Juicer

In honor of our four-year anniversary, Kail and I bought a juicer. Romantic, right? I actually think it’s a clever gift, blending “traditional” idea of fruit with the “modern” idea of appliances (according to Hallmark).

Project Life: Afghanistan | Completed

Our first shipment arrived a couple weeks ago– our HHE from Afghanistan, which included not only essentials such as our coffee maker and other kitchen implements but our printer and my scrapbooking supplies! After unpacking, my first task was to complete my Project Life: Afghanistan scrapbook.

Goodbye, Afghanistan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U3o6X2rR-IIt’s been real. Peace out.

Packout: Afghanistan Edition

Fourteen boxes and 1,163 pounds later, we are packed and ready to leave Kabul. Getting organized for this packout was not as complex as previous ones, since we basically only have one shipment (HHE) going from Kabul to Amman. (Plus our four suitcases which we’ll live out of during these last few days in Kabul,

Wordless Wednesday: Shopping

Disney Spinning Playlist

One of my friends who regularly attends my Thursday morning spin class suggested I put together a playlist consisting solely of songs from Disney movies. At first I was skeptical, because I didn’t think it would be possible to find an hour’s worth of Disney songs appropriate for a workout.

Seventy-Five Percent

Not quite time to start packing out, but a girl can dream, right?We are three-quarters of the way through our tour in Afghanistan. Nine months down, three to go. It’s already time to start thinking about the transfer process, readying for yet another packout, move and, of course, job-hunting.

Spanish Friday: El Reto del Ciclismo

Today is Spanish Friday: Blog post in Spanish; English translation below.El fin de semana pasado tuvimos un reto del ciclismo: andar en bicicleta por cuatro horas, y hacer 100 millas. Cualquier persona que cumplió todo recibirá una camiseta.Las camisetas.

Spanish Friday: Son Las Cosas Pequeñas

Today is Spanish Friday: Blog post in Spanish; English translation below.Una de mis metas para 2015 es continuar de escribir tres cosas positivas por día. Entonces yo quería compartir unos ejemplos de estas cosas pequeñitas que me ayudan sobrevivir mi pena tiempo aquí.Un rompecabezas.

House Tour | Before & After: Kabul

Our living room.Better late than never, right? So I had intended to post a “before and after” tour of our Kabul home — like I did for our apartment in San Salvador — much earlier. Like, before we reached the halfway point of our tour.