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Latest post on 13 February 2011 - 18:54
Ironing is the one job i detest, that is apart from cleaning the oven, i have one of the neighbours maids come in once a week for 2hrs to do mine, i could never iron my DH shirts the way she can, i'm sure she was born for the job. I keep looking at your username... do you have a love of tomato ketchup???! Sorry, i don't get what you mean...
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Latest post on 13 February 2011 - 18:53
Any guessing on who's going to win. King speech done it for me, Black Swan was just soo messed up, but very good acting.
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Latest post on 13 February 2011 - 18:51
Ironing is the one job i detest, that is apart from cleaning the oven, i have one of the neighbours maids come in once a week for 2hrs to do mine, i could never iron my DH shirts the way she can, i'm sure she was born for the job.
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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 21:59
Went today, didn't go last year so can't compare, but really enjoyable and DS was very impressed.
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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 21:29
Absolutely delicious, Just wished I hadn't ordered sides as the portions were very generous.
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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 20:49
2 hours later and still waiting for delivery, was originally told 45mins.
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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 20:07
Sounds like we'll give them a try next time.
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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 18:59
Thanks ladies, we've gone for curry box so fingers crossed.
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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 18:43
Arabian Ranches area. DH loves really spicey as in indian hot.
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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 17:06
Taking DS to see Ben10 tomorrow, that should be fun.
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Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 16:24
Hi rhubarb Its on channel 242 tomorrow night @ 10pm, it did start about 5wks ago so if you've not been watching it you've missed quite a lot. I'm not sure what happened last week but it didn't record so i missed it, but it's an excellent series to watch.
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Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 06:43
You could try making his lunch a little more interesting and fun, I don't mean on what you give him but how it's presented. Lakeland do some great sandwich cutters in different shapes which could make them fun to eat,also maybe let him get involved in helping make dinner, give him a little job and he might want to eat what he puts on his plate. The main thing is for you not to worry though, I remember when one of mine went through the same phase, they soon start eating when they're hungry enough. :)
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Latest post on 07 February 2011 - 19:33
Please tell me where the butchers is located, i never knew they exsisted here, i thought you could only get meat from the supermarkets.
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Latest post on 07 February 2011 - 10:28
50 kids, omg you are one brave lady. I'm sure there will be plenty of mums that will stay and lend a hand. Good luck.
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Latest post on 07 February 2011 - 10:21
Now come on!!! We're all egging on the Op to tell the neighbour as we want to hear the gossip that may come about from it!!! :) Sorry but I couldn't resist adding this link. You may have to be the more mature lady to remember this wonderful double act and no offense to anybody!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obq1JOIOYkA Les Dawson was a great comedian, one of the best. Guess that makes me one of the more maturer ladies lol. Join the club kimball! From your user name I am deducing that we are both of the same age! Jeez, that didn't take Einstein to work it out eh?!!!!! :) Yeah 65 a bit of a give-away lol. 
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 23:37
Now come on!!! We're all egging on the Op to tell the neighbour as we want to hear the gossip that may come about from it!!! :) Sorry but I couldn't resist adding this link. You may have to be the more mature lady to remember this wonderful double act and no offense to anybody!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obq1JOIOYkA Les Dawson was a great comedian, one of the best. Guess that makes me one of the more maturer ladies lol.
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 22:29
I must say that what i disliked most about being an older mum, when my son was born my oldest daughter was 14yrs old and when ever we went out as a family it was surprising just how many ppl thought i was the grandmother and her the mum, she use to get really embarrassed by it and stopped wanting to push his buggy. Thanks for all the replies, ive enjoyed reading the different reactions, good luck to the ladies yet to become mummies and hope everything works out ok for you all. xx Oh, that just reminded me, my lovely cousin/godson was born when I was 13. My aunt (younger sister of my aforementioned mother with whom I have a carp relationship) was in her forties when he was born and he was definitely an accident, she didn't want children (he looked after her most of his life, from when he was 7 and his father died at 60-something), so when I went on walks with them, pushing the pram, my aunt would happily accept compliments on her daughter and her grandson. You can imagine how that made a pubescent 13 year old girl feel! :)
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 22:28
Any thoughts from ladies who are the children of older parents? My mum was 47 when she had me and the age divide always seemed huge and especially when I was a teen. At 13 mum was turning 60 and was unable, through no fault of her own, to identify with me or my friends. She had little time for fun and while she was in good health she was at retirement/slow down age. I feel that my daughter and I really bonded when she was 11-13 and this held us in good stead when the turbulent teens came (she is turning 18 this year). She knows she can talk to me and while I don't always understand everything we can talk and I listen. I can remember what it was like at her age and needing my mum and her just not being equipped to be there in the way I wanted or needed. Mum and I never became as close as what I would have liked because she was more like a Nan but without the perks of sweets and treats. I am grateful that I was lucky enough to have older sisters and have always turned to them when I really needed a mum. Mum was 67 when I had my son and while that seems like a good age by the time he was 7 she was 74 and was past having the ability to communicate or even be interested in him or his little sister. I know many older parents and grandparents who are loving, caring and have been able to get past the issues Mum and I experienced but it is not a path I would go down myself. I think that is a matter of personality too - my grandmother was 40 when she had my mum; she must have been around 80 when my youngest cousin was born but was still very involved with her (ex infants teacher); my MIL is in her mid 80s and my kids 3 and 4, and she's a very adoring grandmother. I always thought I would have my children younger than I did - life doesn't always go according to plan :) Kimball, one of my best friends had 17 years between her children, her older daughter has been absolutely fabulous with little sister and has been able to laugh off the teenage mum assumptions - maybe if you had waited 3 years she'd have been ok! Yeah maybe i should have waited a few more years but at 38 i even thought that was too old. My daughters are now 21 & 22 and i was joking with them the other night about wanting another baby and was really scared when they both said they did also, so we should all three have one, luckily they were joking, i don't know how i'd cope not being there for them, something i've never really thought about.
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 22:15
I really don't think it's cold, been here 14 months now and still waiting to have to wear a cardi. Maybe i've just got too much meat on my bones!!!!
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 22:11
I must say that what i disliked most about being an older mum, when my son was born my oldest daughter was 14yrs old and when ever we went out as a family it was surprising just how many ppl thought i was the grandmother and her the mum, she use to get really embarrassed by it and stopped wanting to push his buggy. Thanks for all the replies, ive enjoyed reading the different reactions, good luck to the ladies yet to become mummies and hope everything works out ok for you all. xx
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 21:59
Oh i'd be honoured, and my birthday is May so you could have a baby Taurean. Really?? When in may is your birthday??? 4th May, what date is baby due, do you know what *** it is? I never asked with any of mine but i know most ladies do nowadays.
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 19:56
Oh i'd be honoured, and my birthday is May so you could have a baby Taurean.
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 19:06
Just to add i've joined the Fairy godmother group on Facebook, hopefully this will put a stop to my broodiness.
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 19:04
PS - my heart goes out to Amanda Holden - it was bad enough at 14 wks, I can't comprehend what she must be going through at 7 months!!!! Absolutely hated reading that today, so so sad.
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 19:03
By this time next week I will have just turned 40 (SOB SOB!!!) and am childless (another huge sob). Reason? Partially due to being a career/party girl throughout my 20's and a career girl/failed marriage throughout my early 30’s. I have since been with my dear other half for 5 years and fell pregnant at the end of 2008 (age 37) ....we were still in the UK and overjoyed!! (for any that recognise me on here I normally post DH as I have been ULTRA cautious from day one of arriving here – if you get what I’m saying?). Sadly I miscarried at 14 weeks back in Feb 2009. Utterly devastated, but finally accepted it's VERY common, especially at my age. Then just 2 months later I was made redundant, then 2 months after that my other half was made redundant (!!) and as a result our wedding plans were shelved due to lack of funds! Within 3 months of both our redundancies we had found good jobs here (wasn’t our first choice but hey, the jobs & financials made sense!!). Now having been here for 18 months (we love it here despite the usual frustrations) we are finally planning our wedding (in between our busy work schedules) for May 2011, and will be at it like rabbits thereafter in the hope of producing a child  So sorry to hijack this thread but the ‘when is too old’ bit really tugged my heartstrings having not yet produced one & rapidly approaching my 40’s . I hope and pray that once we’re married I can fall with no complications and not go through the heartache of another miscarriage  To answer the original OP’s question? My opinion is if you have a brood, no matter what age then enjoy life without nappies, potty training etc etc. If you’re 46 now chances are you’ll be 47 if not 48 by the time you deliver, the child would still be begging you for cash to see him/her through university when you are just about to start enjoying your pension!! Just my thoughts. Sorry this was so long and apologies again for hijacking the thread ……. Just feeling a little bit hard done by on the baby front and hope it’s my turn soon ……….. x Edits due to - making spaces between the para's! edited by Loopy Lotti on 06/02/2011 edited by Loopy Lotti on 06/02/2011 edited by Loopy Lotti on 06/02/2011 I wish you both the best of luck for the future, and hopefully this time next year you'll be incubating your own little one. xx
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 18:01
you should check out fairy godmothers in dubai. Its a new thing someone from this forum recently started. (i think its on facebook??) Its some type of group where moms of older kids can be like fairy godmothers to new moms w/babies here. Might be just the thing for you to get some nice baby cuddles and give some good advice, but not have to actually have another baby. OMG That is a fantastic idea. I am a SAHM and would just gladly offer my services to any mum with a young baby, thanks for the info.
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 17:39
I know how you feel i am 46 and would love to have another one .. . i have 3 boys aged 10 7 and 2 and i long for a daughter but sadly now i can't have any more but it doesn't stop me wanting to You're as young as you feel . . . . its hard Oh bless you, my SIL is in the same boat, 3 boys and really wanted a girl, just got youngest off to school and wondering whether to give it one last shot.
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Latest post on 06 February 2011 - 17:36
Maybe i need a grandchild!!!!
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Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 19:55
I bought mine from Marks & Spencer, admittedly was in the uk but you might be lucky here.
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Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 19:17
I wonder how many of the woman critising the OP have fake nails, fake hair colour.fake tan etc, thats all part of living here in Dubai, the land of fake fake fake, so what if she wants a fake handbag, thats her choice, leave her alone.
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Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 17:53
Kimball and MCC - I emailed the following contact, and the problem has got better, ok they still bark but only for a short time now each time ... I think the poor maid has to chase them in! Plus now I can hear their kids screaming and shouting - guess it runs in the family!! I would just keep emailing Emaar and let them deal with it. Anup Sadanand Community Administrator Arabian Ranches Emaar Community Management Fax +971.4.3673750 [email protected] www.emaar.com Our tennancy is coming to and end and we have decided to move (not entirely because of the dogs but it's just one more thing on the list), now there's a ruddy cockrel down our street ... but I just can't be bothered since we'll be out of here in March! I wish you good luck edited by cymraes on 23/01/2011 Much obliged. :)
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Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 17:16
Well it must be something to do with all the Al Reems as we are in 1 and my neighbours dogs do my head in, everyday at least 2-3 times they are left in the garden to just bark, so instead of enjoying being able to have the doors open we have to endure this.
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Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 17:12
I've been here for just over a year now and finally had the courage to drive DH tank yesterday. Admittedly it was down the Dubai Bypass which i would highly recommend for getting some confidence back, it is just so quiet and empty, hardly anything on it, i then drove us back to the Ranches, actually not forgetting driving into the service station for fuel. I can honestly say the experience was not as scary as i thought it would be, i'm just so glad i've done it now and hopefully will have my own car soon. Good luck.
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Latest post on 22 January 2011 - 11:29
If anyone is still looking for this, lakeland didn't have any yesterday but I manage to get a bottle in stokes for only 29 dirhams.
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Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 16:17
You could try borders.
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Latest post on 17 January 2011 - 12:59
I remember the forum, unfortunately i don't drive here so am unable to attend.
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Latest post on 17 January 2011 - 11:49
I know what you mean, i bought a load of mugshots home with me after christmas and they are gradually dwindling away.
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Latest post on 17 January 2011 - 11:47
If you go in the main entrance they are not far from there, we bought a neon sign for our bar at the weekend, tacky i know but fun to look at:)
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Latest post on 17 January 2011 - 11:43
Unfortunately not, you can do it online but its not the same as attending group every week. I'm struggling, need some support a group would be great wouldnt it. What are you struggling with? There are quite a few ladies doing this diet online, don't be afraid to ask for advice, i'll always answer if i can:)
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Latest post on 17 January 2011 - 11:21
I know it's not very tasty i admit. I have quite a few cake recipes, inc carrot cake that req it so i might give it a bash. Thanks.
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Latest post on 17 January 2011 - 11:19
Not sure as i havn't bought it here, but just look in the cereal section next time you're in the supermarket, i've managed to buy wheatgerm here so you should be lucky.
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Latest post on 17 January 2011 - 11:03
Its a cereal.
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Latest post on 13 January 2011 - 23:59
That must be heartbreaking for the family, hope he's found soon.
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Latest post on 13 January 2011 - 23:14
Yeah I agree, unfortunately I don't have a car so can't really travel very far apart from getting a taxi. Good to hear about your group though.
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Latest post on 13 January 2011 - 22:27
bump I'm also in AR and would be interested in a group, I attended one in the uk and do it online now but it's not the same as group support.
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Latest post on 13 January 2011 - 22:02
Dubai mall, it's the big Parisienne dept store, it's on fashion ave, they have too much gorge stuff in that shop, check out the shoes ( for your party naturally ) ;) Dubai mall here I come. Thanks for info ;)
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Latest post on 13 January 2011 - 21:59
Galleries Lafayette have gorge stuff for cocktails, in their home dept, and it's right next to the lovely food hall so you can get some nice olives for your martinis ! Sounds great but where is it?
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Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 13:56
i do regularly, every 6 months(but i tend to be a*** retentive every 6 months anyways and clear up all the house of unused stuff)..I really had bad habits keeping things around for long periods of time when I was younger, and did end up with the few eye infections and skin conditions... but even more since moving to Dubai...i found most of my makeup in the first year over here went "bad" very quickly...i believe due to the heath. mascara gets thrown out exactly to the date... most European cosmetics...not sure of others, for last couple years (i think it was a law passed by EU commission) has to have a indication when to throw out from opening the product... edited by Goose on 09/01/2011 You're right about the Law, everything you buy now has ex dates, incl bath & shower products.
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Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 13:34
Basically the reason being is once the products are opened and exposed to the air, bacteria can start to set in causing infections. I think eye makeup is more likely to be worse then foundations and lipsticks but in my opinion i don't share my make up with anyone so i don't take any notice. The only time i threw my pencils and mascara out was when i had conjunctavitas as i kept re-infecting according to the gp.
 
 
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