Sherwood Family Nonsense

Tomorrow afternoon at 1:30, the moving van/truck/vehicle will be here (insha'Alla of course) and all of the boxes I have been packing wi...

When Brandon and I received our posting to Cairo, we discussed the issue of A Car.  The State Department will ship one car for their employe...

When Brandon and I lived previously in Egypt, we arrogantly thought that we were safe from ‘Pharoah’s revenge’ when after a week we were s...

Kathleen’s 3 rd Birthday Every family has their own birthday traditions.   After my little sister extravagantly invited every member of...

When planning our departure for Egypt, Brandon and I wrangled over many details of packing.  We were told that we shouldn’t expect our UAB (...

A few days ago, I visited our new apartment.   My first clue that we are going to be the local white trash neighbors was that the doorman ...

Initially when we talked about housing, Brandon and I decided to live in the compound.   It had lots of storage space (amazing closets and...

When Brandon and I first got posted to Egypt, we had a pretty good idea of the housing available.   In Maadi, the suburb we live in (a sub...

This morning there was a knock at the door.  Standing outside was my present to myself: Rere.  It is now 3:00 in the afternoon.  My kitchen ...

During our former residence in Egypt, Brandon and I came as students.  We had to find our own apartment, pay rent, survive with minimal (if ...