Of camels, sand and communication

Greetings; so sorry it's been so long since I have posted. Things have been very busy for me, but some things these days have been running slower than is normal. We've had some massive sand storms in the region over the past 48 hours. We make a mad dash for the car and then swish water in our mouthes to help get rid of the grit. Shawls are a welcome addition to the outside clothes right now. And...found an interesting news story:

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/01/repair-ships-head-to-damaged-telecom-cables-as-web-service-slowly-returns/

Work has been humming along. The husband's 'blackburp' has been buzzing constantly today - good for business, bad for a day off. He's been adding a third brakelight to my vehicle of choice and rotating my tires. I love my vehicle! And, love the husband!

My work has been extra rewarding lately. I've been able to use some of my skills/knowledge from my first round of university. Great fun. What I've been up to is a touch out of the norm for someone in my job position, but the extra flexing of my gray matter sure has been a joyous thing.

Again, it was so nice having my mum here! And, now that there are lots of sales in many stores in the large cities, I wish my shopping buddy was still here! I really need a new pair of shoes for work. My old brown ones are looking at bit rough.

Munchkin #2 is playing at a neighbors at the moment. She turned her wheeled cart into a rolling Barbie/Fulla/Sara transport. She's got boxes taped to the side for holding the little plastic hamsters. The whole set-up is then rolled back and forth between her room and the neighbor's.

Munchkin #1 is watching a bit 'o TV after finishing up a book report for school. He had to create a biography/book on someone from history. He was having a bit of trouble figuring out how to 'bind' it, so I helped. I just hope I didn't help too much. I'm very sensitive to the fact that kids need to do their own work - not turn in mum's and dad's work.

I've been doing a bit of extra reading lately. I've been working my way through a fictional series (3 books) by Marek Halter. Truly entertaining stuff. Just picked up a 'book of wisdom' written by a former headmaster from Sidwell Friends School Day School, and a biography on Galileo by Michael White. I'm finally finishing up a 'history' book by Ruth A. Tucker and Walter Liefeld. It's been a bit of a cumbersome read but worth the knowledge gained. I was the VERY grateful receipient of some book store gifts cards for Christmas and my birthday from some of my co-workers. I've been putting the cards to good use!

The spellchecker is not functioning, so my apologies if there are any gross errors. And isn't the baby camel up above cute?
Peace be upon you.