January 10: our tailor finishing up a fun craft project that I will be sharing with you soon- it was quite the ordeal & I am pretty sure he thought we were crazy!

January 11: cheese & zatar pastry from a yummy bakery in the unmentionable city across the boarder that we only get to go to every once and a while- delicious! (since we live in a border town it is kinda of a big deal to cross into the UAE- only 4 minutes from our house- where there are malls, Starbucks, & American food… it is a treat when we get to go)

January 12: getting ready for a local wedding

January 13: finally had some time to put away my Christmas decor- until next year!

January 14: my new reading corner in our mejelious– meaning sitting room

January 15: Pioneer Woman’s Beef & Noodles- you will start to see that one, I love to take pictures of food and two, I love cooking PW recipes- she has yet to disappoint me!

January 16: Cafe Remke– studying for finals in the Remke mejilious- Jord made us drinks & brought us snacks… such a blessing since I have a had time studying at our house- I know I am strange…

January 17: Blueberry muffins for our teachers

January 18: homemade salsa- one of my favorite things to make out here- and the great things is you can get cilantro in abundance here & for cheap!

January 19: breakfast of champions: coffee or tea, low-fat plain yogurt with granola & honey– what I bring to school everyday (who has time to eat breakfast at home?)