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Chocolate: Day 8 #blogflash2013

English: A selection of Kit Kat types, from le...
English: A selection of Kit Kat types, from left: Kit Kat Pop Choc (UK), Kit Kats (US), and a Big Kat (US). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In the first few weeks of my husband wooing me, on my desk every morning I would find a Kit-Kat bar and a can of Coke. Later that year, I saw a photo of myself. The butt on the woman in the photo was not one I recognized. My mind’s eye hadn’t caught up with reality. The sedentary lifestyle of the desert and my slowing metabolism eradicated the vestiges of the Gandhian thin, ninety-nine pound, size zero wearing teenager who sailed through college and graduate school without exercise.

 

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Day Seven #blogflash2013: Nature

The Great Comet of 2011
The Great Comet of 2011 (Photo credit: lrargerich)

I am a city girl. There’s no doubt about. If you say camping to me, my first thoughts are about bathrooms. Luckily my husband hates bugs more than I hate squatting, so the Great Outdoors rarely beckon to us.

Seven years in the desert, however, have given me an appreciation for foliage and trees I otherwise would have never developed.

I’ve relished the cooler months (since November). Today at the park was no exception. The breeze in the shade was glorious.

 

 

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Day Six: Island, #blogflash2013

Soviet Arabia
Soviet Arabia (Photo credit: jczart)

 

Since 2005, I’ve lived on a quasi-island otherwise found in the dictionary under the category of peninsula. Surrounded by water on three sides, perched on the top of the Arabian Peninsula, sharing a border with Saudi Arabia, Qatar has been our home for over seven years.

The population has grown in the last few years and with this has come more entertainment options including the opening of the Swiss brand Ikea (tomorrow). Yes, when you live on a peninsula and more or less fly to most destinations, the arrival of Ikea is a lifestyle changing moment.

 

 

 

 

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