The beginners guide on making an income from blogging (and managing it)

And so that’s it, time to breath a sigh of relief because the 2016/17 tax year is nearly at an end.  Tax returns are way,…

Happy Mother’s Day Mum from your wayward, forgetful expat daughter…

This time last year I realised, belatedly, that I had forgotten to send a card to my mum.  One of the perils of being an…

Expat friendships are what make expat life amazing

It was never in my plans to be an expat. You could go as far as to say it was the furtherst thing from my…

Living Arrows 12/52 – Birthday cakes

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” Kahlil Gibran This year I am taking part in Living Arrows,…

#RememberingTheseDays – the daffodils have arrived

It’s Sunday, which means that it is time for the #rememberingthesedays for photographs that capture the special moments in family life round up with myself and Clare…

My love-hate relationship having visitors to stay as an expat

Being an expat more often than not you hit “visitor season” where people come out to stay with you.  A week, two weeks, a weekend,…

Living Arrows 11/52 – Camping at Fuwairit Beach

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” Kahlil Gibran This year I am taking part in Living Arrows,…