Mandy's Midlife Mayhem

Well, I finally made it back from KSA last Thursday morning.  After a 4 hour delay and then finding out my hubby hadn't put his alarm c...

Hi everyone, this week I'm writing from Jeddah in KSA.  I'm here on a business trip but am due to fly back to Dubai in a couple o...

Happy New Year, and welcome to  my first blog for 2013!  Sorry it's a little late but I've been extra busy for the past few weeks...

I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and hope Santa was really good to you. On Christmas morning, hubby and I woke at a reasonable ti...

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!  It's been reasonably festive so far this year. Although at work we  usually get a number of gifts from ...

After going through the shock of our boss 'leaving' the company 2 weeks ago, last week our team were 'encouraged' to join i...

Last the weekend, we attended the Dubai Christmas Festival and are trying to get into the Christmas spirit with the 'Secret Santa...

Happy 41st National Day.  Yes, the UAE marked its 41st National Day yesterday.  The streets have been covered all week with flags and ligh...

Yesterday I also had the chance to Skype with my friend who has just lost her husband (my lovely friend Dave).   Honestly, I am so proud o...

I've been away from my blog for a couple of weeks due to something very devastating happening.  Last week one of our extremely close ...

Remember , Remember the 5th November - Bonfire Night in the UK  (unfortunately, I've never seen or heard of anyone celebrating it here ...