Are Wii fit or what?!

Well, er actually no, we’re not…
It’s an accepted wisdom in the Dubai expat community that after a certain amount of time living in this bauble of the Emirates one is likely to obtain what is wryly dubbed the “Dubai Stone. “
Dubai is world famous for it’s bargain jewelery deals, and whilst in my imagination this [...]

Turkey talking

I mentioned last week that PD and I went to London for a few days at the beginning of the month. It was wonderful to see everyone and catch up but I wouldn’t call it a holiday. I did my usual planning with military precision – each waking hour was attributed to a particular [...]

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 [...]

The long goodbye…

Today’s my last day at work and it’s very bittersweet. Working at BuyAssociation - nurturing it and helping it grow over the last two and a half years – has given me a lot of knowledge and experience. There have been times when I’ve hated it and times when I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Most of [...]

Run Forrest, run!

This week I’ve got a right panic on – there’s so much to do before we leave. My fingernails are a shabby mess (annoyingly, for the last three months they have been perfect and long – a clear indicator of my state of mental health) and my digestion really isn’t what it should be (sorry [...]