Saturday 28 April 2018

One Daily Positive - Week 17

Fantastic news this week Child 4 asked 4a to marry him on Sunday. She said YES. It'll be a while till the wedding as they're saving for a house.

It's getting uncomfortably hot now. Averaging 35c in the day, with the car temp reading 10c higher when it's been sitting in the sun on the drive.

My medical aid approval for the Bone Marrow test still hasn't been approved, they're waiting for my blood test results, but didn't ask for them.....doh!

Made the monthly phone calls home on Saturday, lovely to speak with everyone. It was also Thing 3's 1st birthday (my great nephew) on Saturday (it has been noted that no cake was saved for me lol) and 3a broke her ankle in a trampolining accident in Australia at the day out she'd arranged for Child 3's birthday.

112 Sunday started with cleaning the kitchen and dining room after yesterdays roast dinner. Spent the day sorting out some art and craft projects I want to do. Went for a swim at lunch time and spent the afternoon taking photos at the beach and the evening at Dubai Marina wandering around after dropping Peter at the train station as he was off to airport and spending the week in Kuwait.

113 Monday I was bored by 10am with nothing to do so I visited the Garden Centre and called in to see a friend, home via McDonalds for Bob's 5 year anniversary meal and spent the afternoon sorting through photo's and doing some gardening once the sun set and it had cooled down.

114 Tuesday Took Bob to My Second Home for a couple of hours run around. Spent the rest of the day just chilling out and got distracted by my new sequinned cushions, so took my laptop out and had a coffee, putting together a couple of sponsored posts for May.

115 Wednesday Spent the day with a friend at Festival City. Stopped off at Ras al Khor Nature reserve and forgot to bring my camera battery. Peter arrived home mid evening.

116 Thursday It was a very windy and humid day, spent most of it sweeping up the sand and managed to drag myself out to do a food shop after a migraine.

117 Friday We went for coffee and had lunch out at Dubai Mall, wandering around the new Fashion Mall. Spent the evening in front of the TV.

118 Saturday woke to another water leak in the bathroom and no electrics. Peter cleaned the garden and outdoor furniture. I popped to the shops and had a coffee. Had friends round in the evening for a BBQ and made our monthly phone calls to the kids and 2 Mums.

On the blog this week:

My Sunday Photo - Can I visit the Burj Al Arab? 
TriumphantTales, TweensTeensBeyond and PoCoLo - Women only in Dubai







26 comments:

  1. Aww congratulations on the engagement!

    We have some sequinned cushions too and they can be so distracting lol

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    1. thank you, hubby confiscated the cushions as he thinks i'm going to break them lol

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  2. Congratulations to 4 and 4a! Love the photo of the garden, but don't envy the heat at all, even though it is 8 degrees and raining here.

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    1. thank you, very much looking forward to some uk weather now

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  3. Awww yeay huge congratulations to your boy on his engagement!
    Your garden is looking lovely and Bob very happy in it.
    Can you even get in a car when it is 45?! #365

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    1. thank you, enjoying what time we can in the garden while we can. When I open the car door there's a rush of heat fighting to get out

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  4. Fab news about child 4 and his fiancee, and congratulations on their engagement! Your garden looks very neat and tidy. Your high temperatures would drive me crazy. You look lovely with those big flowers.

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    1. thank you, thankfully it's a small garden and easy to maintain, it doesn't really grow much this time of year

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  5. Aww! Congrat about the engagement.
    Ohh! I saw some cushions like yours a few weeks ago. Are they the one's that change colour when you stroke them....They wouldn't last long here with my girls. lol
    Your garden looks lovely x

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    1. yes they're colour changing cushions and i've had fun writing rude words in them lol

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  6. The mall looks lovely, and the cushions too! Congrats on the family engagement #365

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    1. the mall is lovely to walk round, you get a feeling that you're actually outdoors

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  7. How exciting about their engagement. I love the look of those mall flowers.

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    1. the mall is always so beautifully decorated

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  8. What a pain about the continuing water leak. Love your shot from the nature reserve, what a contrast to the busy city beyond #365

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    1. it's amazing to be so close to such a major city and have a view like this with natural wildlife, all that's missing is some greenery

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  9. Congratulations to 4 and 4a. Hope you get that water leak sorted soon.

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  10. That is a large living room you have. we have separate couches as well.
    Congrats on the engagement and ouch at the broken ankle.
    That does not look like a McD's in front of Bob.

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    1. it's all open plan here in Dubai, difficult to keep the rooms cool like this. lol no Bob wasn't interested in the aubergines at all

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  11. Another wedding for you! Lovely news and really interesting to read your diary of the week. Thanks for linking up with #BestBootForward

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    1. thank you, it's time we had some good news

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  12. Such great news about your sons engagement and I’m sure there will be lots to do and plan for even if it is a way of yet! Thanks for joining in with #BestBootForward and hoping this coming week is positive too x

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    1. thank you Chloe, I'll try and be a bit more inventive with next weeks link up

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  13. We have been basking in the heat over the bank holiday but nothing like you are having! Congratulations to the whole family on the wedding news, how exciting! #project365

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    1. thank you, very excited about the weddings

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