Happy Birthday Ashley

Happy Birthday Ashley!

We hope you had a lovely day - sorry we couldn't share it with you.

Lots of Love and oxoxoxox's

Kathryn & Cameron

Photos of Abu Dhabi

The Grand Mosque

The Presidential Palace at night

I Love My New Camera!

These photos were taken on Tuesday the 24th October 2006.

Madinat Jumeirah - one of my favourite places in Dubai

Madinat Jumeirah with the Burj Al Arab in the background

Addition

I have added a photo from my birthday to the entry titled "My 26th Birthday" (under the September 06 archive). Thanks to the waitress who took the photo on Tara's Camera :) Go take a look if you are interested.

Our Apartment Photos

View from balcony door back to dining room and kitchen.

The Bathroom

Our bedroom

Our kitchen & buffet that came with bedroom suite.

Our 8-seater dining table

View from front door.

View from our balcony door (the pine door you see is our front door)

My First Tattoo (Dad don't freak....)

This is my first Henna Tattoo....it will fade and disappear in about 1-2 weeks.

Quotes of the Week

"I'm not a nag - I'm a motivational speaker"

- as seen on a t-shirt while out shopping (Cameron thinks he should get one for his mum!)

"All the power in the world cannot change destiny"

- as seen printed on a car when we were out for dinner at Sevilles in Bur Dubai.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Esther & Chris on the long-awaited and safe arrival of their son Lucius and to Brooke and Hailey for their brand new baby brother, born this morning, weighing in at approximately 7 pound 13 ounces and a tall 51 cm long. All the best for the years to come xxx

P.S. Photo to feature in a week or so when I get one :)

Our Next Project...

Sitting here looking around our new apartment (which we are both very happy in) we realise that it is still looking a tad bit bare.

*Wondering Look*

What to do?

Do we buy a few insignificant pictures and hang on the wall? (No - boring)

Do we frame some of our favourite photos and put on display? (No - too many)

Do we just leave it bare? (No - too bland)

Do we choose one photo and get it printed on a canvas and hang it above the lounge? (No - what about all our other favourite photos?)

So, we finally decide to create a photo montage. For those of you who may not know what a photo montage is, I will attempt to explain. A photo montage is a photo created by thousand of smaller thumbnail photo's which, when you look at it, you can see the one big photo or the small pictures. It's a great way to display all of your favourite photos while not having heaps of frames that take up alot of space. We do a little research on the internet (gotta love the net) and discover that some very clever person has created a computer program that creates the montage for you. All you do is choose your main picture, add albums of all your other photos and hit create and off it goes colour matching and displaying all your piccies, and about 20 seconds later your montage is complete! When it is done you have the option of zooming in to see all the small pictures (which you can choose how many the program uses, whether they are used multiple times or how many to use.)

Then when you are finally happy with the finished product, you can get it printed and framed, or like us, get your montage printed on canvas!

How easy is that!

To My True Love

You are a part of my life in every way

and I will love you for the rest of my days.

Time can’t change the way I feel

for I Love You now

and I always will.

My Love Always,

Kathryn

ox

Friday the 13th

I wonder how many people actually believe that Friday the 13th (aka Black Friday) is unlucky. We don't. One of those reasons is because nothing bad has ever happened to either of us on this so-called cursed day. Another reason is because today is Esther's birthday, (Esther is one of Kathryn's step-sisters) and she is due to give birth to her 3rd child today *fingers crossed* If he doesn't arrive today hopefully he will sometime very soon (another nephew - Yay!) so a day that holds such special occasions cannot be cursed.

We hope it is a good day for all of you too!

My Current Wallpaper

As I was downloading some photos onto my computer the other day, I realised that I had not shared any of the photos we took when we were in Singapore, so I decided put one up - the one above is my current wallpaper - I love the colours in it.

Happy Birthday Bev

Happy Birthday Mum (Bev).

We hope you have a wonderful day.

Give Zeke lots of cuddles from us!

Love You Lots

Kathryn & Cameron

oxoxox

Everything is BIG in Dubai

This is the size of the Creme Brulee that I had for dessert at the Italian restaurant at Mall of the Emirates. Normally Creme Brulee is a small and round dish...however, in Dubai everything is big and this is the size of my dessert. It was absolutely beautiful. Andrew, thanks for introducing me to my love of Creme Brulee's and eat your heart out at the size of this one!

P.S. It was also absolutely delicious :)

I'm Sorry

Don't you just hate it when you do something and then think that that is going to upset someone else. I really get upset when something like that happens because (as you all probably know) I hate upsetting anyone. So to the person I thought I upset - I am so sorry. You know who you are. I don't need to mention names. Please just know that I love you dearly and would never EVER do or say anythig that would hurt or upset you. It was great to talk to you today on the phone - I miss hearing your voice, the kindness, support and understanding that you show me all the time is so special to me and I really value and appreciate your friendship. You are truly a special person - don't ever forget that. I know you are going through a bit of a tough time right now and these words come to mind.

The Pretenders - I'll Stand By You

"Oh, why you look so sad? The tears are in your eyes

Come on and come to me now

But don't, be ashamed to cry, let me see you through

'Cause I've been in the dark side too

When the night falls on you, and you don't know what to do

Nothing you confess, could make me love you less

I'll stand by you, I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you, I'll stand by you

So, if you're mad, get mad, don't hold it all inside

Come on and talk to me now

Hey, what you got to hide?

I get angry too

Well, I'm a lot like you

When you're standing

At the crossroads, but don't know, which path to choose

Let me come along, 'cause even if you're wrong

I'll stand by you, I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you, I'll stand by you

Take me in to, your darkest hour

And I'll never desert you, I'll stand by you"

Take care my lovely and I hope you are feeling better soon. xxx

The Surprise Phone Call...

I just had a phone call from my gorgeous maid of honour (Jodie) today wishing me a happy birthday! She had not forgotton me yesterday (as I had originally thought) but rather got called away for work, which happens all too often for her. It was great to talk to her and hear her voice along with the voices of my little princess Jasmine and my spunky godson Ben. Not a long phone call, but enough to make my day. Love Ya Bushy!