Toast mmmm…………..

Yes I have a toaster :) and it was so good to have my first slice of toast for brekkie :) :) Isn’t it amazing what one takes for granted.

It was pay day last week and we went and got a few more creature comforts. The first stop was IKEA…… nothing to get excited about one would think, but it was so good to walk into a shop that didn’t have cheap & gaudy (nasty) Indian or Pakistani gilded & bejewelled household goods on offer :) and the bonus was that is was set out the same as the Richmond IKEA but a lot cheaper.

For the grand sum of $460 Riyals ($130au approx) we got a halogen floor lamp (essential for me to knit & sew up baby items at night for our expected new addition to the family), a really good solid cutlery set, 2 dinner plates that fit more than a piece of bread on (Jesse actually almost broke into tears of joy at having a normal size serve on 1st use), an across the bath wooden rack for shampoos & soap etc, wooden soap dish, dish drainer, cutlery drainer, wooden chopping board plus the sheer joy of being able to walk around and see stuff you would buy.

 

Jesse was then on a mission to get a monitor so that he could get his own computer up & running. We found a really big 22” one and this is actually bigger than our tv :(  -  trouble being that we then required a transformer to get both lamp and computer working (lucky that things aren’t too expensive here)…….. the vagaries of Saudi living is that we have so many different types of power outlets in the apartment and usually nothing fits or works without either adding adapter or power board & now transformer. Our new digital clock is one of those weird Saudi type vagaries – you have to keep a close check on the time before going to bed as it either loses a couple of hours or gains a couple of hours (one would wonder how an electric digital clock could do this) and the end result was Jesse missed his bus on Saturday just gone which had him very stressed out (not).

Jesse is still so full of himself with his new title of DR. He shows me his emails and minutes of meetings all with this new & desired title of DR in front of his name – what can one say???? One can only shake one’s head & smile, followed by a bit of a chuckle. He almost has himself convinced that it is his divine right, his divine fate!!! Those who know him can imagine the delight he is taking in his newfound and unexpected promotion.

We have a new guy from the USofA in the compound and he is like us - usually on the nightly bus to the local Panda market to get bread etc just for the sake of getting out (Did I mention before that I am feeling rather like a Vampire – I only come outdoors at night). This guy is really amused at the words I use and am totally unaware that are different. He is always asking what did you call that? One is, I asked him what he did at the uni – I realised he didn’t know that word by the blank look given in reply, so I had to amend it to university. I then had to explain that Aussies will shorten a long word or lengthen a short one. Another was I was telling Jesse to put the shirts he had just picked up from getting ironed :) into our shopping trolley – this guy had never heard of that either – they call them carts!

Did I also mention that for the grand sum of $2 Riyal (55c approx) I get Jesse’s shirts ironed :) Yes I know, I am lazy – but the reality is I HATE IRONING, and I also do enjoy having my floors mopped & house cleaned without effort :) lol – Oh the hardship & trauma!!

Well I am still waiting for Jesse to download more pics for for me to add in as it makes the blog much more interesting to read with pics as a visual to give you all a better idea of what it is like. You will all have to email him or message him on facebook to get his A into G and download some pics for me :)……