Author Archives: Dubai Mum

Guilt is a Trip not Worth Taking

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Dubai Mum

The wise words on a magnet I bought over the summer holidays……and suitable for my fridge door, especially as all the ‘goodies’ aren’t in the fridge!!!!

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Expat Post-Holiday Blues

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Dubai Mum

I can’t believe it’s been 2 weeks since we have been back in Dubai and one more sleep till school starts…..the summer holidays in the Emerald Isle seem soooooo long ago.  I miss my homeland.  Don’t get me wrong, I … Continue reading →

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Why, Oh Why Dubai?

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Dubai Mum

Last weekend I received an email from the gym club DD attends.  A government department issued a ban on local sports halls being hired by private clubs for use by gymnastics clubs and the like. The ban was effective immediately. … Continue reading →

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Where’s my Cut, Tooth Fairy?

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Dubai Mum

There have been a number of milestones in my children’s lives which I have been quite happy to not be the first one to witness, and wobbly teeth is one of them!  These days it seems every which way I … Continue reading →

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Moving up to Big School

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Dubai Mum

Two weeks ago, DS2 had his first ‘Moving up’ day at ‘big school’.  ‘Moving up’ day means each class in the school moves to the class which they have  been allocated for the September school start.  This gives the children … Continue reading →

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Mercury on the Rise

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Dubai Mum

It’s the 3rd week of June. It’s flippin’ hot. Yet Dubaians still react with renewed shock every time a temperature rise is confirmed by the Met office here. Summer Solstice is due to welcome the hottest day of the year … Continue reading →

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with more promises of diligent blogging.  Maybe this time I will make more than 5 entries…..From memory, I wasn’t bad as a diary keeper…but, then again,  that was in my youth ( sentence I never thought I would say but … Continue reading →

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So, the gardener bangs on my window

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Dubai Mum

to the point of almost shattering it……it’s Thursday.  It’s 7pm….The weekend started 4 hours ago…… ‘What does he want?’ I wonder…..’I don’t owe him money (yet!). I really don’t want him to hoike up the creeper and attach it to … Continue reading →

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Shopping Battle

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Dubai Mum

It’s Friday.  It’s the weekend.  It’s mid-June.  It’s hot, sticky and unpleasant outside.  Where does everyone head on days like this?  The malls…the air conditioned malls.  It’s not one of my favourite pastimes, especially on Friday when it always feels … Continue reading →

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An alternative bedtime routine

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Dubai Mum

Putting the kids up to bed and each took their turn to do a ‘wee’.  DD, who was already balancing precariously on the toilet seat, shouted out in her most shrill of voices, ‘theres’s a gecko’, and nearly fell down … Continue reading →

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