Hi again!

Hi all! I know it's been a while and I'm really not in the mood today, but I told myself that I would get back to blogging this week. We've been very busy since I last wrote. I saw the Sharjah School for the Deaf. I will be posting pix about that. It was alot of fun and I really enjoyed it. The students and staff were very friendly, but the administration not so much. Very defensive. They were more interested in why I would visit them than working with me.
After that some of my best friends came to visit. I will be posting them as well. That was alot of fun. It also gave me a chance to do more of the touristy type of things. I can see where people would come here and enjoy the vacation. They were here for Thanksgiving. It was nice to have them here. I missed them alot.
Then December came. The kids' school again had issues with their holiday planning so we took almost the whole month off. The kids had National Day (Dec 2,3), then Eid (Dec 11-14), then school until the 24th, then off again until Jan 4th. At one point they had off from the 19th of Dec. Then they changed it about the end of November. Can you imagine if they did that in the States? Anyway, we took the month and went back to the States. Got to see lots of friends and family. I will be posting them as well.
After we got back the lovely school decided to give the kids another 2 weeks off for mid year. Now there is talk that they will not have another break until June. What a mess!! So we took a mini vacation to Egypt. It was fun and the kids really enjoyed it!
On a sad note. Our dog, Sushi had gotten very sick while we were in Egypt. When we got home she was taken to the dr and we found that there was nothing we could do for her. She would have been 10 this April. She died yesterday, January 27th. She will be missed by us all as well as her Noni and Papa, and our friends and family. She was a wonderful dog and our house will be empty without her.
Okay, I'm publishing this, getting some lunch for the kids, and doing some errands. Then I will be back to upload many photos!!