Ice Hockey Group we play with in Jeddah

We are continually blessed on our "Adventure". One of the blessing we enjoy here in Saudi is the fact we still get to play hockey. We had never thought we would be playing hockey in Saudi Arabia but here we are..... blessed by being allowed to play hockey together, in a place where women are strongly discouraged from playing in sports.... especially with men. We  enjoy playing ice hockey and street hockey here, together.... what fun in our books.
Tim was placed in the hospital for three days last week after eating dinner out for our 33rd anniversary. He ended up in the hospital 2 days after eating out ....we thought he just had a bad case of flu with severe dehydration brought on by moderate to severe food poisoning. We had great care...  and a bit of a scare.... but he was up and about and playing ice hockey 3 days after being released from the hospital.
Then again ..... last night we played street hockey about 50 miles north of Jeddah.... had a wonderful time.... but on the way home our car had mechanical problems and we got to experience parking under the Saudi Arabian desert sky together.... buahahaha..... (not like teenagers.... just waiting for help to arrive) .... We were back to the compound and in bed by 1:30AM.... and then up to the alarm to prepare for work by 5:40AM plus a 10 minute snooze.... :)
All in all.... we are continually blessed..... Praise Him!!!!

I got to snorkel on the Red Sea. Yup, last Friday Tim and I joined a group of folks on a boat that took us 17 miles away from shore where we checked out 3 different coral formations.... I was in the water face down for over 6  hours looking at coral and colorful fish.... it was awesome.... a lifetime memory event. It was my anniversary present from my hubby. Tim went with me but this was a record for him to go so far out on a boat. He even jumped in the water a couple of times! He did not like the current carrying him away so fast from the boat but he did not panic and swam right back to the boat. Then he just jumped in to get wet again later on. I was proud of him for going. We both loved hanging our legs off the side of the boat and letting the water splash us on our ride back to land. We especially loved the school of dolphins that swam along side us so close that they almost touched our dangling feet. I saw.. a small stingray, an orange jelly fish.... and a tire.... tee hee... along with lots of other beautiful fish and coral formations! It was so clear down there... wow! Well .... here are a few pictures. Enjoy!

Me and Tim

Tim on a boat out to sea....

an orange jellyfish...

Can you see the stingray on the sea floor?

Beautiful!

Another pix of the ray... he had a blue tail...

Traveling to the snorkeling spot...

What Tim saw of me most of the day....

out with a friend.....

a tire... hmmm .... where is the rest of it?

I did not have the camera handy when we saw the school of dolphins.... and no it is not just a fish tale.... :) .... God Bless you all!!!

Well hello everyone. I am not very faithful about blogging lately. My life in Saudi has fallen into a routine. That is ok. Tim and I are blessed to be here together and have this experience. I used to have a desire to travel the world and go everywhere.... just around the corner.... now I appreciate home. :) Right now our home is on a compound in Saudi Arabia in the middle of a big city. I have met many Saudis.... many national, workers from other countries working here in Saudi, and many westerners, also working here in Saudi. Tim's working for a company here that works with the Saudi's and I am fortunate to be able to fill my time in by helping at a nearby school. We both get up.... enjoy a little hockey on the TV via the internet.... catch up on our reading.... and social networks... via the internet... and then we are off to work. We come home and find some activity to occupy the early evening... such as exercise... or shopping.... we play hockey one night a week (YEAH!) .... I get to play in the schools orchestra one evening a week.... I even have ladies over one morning for a study.... then we relax watching old TV shows we have have collected and then we go upstairs and read and fall to sleep.... There you have it our routine. 314d 17h 06m..... is the countdown on the computer till the end of Tim's contract here.... but again...we consider it to have been a blessing. My early morning walking partner is here.... gotta go. Have a great day and be blessed!