Sundays were officially my favorite day of the week. Each week without fail I would answer the door to Marissa, my angel-from-heaven-cleaner. Kitted out in my athletic-wear, after letting her in, I would grab my glass Serene water bottle (filled with energy infused crystals if your interested!) and head to the Jumeirah Islands club for …
Not Just for Christmas…
I have a cute little card that’s been sitting on my desk since early January this year. It has a cartoon picture of a bear riding a bicycle, towing a little trailer full of suitcases. The caption below says: “Goodbye. I am really rather sad that you’re leaving. I miss you already”. It’s a sad sentiment because it implies …
Help! This is not my regular toilet!
If you know me, you’ll know I love a good toilet or vomit story. And if you’ve met me, especially at a party, you may’ve heard one or two of my favourites from my repertoire… The one in Beijing at the Great Wall, where are actually NO walls in the toilets, and the locals like to …
What To Expect When You’re EXPATing!
The above picture is me, almost 2 yrs. ago to the day. I have that look that I recognise from photos at the beginning of my pregnancy, excited, nervous and hyper-aware that something momentously-life-changing is about to happen. In the case of the pregnancy pics that something would happen in roughly 9 months’ time but …
The Aldi Mentality
Job signed and sealed, you’ve chosen your house, school, possibly even decided on what car you are going to cruise around Dubai in. Paperwork is nicely up to date, important documents safely tucked away ready for relocation, excitement is building by the day. Until you must pack up the house. On a whole, the packing …
There’s Someone in the House…
“I just don’t know how you can do it. I just don’t think I could live with someone else in my house. What’s it like really like having a live-in maid?” I had this conversation about 6 years ago with a friend when I was new expat to the Middle East and its endearing ways. My friend worked …
Lovin’ Dubai: Why I Can’t Live Anywhere Else!
Dubai has essentially ruined me! It’s fast approaching 2 years since we began our expat journey (where has the time gone?) and thinking about our future I have come to the conclusion I can’t live anywhere else. Why? Because since moving to the Dubai we have been spoilt in every way possible: 1/ Fabulous …
Greatness never came from a ‘Comfort zone.’
‘I’m out of my comfort zone!’ We’ve all been there, wrapped up in our cosy duvet of what we know and love, our busy, everyday family routine that’s flawlessly run to within an inch of its life. Wake up, throw breakfast at the kids, School run, work, pick up, after school clubs, shopping, dinner, cleaning, …
Expat life wouldn’t be expat life without the daily moan about driving. It’s the most talked about topic at dinner parties, breakfasts, brunches, apart from how frikkin hot the summer is. So we’d be remiss if we didn’t include our take on driving on the blog. I met a mum new to the school (and …
It’s Me, Not You…
The Trials and Tribulations of Making Friends as an Expat The sun has well and truly set on the Summer… although someone needs to tell the weather Gods, it’s still roasting hot here in the glitter pit! The kids are back to school and some level of routine and “normality” has returned. It’s been just …