Lessons learned even though I am not in high school

My apologies on my absence.
Did the principal not send a substitute blogger?
Oh man....
That's right, this is not high school.

Goats tromping down my street....

I've been busy packing our home of 8 years in order to come back to America. And I have been learning many a lesson in the season of uncertainty.


1. I hate dust and dirt. Every piece of furniture we sell reveals an empty footprint on the floor. I run right over and sweep up the months, or in some cases, years of dirt that had been hidden. I can't stand it!

2. One family's trash is another one's treasure. Case in point--my folding kitchen table was low on my "cool furniture to sell list" but one lady with a very small efficiency apartment had been praying to find one like it.

3. Trash bags can get heavy really fast when cleaning out drawers.
             3a. our dumpster is farther away than it looks
             3b. there is nearly always a cat or two inside the dumpster
                    i.    cats jump out when you throw stuff inside. beware!!

4.  The Amman hills, breeze, and smelly sheep all are sweeter than they were last month, since I know that I am leaving soon.
              4a. friends, too, but not in this order necessarily.

5. I improvise for many things with plastic gladware/tupperware that once was only relegated for food. Now for anything---holding keys, mail, money and even serving macaroni! Multipurpose has a true meaning

6. God still meets me for my personal quiet time, even though my couch is gone. I can sit anywhere.

7. All a person really needs is one coffee cup, washed over and over again.

8. I was overly dependent on my electronic devices for happiness. When I sold my iPhone, I was out of sorts for nearly a week. How can I praise God without listening to music from my phone in the mornings? Uh oh. Lesson learned.
             8a. I won't elaborate on when my computer broke and I couldn't email. That threw me down    another notch.
             8b. Trey's PS3 broke and we realized we were certainly learning much about living simply

                     ***putting in a good word for old fashioned pen and paper and CDs. maybe hymnals and guitars, too. ....They don't break as easily as computers do.

9. God will provide for us, over and over again--as sure as the sun rises, and it does every day. Right after the mosque calls the neighborhood to pray before sunrise at 430 am.

10. I am richer than I ever imagined I could be, especially after resigning from a great job in eye care and selling a custom home in a secluded neighborhood off the Brazos river in 2004. Rich in love and experience and things money could never buy. I am so thankful....

More later friends--

This blogger has to get off the borrowed computer and get to bed (aka mattress on the floor)

Every day has lessons to learn. Even if we aren't in high school.