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Latest post on 11 April 2011 - 08:32
Need to go to MoE and mentally preparing self for the worst :)
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Latest post on 11 April 2011 - 08:27
it is far too early in the morning to be thinking this hard you know.
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Latest post on 11 April 2011 - 08:24
I am deeply fascinated by this thread...we were just the other day discussing how our lives at 5 and 6 were so so different from my daughters life. Disregarding all the other differences and focusing solely on transport...at 5 I walked to school, alone, across many roads including a state highway. Mind you, back then seatbelts werent law either so general circumstances have changed somewhat. The 'bubble' our kids live in concerns me, and I think it's certainly food for thought to bear in mind that our children may not live in this environment all their lives, and they do need to learn some independence so they are capable of being able to cope in different circumstances, if that makes sense? It was highlighted to me back in NZ last summer at a playground..lil miss was playing, and behaving as she does in a playground here...orderly ques, taking turns etc, while typical kiwi bratlings just walk all over each other...she was upset and terrified. Now, how is that preparing her for the real world? and how is that giving her the skills to survive in a competitive world? (her preparation being the mannners taught in a playground here) Now while I love that the kids are so respectful of each other at her school and something to be proud of...it won't cut any mustard if she finds herself back in NZ in a typical primary school! I can't comment on the teens thing, nor what I will or won't do when out time comes for this, because who knows!...like all things it seems to be a balancing act...their safety, their growth. Parenthood, it's a blast hey.
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Latest post on 11 April 2011 - 07:41
While for arthritis I agree that physio would probably make more sense, I'm a chiro girl all the way. (You'll find that usually people will fall into either osteo camps or chiro and never the twain shall meet :) ) One thing about chiro, practised properly is it does include massage and physio where needed, and our chiro takes a holistic approach to health. If you have a chiro you trust, go for it.
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Latest post on 11 April 2011 - 07:34
had the best sleep ever...just gorgeous going to bed listening to it all and having the room light up with the spectacular lightning show. bliss oh bliss. now for round 2....
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Latest post on 11 April 2011 - 07:31
be proud of the belly mama-to-be, there is nothing more beautiful.
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Latest post on 10 April 2011 - 19:55
RAIN RAIN!!!!!!!
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Latest post on 10 April 2011 - 19:18
I see LIGHTENING!!!!!! woot!
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Latest post on 10 April 2011 - 17:55
Have FINALLY got animals in! woot! what did you do? threaten them with pate?
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Latest post on 10 April 2011 - 17:47
I am watering lawn. Planning on mowing lawn tomorrow. Need to wash sheets and have left windows open upstairs. Would do my patented rain dance inclusive of feathers that never fails, but it failed this year so I need a new dance. I have lit candles, prayed, pleaded, made bargains, asked nicely and outright demanded RAIN. I just don't know what else i can do!
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Latest post on 10 April 2011 - 17:44
and I'll piggy back this thread! don't forget Kacie is looking for a forever home...details over on the pet page. (I know I know, am shameless)
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Latest post on 10 April 2011 - 17:42
it's dark and oppressive in springs, the humidity seems to have droppped a teeny smidge and a breeze sprung up. I just wish it would get on and rain...
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Latest post on 10 April 2011 - 17:39
springs 3m (with study) 115k in 4 cheques. this is our 3rd year in same villa and we renegotiate down each year, though the LL has a new agent who was being a bit stubborn this year.
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Latest post on 10 April 2011 - 17:30
problem with our springs ducks is that they are VERY well fed :)
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Latest post on 10 April 2011 - 17:25
theres ducks (and ducklings!) at the big lake that springs 10, 12 and 9 back onto if that helps.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 14:53
Unawatuna by Galle.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 14:36
Wow that's a lot, better pay the 100 for the insurance :) Thanks a lot aroha! lol! have fun....
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 14:35
Oh yeah. That too. :D Although the full range of services is limited. not quite so flexible?
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 14:34
800 springs to mind? but can't really remember, sorry.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 14:26
depends on if the cops are there, really. It's an enclave of Oman, so I'd have the insurance anyway...like i said, a friend of ours has been fined for not having it on his hire car, but not everytime.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 14:23
it's on because i am finding this weather very claustrophobic. Still not on in hubby's car yet though...it's windows down and fresh air on face time of year still.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 14:22
This is a power supply issue, knob of side of vaio broke, do you think he would be able to solder/fix that? dunno, call him and see...I just had him fix a dead lappy and there was no soldering involved, so the hardware stuff? just don't know, sorry.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 14:16
ummm, think it was 300 an hour, no call out fee just the flat rate. He fixed everything within the hour and i had a whole list of stuff for him to do.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 14:05
confused...are you going to mussandam or Dibba? If Dibba, you will head through a check point and they can and do often check all your paper work for vehicles as well as your passports. A friend in hire car has been fined for no Oman insurance at least 50% of the time he has crossed the post with us! But that was when police were stationed on the oman side. We have Oman insurance on our vehicle anyway, so who knows. I think it more or less depends on who you get on the day, and if the police are there as well as the border guards. hth
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 14:00
here tis. 050 552 1074
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 13:57
CT posted a thread earlier looking for the same...I put this guys tariqs number on that thread for her...he came and fixed up my laptop for me the other week. hang on, will find number again.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 13:42
Choitrams' selection was a bit iffy, aroha -- they only had the caramel version in the baby singles -- but I did buy a few gift boxes for you [big eggs with creme eggs inside'>. Better than nothing! Will hand over 2morrow. :) treasure :)
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 13:34
an update: though I think i need head read for letting anyone in on the good news ;) Geant have them! lots n lots of them. Just something to keep an eye on though...they have packs of 6 for 22dh something, and packs of 12 for 68ish dh. My math isn't brilliant, but pretty sure theres some creative accounting going on!
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 09:04
oooo, what and who is al maya? Sam7: I conscider it your sacred duty to immediately head over to choities and clear those shelves for me! You may leave one token egg as a gesture of good will. Thank you. Yikes, still in the jimmy-jams! Will pop over later - what flavours are acceptable for m'lady?;) I have to hit Choits before cawfee this AM so am happy to do the needful if you want. ;) she's being awfully quiet WM, do you suppose she might have headed over there already? lol! If someone could get them, I really would appreciate it....himself is tired, cranky and eggless. Not a good combination. Up till this post, I assumed you were talking about your other half. Now, I'm not so sure.. be sure :D Thanks WM, 'preciate it...will collect off you tomorrow. xx
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 09:01
oooo, what and who is al maya? Sam7: I conscider it your sacred duty to immediately head over to choities and clear those shelves for me! You may leave one token egg as a gesture of good will. Thank you. Yikes, still in the jimmy-jams! Will pop over later - what flavours are acceptable for m'lady?;) I have to hit Choits before cawfee this AM so am happy to do the needful if you want. ;) she's being awfully quiet WM, do you suppose she might have headed over there already? lol! If someone could get them, I really would appreciate it....himself is tired, cranky and eggless. Not a good combination.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 08:58
they do a nasty caramel one simples, yuk. What were they thinking?
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 08:54
if someone tries to remove the eggs from my trolley they will be treated to my impression of a demented rottweiler, free of charge. Now i just need to find the eggs to put in a trolley :D
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 08:46
oooo, what and who is al maya? Sam7: I conscider it your sacred duty to immediately head over to choities and clear those shelves for me! You may leave one token egg as a gesture of good will. Thank you. Yikes, still in the jimmy-jams! Will pop over later - what flavours are acceptable for m'lady?;) You may finish your coffee and change, is only humane. Just the origonal flavour ones please.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 08:37
You *saw* them in Springs' Spinneys at some point? All I saw were the cakes. I wondered if there would be any Creme Eggs. A more important question is, where are they imported from? The Antipodes or the UK? Very different Cadbury's, you know (though I don't know what the UK ones are like since Kraft took them over) :) I actually *bought* some from Spinneys, AND I had the decency to leave some for others. I won't be making that mistake again! They're only the UK ones, but needs must etc
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 08:34
here tis....050 5521074
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 08:30
as Lee is not here for some reason I called a guy named tariq who comes to you...and he was excellent. Will have a little bit of a search for you and find his number. He was rec'd on here, so the number must be floating about somewhere
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 08:27
oooo, what and who is al maya? Sam7: I conscider it your sacred duty to immediately head over to choities and clear those shelves for me! You may leave one token egg as a gesture of good will. Thank you.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 08:25
heading to Ibn today, so if no joy there will hit the greens. blimmin egg hogs, grrrrr.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 07:56
'fess up! Who bought every single creme egg from Spinneys in the Springs hmm? Went to get more and theres only the nasty caramel ones left, himself is having a tanty.
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Latest post on 06 April 2011 - 07:47
If all the golden sands are in the same place, thats where we stayed when we first arrived. Sort of Bur Dubai? or am I completely wrong? There is Zabeel Park which is possible to get to on foot, if you have a stroller for the little one and don't mind walking! Lamcy Plaza has a very cool indoor play area. Have you a wee map? Or the Dubai Explorer book? You should be near the Spinneys if I have my area right and you can pick these up there. Sounds like you don't plan on driving? The greens might be worth a look as somewhere more permenent to live, or Old Town. hth
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Latest post on 05 April 2011 - 15:24
Some woman took the toy out of my basket and raced off after her child shouting back, "Sorry! I'm in a hurry." WTF? :\: That is a smackable offense. Yup, I would have given her a huge earful too! Anyhow, in and out of lifts, metro, etc... I'm fortunate to generally be wielding a buggy that has a pointy bit at the front and a decent amount of momentum when it gets going, so if I need to get off/out and am being rugby tackled by in-coming people, they literally get run over, generally a milisecond after I say "excuse me". DH berates me for it, but hey. On the other hand, if I'm waiting to get in/on, I use it as a life lesson for my 3 year old and in a loud voice tell her that we have to let the people off first - now she knows to stand by the side and make room, so I don't need to tell her any more, but you'd be amazed at how some people think twice about their inconsiderate actions when a toddler is being more polite than they are. It also helps that DD plays the game, so to speak and generally says something like "are they naughty for pushing?!" in a very loud voice! Lol! Lil miss was hugely miffed one weekend in ab dabs when she was pushed in front of in a very busy ice cream que (by a couple of adults). She was complaining loudly and very pointedly to me about it, and being rather hot and harrassed I just tried to play the incident down, by saying it didnt matter, never mind etc. So she slots herself in the que 2 places up, and I'm like, get back here, and she's like but you said it didnt matter! Gah! Pushy in people got the point and let us back into our origonal place though :)
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Latest post on 05 April 2011 - 15:10
has it really been hard settling back green-ish? I get the horrors sometimes if I think about going 'home'!
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Latest post on 05 April 2011 - 14:38
Just as an aside after reading that CT (the bit about schools etc) I was reading on yahoo news yesterday that child care centers in oz will be fined if the children take part in any religious activities, such as tree decorating or easter egg hunts. That can't be right surely?
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Latest post on 05 April 2011 - 14:30
Seriously CT? the glasses and the drinks? blimey, it's like pinching the cutlery at a dinner. I am sitting here shaking my head trying to come up with what possible thought process was going on in their heads to conclude that that was one: and acceptable way to proceed and two: expected of them. mad.
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Latest post on 05 April 2011 - 10:02
quaffing is wine drinking corkshelly :) simple: I'd say of course you can, but then I happen to have invited MYSELF to this particular event, lol! ask tarti and claire...am sure with all of us working hard on it we'll find the alps eventually.
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Latest post on 05 April 2011 - 09:15
that may well be so VP, but at what price? the cost to the child is unimaginable. Thrilled to pieces her vriginity has been discovered intact, now tell me why the child is still in jail? and why isnt the man? fhs
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Latest post on 05 April 2011 - 08:44
I think it may be part of the transition process after leaving Dubai. For many of us EW is an important part of coping in the UAE and while we may have physically moved on the emotional connection especially with the stories of favourite posters may remain. It naturally peters off after a while until the need to check in is no longer there. That said I have to admit the final few month of a certain poster constantly reminding us that she was leaving and how much better it was going to be started to p me off. When she left I breathed a sigh of relief but alas she is back, not adding value, but giving us details of her life at home and still bitching about life in the ME. I just wish she would get a life or at least get over it. I concur with every word written CT :D Why? why not? self explanatory surely.
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Latest post on 05 April 2011 - 08:40
I think it may be part of the transition process after leaving Dubai. For many of us EW is an important part of coping in the UAE and while we may have physically moved on the emotional connection especially with the stories of favourite posters may remain. It naturally peters off after a while until the need to check in is no longer there. That said I have to admit the final few month of a certain poster constantly reminding us that she was leaving and how much better it was going to be started to p me off. When she left I breathed a sigh of relief but alas she is back, not adding value, but giving us details of her life at home and still bitching about life in the ME. I just wish she would get a life or at least get over it. I concur with every word written CT :D
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Latest post on 05 April 2011 - 08:20
Ah what a great response :) Currently we are staying in a hotel appartment in Tecom area. Looking at the ranches or The Villa and thinking about sending her to star international in mirdif. Definatly up for all play dates with people here and people due to arrive! My email is [email protected] if any of you want to arrange anything :) if youre in tecom currently, you are just around the corner from us here at the springs, so would be easy for you to come over for a play. my lil miss goes to Star um al whatever it is (not mirdif!) my addy is ari underscore jo 2002 AT yahoo dot co dot nz Tarti: you know that map youre bringing to the quaffing session when you get here? hubby appalled with my geographical confusion...he informs me that we have spent a lot of time in your Alps, as thats where he does his climbing. ooops.
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Latest post on 05 April 2011 - 08:11
we negotiate our rent down every year :) LL always counters with moving costs, hassle etc, and we counter back with property actually rented, current market rates (dubizzle etc). always good fun!
 
 
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