Good morning everyone!! rise and shine! Today i have to catch up on cleaning now in the morning, but later this afternoon, going to spend time in the park. Yesterday was my son's 17th birthday!! where does the time go???? I had him when i was 5 .

Anyway, have a great day all

Hugs,

Ayesha

Two man scramble in a couple of hours. Claudeth is going to be the caddie

Morning everyone!

I took the kitties this morning to get fixed. Gotta pick them up at 5.

So I'll be spending the day distracting myself by studying. Two weeks to go till my next big exam! YIKES!

Teach her to swing and you can have a threesome.

Good morning everybody! I am so far having a great day. Hope you all have a good one too!

Jackie
awww give your kitties a little extra lovin tonight.

Good morning everyone!! I'm off to go get my hair done, I just love being pampered! I have to maintain and live up to my nick name my husband calls me (his barbie) Oh and Tammy if you stumble upon this topic I would love to talk to you soon!! I know you have been busy getting things ready for Ibraheem but I miss you sis!! Take care everyone and have a great weekend.

Happy Saturday Everyone!

I'm putting together a round of new pictures to send my SO He's been working 18hr days over there in Egypt and needs a little pickup

Anyone got some good chicken recepies? I'm running out of ideas and I still have a bunch of chicken in my freezer

Good idea

Moroccan "Fried" Chicken:

1 small to medium onion
3 cloves garlic
water
1-2tsp each of saffron, parsley, pepper, ginger, salt
1/2 tsp cumin
inside of one preserved lemon
whole chicken
vegetable oil

Chop onion and garlic and blend together in a food processor. When blended add to a large cooking pot. Mix spices the inside of the preseved lemon and a little oil together in a bowl to form a paste. Rub this all over the chicken until fully coated. In the large pan with onions, add the chicken, and cover with water until chicken is almost submerged. Turn on high until boiling then reduce to medium. Let cook until cooked through but not falling apart (about 45 minutes). Once done remove the chicken and place in a collander - allow it to drain until chicken is totally dry. Meanwhile leave the liquid on the stove to reduce to a sauce. You can add some olives to the sauce if you like. When chicken is totally dry, heat up a frying pan with enough oil to fry (1/2 inch). Place chicken in hot oil breast side down first. Fry all sides of the chicken. Once it is crispy, remove and place on a clean plate. Warm up sauce and pour around the chicken (not on top!) - You can also sliver the remaining piece of the preserved lemon and place it on top of the chicken.


Happy Saturday - Got a new book today and have a load of homework to do..Youssef is working until 5 so probably won't get much studying done until he gets home. Lasagna tonight with garlic bread, a big salad and something for dessert (haven't decided yet).

Good morning everyone! I woke up early for some reason this morning and I've already cleaned the hardwood floors and did a load of laundry. The kids are wanting belgium waffles for breakfast so I have to did out the waffle maker! I'm off later to look for office furniture for the new clinic! The workers painter Thursday and today the carpet goes in. Things are really moving fast now! We have the new office number now so my business partner and I rotote having calls forwarded to us until the clinic opens. Seems we're going to be busy from the start which is awesome! Tonight the kids and I are carving pumpkins so I'm sure my husband will look at us very strange and say "tell me again WHY do you do this?"

Have a great day everyone!

We have a pumpkin that my youngest carved last night at Girl Scouts. His name is Fred. Fred smelled the car up last night 'cause he was in the back seat while we went to get dinner. lol. Fred has eyebrows.

We're off to the big bad mall to get hats, scarves, mittens and winter coats. Winter coats. It's going to be 78 degrees outside and it's mid October.


I'm gonna need a large tripple shot latte on our way there.

want..........to.........play.......a game?

A triple shot sounds good about now. I bought gloves yesterday, one pair black and one in brown. It is still nice in the midwest but I have seen snow before on Halloween. One of the joys of Chicago, we have 4 distinct seasons, sometimes all in one day.

The new clinic sounds like it is coming along nicely.

Now I got that Barbie song stuck in my head......'I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world....'

Jackie

Goodmorning All!
Hummmmm! My husband must still be sleeping he didn't wake me up today. I'm all ready to go to work, Saturday is our busy day at the tattoo shop And I'm sure the guys I work with will be all wond up. Oh well makes the day go faster. 33 more days till I leave to Egypt and see my baby!!!!!! I'm so excited!!! Have a GREAT DAY VJ's

good morning everyone! beautiful day here in southern california... only wish i didn't have to go to work all afternoon/night! but its my 'friday' and i can plan our next move all day tomorrow and monday...

It's cold and wet outside and I have more music video to shoot today. I just pray that I get all the shots I need for editing today.

I am at the cafe sipping on the special of the day "A carmel apple latte". Holiday spirit.

Happy Saturday everyone!

I just got home from another golf tournament and our team won! I'm off to do some shopping at Sur La Table then I'll probably go make some dinner. Have a good day everyone!

Well I survived Hollister and we brought home three slices of cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. The oldest got plain with strawberries, youngest got chocolate mousse and I got key lime. YUM.

WTG Sarah! You and Jas are kicking golf butt.

I am at my desk designing a tile backslash. Try saying this 3 times fast.......glass tile backsplash..I dare you

Jackie

sur la table is a dangerous, dangerous place for me

Me too. I could stay in there all day! Thanks God I had a gift certificate.

Ok..... everyone is too busy to post today.. I guess I will try to kill some time by posting new pics for you guys. I tried to post them in the gallery with my other pics, but apparently, I have reached my hosting limit...... only 1024 bytes..... that bites!!

We went to the theme park yesterday and had a good time. It was like our anniversary because we went there in November last year (right after I got here). It was a nice and sunny day, but it wasn't too hot. We saw the dolphins & rode some rides & I got henna put on my hands. Just like last year!!


Taken on the first trip to Magic Land , NOV 2006.
This is a picture of a picture, so it looks rough. But, if you look closely, you will see Mina is all tensed up & scared out of his wits. He told me that he didn't want to disappoint me by refusing to take the picture with me on my 2nd day in Egypt..... he didn't want to look like a chicken!


Taken yesterday
Funny clown & the crowd at the water show


Well-trained sea lion ... I think that's what they are called ( in Egypt, they call them sea dogs?!?!? )


Sooo cute!


Mina's tormentors!!!


Surf's up!! I sooo want to do this one day!


Us on the Nile at night...


Us at the Pharonic Village.... a different look for me... blow dried hair..

Great Pic's Monnik I'm going to Egypt very soon and would like to know where is Magic Land and Pharonic Village? Looks like fun. And Medo and I are looking for something diffrent to do.

Nice pictures monnik! It looks like you guys had a good time.

Wow! That is awesome Monnik!

Love those pix!

I'm so heading home.

Olivia

Thanks Sarah, Olivia, & Cheryl.

Dream Park & Magic Land are 2 parks located on the same road in Egypt. It is called Oasis Road (Shaar3 El Wa7a) and it is between 2 highways; Alexandria/Cairo Highway & Fayoum Highway. It is in Cairo; near 6th of October City. I hope you and Medo can find it.

Dream Park is a little bigger and more like an amusement park, while Magic Land has the dolphins and it is inside the City of Media Production.
Dream Park Pics & Such

Egyptian Media Production City (Magic Land)


The Pharonic Village is on a road called Ba7r El Azam (Greatest Sea Road). It is in Giza, on the west bank of the Nile.

Pharaonic Village

Has anyone heard from wateriswide??? I think she was supposed to arrive here today or yesterday...... give us an update somebody!!