Let me tell you a bit about my week and how everything just seems to go wrong:

Monday: I wake up to find out that our maid up and left over the weekend as we were away!  No warnings, just gone!  So I spend over 2 hours just doing dishes and spend the morning doing some unexpected cleaning.  We had purchased a new faucet in Read More »

When we got Agnes, our maid, we knew she was a good maid who was trustworthy but that she also would bring drama into life.  Many times when things were communicated to her, she'd get so worked up in her head and misunderstand what was said and, as a result, would act brashly.  But we still decided to take her on as a maid since she was overall a good worker and was trustworthy.  When we moved her onto the property of the old house we were living in, she had SO MUCH STUFF!  Truckloads of belongings!  Because we didn't have a gardener living on the property, she was able to occupy both the gardener an ... Read More »

Mat and I took a quick trip to Francistown, Botswana to do some needed shopping—mostly getting hardware parts for the new house.  We took Calvin with us and decided not to bring the pack and play as we really needed the space in our vehicle to bring home our shopping items.  So when we got to the hotel, we put some blankets on the ground and he fell asleep...until midnight, that is.  He was crying and I looked down and he was sitting up near our bed.  He had crawled over to us crying.  Now, anytime we travel, we find it challengi ... Read More »