Hi Steve,
I have been reading a lot lately. I have a book club I go to once a month and a mother daughter one with Laila that's three months old now. But, I won't recommend any of the book club books of late (well Laila and I read To Kill a Mockingbird which I read so long ago that it seemed new and it was amazing).
I LOVE
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
One Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
Any of the Roald Dahl books that are for adults
Also, I'm reading books by David Sedaris now borrowed from a friend and they are hilarious.
Hope you had a great weekend everyone!
Lisa, Amman
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving
Hi everyone,
I hope you all had great celebrations on Thanksgiving. We had a nice dinner with Kristina and her family at her house. I don't remember the last time I DIDN'T make a turkey. It was nice to make side dishes and deserts instead. Tomorrow is back to school for a week and then the kids have off for the week of Eid. Then, back to school for a another week and 2.5 weeks off for Christmas. We don't have any plans to travel - my suggestion is to get in the car and see how far we can drive from Jordan before we get sick of driving. I think I'm the only one that likes that idea so far though. We'll see what happens.
I am thankful for:
1. The health of my family
2. The whole Leininger clan (you guys rock!)
3. Great books to read and the ability to read them
4. Girlfriends to share, laugh, cry and carouse with
5. The internet - living in Jordan without it would not be the same
Well kids need to get captured for bed :)
Much love,
Lisa
I hope you all had great celebrations on Thanksgiving. We had a nice dinner with Kristina and her family at her house. I don't remember the last time I DIDN'T make a turkey. It was nice to make side dishes and deserts instead. Tomorrow is back to school for a week and then the kids have off for the week of Eid. Then, back to school for a another week and 2.5 weeks off for Christmas. We don't have any plans to travel - my suggestion is to get in the car and see how far we can drive from Jordan before we get sick of driving. I think I'm the only one that likes that idea so far though. We'll see what happens.
I am thankful for:
1. The health of my family
2. The whole Leininger clan (you guys rock!)
3. Great books to read and the ability to read them
4. Girlfriends to share, laugh, cry and carouse with
5. The internet - living in Jordan without it would not be the same
Well kids need to get captured for bed :)
Much love,
Lisa
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Hi from Amman!
Hi there everyone,
Here are some photos we took of pretty leaves on our street and of our resident sheep. I sure miss living through Autumn in the States, but am happy that all the fruit trees change color here. Amer's dad got the sheep as a gift from someone who farms some land he owns in Kerak. There haven't been any crops for the last two years because of drought (thus not payment) so he gave him the lamb and he brought it here. He's pretty tame now, but really likes to eat the best of our plants so we usually tie him to a tree. I'm not sure how long he'll be here before he makes it to the dinner table. He needs to be at least 6months before they do the deed.
I'm happy about teaching spin class two days a week and taking Arabic with Kristina two days as well. I finished an ESL teaching certification course online but haven't looked very hard for an ESL job yet. Something was available at a college here, but it was in the evenings which isn't good timing for me. Maybe I'll tutor some folks in the future.
The kids are both well. Laila likes track and AJ has soccer practice or games 5 days a week which he loves.
It's so cool to read what you guys are all doing. Miles, what an undertaking - it sounds scary and amazing at the same time. I wish I could come for Thanksgiving! Have a great time everyone. I'm also envious of Mom being able to see Ken and Gladys who I haven't seen in too long.
We will go to my friend Kristina's house for Thanksgiving. Their family came here last year...maybe a tradition starting I hope. I have two good friends leaving Jordan soon and I sure hope Kristina stays around. She lives very close and our children are in the same school which makes helping eachother out easy.
Well I'm going to sew a patch on AJ's PE shirt now. Have a fun week!
Love,
Lisa, Amman
Here are some photos we took of pretty leaves on our street and of our resident sheep. I sure miss living through Autumn in the States, but am happy that all the fruit trees change color here. Amer's dad got the sheep as a gift from someone who farms some land he owns in Kerak. There haven't been any crops for the last two years because of drought (thus not payment) so he gave him the lamb and he brought it here. He's pretty tame now, but really likes to eat the best of our plants so we usually tie him to a tree. I'm not sure how long he'll be here before he makes it to the dinner table. He needs to be at least 6months before they do the deed.
I'm happy about teaching spin class two days a week and taking Arabic with Kristina two days as well. I finished an ESL teaching certification course online but haven't looked very hard for an ESL job yet. Something was available at a college here, but it was in the evenings which isn't good timing for me. Maybe I'll tutor some folks in the future.
The kids are both well. Laila likes track and AJ has soccer practice or games 5 days a week which he loves.
It's so cool to read what you guys are all doing. Miles, what an undertaking - it sounds scary and amazing at the same time. I wish I could come for Thanksgiving! Have a great time everyone. I'm also envious of Mom being able to see Ken and Gladys who I haven't seen in too long.
We will go to my friend Kristina's house for Thanksgiving. Their family came here last year...maybe a tradition starting I hope. I have two good friends leaving Jordan soon and I sure hope Kristina stays around. She lives very close and our children are in the same school which makes helping eachother out easy.
Well I'm going to sew a patch on AJ's PE shirt now. Have a fun week!
Love,
Lisa, Amman
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Great Wall
Here's a picture of the Great Wall. We had a nice cool day which was really lucky. We took cable cars to the top from the parking lot and then a slow roller coaster type ride down again. Touristy I know!
Hi Everyone
Hi All,
Well this is just great, I love this idea and thank you Karl for setting it up for us. Well we are enjoying a week of vacation here in Amman. Ramadan ended on Monday and the kids have off until Sunday. We had some visitors yesterday which was nice. That's the traditional thing people do after Ramdan - visit eachother and say happy Eid. The kids will be back on a regular school schedule now which will be nice for everyone. They were getting out early for the whole month of Ramdan. AJ moved to Laila's school this year and it has gone fairly well. One of his good friends from his old school is in his class and that helps a lot. He's never had homework before so that is the biggest change. He's supposed to write down the assignments in a homework book and that seems to be a big challenge for him. We realized that he hadn't been doing homework for the first three weeks of school! Hopefully it will all fall into place soon. Speaking of fall :) , we've had some nice cool weather and even some rain this past week. It sure is nice to see clouds and put on a sweater. I'm sure it will warm up again but it's nice to get a taste of what is to come in the winter. I put a picture of us in China on the blog but need to figure out how to put it with my post. More later and lots of love to you all,
Lisa, Amman
Well this is just great, I love this idea and thank you Karl for setting it up for us. Well we are enjoying a week of vacation here in Amman. Ramadan ended on Monday and the kids have off until Sunday. We had some visitors yesterday which was nice. That's the traditional thing people do after Ramdan - visit eachother and say happy Eid. The kids will be back on a regular school schedule now which will be nice for everyone. They were getting out early for the whole month of Ramdan. AJ moved to Laila's school this year and it has gone fairly well. One of his good friends from his old school is in his class and that helps a lot. He's never had homework before so that is the biggest change. He's supposed to write down the assignments in a homework book and that seems to be a big challenge for him. We realized that he hadn't been doing homework for the first three weeks of school! Hopefully it will all fall into place soon. Speaking of fall :) , we've had some nice cool weather and even some rain this past week. It sure is nice to see clouds and put on a sweater. I'm sure it will warm up again but it's nice to get a taste of what is to come in the winter. I put a picture of us in China on the blog but need to figure out how to put it with my post. More later and lots of love to you all,
Lisa, Amman
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