Are you serious, Clark???

I saw the most disgusting display of entitlement at the mall the other day. I shouldn't have been shocked because I see it all the time but normally it is by young men and teenage boys, NOT GROWN MEN old enough to be grandpas!

A man (all decked out in his thobe and head scarf, mind you!) was eating a Baskin Robbins ice cream cone at a table in the food court. He physically motioned for the housekeeper (male janitor) to come to his table while he took off the cone wrapper and GAVE it to the poor man to go throw in the trash. Again, I shouldn't be shocked because I see it all the time but it was all I could do to tell that lazy man to get off his arse and walk the wrapper to the trash HIMSELF.

The trash issue here is unreal to me. I was told by a woman at the mall to just leave my trash on the table and the housekeepers would pick it up. No thank you, I believe in picking up after myself, especially in public, and I will walk our waste to the trash can myself. It is sooooo common to see people driving down the road throwing whole McDonald's bags (or whatever trash they don't want to look at) out of their cars while driving down the highway. My road rage hits an all time high when I see it! The other day I saw a man in a parking garage chug his Mt. Dew and then just throw the whole bottle out of his car. Man, it's hard sometimes to bite my tongue around here. They just wait for a poor laborer (usually Indian, Pakistani, etc.) to pick up after them. It's so disgusting.

Then you have the movie theater. That's a whole other issue. Apparently, it's ok to converse loudly with each other and talk on your phones during movies in Bahrain. The manboy sitting next to me talked on his phone, talked to his friends and texted during the movie (btw, we have assigned seats). In addition, it's just fine to take your toddlers to adult movies at 9:30 pm and let them run around the theater. I was with a friend watching Eclipse and if I could have "shushed" people along with a backhand, I would have. Don't disrupt my vampire/werewolf time!!!!! I wanted to say "Listen here, folks. You act like this at a movie in the states and someone will pop a cap in your ass!" lol

Bahrain isn't a bad place to live at all. In fact, I wouldn't change anything about moving here. It's been a blessing for us to experience this way of life and culture in the few months we've lived here and I look forward to seeing what the rest of our tour here brings. But, it doesn't even compare to living in the states. If more people had the opportunity to live abroad, they would understand the deep appreciation for the little things - such as littering and movie time! So, my stateside friends............Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (a little Jack Johnson for ya) or at least throw your trash where it belongs AND keep up the hush hush during a movie. More importantly, remember what an awesome country we live in and never take it for granted.

We bit the bullet.......

and booked our airfare for our first European holiday (as everyone here calls it). My dear husband planned it all and I love that he likes to travel as much as I do. We are a good team! So, we are flying to Amsterdam for a few days, training to Brussels for a few days, then taking the train to Paris for 3 days at EuroDisney!!!! We will stay on property for 3 nights and then stay in the heart of Paris for 2 nights and do the touristy sightseeing stuff. We thought Disney would make the girls feel better about being drug all over Europe. Who are we kidding - we love it as much as them and I am sure Paige will having this deep resentment of Disney as this will be the third time in a year that she has been tormented by the characters (hates them-shakes violently when they come near her!). After 5-6 days in Paris, we are taking the train down to Nice and staying in an apt. in Cannes for 5 days. From there, we will probably venture to Monaco and check it out. I also plan on stalking Johnny Depp if I get the chance. I think he lives in the area but he has to be in his Jack Sparrow getup for me to REALLY want to stalk him! lol So, all this happens in Sept and I am already having a hard time waiting. One of the things I look forward to the most is being in 50-60 degree weather and wearing my winter stuff. Although I fear the girls and I will freeze after becoming aclimated to this horrible heat in Bahrain. As for Bahrain adventures as of late, nothing new to post that is very exciting. It's hot, hot, hot and we stay indoors and play. That pretty much sums it up! We did enjoy a nice steak at the fourth of July celebration on base. A team of businessman from Cali "the Cooks from the Valley" came to NSA Bahrain with amazing steaks and the fixins and cooked them for the entire community. They were awesome and we are so appreciative of their efforts to bring us a little piece of home. The beef here is disgusting (very gamey and mushy) so I can't even tell you how wonderful this steak tasted.

Here is a video of Paigey's mad dancing skillz.....and the funky step, we have no clue.....

High Fashion

Since we can't afford to buy her the Fendi she really wants, this is what she came up with.......Maggie's own little version of Bahrain Couture.



And p.s. - this photo was taken when we were still living in the hotel and the girls didn't have their toys. Notice the only toys in the "purse" are from McDonalds. BTW, Paigey LOVED walking around with this. She thought she was the bees knees. She gets that way with purses and wigs. She wore a clown wig at a friends house the other day and wouldn't take it off to save her life. Between the wig, her stump puppet hand and the scary babydoll with chains hanging off it that she carried around the entire time, she could have had a starring role in a Stephen King movie. A friend of mine may have a picture of it. If so, I will get it posted asap. Now if only the picture would also show her missing right front tooth (she has her left front tooth and eye teeth), then you would be able to catch a glimpse of the "P" we all know, love and laugh at constantly.