A.D. Anecdotes

The kids want a pet. Their mean parents have said no. We've tried to talk around it: "Hey, we got a baby. That's kind of like a pet, right?" Or just reason with them: "Do you really think a dog wants to live in our house in Abu Dhabi? No, I mean really? OK, never mind..." So they've decided to make do with what we have. I found Will trying to claim the ants ( I wish I could say my house is ant free, but that would be a bald faced lie). Fortunately, he wasn't too scarred when they died a sudden "mysterious" death. So the kids have moved on to the geckos. The geckos pop out of the craziest places in the house, nearly giving me a heart attack several times a night. Their names range from Gecky to Squishy (THAT one got caught between the rug and the tile floor. And someone stepped on it. Not a happy day for Squishy. Fortunately, mom was the only one to realize he was no longer alive...) Hailey gets really excited when she scares the living daylights out of one and it looses its tail. She has brought me little twitching gecko tails with all the excitement of someone holding a great treasure :)

In other news, I have finally located retired beans and pop tarts. I was really starting to wonder if they just didn't exist here. Then, I visited a grocery store with a pork room. As far as I know, only 2 grocery store chains carry pork. It is in the back of the store, in a separate refrigerated area. There was a bored security guard standing by the one I walked into, right next to a giant sign that says "PORK ROOM. NO MUSLIMS ALLOWED." I felt like a criminal as I snuck in and hastily began loading my cart with all of the wonderful products I didn't really think I'd miss that much, but have. Bacon. Pork chops. Hot dogs. Pepperoni. Sausage. And refried beans and pop tarts. What?? The top of the can informed me that apparently, these things contain pork. Hmmm. I think I was happier off not knowing, but that didn't stop me from buying them!

I dug out a pair of new shoes for Hailey that I got earlier this year. She loves them, and even insisted on wearing them during her nap!

There are some pretty sweet advertisements around here. This one caught our eye yesterday and made us chuckle 

Ken went shopping and brought back this type of laundry detergent. He figured it was way too good to pass up that kind of motto, and we can always do with a laugh around here!