stuck in pretty much...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Nov 2, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Uncategorized
I’ve never been real keen on the idea of Halloween….except that I love the whole costume and candy part. Around the first part of October, we received an email from the Embassy warden, who is basically an American in our area of Kenya assigned to keep...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Oct 24, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kids
That’s the phrase a Kenyan will say to us if they haven’t seen us in a while. It’s kind of cute. I usually hear it from Godfrey, the guard at the gate to the Del Monte plantation that surrounds Eli’s school if I’ve been using a...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 23, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya
We were invited to a party. We found out when we arrived that it was to benefit the Rotary Club of Thika. And that it cost money. Ooops. Thankfully, I had the exact amount of the entrance fee (to cover the awesome dinner) in my wallet. Here are some pics of the...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 12, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
Well, it has been a crazy week. Getting the guest apartment ready. We have named it the ‘tree house”. For the flame trees. I think it’s a catchy name, and we’ve always named all of the houses we live in…usually by the address, but...
