Past Month

Guest Blogger: Mom 

Puzzle

We did another puzzle, this one was given to us by Nain and Taid a few years ago. They go live in Hilton Head Island every year from about Thanksgiving to Easter. We visited them there twice and Marcus went every year as a kid and even one year I couldn't go. The puzzle also included a '5x7 souvenir puzzle.' It was poorly cut and about every third piece was the same exact shape so we messed it up a few times ha.

 Puzzle.

Kevin

At the beginning of the month one of our friends was here for work so we were able to get to get together with him a few times. We went out to dinner at a Lebanese restaurant with two of his coworkers and ate so. much. food.. We also went to the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, which is the one shaped like a wave that is right near the Burj Al Arab (the one that looks like a sail that is the only "7 star hotel in the world." It was fun and I went into the sea and played in the waves. Marcus was not interested in the water so stayed on the beach. It was nice to see someone that we knew.  

 

Photo courtesy of Kevin's FB page. 

Check Out

Marcus checked out on May 10 👏. He is now fully certified here. We went out that night for a few drinks.

 

From when we went out that night.  

After the other guys that were in his class check out we might have a small party. 1 other one is done, so 3 left. 

Anniversary and Rupert's Bad Hair Cut

On our 3 year anniversary everyone in the family went to the spa. We went to Saray Spa at the JW Marriott Marquis to get massages and Rupert went to be groomed. I provided a picture of what I wanted from a few years ago when he was groomed. 

 

Exhibit A. Hair cut in 2012.

We dropped him off at the groomer before we went for our treatments. My massage was spectacular and I also used the crazy lit shower thing whose name I cannot remember that you use after the steam room and Jacuzzi (both of which I also used). Marcus reported that his massage was also very nice. So then we left the spa and went back to the groomer. When picked up he looked like this.

 

Exhibit B. THEY SHAVED HIM  

When one or two days before he looked like this. Beautiful. I just wanted the extra overgrowth off the back of his front and hind legs and his ears and tail trimmed slightly and his belly taken care of. He isn't going back there. Now when a razor is turned on in the house he runs away. 

 Exhibit C. Him in all his glory

That night we made what we wanted for dinner on the grill (I made a grouper fillet, called hammour here) and marcus made burgers. We had some good wine too. And I made brownies for dessert. Special thanks to Aunt Liz and my Mom who sent us anniversary cards. It was much appreciated :-)

Feeling HOT HOT HOT

It is getting super hot. The "feels like" has been as high as 128 when I have looked. The actual temp above 100.  It's been in the 90s-100s mostly. But at night and in the morning it's in the 80s. Therefore, I don't let Rupert out for very long in the middle of the day. HOWEVER, he insists on cooking himself on the pavers, so I have to yell at him to come in because he is insane. But yesterday he was smart and decided to lay on the grass to bake.

Baking in the grass in the 100+ degree weather. 

Of course then today we was back on the pavers...sigh. And he refuses to use the like 80$ cooling mat that he is supposed to lay on that we bought him. Waste of money.

That's all for now.

Megan 

Guess we skipped April

It's getting hot friends. And as you know I have a lot of fur, yet, for some reason, I still enjoy cooking myself on the pavers 

so Dad tries to furminate me every so often, more often recently, and I'm not a fan.

Crafty

Mom bought stuff to make a wedding scrapbook back when they got married, and finally made it this past week+.

 

During the creating 

Cover of the book, she got it for her shower from her registry 

Here are some examples of the pages she made. Not the whole book but a good sampling.

Houdini

A week or so ago mom let me out to roam around like usual and then like 15 minutes later went to check on me and I was NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. She started screaming my name and then in the house again just in case then got my leash and started to walk down the sidewalk no knowing where to start, a minute or so later her phone rang and a guy with a British accent asked her "Are you looking for Rupert?" She said yes yes yes I just noticed he was gone so went out to look. Mom is not sure exactly what happened but somehow I got out and was down near a yard with dogs in it when this guy walked by with his two dogs who I decided looked fun so I started following them. He figured I seemed nice enough so looped me into one of his dog's leashes and checked my tags and first called Dad who was at work and left a message but then called the second number which was Mom. I was right down the road so Mom ran down to meet me. She thanked him profusely and he told her that above information. Mom and Dad were still trying to figure out how I got out because I have a wide chest. They decided to be safe and a few days later went to get some chicken wire, which they put up on the fence along the carport and the front gate. When Mom was out getting the wire ready and Dad was inside she looked over and saw me halfway out between two of the pieces of wrought iron and yelled my name then went out the gate to get me, I was apparently trying to get out to pee/mark in front of the house. Mom isn't sure but it might have to do with the cats that come in the yard or the people that come and stick menus in the gate. Once I had marked who knows maybe I'd have gone off exploring again. The wire is up now (you can't see it probably but it starts at those horizontal bars part way up the gate and goes to the bottom) and sometimes she catches me doing this. She thinks maybe since I can't mark right in front I need to be there to ensure there are no solicitors or cats.

Hiding

I have also started hanging out in a new place in the house...mainly when mom is in the shower.

Other Stuff

Mom and Dad also drove to Ras al-khaimah (a different emirate) on Dad's last weekend to go stock up on alcohol as it is 30% cheaper out there. Worth it if you're buying a lot. They saw a whole camel drive on the side of the road but Mom couldn't get a pic so she just enjoyed it. They also saw a handful of other ones along the road in other places. 

Dog Out,
Woof