The smokin’ gun

OK everyone, I owe all and sundry big apologies because it’s been nearly a month since I blogged. And my last post was a bit brief, the one before that my usual moany return to form.
So, while I am at my desk at work and have absolutely shedloads to be doing (it’s Thursday afternoon as [...]

Banging on about the weather

I doubt that anyone is really going to feel any sympathy for me at this point, given that I live in Dubai, but the weather the last week or so has been cr*ppy – wind, rain, cold. We’ve even recently had some quite spectacular electrical storms lasting hours with massive thunderclouds that were miles and [...]

The great furniture swindle of 2008

So we received our furniture delivery from home on Sunday which was very exciting. In principle only though, because we are trying to fit the contents of a two-bed Victorian terrace garden flat into an ultra modern one-bed high rise apartment with a balcony.
Being the careful planners that we are (ha!), PD and I [...]

Rave is the new rant

Apologies for the delayed post.
It’s becoming increasingly apparent to me that it is much easier to rant and rave on the negatives, rather than wax lyrical on the positives. Things are greatly improved and I really feel as if I have turned a corner. My new challenge is to convey everything that’s happening with a [...]

Snapshot on today – 13 Oct 08

Today I am mostly loving: the fact we have found a new apartment! Yes! We move in on the 24th of October. My nesting instinct can now be revived! More news and pics soon…
…And that my visa is imminent – I had my ‘medical’ today and blood test (urgh) – full post on this experience [...]