My mother is visiting, the cat and dog are happy to have her around as it means there is someone at home all day while Peter and I are in work.
There are strict instructions NOT to feed them, even though both of them will bother you until you do.
My mother is managing to ignore the cat's demands, however it keeps turning up randomly around the house and making her jump, like the bathroom.
Her resolve with the dog hasn't been as good and the dog has been 'sharing' yogurts and cheese sandwiches.
The cat and dog have their own bedroom, yes I know it's a luxury, but Peter and I live in a 4 bed house, so why trip over them all day and besides the cat has a habit of knocking on the bedroom door for attention during the night so we shut them both in their room so not to disturb our sleep.
The cat's sleeping place of the coffee table has been taken over by my mum, so we're back looking for her spot again, she's currently favouring random boxes and is back to demanding cupboard doors are left open for her to choose from.
I haven't seen our stray cat for a few days, I'm assuming it's found a house where someone will feed it, it's very friendly and has probably been a pet at sometime, if I see it again I may take it for a microchip check. Normally if it's lost there are posters around and I belong to several online animal groups, I'm assuming it was dumped.
With National Day over and Christmas on the way, the UAE is out in full force with their decorations, which include lots of animals. The Falcon is the national bird of the UAE and there are several light up ones at The Mall of Emirates.
And of course no trip to Dubai is complete without a visit to Dubai Mall to see the
aquarium, we won't however be visiting this one as you can see so much from the outside, but we'll be going to the one at The Atlantis on the Palm for an afternoon as I've not visited there yet.
Christmas is shaping up in our house, and while not technically real animals, it does involve some Panda's this year as my alternative to
'Elf on a shelf'
