Helping expat wives transition into a new life, gracefully, successfully, with as few tears as possible. One busy day at a time.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Depending on who you talk to (husband definitely not included!) most of the time I am a calm, rational, normally functioning member of society. That is until I book a holiday that involves airline travel and I unravel at the seams! This summer’s trip back to the UK was no exception. There are several stages …
Right, so there’s one left in the Expat Wives Busy Lives Team that we want you to know more about. Our sparkly, bubbly, skippy (skippy?? read on) Brit, Jill. The one thing you can’t fail to notice about Jilly, is her effervescent, sparkly personality. She is always laughing, (when she’s not saying ‘Shut the front …
Welcome back to Expat Wives Busy Lives Friday blog. It’s been a busy couple of weeks! ‘Schools out’ and the expats are leaving the dusty city to escape the peak of the Summer heat. Our Sassy, classy Kat has hit New Zealand with a bang. She’s had to dig out the Winter woollies for cooler …
For the last few months we have been sharing our musings but, “Who are the girls behind the blogs?!” we hear you shout (or maybe not, but for the purpose of our next blog we are going to pretend you are interested and do give a damn!). What better way to introduce ourselves and lift …
Meet Sox. So named because she looks like she is wearing four little brown socks. She’s the one on the left in the suitcase and is our gorgeous fur baby. Sox joined our family in August 2016 and has just turned three years old (or 28 in dog years). From the moment we picked her …
