Posted on March 5, 2009 by flickster1
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 [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by flickster1
Eeek. Sometimes when you haven’t done what you should normally on a regular basis eg. go to the gym, call your mum, bathe – it all just seems so hard to get back in there and get into the groove again. This is the case with my blog – yeah – I know it’s been [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2008 by flickster1
Today I am mostly feeling: hungover. the special white wine kind (you know what I mean ladies). My brain function is about as slow as a hibernating tortoise’s
Today I am absolutely loving: my husband. The lovely man drove me to work this morning to save me from sandpit-parking-hell in my hungover state
This week I am [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2008 by flickster1
The good news is that PD and I are moving, finally! As of Friday we officially take possession of a one bedroom apartment located on the 34th floor of a tower called Southridge 6. It’s right next to the Burj Dubai and Dubai Old Town, which means that we are very close to nice bars [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2008 by flickster1
Today I am mostly loving: The fact that here avocados ripen properly in the fruit bowl – when they are soft you don’t cut the skin to reveal yucky black veins, it’s just perfect green flesh. It’s the simple stuff, no?
Today I am absolutely hating: that selfish pr*ck who has boxed me in at the [...]
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