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Mouse Escape

Hello,

It's 'Husb' again.

More news from Kenya:  There appears to have been a very long winded journey, which included a ride on the back of a motorbike (taxi) and an extended bus journey through the country.  However the business training course is now all underway and going well by all accounts.  Mandy isn't quite sure how to get 'photos to me easily as internet is not necessarily available, but I'm looking forward to seeing them as I'm sure you are.

The rest of us are managing the household activities and I thought I'd just share the story of what happened last night. - Chef was on his laptop and started screaming for Smurf to come and rescue him!  Very odd, as he's usually yelling at Smurf to give him some peace.  Anyway Chef felt something crawling up his leg - which turned out to be Smurf's mouse Sparkle.  Since this incident the mouse has had a change of accomodation to an old gerbil cage from the attic.  I've included some pictures of the mouse in it's new house and the Chef in his room on the laptop.  Hope they look OK, I'm no photographer.

By the way thanks for the comments left, I'll pass them on.

Chef at his laptop did not expect a mouse to be crawling up his right leg.

Inside the new mouse cage; Sparkle is waking up.

Sparkle is in the flying saucer section at the top.  She seems to quite like the change of scenery.

Hello - This is HUSB posting here! I'm the one who looks like Widow Twankey in the last post at the Glambuster event.
Mandy has instructed me to update the blog with photographs and news of her trip to Kenya with the charity 'Free 2 Be'. Well, she hasn't e-mailed any pics to me yet but I've just had a call to say that they have arrived safely in Nairobi and have met with their chaperone, and are about to head off into the countryside. I will update further when I hear more.
HUSB

Glam Style Fancy Dress...(with prop)...What I'm up to...

 Last Saturday, Husb, dd and I went to a fundraiser.  It was optional fancy dress....

 

Since the band were called Glambuster you can guess the theme was GLAM!!!

Husb was a brilliant sport wearing this get-up and wig and I thought dd looked gorgeous!! 

 Below, we are at the venue, in front of the Charity information board...

 I wore purple contact lenses and fake funky eyelashes (yep it was tricky to see anything!! and dd was pretending to bash me with the blow up guitar prop!! like you do)...

Below we were drawing the raffle in the band's break between sets...

A while ago, in the post 'New Beginnings' I explained all about what the children were doing now (ie University, College and school) and at the end I mentioned that I was starting something new aswell.  I have been helping an old friend with her African Charity, called 'Free 2 Be'.  We've been fundraising since last Summer and we are leaving today for a month's trip to Kenya.  I went in 2005 and never thought I'd ever get to go back.  Well, it's been a lot of work preparing for this trip and now it's finaly here.  Folks have given generously... clothing, toys, educational equipment, sewing and knitting supplies and cameras and mobile phones.  Below I will include some photos taken in Kenya.  Mainly I am super excited to be visiting lots of schools, helping the orphans and helping Kate run a 5 day business course to set up 60 individuals with micro-businesses.

Here is the school in Webuye...

Key stage One classroom...

Key stage Two classroom...

Many of the children are orphans.  We plan to buy land and build a brick built school.  At present this little school is bursting at the seams so we will add another room as a short term fix, but it has no electricity or water or proper toilets.  And no equipment at all.  we are taking books, pencils, learning resources etc.

Below is another member of the team going out to Kenya for the month.  She visited a rubbish dump on her previous trip to Kenya and we will be visiting the school near there too...

The local school at Nakuru...

Dinnertime in the Nakuru school...

I leave in about half an hour so just time to post this and grab all my stuff.  It's not easy sharing about Kenya.  Many times I tried to blog and it just wouldn't flow.  I feel so privileged to be able to go to Kenya and make a difference in people's lives.  So very privileged.