We Are Off To Africa!

The time has come to take the plunge and see if we can make this possible assignment in Africa work! Our flight will be leaving soon and we will have about a week to see if we can live in Angola. As this blog was mostly connected to adoptions in Moscow I think I will start a new one. Blogging is still a bit new to me and I think that our blog is connected to this one. Maybe I just have two blogs now on one site and you have to log on the original one to get to the Angola one. At any rate, those that read blogs are experts at this and if interested in our next adventure I am sure you will find the link. I will try to sort out a direct link to the new blog. Can you tell I am over my head at this point on blogging!


Paka!

Lemons into Lemondade

It appears that our trip to Angola is going to be delayed as our passports were not delivered today by UPS. The frustrating thing about it is the passports made it to Montgomery but not on the truck for delivery, and to top that the local office is not open to the public on Saturday for pickup. So we canceled flights and hotels and now must work on rebooking the flight to Angola which does not fly everyday. Oh well...this is where we maintain a high degree of flexibility.

The good news is that we got to spend the day with Ashley in Auburn. Ron and Ash worked on a plumbing problem in the trailer while I took the paintings we had done in Moscow to Hobby Lobby for framing. Then we decided to take in a movie. We chose the movie because the starting time meshed with our schedules for the evening. Gotta take advantage of anytime we can get considering Ashley's clinical rotations. Loved the movie - Tyler Perry The Family That Preys with Kathy Bates.

I think we turned our Lemon of the day (passports not being delivered) into Lemonade (time with our our daughter)!

Life in Alabama

WELL!!! People have asked me in the past if I thought I would ever be happy living in Alabama after some of our past postings. It is nice to go out to eat here in the states, get sweet tea with free refills, and not have to float a small loan for the meal out! It is nice to be able to get in the car and head to Walmart without making arrangements for the car. It's great to go into a grocery store and be able to read labels. Loved our apartment in Moscow, but it's nice to be here in Alabama where we can be outside more. It's really fun to go and enjoy a movie at the theatre instead of watching the dvds from Ismalova. BTW I loved Mama Mia!

Ron is busy trying to get Visas sorted for our recee trip, medicals lined up so we can start the malaria prevention meds, and checking in with the office. We have also been enjoying some great family time and had over 25 people here for a Labor Day Cookout. The chance to spend extra time with family is a definite plus to being stateside!!!



Ashley's three legged dog checking out the neighbor's horses. Poor dog, as to him the temptation to chase those horses would be like me passing up Blue Bell ice cream!

We are currently waiting for our passports to return with our Visas for Angola in order to travel next week for our recee trip. We are going with an open mind and expecting the worse so anything positive with be a nice surprise. Who knows it could turn out to be a fascinating place like Russia! Just for giggles I added a poll at the bottom of this blog to see who would accept a posting in Angola. Please vote!



Farmer Ron in his "do rag!" Never thought I would see this but Ron claims they work great!

Next post will probably be sometime late September after our recee trip.

Paka!

Dinia and Ron