Finally!

Glad to finally hear from you two, or three or four or five.....You and Lori have quite the animal problems. Lori apparently sees stray dogs everywhere and now you have stray cats everywhere, but mostly where you don't want them. Are cats sacred in UAIs? Yeah, and Sisqo enjoying the treats, guess what? Watch for parasites now. Are these SAND-STORMS a common appearance or is it like once in 6 months? At least you have your own stuff now.
Getting to see Tiger Woods sounds interesting. Any guesses as to how many sand traps are on the course?

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Hey Family…..
Well, here it is….another update from me. We still have no internet at home. Its killing me!!! Seriously!! Everything is going good in the house. Everything is coming together, slowly but surely. We’ve had a few setbacks…but nothing we can’t deal with. On Friday, Gavin pressure washed the front of the villa, the covered parking area, the sidewalk outside our villa, the whole patio in the backyard, and the BBQs……then just as he’s about to finish, we look up….Gavin says, “Looks like its about to rain”, and I say “Wait a minute, that’s SAND!” Sure enough, the wind picked up and we had a wicked sandstorm. It probably lasted less than 30 mins, but what a disaster it made!!!! OMG!!! All the pressure washing was ruined!! From all the wind and sand whipping around outside it made a nice layer of the fine stuff all over EVERYTHING in the house too. Yesterday, I spent the whole day sweeping and mopping. So much fun. I still have to get to the dusting. ICK!!! We’re also having a few issues in the media room. We can’t get the projector in the right spot. We’re trying to find a projector stand here and can’t find one to save our lives. We’re still pondering how we can fix the problem.
So, funny stories here…..there are LOTS and LOTS of stray cats around here. Anyways, I was getting sick and tired of them always in the yard, so now when Sisqo sees them I let him out and he chases them. I think he loves it. Anyways, there is this spot in the back fence that they’ve been going in and out of so we’ve closed that up. But of course, they still get in by hopping the fence. No biggie. As you may or may not know, cat poop apparently tastes good to dogs. I have caught Sisqo digging up cat poop and eating it probably 3 times. GROSS!!!
On Wednesday I was cleaning upstairs and I needed something downstairs, so down I go. All of a sudden I see a cat go bolting from the porch area and run out the patio doors in the kitchen. I had the screen door on but it doesn’t latch. The cat broke into our house, the screen door was open about a foot!!! I can’t even imagine what would’ve happened if Sisqo would’ve seen him. Comedy!
On Saturday, I was washing the frames for the patio doors upstairs. I was in the room we made into a gym and I looked over at the punching bag (which is just leaning against the wall right now because we don’t have a mount for it yet), and I notice a pee stain on it, and you can see where it ran down the bag and rested on the gym mat. Well, for any of you who know Sisqo, I have never seen him lift his leg once…..ever in his life….to pee. The only solution I can think of is that there was another cat in the house and he sprayed on it! What else could’ve happened??
Last night took the cake though…..I’m tossing and turning in bed….2am. At about 315am I hear a noise downstairs. It just sounded like a crack when the house is settling so I thought no big deal. About 5 mins later I heard another noise, it sounded like silverware being dropped, or an old fashioned alarm clock (that’s how I described it to Gavin)…..so I woke Gavin up. I told him about the two noises. He goes sneaking down the stairs spying on anything that could be moving. He comes back up and tells me there is a cat downstairs. You have got to be kidding me!!!!! He goes back down and scares the cat. Of course, it goes bolting out of the house, the same way it came in….through a window in the bathroom attached to the guest room. I’m thinking the window came open during the sand storm, because I did find it quite dusty in that room especially.
Anyways, that is the entertainment in our place so far. We’re planning on going to the Dubai Desert Classic (golf) in a couple weeks. Tiger Woods will be here. Should be fun. We can’t take pictures though….we’ll see how it goes. There is an event the night before that you can take pictures at, so we’ll see if I can drag Gavin to that too. J
Well, that’s all for now, I’m sure you’re sick of reading too!

Peace out y’all!!
Conster, Gavinator, and the monster Sisqo.
…..might as well sign off for the stray cats too….I feel like they live in my house anyways…..

Hey Family.....

Well, here it is….another update from me. We still have no internet at home. Its killing me!!! Seriously!! Everything is going good in the house. Everything is coming together, slowly but surely. We’ve had a few setbacks…but nothing we can’t deal with. On Friday, Gavin pressure washed the front of the villa, the covered parking area, the sidewalk outside our villa, the whole patio in the backyard, and the BBQs……then just as he’s about to finish, we look up….Gavin says, “Looks like its about to rain”, and I say “Wait a minute, that’s SAND!” Sure enough, the wind picked up and we had a wicked sandstorm. It probably lasted less than 30 mins, but what a disaster it made!!!! OMG!!! All the pressure washing was ruined!! From all the wind and sand whipping around outside it made a nice layer of the fine stuff all over EVERYTHING in the house too. Yesterday, I spent the whole day sweeping and mopping. So much fun. I still have to get to the dusting. ICK!!! We’re also having a few issues in the media room. We can’t get the projector in the right spot. We’re trying to find a projector stand here and can’t find one to save our lives. We’re still pondering how we can fix the problem.
So, funny stories here…..there are LOTS and LOTS of stray cats around here. Anyways, I was getting sick and tired of them always in the yard, so now when Sisqo sees them I let him out and he chases them. I think he loves it. Anyways, there is this spot in the back fence that they’ve been going in and out of so we’ve closed that up. But of course, they still get in by hopping the fence. No biggie. As you may or may not know, cat poop apparently tastes good to dogs. I have caught Sisqo digging up cat poop and eating it probably 3 times. GROSS!!!
On Wednesday I was cleaning upstairs and I needed something downstairs, so down I go. All of a sudden I see a cat go bolting from the porch area and run out the patio doors in the kitchen. I had the screen door on but it doesn’t latch. The cat broke into our house, the screen door was open about a foot!!! I can’t even imagine what would’ve happened if Sisqo would’ve seen him. Comedy!
On Saturday, I was washing the frames for the patio doors upstairs. I was in the room we made into a gym and I looked over at the punching bag (which is just leaning against the wall right now because we don’t have a mount for it yet), and I notice a pee stain on it, and you can see where it ran down the bag and rested on the gym mat. Well, for any of you who know Sisqo, I have never seen him lift his leg once…..ever in his life….to pee. The only solution I can think of is that there was another cat in the house and he sprayed on it! What else could’ve happened??
Last night took the cake though…..I’m tossing and turning in bed….2am. At about 315am I hear a noise downstairs. It just sounded like a crack when the house is settling so I thought no big deal. About 5 mins later I heard another noise, it sounded like silverware being dropped, or an old fashioned alarm clock (that’s how I described it to Gavin)…..so I woke Gavin up. I told him about the two noises. He goes sneaking down the stairs spying on anything that could be moving. He comes back up and tells me there is a cat downstairs. You have got to be kidding me!!!!! He goes back down and scares the cat. Of course, it goes bolting out of the house, the same way it came in….through a window in the bathroom attached to the guest room. I’m thinking the window came open during the sand storm, because I did find it quite dusty in that room especially.
Anyways, that is the entertainment in our place so far. We’re planning on going to the Dubai Desert Classic (golf) in a couple weeks. Tiger Woods will be here. Should be fun. We can’t take pictures though….we’ll see how it goes. There is an event the night before that you can take pictures at, so we’ll see if I can drag Gavin to that too. J
Well, that’s all for now, I’m sure you’re sick of reading too!

Peace out y’all!!
Conster, Gavinator, and the monster Sisqo.
…..might as well sign off for the stray cats too….I feel like they live in my house anyways…..

Hey Family....

Well, here it is….another update from me. We still have no internet at home. Its killing me!!! Seriously!! Everything is going good in the house. Everything is coming together, slowly but surely. We’ve had a few setbacks…but nothing we can’t deal with. On Friday, Gavin pressure washed the front of the villa, the covered parking area, the sidewalk outside our villa, the whole patio in the backyard, and the BBQs……then just as he’s about to finish, we look up….Gavin says, “Looks like its about to rain”, and I say “Wait a minute, that’s SAND!” Sure enough, the wind picked up and we had a wicked sandstorm. It probably lasted less than 30 mins, but what a disaster it made!!!! OMG!!! All the pressure washing was ruined!! From all the wind and sand whipping around outside it made a nice layer of the fine stuff all over EVERYTHING in the house too. Yesterday, I spent the whole day sweeping and mopping. So much fun. I still have to get to the dusting. ICK!!! We’re also having a few issues in the media room. We can’t get the projector in the right spot. We’re trying to find a projector stand here and can’t find one to save our lives. We’re still pondering how we can fix the problem.
So, funny stories here…..there are LOTS and LOTS of stray cats around here. Anyways, I was getting sick and tired of them always in the yard, so now when Sisqo sees them I let him out and he chases them. I think he loves it. Anyways, there is this spot in the back fence that they’ve been going in and out of so we’ve closed that up. But of course, they still get in by hopping the fence. No biggie. As you may or may not know, cat poop apparently tastes good to dogs. I have caught Sisqo digging up cat poop and eating it probably 3 times. GROSS!!!
On Wednesday I was cleaning upstairs and I needed something downstairs, so down I go. All of a sudden I see a cat go bolting from the porch area and run out the patio doors in the kitchen. I had the screen door on but it doesn’t latch. The cat broke into our house, the screen door was open about a foot!!! I can’t even imagine what would’ve happened if Sisqo would’ve seen him. Comedy!
On Saturday, I was washing the frames for the patio doors upstairs. I was in the room we made into a gym and I looked over at the punching bag (which is just leaning against the wall right now because we don’t have a mount for it yet), and I notice a pee stain on it, and you can see where it ran down the bag and rested on the gym mat. Well, for any of you who know Sisqo, I have never seen him lift his leg once…..ever in his life….to pee. The only solution I can think of is that there was another cat in the house and he sprayed on it! What else could’ve happened??
Last night took the cake though…..I’m tossing and turning in bed….2am. At about 315am I hear a noise downstairs. It just sounded like a crack when the house is settling so I thought no big deal. About 5 mins later I heard another noise, it sounded like silverware being dropped, or an old fashioned alarm clock (that’s how I described it to Gavin)…..so I woke Gavin up. I told him about the two noises. He goes sneaking down the stairs spying on anything that could be moving. He comes back up and tells me there is a cat downstairs. You have got to be kidding me!!!!! He goes back down and scares the cat. Of course, it goes bolting out of the house, the same way it came in….through a window in the bathroom attached to the guest room. I’m thinking the window came open during the sand storm, because I did find it quite dusty in that room especially.
Anyways, that is the entertainment in our place so far. We’re planning on going to the Dubai Desert Classic (golf) in a couple weeks. Tiger Woods will be here. Should be fun. We can’t take pictures though….we’ll see how it goes. There is an event the night before that you can take pictures at, so we’ll see if I can drag Gavin to that too. J
Well, that’s all for now, I’m sure you’re sick of reading too!

Peace out y’all!!
Conster, Gavinator, and the monster Sisqo.
…..might as well sign off for the stray cats too….I feel like they live in my house anyways…..

Technology?

Well Lori & Connie, you both seem to like being on the outside looking in. Right now, I would say Mexico is winning the race in technology. Connie I bet you never thought you'd be without the internet for this long. At least you do have a place to call home now. I'm anxious to see pictures of the villa. I must say I was glad to see a post from you. Are you learning to love UAE yet? Ya, and I can't imagine you driving the Hummer....that would be so big & clunky.

Post from UAE

Hey Family.

Quick post to let you know that I still have no internet at home. I'm at a coffee shop right now, and these catty women sitting next to me keep looking over at me like I'm doing something wrong. God. Get a life!! Hehehe.

Anyways, just letting ya'll know that I"m still alive, just no contact with the outside world!!

Dar, did you get my text on your Bday.....I sent you one.....I promise. The big 3-0! yikes, right? Just think, next year, you'll be closer to 40 than you are to 20. Gross!

Nothing really new here.....its the Dubai Shopping Festival right now, so hoping to take advantage of some good deals in the next couple weeks. We still have to get some stuff for the new villa so we'll hopefully be getting some good deals.

Gav was just in HOuston (so jealous) for 10 days. Got back last night. I did drive a tiny bit when he was gone. Me driving that monster H2....quite interesting. Wasn't too bad, but its huge! I didn't go anywhere I would have to park in an official parking spot. I just parked in a sand lot.

Anyways, I think its time I head out of here before I get kicked out. I don't know how long you're allowed to use the wifi for. I'll post pics of the house soon.....as soon as I get internet at home.

Talk to ya'll later!!
Love ME!