We're comin' to America!

Yay! The time has finally come... I'm leaving first thing tomorrow morning for my long trip back home to Indiana. Adam has to work another week and a half and then he will be home too. I have layovers in Tokyo and Chicago, and if all goes well I should make it to Louisville on Thursday night. My layover in Chicago is 6hrs, which kind of stinks - but, I am meeting my old college roomie, Angie, at the airport to hang out and catch up :-) Can't wait! I'm also looking forward to the cold weather since it is summer all year long in Singapore. We can't wait to see all our family and friends over the holidays!!
Happy Birthday Dad!

Gold Class

Saturday night Adam and I had the most awesome movie theater experience! It is called the Gold Class theater. We watched the movie Four Christmases. While the movie was hilarious, the seats and service were amazing! Each person got their own recliner...soft and comfy, complete with a blanket. We opted for the full experience and ordered a 3 course meal. They served us throughout the movie, and the price for the food was cheap compared to eating out at a restaurant. I had mushroom soup, a cheeseburger and fries, and brownie a la mode. Adam had a caesar salad, hot wings (go figure!), and some chocolate/banana dessert. Yummy! You would think that being served throughout the movie would be disruptive, but the seats were so spread out with tons of room between rows, that you hardly noticed the servers. The total bill was about $110 US for everything...not your typical night at the movies, but definitely worth it!

So many blessings!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We celebrated big-time over here. We invited all of Adam's co-workers over to our place and rented out the function room of our apartment complex. One of the other wives and I did all of the cooking and had a great time. (Ok, so Adam deep fried 2 turkeys.) I think the guys really appreciated it since they were away from home and their families this holiday. It sure beat rice for Thanksgiving dinner! We even introduced Thanksgiving to some of our friends from the UK.
We are so thankful to have the opportunity to live in Singapore and experience life on the other side of the world! We're looking forward to getting home for Christmas to spend time with family and friends.

Preparing the bird

the feast

Shirley's chocolate "rats"

That's a no go...

So we were not able to go to India. We had dinner with some friends from Singapore the night before our scheduled trip to India, and one of them asked us if we had our Indian Visas. Adam and I had heard nothing about this, so Adam checked into it the next day. Turns out, everyone entering and leaving India has to have a special Visa. For Americans, the process usually takes 5 days in Singapore. Seeing as how we found out the day our flight was supposed to leave, we high-tailed it to the High Commission of India here in Singapore and waited in line to beg if we could speed the process up a little:) Ok a lot! We only had 5 hrs until our flight left. We called every number we could find that we thought could help us, but same answer - it takes 5 days to process. Needless to say we were a little upset. Adam's company flies people all over the world on a daily basis. You would think that they would mention it to us, but I guess we were supposed to know that on our own. Luckily, I was able to get a refund for my plane ticket, which we had to buy. So, if anyone plans to go to India, you have to have an Indian Visa!!

Other exciting news...everyone is having babies! Congratulations to Mark & Rachel, Ryan & Jennifer, and Shelby & Eva. We can't wait to come home and see the little ones!

Off on another adventure...INDIA!

Tomorrow we are headed off to Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. Adam has another class to attend and it is only offered a few times a year, and this is closer than the US. So, thanks Transocean for another vacation!! We leave tomorrow and will be back the 16th. We've been warned that it will be an eye-opening experience for us with the lifestyle and huge population. We'll take lots of pictures as always and update the blog when we return! Have a great week:)

Happy Halloween from Singapore!!

Halloween has come and gone on this side of the world. It was a fun one. Adam and I realized that since we have been together, we have never dressed up for Halloween! This year, the local shipyard rented out a boat for Adam's company and we had a Halloween dinner cruise around the harbor here in Singapore. We were really hoping to win "best costume," but maybe next year.

Our "cruise" ship

Inside the boat

Farewell

We took Mom and Brian to the airport yesterday morning, so they should be landing in Louisville as I write this. We had such a great time and are so thankful that they came to visit us! On their last evening in Singapore we went to a bar on the 70th floor of the Swissotel...the tallest in Singapore. Even though it was a cloudy day the view was amazing! After a couple of drinks, we had one last Chinese meal. Beginning the countdown until I return to Indiana for a month :) Only 6 1/2 weeks for anyone who cares!

Gettin' fancy before the hotel

Me and Momma on the 70th floor

Brian tried out driving on the left side of the road