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Baby Shower at Jamil’s House
My sweet dear friend Jamil, my SIL- Patricia, my sister-Melinda, and my MIL-Mary hosted a baby shower for Baby Girl El yesterday. It was such a special day. Every detail was thought of. The theme was being a girl and… Continue reading
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One project down….
This is the front of our house now! Here are Bakri and Moustapha in front of the house with only a few more bricks to go up! So, the brickwork on the front of the house was completed on Friday.… Continue reading
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Brick by Brick
Well, we are nearly finished with the brick work on the front half of our house. Here are a couple a pictures as it is going up. This is the second time the brick has gone up…the first crew couldn’t… Continue reading
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Surgery Thursday
Well, we had not so good news at the Plastic Surgeon today. It turns out Moustapha’s injury (crush-avulsion injury with ischemia) will require soft tissue replacement surgery. This is something that must take place within 10 days of the injury.… Continue reading
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Our First Dinner Party
So, now that we have running water in our kitchen sink and one countertop, we can use our kitchen. Still in a limited basis, but we can use it none-the-less. Thursday night, Michael and Patricia came by to bring us… Continue reading
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Our Labor Day Weekend Trip to the ER
We started off the day with a new crew of brick layers…the first ones couldn’t keep the brick in a straight line. We had communication issues with them. We kept talking about lining up the bricks straight with the existing… Continue reading
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Waiting for Baby
WOW! I am so very exhausted right now! I can barely keep my eyes open. Things are moving along at home…so far we’ve had these things done this week: 1. we have a working faucet and running water in our… Continue reading
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She’s a Brick House….
We really did and do love our house. When we bought it we saw so much potential and a few reddish colored flags. But, we moved forward. And still believe this was the best decision, ultimately for our family. For… Continue reading
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Hooray for RUNNING WATER!
Our countertop finally arrived on Friday (four days after our expected day.) We finally had a break from the rain and the marble fabricator was able to come over with his crew of FIVE people! This picture shows them thinking… Continue reading