One Daily Positive 2017 Week 1 Moving on.

Welcome to my 3rd year of Project 365, SnapHappyBritMums prompts and One Daily Positive. I've had a clear out on social media and left quite a few groups and joined a few, more suited to the links I join in with with.

I've been giving a lot of thought to what I post on my blog as it's currently a mix of gardening, pets, family, travel and life as an expat, plus the odd general moan and groan about life in general. But I've decided I'm not really a person who wants or needs to fit in with life and others, so I'll just carry on with what I'm doing, which is writing an online diary about my personal experiences. However I am still on the lookout for a travel or days out linky to join in with on a weekly basis.

Happy New Year and moving on, please forget everything that I said last year, for this is a new one and I'm hitting in full force. I start the year without a job, but I have my husband, my family visiting over the holidays and planned trips to the UK throughout the year and friends. New Years Day lunch. 
1/365 The Night Before.

This is the year I will come to love Dubai, make good friends and feel I belong. We spent the day at Wild Wadi water park.
2/365 2017

With the kids and niece at Global Village for dinner and shopping. 

3/365 I'm eating

A quiet day with son and niece at the beach, teen to the dentist for final wisdom tooth extraction and apart from running them around, washing and ironing, I've spent most of the day in the garden watching The Crown on Netflix and scheduling blog posts.

4/365 I'm watching.

A lovely day, spent the morning in the desert, followed by a picnic breakfast for 3 plus #BobTheDog shopping with my niece and dinner with Peter, Beth, Dan and Alex at Reem Al Bawadi wishing I'd ordered one of the for dessert also.
5/365 I'm Thinking.

At the airport to see Dan off on his travels home, we've had a great 3 weeks, despite me losing his UK SIM card. Spent our last day on the beach, he got a little sun burnt. On our return home #BobTheDog was looking for him.  
6/365 I'm loving.

Taxi from home to Dubai Marina, on the ferry to the Creek, souks, lunch and shopping. Abra to the other side and taxi home. A lovely day spent with Peter, Beth and Dan.
7/365 Silver.

On the blog this week:

Animal Tales, HDYGG and PoCoLo A visit to The Green Planet at City Walk. A tropical rain forest in the desert.

My Sunday Photo Week 105 D is for disappointment.

Week 2 - One Daily Positive and Project 366

Another long and tiring week, every time I think I'm on top of all this paperwork, I find something else that needs doing. I'm determined that by the end of the month I won't be bridging any work home with me in the evenings....watch this space.

We managed to do everything we had planned for the week. The house seems rather quiet and empty now Jamie has returned to the UK, just another thing us expats have to keep doing and that is to say too many goodbyes.

Sunday Day 10 #onedailypositive #project366 Apart from 2 photo prompts, the only other picture I've taken today is of my hire car. Why? Because it's so damn small, I keep losing it/forgetting where I park. I do this often even with the 4x4 we own. In fact there have been many times I've caught public transport home from work or the shops for hubby to ask me where the car is as I've forgotten I'd driven there. It's makes me laugh, it frustrates Peter. 

My Sunday Photo this week was a picture of the Address Hotel fire. 

Monday Day 11 #onedailypositive #project366 I met hubby and Jamie after I finished work @globalvillageuae for a walk round and dinner. On leaving my hire car wouldn't start so I called the company who responded with 'Miss Suzanne, try putting the car in P for park' this obviously have many calls like this.

Tuesday Day 12 #onedailypositive #project366 Jamie has been here two weeks, it's his last night with us tonight and the cat finally decides to be civil towards him.

The cat has been acting weird again, too much change and she can't seem to settle as you'll see in this weeks Animal Tales.

Wednesday Day 13 #onedailypositive #project366 storm clouds over Dubai very much like my emotions this week the#teen and Jamie both returned to the UK this week, I've had little sleep with trying to organize work and home life.

Thursday Day 14 #onedailypositive #project366 we has post, was sent on time for Christmas from the UK but hubby has been off work so only collected it today. It's the weekend here, we went out for dinner, enjoyed dinner out and watched a movie. I have paperwork to do on the weekend, a food shop to do and coffee with friends, plus 2 weeks worth of soaps to watch.

I've not had much time to spend in the garden so I've been writing up old posts. This week's HDYGG? is a visit to South Africa late last year, Parks and Gardens in Pretoria.

Day 15 #onedailypositive #project366 I'll admit there have been moments when I've thought that working is just too much for me and I don't need it and I've spent all day planning and preparing future work, but I'm slowly getting into a routine and I can see the fog lifting slightly.

Day 16 #onedailypositive #project366 we went out for coffee and cake and bought a car. So far it's been a simple process, they took copies of my ID, a deposit by credit card, sent a driver to collect a cheque from us, they will do the registration once the cheque clears and deliver the car in 2-3 days time. All I have to do is get insurance and email a copy over to the garage.

Apart from the photo prompts for SnapHappybritMums and FMSPhotoADay and My month of mornings where I take a picture from the front doorstep of the view as I leave for work, this is the extent of the pictures I've been taking and I feel they are lacking excitement and interest to me, I must up the game next week.

Global Village

Another afternoon and evening at Global Village in Dubai. Open Saturday till Wednesday 4pm till 12 am and Fridays and Public holidays 4pm till 1am.

Entry fee 15 AED each plus additional charges for the Fantasy Island Rides.

There is ample parking, but make a note of the bay number as it looks very different when the sun goes down and public transport is available from Union on the 103 and Al Ghubaiba on the 104 running between 3.15pm and 11.15pm with 30 minutes of travel time. Call RTA on 8009090 for more information.

There are daily shows in the 3 main arenas, a wide selection of restaurants and a shoppers paradise where you can buy everything your heart desires from fashion, to accessories, souvenirs and spices from, as the name suggests, all over the globe.

Visit Heritage Village and other special attractions but head over there quickly as they close the Village closes on April the 11th 2015 until November next year.

You can read more about Global Village here.