Flooded with Excitement (HA!)

So - welcome to the new look!  Around this time of year (or so it seems), I get REALLY bored of the blog design and want to mix it up a bit.  I changed it last year in mid-December and with it being only ONE MONTH UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY, I figured it's basically December and a change-up at this point in time would be superb. 

My goal was to simplify things and keep it as low maintenance as possible - I don't want to be accountable for updating different pages or sidebars.  When they become old news or irrelevant, it irritates me and I just don't have the time to fix it.  Hence, the deletion of the pages toolbar.  I also worked on a new header this morning and I am especially pleased about the three little "pearls" on the right-hand side (one for each of us!).  Things are Plain Jane - just the way Phil likes it.  Just the way I've come to like it!  Time-savers are life-savers ;)  I hope it's semi-eye-pleasing for you too!

We are home from school today due to an African conference taking place in the country.  They anticipated extreme traffic, and with the traffic situation already being kind of an issue here, we were granted a HOLIDAY!  HOLLA!  That being said, I'm pretty sure we would have gotten the day off anyways due to "rainmageddon".  When we left school yesterday, it was POURING!  Some areas flooded - like cars drowning in water flooded - and some intersections/roads were shutdown.  Our beloved mall was also flooded and Phil and I had to have a serious conversation about leaving Kuwait completely if the mall was "done for".  Really - what would we do without it?!  (Please remember where we live, PEOPLE!)

This is NOTHING compared to others photos we have seen.  In some areas, cars were drowning in water!

Our curtains did clean-up!  (They must have been thirsty!)

Last night we braved the storm to pick-up some groceries.  We initially had plans of only picking up the basics....but that turned into a whole cart full of comfort food/OMG-what-if-it-legit-floods food.  I'm talking peanut butter cups, jars of peanut butter, and................."New Years Eve" type appetizers.  Hugely practical, right?   Thank goodness the storm didn't take over the streets completely.  We'd be DOOMED! Haha.  (But really popular because we'd have the treats you crave in times of crisis). 

Enjoying our snack and watching America's Next Top Model.  Could there be anything more relaxing?!  Haha.

This morning Nory decided to wake up at 4:30.  I think she's working on her other top front tooth and she hasn't been eating or sleeping too well the last few days.  Orajel and cold cloths have become our best friends, as they seem to maintain some sort of peace and happiness in the flat. 

Kumari came today so we could have a sleep-in.  As per usual, Phil was able to do it and I was wide-eyed and unable to get back to dreamland.  I made a tea and did arts and crafts instead.  Check out what I made for Nory: 

Her very own TEXTURE BOARD!  I didn't intend on creating a scene from my odds and ends, but somehow a garden was built in the wee morning hours.

I think she liked it.  Although she thought it should also be a "tasting" board.....

Other than artwork (yes, I call it that), blog stuff, and cleaning up, we have been playing with Nory and catching up on some tv shows.  Kumari went home around lunch time so we could have some IMMEDIATE-FAMILY-ONLY time on this rainy, rainy day. 

Two work days until the weekend!  I could get used to having ZERO five-day work-weeks EVER.....

MISSING ALL OF YOU!!!!