My blog’s already gotten its Christmas present–new clothes!  As you can see, I updated my blog with a Christmas theme.  I really like the snowflakes that fall down.  That’s the closest I’ll get to snow here in Bahrain!

Today is going to be a little update on what I’ve been up to lately. Saturday I went to the BSPCA or the Bahrain Animal Shelter.  No, I was not looking for a pet, although I wanted to take a bunch of them home with me.  I went with a friend to volunteer there.  The [...]

Today, April 1, is April Fool’s Day.  It is also the Chief Petty Officers of the Navy’s birthday, and no, that’s not April Fool’s joke.  It really is.  At my command they celebrated by wearing khakis (they usually wear DCU–desert camouflage uniform) and eating cookies that our OIC (Officer in Charge) bought them.  So Happy [...]

Hey, I just added a “widget” to my sidebar!  That was some way awesome computer skills in action, folks!  I stole the idea from this blog: 4tunate.  It’s a world map that tracks visitors to your blog.  I saw it and thought, “How can I get me one of those things?”  So I clicked on [...]