Oscar the Boxer

Inappropriate Quiz

I guess most readers of the BBBBlog know that I (Bob)  am full of randomness. I saw this quiz on mental_floss and I just had to share.  Take the short quiz and post a comment letting us know how you did. Keep it fun--try not to look up the answers!

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Rachel + Jacob = Rake

In the last post we mentioned a visit from Bob's sister, Rachel. She's actually been in Albuquerque now for about a week and a half and she will be here for a few more days before she returns to England. 

One of the main reasons she has been excited to return to New Mexico is for the food. Because of our busy schedules we haven't been able to go out and eat with her at ALL of her favorite destinations, but we have been to a few. Here are a few places at least one of us has been able to enjoy and blame it on Rachel's visit:

We are also excited to be able to host Rachel's husband, Jacob for a few nights this coming weekend.

I'm not exactly sure where this picture of Jake was taken, but I'm sure you can find out on Rake's blog at English Patience.

Oh, and they'll probably post some other exciting details of their visit to Albuquerque.

Quick Remodel

Anyone who owns a home knows the joys (and pains) of home ownership. Last Summer when we fell in love with (literally) and purchased our first home, there were many things we knew we would like about the home and a few things we knew wanted to change.  One of the things we absolutely hated was our spare bathroom with the original fixtures from 1973. Let's let some of the pictures do the talking:

Hi, Emily!

We decided that in anticipation of our first overnight house guest (Bob's sister, Rachel) coming to stay for a few weeks, it would be a good time to get rid of the hideous chains, globes, doorknob, mirror, and towelracks.  The work began with a scary looking hole in our wall where the vanity mirror was:

Here's how our "cheap" and "easy" remodel turned out:

Stay tuned for more remodel/decorating stories from Marie Park.

I just got word from Mutti (my Mom), that our beloved family dog, Montague, is in doggy heaven. Monty has been in our family for about 10 years--10 years that have included many fond memories of our favorite beagle (sorry Snoopy).

Here's a pic from when he was just a pup

Dog lovers everywhere will agree that the love and joy dogs bring into our lives far outweighs the poop scooping and the difficult time we face when the dogs pass on. Here are a few of our fondest memories of Montague Brough Terry.

One thing I will never forget about Monty is his cute spotted belly. The family knows that I'm an expert on his belly because of what HE trained me to do. Like many other dogs, Monty loved his belly to be rubbed and scratched. A ritual that Monty never let me get away from was when I would get home from pretty much anywhere he would run to the middle of the living room and plop down on his back...sort of like this:

He just wouldn't let me get away from scratching his belly--not that I wanted to.  

Something else that's fun to recall is when we trained Monty to turn on the light switch.  He would hop onto the sofa and flip the switch. This is one of many tricks he learned to do.

One game Monty really enjoyed was after we would finish eating yogurt (or peanut butter) he would love licking what we just couldn't quite get out. He wouldn't rest until ever speck of yumminess was gone.  Most of the time this involved tearing the container to shreds. His tongue wasn't long enough to reach the bottom of the yogurt container and he learned that the easiest way to get to the bottom was tearing the bottom off. It was really interesting to watch. 

Please click here to check M&M and Rake's blogs; they should be posting a few things about Monty as well. We know it's best for him that he's not in pain anymore and hopefully these post will help the rest of us cope with not having him around anymore.