yikes how did it get to be November already

Im sorry I am not posting regularly, I will try harder in the upcoming week to update daily to catch up on all our news. 

My biggest problem has been that blogger keeps insisting I log in in Arabic.  It would be easier if they gave me Swahili has an option. 

We are both good, all is happy and well.  Abby is just gorgeous and we are so pleased we made the decision to get a dog.  We also have a live in maid with us Delia.  Life will never be the same! Bert went to India last weekend for the Grand Prix in Delhi so we have lots of photos and news to share in the next few days now I have found a way to log in.

Abi.

Short for Abu Dhabi.  Could there be a better trinket to take home from a country?

maids.

Our two lovely maids, Siriani from Sri Lanka and Lorna from the Phillipines.  Lorna has a one year old daughter at home in the Phillipines and will be in the UAE for three years before she can go home to see her. Her and Siriani are always so happy!  Here they are packing up goods that I have given them from stuff people have donated.

One of the perks of the job I guess

This tissue box, and five others were lovingly made by one of our Bangladeshi women for all the managers in the company. 

Paul's graduation

 Paul has just completed training with the Melbourne Metropolitan fire brigade, we are so very proud of him

                                                   Paul and his lovely partner Jacqui.

A change of scenery

Could this be any different than the United Arab Emirates?  We are in Germany for a week to spend time with Berts father.  We drove from Frankfurt to Burghausen and it was this green and this beautiful.  I love the UAE and I am constantly surprised by just how pretty the desert can be, but goodness Germany is beautiful.

computer problems

I'm sorry my postings have been a rare occurance lately but the computer access here is driving me a little, well a LOT crazy.  I have downloaded a program today that seems to be helping and I got my log in page for my blog in English this morning which is a bonus as logging in, in Arabic is a bit of a hit and miss affair.

I still cannot upload photos, so that will be the next thing I need to work out.