Our five year adventure in Doha, Qatar ended June 1, 2012, but the memories will always remain. It's back to Texas where I have decided...Qatar isn't cornering the market on "quirky", as I once believed. Thanks for opening my eyes to the world, Doha!
Representing Team Canada will be Canada's @meredithwrogers (also residing in the desert)
Let's get ready to RUMBLE!!!
In my quest to make the best of my fresh off the vine first born tomato, a BLT came to mind, but here I am baconless in a Muslim country. What's a BLT minus the B? (No Googling needed, Shea!) Somehow, the sound of an LT just didn't excite me. Plan B: Hamburgers. Thank goodness they're not really made with HAM. As I w
as getting all my trimmings ready, I realized I had no buns or anything remotely usable so I made a quick run to Riviera's always at the ready grocery store. Bingo, I spotted an eight pack of buns right off the bat, but then saw the individually wrapped buns. How cool is that? I didn't n
eed eight, so why not buy just two? I checked out with my QR2 purchase and whistled all the way home. Now to put my masterpiece together. I carefully sliced my prized possession and then moved on to slice the bun, only to find cream filling inside. Ok, so I had been warned. It said Cream Bun on the plastic wrap, but I thought to myself, this is Doha, there's not really cream inside. I mean
, they just looked like hamburger buns. With no one looking, a quick scrape of the knife and voila, creamless buns. Long story short, the hamburgers were delish. I don't know if to attribute it to our garden ripe tomato or the cream buns. Hmm, maybe we'll try honey buns next.
I'm sorry I didn't have time to blog today. I spent all afternoon washing dishes at Sherry's (my boss and owner of Patrizi Photography*). She's a great hostess, but a fearsome slave driver. So much for my mad photoshop skills.
Princess and I were out on the prowl today. Mission at hand...post spaying suture removal. We drove across town fo
r the simple procedure only to find out on arrival that miss priss had removed her own stitches. Wonderful. A total wasted trip. It wasn't even like I could stop and get groceries or anything with a cat in hand. I did get her a little bangle with her name and phone number while we were
at the vet, so I could feel somewhat accomplished. It ended up being a field trip for Princess. She had a lot of fun navigating once she got over her terror of the moving vehicle, got out of her pillow case, and took over the driving. I 
looked really hard for y'all a really good Doha pic while we were out, but all the quirkiness was laying low. Either that or I'm so used to it, I didn't even notice. Most likely the latter. I'll be more astute next time. Tootles!
t, to fun tablemates, Melissa, Sharon and Heather, to the REAL cowboy and cowgirl of the night, Scott and Sarah that closed the place down, it was great to have a little bit of Texas in this corner of the world. Happy trails to you all, until we meet again.
Woohoo, date night! David and I are headed to the 12th Annual "Boot Scoot" sponsored by Doha's Texas A&M club. It's advertised to be an evening of music, dancing, door prizes, and a TEXAS sized buffet. Yeehaw! We won't have Brooks & Dunn, George Straight or The Bellamy Brothers (note to Mike, please arrange for the future) to play live, but there will be a D.J. on board to hook us up with all our favorites. I'm looking forward to dusting off my cowboy boots and hitting the floor. Oh shoot, never mind, I left those in Austin, never thinking the Middle East would beckon them. Improvisation is my specialty, so no worries. The caveat on the 350QR ticket is "CASH BAR". Geez, $97 a ticket and adult refreshments aren't included? Ok, ok, it's a fundraiser for a worthy cause AND we get to let our hair down and feel a little bit like we're back at the ranch. Meanwhile...gotta go practice my two step.
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