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Visnakova

Visnakova
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Latest post on 27 December 2015 - 11:30
I have a wedding dress for sale as well,american Davids Bridal US size 12 but I would say anything uk 10-14 depending on the chest and waist
Visnakova
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Latest post on 27 December 2015 - 11:14
You should be ok if it's a singleton pregnancy to travel up to 36w,they should ask a certificate from your OB stating expected delivery date,how many weeks,normal pregnancy and singleton,if multiples cut of is 32 weeks
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Latest post on 24 July 2015 - 15:12
not sure but if by any chance you are uk 10-12 I have a gown from David's bridal to sell
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Latest post on 02 June 2015 - 17:45
No single suitcase can be heavier that 32KGS on any airline, this is health and safety IATA regulation, she might get away with not paying 1-2kgs over the 30 on EK but I would not bet on it. Let her check the weight of the packed stuff & see if she can take some (not liquids) in her carry on (go for small& heavy there, it should not weigh more then 8kgs but I have seen some 20kg suitcases as a crew..., 10kgs should be safe... if over, let her pre-pay through Emirates.com,it will be way cheaper but still watch the 32kgs/bag rule
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Latest post on 10 May 2015 - 16:37
Hello everyone! We're moving soon and I am preparing a household budget for when we arrive in Dubai. The hope is a 4-5 bedroom place in either The Lakes or Arabian Ranches (depending on which school the kids are finally confirmed at). We have 3 children ages 4, 6 and 8. Here's the numbers we've put together for the first year. Comments much appreciated if these seem reasonable and realistic? Please let me know if you see something I've forgotten! [u'>[b'>Yearly costs:[/b'>[/u'> Rent 260,000 + 5% agent commission + 5% security deposit + 5% tax School fees 75,000 per child Home insurance 1,000 Car insurance 5,000 per car (plan is to buy 2 cars when we arrive) Flights home to Europe: 3500 per person per visit [u'>[b'>Monthly costs:[/b'>[/u'> Groceries 5,000 Cleaning services (visiting, not live-in): 3,500 Petrol: 1,000 Water & electricity: 3,000 Random household purchases: 1,000 Telephone, TV, broadband: 2,000 Mobile phone: 500 (for me, my husband gets his provided) Clothing: 500 per person Gym membership: 400 x 2 Entertainment (going out / staying in, including alcohol): 5500 Misc. cash: 2000 Many thanks in advance for any comments... Hi,I think your budget is pretty good, depending on your lifestyle you could even spent less. We live in a large 3br with a live in maid and 2 kids (6&2) and our spending is a lot less then what you budgeted for (on most things). If anyone told me I was to pay 75K/year for 4year old I'd consider home schooling :), Groceries are about right (generally a bit less but then you have party/Christmas/visitors and you go over easily so it balances out), cleaning services - a lot less there unless you want someone daily for xy hours (most companies are 35Dhs/h so even if you go 5 days/week/4h you are under 1000 with some tips. Petrol would really depend on what cars you'd drive and what distances (both me and my hubby drive big cars and we spent wee less then that (but don't drive far often so it will all come to that) Water and electricity- you might need to up that budget,especially during summer months Telephone,TV,internet- we have cable,house line and ok internet for some 350/month, I'd say 500 is more than enough in this category. Mobile-I ménage with under 200/month easy but don't work,we use Skype for most international and Whatsapp for most messages ... Clothing-500/month per person - are you planning to model the kids :biggrin: ? This really depends what brands are you used to wearing and how much you are used to spending on clothes but we are nowhere close to that amount (some months more but most months 100-200/month/person (mainly the kids,I go clothes shopping max 4 times a year including shoes...). Entertaining- you budgeted a lot but tht ll depends on your lifestyle... <em>edited by Visnakova on 10/05/2015</em>
Visnakova
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Latest post on 19 October 2014 - 22:38
Thank you for your input ladies, even just "talking" like this helps to get a bit of a perspective about it all, the food thing is really just one part (though really enoying one) and we need to tackle it now or part ways, really, yesterday was late
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Latest post on 19 October 2014 - 22:31
as for the fruits,we buy a lot,the bowl is always full but having a cup noodles as she was just lazy to cook (sorry but that was obvious) and then over a half a kilo mango... really??? I don't want her to stop eating fruits and she had mangoes before but everytime she had like half and the second half was in the fridge for day later so I knew I could grab it if I needed to... I guess she propably doesn't even know how much these cost here (and my darling sons love these kind of fruits,mangoes and berries top the list...) I guess it's more her attitude, the fact that she never asks. Hubby is coming back on Wed, we'd need to sit down and talk and mainly sit her down, there is things she keep doing around the house as well, being messy just by nature and quite lazy on top...If the whole thing was not so difficult and expensive I think we'd try again. And another concern are my sons,especially the small one is being difficult around strangers and has just started to warm up towards her.
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Latest post on 19 October 2014 - 22:12
That's my main problem right now,I don't like waisting food but she either doesn't eat what we cook so there is just way too many leftovers and we end up throwing food or there is just not enough (certain meals are not ment to be reheated so I try to cook just the amount) I don't want to have always extra fish/chicken in the fridge if she decides to cook as most will end up in the bin and there is never any extra space in our freezer with all the frozen veggies and ice creams. I normally buy meat/fish/poultry with a specific meal planned, we always have extra veggies,legumes,rice etc at home
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Latest post on 19 October 2014 - 21:44
No,she is from Kenya and we don't eat rice everyday but I'd say 2-3 times a week, we really eat more Europian style (I am Czech)
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Latest post on 19 October 2014 - 19:21
well,I fixed that already, I kind of snapped and told her off after she was sniffing the ghee and telling me how she doesn't like us using that. so I told her she doesn't have to eat it but I am not going to let her dictate how we cook meals in this family and reminded her she has not been honest about her diet (telling us about only the red meat and not milk) and the fact that she is not allergic otherwise she would not eat ice cream and that I don't appreciate her acting like that,that it's very disrespectfull. She apologised and it sort of stopped. She is very young-21 and I think she is just not thinking most of the time... I don't want to start all over again even though she is FAR from perfect but at least the boys are getting used to her. I am hoping the food allowance,getting her to cook her own and stopping access will not just fix the waistage/not enough food circle and me stressing what to cook but also send quite a clear message.
Visnakova
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Latest post on 19 October 2014 - 17:45
Izzi,I served her the food,the rest was on the side to cool down and I assure you hers was a big portion (like I would serve my hubby) but she just added it on (I was already feeding my toddler...) I already had a chat with her 2 weeks ago as her pulling faces on my hubby using ghee (he is indian so sometimes we eat curries) or me making soups,quite firmly I told her she has an option to eat what we have or sort herself out but I am just stuck with few things to cook and getting Peeped ;-) with it (but I just feel bad that she would have to eat what she doesn't like...). With the constant teaching her how to clean house and even basics like wash hands before touching any utensils,food.... it's just getting too much. I tell you,I was an au pair years back and nobody gave me any allowances or bent over backwards for what I wanted to eat,I ended up just using some of my salary to buy some stuff which I really wanted/craved every week and rest well,I just ate what my family did even if I didn't like it (I wouldn't even dare to ask them for anything else,I was there to help them not to add to their work.. ) but guess that just my nature Waiting for hubby to say what he things (he is out of the county now) but I guess I'll push for fridge and allowance,I keep saying it-she is here to make my life easier and eventually allow me to go back to work,now make my life more difficult... <em>edited by Visnakova on 19/10/2014</em>
Visnakova
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Latest post on 19 October 2014 - 17:03
well,I kind of tried that but honestly,now I just cannot judge how much to cook or end up having to shop everyday as she either doesn't eat it and then finishes all the mangoes (which seems to be the only fruit my toddler eats so I have to go and buy more and throw the leftowers after 2 days or like yesterday I was making baked potatoes for lunch and made one more (really big like 18-20cm) potatoes to have it for today as I knew I might not be making it home to cook and she just ate both, well again I cooked more for dinner (fried rice) so that extra portion was there and she just ate it again and I am not kidding,that was like double to what my husband would eat and he is not a small guy. Then I feel bad to cook something with cream which I use quite a lot but fed up with all the cooking and figuring out what to cook and buy for it, bad enough most of the time I have to cook separate meals for us and kids and now her as well. oh,and now I need to figure out want to cook for dinner as she ate half of a fish which was ment for todays dinner... I don't want to be unfair but she is just acting like a spoiled kid... And seriously, we eat ok, meat veggies,poultry,fish and most of the time our food only shopping is within 2000Dhs a month 2 adults 2 kids and the boys make up for the portions by their tastes... but I do cook most from scratch and cook a lot with lentils,beens, veg...
Visnakova
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Latest post on 19 October 2014 - 16:33
Hello ladies, we got a new maid a month ago and struggling with our food arrangments... When we interwied her on the food she said she does not eat red meat (allergic), we were ok with that said she could cook something for herself but upon arriving she told us she is also allergic to milk (but eats ice cream ;-) ...) She already ate pork and beef and yoghurt in our meal either by choice or by accident and nothing happened. She is just super picky. So now most of what we eat she does not and she is pulling her face on most of the other stuff and I am kind of sick and tired of it as she is expecting her food cooked... We are waisting so much food now as if she doesn't something she barely touches it (so I end up eating it 4 days in a row) but then hoowers tons of fruits (but somehow only the expensive types...) then when she likes something she'll eat double to what my husband would so even me cooking to have some for following day doesn't work. Well,enough of my rant, I am seriously considering just giving her a food allowance on the top of her salary, getting her a small fridge and getting her cook her own food. If we go that way I'd prefer she'd sort out her complete food shopping and don't touch the family's so I don't have to deal with it again. So now, how much should we give her as food allowance? Just calculating our food shopping/month/person it works out about 500Dhs a head but isn't that too little for a single person? We had a live in some time ago but never delt with this,she ate with us so this is completely new...
Visnakova
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Latest post on 17 March 2014 - 13:31
not sure if I can do that but I have a ton (think like 3 big boxes) full of maternity clothes at home sizes ranging UK8 to UK16 but mainly uk10-12,everythink from basics to evening dresses.I want to take it to the mother and baby market but my hubby never hits the right day off so I could go.Lot of it is ready on a cloths rack so if anyone wants to come by and have a look,feel free to contact me.I am in Mirdif mail is my user name at yahoo.com <em>edited by Visnakova on 17/03/2014</em>
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Latest post on 22 January 2013 - 18:24
Hi,I need some input. Our maid is leaving,we already cancelled her visa so she is on the grace period and looking for a job (restaurant....) she is still with us but we are letting her go for interviews. Today she went for one and came back saying she has "training" from 8pm-3am for next two days. When I questined it (as there should not be training untill they take her) she said they want to see,how she works,so basically a trial. I am quite uncomfortable with this as I don't think she is allowed this while still under our sponsorship (my understanding is we are not off the hook untill she either exits the country or transfers),as it's basically work.I don't want to get into any kind of trouble as we already have another maid waiting to be taken on but just giving our maid a few more days to get a job as that's what she wants.It's not exactly convenient for us but hey... Just don't want to risk any trouble as I am pregnant,due in two months and don't want to end up sorting some mess and then look for another maid right before I pop.Thanks for any input
 
 
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