Hi All,
I forgot to say I got all excited Tuesday........
Yes you thought, new shoes, dress or went somewhere new didn't you? Well actually it was a visit from housekeeping with ......... A new iron!!! Oh the simple things in life eh?

Its funny isn't it how kids are the same the world over? I have been watching a Dad & his toddler from the balcony as the kiddie is riding his trike. Child keeps heading for the steps (there is a huge amount of space without steps!) The Dad keeps steering him away but kid keeps racing back so Dad has now taken trike away & is carrying it. Not to be put done though the kid has run over to steps & keeps running up & down them - I can see it 'will all end in tears!!'

Saw a cracking bloke yesterday - striaght out of the 70's big curly hair black moustache & tracksuit, wanted to walk over & say in a Liverpuddlian accent 'Calm down, Calm down, eh,eh!!'

Why is it most joggers that you see, especially round our lake or over at the Marina look like they are about to keel over & pop their clogs!! I am sure it can't be good for them & a brisk walk would be better!

The lake next to ours has been drained (don't know why) but its got me thinking of what they will find if they drain ours properly!
For those of you that don't know, a favourite past time of the male species at ours when alcohol is involved is to raid my fridge (when I am not looking) & throw any suitable items into the lake to see who can throw the furthest!! That is after they have run out of golf balls!!!
My lovely sons seem to enjoy this past time almost as much as their Dad + M + D.
Watch this space ..... I may be able to say what foodstuff rots the quickest in water!!

Love Jane

Hi All,
No blog yesterday as I was out to lunch & to play Pokemon!

Now Pokemon isn't its real name of course ( those with kids of a certain age know what real pokemon is. Those stupid creatures with very suspect names such as Slowpoke, Lickitung & Jigglypuff. Etc - some bearing a Captain Pugwash charm!!)

Ok so we play Pokeno (I can never remember it, so call it Pokemon).
This is a bingo like game with prizes which get won & then are 'stolen' 3 times - 3rd steal means you win it. This involves having a good memory (as prizes are kept in bags under your chair) because if you try to 'steal' the wrong prize from the wrong person you don't win it.
Now most of us ladies that play it are of an age where memory is not our best asset!!! We have to deal with putting counters on & off a bingo like card, using playing cards, remembering who has prizes & what they are plus throw in conversation & you can imagine... Mayhem!! Good job at this lunch we do not have alcohol!!
We all agree between the & of us there yesterday we probably couldn't hold down 1 job!

I won (but did not get to keep) a wooden bead necklace & bracelet set. Very fetching it was too, however when I tried it on the 2 shells (for decoration) were in the perfect place to be nipple covers (makes a change from tassels I thought!). This caused much hilarity as most of us agreed (again being ladies of a certain age) that they would only work if we were wearing a bra because - whip the bra off & a considerable more amount of beads would be required to allow the shells to provide coverage!!!
Also thanks to J for her suggestion of calling the bead set 'titty suspenders', we all agreed that if the husbands heard about such garments they may decide they to join in this game!!!!

Anyway, I need a lie down now as I have walked to the Marina with my 'old lady' trolley, filled it with stupid things like bottles of water & other heavy goods & get back home so now feel totally knackered!!!
Speak tomorrow.
Love Jane

Hi Everyone,

Well the day dawned to get Catwoman's sample to Abu Dhabi.
Prunes & Liquorice had been consumed & Catwoman made her 'deposit'. She messaged me to say the 'clock was ticking' so could we go now! (This was about 6.45 am), fortunately I was ready & off we went.
However, there was thick fog & as we were going onto the main road we realised we couldn't even see the road signs!! Now, driving in fog anywhere is dangerous but here it is just crazy & after a few moments of deliberating we turned back - the test she has to have is not life threatening but the drive to Abu Dhabi is!!
I gave H a call in case he wasn't 'decent' - didn't want to shock Catwoman into making another 'deposit'! So had a couple of cups of coffee at home.

Yesterday I forgot to mention Centrepoint undies.
Centrepoint is a collection of shops in the Mall of the Emirates & they stock shoes (my fav bit), kids & adults clothes. Now it seems very bizarre in this fine place that they have on sale in this underwear section a veritable collection that would make Ann Summers blush - really!!
Bow tie thongs, crotchless, nippleless bodysuits (actually made up of about 3 straps - couldn't quite see the point of that one lol!!!) Etc. Not what you expect to see on show in a shop in Dubai!

That's all for now folks as I have some Skyping to do.
Love Jane

Hi again,
Quiet day yesterday but productive. Did a load of sorting stuff out in my bedroom while the rest of apartment was cleaned by my maid Deepa, for those that don't know of her she is a tiny lady who does my apartment once a fortnight & she is amazing!
Then when she left I did my ironing - so its not all lazy days for me!
Popped to Mall to meet J for coffee & do a bit of shopping. Had pancakes with syrup(bad girl!) Anyway the waiter said they were 'fat' pancakes & you got 3 - we thought he meant like scotch pancakes, well when they came they were fatter than the old english style muffins! J + I managed 1 each so unfortunately wasted 4 between us! Think that was what the waiter was getting at (should have shared!)

Saw a very funny woman (from behind) must have been Russian from her style of clothes, tried to cop a look from the front but despite jumping in & out of the rails in M & S - we lost her!!

You know the English just shout louder if they are talking to a foreigner who doesn't understand well, you will be pleased to know its not just us - had a Bangladeshi taxi driver who couldn't understand me & he just kept shouting 'where you want to go' at me!
Got there in the end though.  Haha.

Anyway see you tomorrow, (or maybe the day after) hopefully after Catwoman & I have made a poo deposit in Abu Dhabi (fingers crossed!!)Lol.
Love Jane

Hi.
Sundowners at Barasti to watch the Brunch Brigade! As H & I were waiting for the others to arrive what should we see but 2 Roman gladiators! (Bit different to last weeks tutu!)
Unfortunately that was really as good as it got but I will share an absolute cracker from several months ago.

For expats you can move on but for everyone else there follows info on brunch.....

Brunch is an alcohol & food fest that is beyond your wildest dreams!!! It usually consists of eat & drink as much as you like in 3 or 4 hours, (betwen noon & 4) coupled with the sun it makes for quite a spectacle.
Many brunchers 'move on' after to various bars around the city (because obviously 3or 4 hours of gluttony is just not enough! Lol)
Barasti is a beach bar that is a popular post brunch venue.

Anyway we were watching the brunch brigade 'doing the walk' (this is the 'I'm not p****ed, just walking carefully' walk) - the concentration on the faces of the most p'd is fantastic & don't forget the women have the added issue of 'fashion' to deal with such as tight dresses & great big platforms & sky scraper heels!

Everyone is in various states of drunkenness & at Barasti there is an outside pool that is never used & is barriered off to stop the drunks going in. (We all think it should be filled in as its never used).

There was a crowd of rowdy revellers with a particularly fat, gobby female (lady is not appropriate) there. Anyway Gobby decided she was going to go poolside of the barrier & a male friend was coercing her back, suggesting it wasn't a good idea, security would throw her out as it wasn't allowed etc when Gobby retorted in a shouty voice 'NO ONE'S TELLING ME WHAT TO F***ING DO' etc & this was accompanied with much waving of the arms & pointing.
At that moment in full swing we discovered that there is a god! Yep you guessed it she fell backwards straight into the pool with the most almighty splash!!!!
With that, security came round to the steps to get her out but as she reached the paved area she marched off & shrugging off attempts to help her she flew backwards & landed flat on her back!!!
I have never heard such a loud slapping noise nor have I laughed so much!!

Good job she was so fat & p***ed otherwise it would have really hurt!

I will leave you with that image & hopefully see you tomorrow.
Jane

Hello All,
Sorry for lack of blog yesterday but after a 5-6 am finish on thursday morning blogging was the last thing on my mind!! Spent the day sleeping or wishing I was sleeping!! Oh & looking for one of the Yalumba twins head!! (The Yalumba twins are great friends of ours - the explanation for their name may be explained in a later blog!)

Anyway behaviour at our 'dry night gathering' was so good that I have nothing to blog about!!!

I had bought a small pot of plasticine for G's use (to keep him occupied) & now thanks to G & Yalumba twin(with the missing head) I keep finding little plasticine models everywhere - even in the freezer!! Haha!

Well, could have done with staying in last night but as everyone knows, thursday night out is a ritual for H that he sticks to religiously, oh & boy am I glad we went out........

Louise couldn't make the gathering due to work committments so she was really up for a night out so being her true friends, Thelma, H & I met her at the Belgian Beer Cafe at the Madinat. It was busy but not lively if you know what I mean & after 2 drinks & wilting slightly we moved on to Leftbank - 2 drinks later we moved on again to Jambase. This is billed as a 'supper club' & is usually good fun as they have live music & a DJ.


Oh my god!! Where do I begin........

As we came in&+ ventured down the stairs, 'Night Fever' was being played, so a good start (can't beat a bit of cheese!). The DJ continued to play brilliant music & the dance floor was filled with fodder for my blog!!

There were 2 ladies dancing - a tall willowy, dusky woman in a very strange dress - short at the front & back but with veil like strips attached at the hips that went to the floor. Thought she was going to start doing 'dance of the 7 veils!' She was dancing with a short dumpy 'lady in red!' & oh dear!!!! The 4 of us had all clocked her at the same time & in unison all said 'that needs to go in the blog!'
Well she was wearing a dress very like the 80's bubble lycra dresses in very bright red & she was wearing - yes you guessed it a thong underneath! Now, this didn't cause the usual problem of 'crack munching dress' but the string bit that goes round the hips dug in so tight she looked like Michelin man, there were that many rolls!! Do these people not look in the mirror? (We shall return to her later!)
The band came on (there used to be a really good live band here but for some reason they no longer play & have been replaced by 2 guys). Whilst being very accomplished musicians they manage to clear the dance floor every time they appear! (Is this a ruse by the management to make you buy more drinks???). My pet hate with them is that the one with the dreadlocks 'beatboxes' at the beginning of every track but when he stops the noise carries on - come on man, who are you kidding!!!!!
Oh - I forgot to say when we arrived it was like an Indianna Jones movie as there was a guy with the biggest turban- type head dress on like some sort of Bedouin! (Not what you expect to see in a club)

Looking round I spied 2 'ladies of the night' in their black lycra mini- dresses.
These 'ladies' were african (this profession tends to fall into 3 nationalities here, filipino, african & of course dont forget the Russians!) These girls also had the long wigs on or hair extensions. Unfortunately for these 2 it doesn't matter how long the hair is or how short the dresses are you can't do anything with those faces!!! (Up to when we left shall we say,  business was slow!)

Last night the dance floor of this place was the gift that keeps on giving! (Obviously only when the DJ was on!)
The Dance of the 7 veils & red dress were 'double dating'! I use that term loosely as it very much appeared to be a 'pay by the hour or pay by the night' scenario! 7 veils was partnered by a tall fattish bald man (yeah you've read about his type previously in my blog) who looked absolutely ridiculous in his t-shirt with a neck scarf on!
Another 2 guys with their 'ladies' were double dating, maybe more of a 'blind date' situation as the men had obviously made an effort & were wearing their suits.

So on to the dancing - woman in the blue pant suit (sorry, am I the only one who thinks they look like giant baby-grows?) Waggling your a**e & doing the massive hair flick thing doesn't make you a good dancer it just makes you look a pratt!!
Oh & Man in red trousers with your jacket collar turned up & the fashioable 'geek-style' galsses - break dancing should only be done in clubs by people who can actually do it!!! He resembled someone having an epileptic fit!!!! You tried so had to dress & look cool but believe me you didn't - you fall into the same category as babygrow girl!!!

Mr 'Jack-in-the-box' put in an appearance. (For those who don't know of him I will explain about him another time!)

Well time to return to red dress & 7 veils.....
We went to queue for a taxi & 7 veils & baldy were 'waiting together' a few people ahead of us. Baldy's friend & red dress were next to me & before you could say 'thong' she was sent to back of the queue & Baldy's friend struck up a deal with a 'dusky maiden' in the taxi queue. I guess when they got out into the street light Baldy's friend decided he'd got the 'ugly one!' Haha.
So that my friends was a regular thursday night out in Dubai!!

Love Jane

Hi there,

Sorry if you looked for my blog yesterday - it wasn't there! Just didn't have time.
Yeah I know - what was I doing? Not a lot as it happens but time ran away with me.

Well, monday had a great lunch with the ladies in our silly/lovely hats - free flowing prosecco yum yum! Some of the ladies are a real hoot. P from USA cracks me up! Unfortunately can't put most of it in my blog, suffice to say that whatever she says is funny & very loud, watching the other diners reactions to her & our subsequent laughter is great!
Have started writing this late at night while H is gently snoring away! Yes for those of you who know him & his legendary snoring, sometimes it is fairly quiet!!

We skyped with younget son yesterday & he informed us (while he was making toast with Marmite) that Marmite is good for erectile dysfunction! I said in reply that we had better get some then (I was just joking) but I do not know who's face was the best picture - H or son?

Anyway tomorrow night we are having the thursday nighters round for drinks as its a dry night in all the bars so will probably have plenty to report on thursday, although M is in the UK so we won't have him dancing in his pants & chucking beer over himself this time!!

So... Its up to one of you others to provide the cabaret!!!
Don't let me down.

Need to get going to the shops now to get some cheese etc. (oh & some Marmite - haha)

See you later

Jane

Hi everyone, (especially number one 1 fan who I shall call Posh),

Feel really cheesed off for eldest son _ his course has been cancelled, flipping b******s!!!!!!!

Today I want to tell you about a very difficult task Cat Woman has to perform. Some of you will have experienced this situation or may have to in the future.

Now, Cat Woman has to provide the hospital with a stool sample, no not one from Ikea!! This, on the surface seems quite an easy thing to do but she is not someone who 'goes' everyday. It also has to be 'fresh' & the hospital where she has to take it is at least an hour away. This request resulted in Cat Woman having a discussion with the doctor:-

CW - 'what is fresh?'

Dr - '2 hours'

CW - 'I live a good hour away'

Dr - 'Can't you do one now?'

CW - 'I don't even go everyday, I can't do one to order'

Dr - 'Maybe when you come for your scan & are here for a while you could do one then?'

And so the conversation went on - you get the idea.

Cat Woman has a further appointment next week so will be carefully preparing her diet to try & ensure that the task can be performed that morning & along with me & the pot of poo will race through the desert to make the deposit within the 2 hour time scale!!!
Let us hope the legendary traffic jams here don't happen on that particular morning otherwise all that effort will go to 'waste' & have to be flushed!
Wish us luck!
Anyway must go as I have a very boozy lunch to go to today with lots of ladies who will be wearing a wide variety of hats!

Love Jane

Hi All,

Yesterday, H & I managed to spend £2k in the taxi on the way to the pub!!! How? You may well ask....... Eldest son has found his first car!

Had a great time at the pub watching the football yesterday. One of the lads brought his wife along & it was great - we all used to go to the same pub in uk before kids! Small world!! They had us in stitches with tales of their pet parrot who doesn't like anyone except J. It particularly dislikes their daughter's boyfriend - bet you trained the parrot to attack him J!! Lol
Anyway great evening especially the baby guinesses - & even better S didn't like the tia maria bit so I had to finish hers off for her!

And a special thanks to Ralph our fab waiter who always makes sure my glass is never empty!!!

Went to Abu Dhabi early this morning with my friend S - so much more traditional than Dubai, makes me realise I wouldn't want to live there! So much more covered up here than in Dubai!
S was telling me that when she worked here a few years back it was a female only office so all the girls would remove their face veils at work except for one but, after 6 months or so she finally removed it & apparently as soon as she left the room all the women said - 'can see why she keeps that face covered!!!'
A Policewoman just came in - their uniform here (for those at home) is a maxi skirt, long jacket, a snood-type thing with a beret on top. Ahh, bless, this one must have her dad's jacket on, its so long its down to her knees & only the tips of her fingers are out of the sleeves!!! Reminds me of the first day the schools go back after the summer break & all the kids are walking down the road in the uniforms that 'they will grow into!!'
Anyway bye for now
Jane

Hi,

Well we went to watch the brunch brigade & although not too busy saw a couple of sights.

You don't often see a man walk into Barasti wearing a powder blue wig & light up tutu - we assumed he had been to a fancy dress brunch (or then again maybe he was just a bad ladyboy!)

A lady was virtually carried out by 2 men & they did the all too familiar 'bob & weave' walk out of the bar & for those of you who have not experienced brunch here in Dubai you may think being carried out of a bar is not too unusual but what you need to know is that these things happen usually before 9 o'clock!

The lady in the clingy red dress really needed a proper full length mirror! Yes you had no VPL (for the guys - visible panty line) but let me tell you had a very visible Thong Line & that is even worse & does nothing for the wobbly Butt Cheeks - cover them up love!!

I do wish women would realise a bit of extra coverage does wonders on the control of the wobble, also when you bum floss your dress/skirt tends to be sucked in by your crack!!!

With wobbly bits in mind (my jelly belly in particular) when I went shoe shopping on thursday I bought myself a new 'pull it in hold it up pair of knickers!' M&S do a huge range! (Huge being the operative word).
Thursday evening I was wearing a clingy dress so I decided to give the new knickers an outing. The extra control panel made getting them on no mean feat! - it was like putting an elasticated sports knee bandage on! Tip for you ladies - if you invest in a pair, put them on by the bed so when you fall over you land on the bed & save a few bruises!! Glad I managed it without H seeing!! Anyway they gave me a fabulous line over my belly but ended up with an extra boob roll under my chest! (Remember the fat has to go somewhere!) And apart from that slight problem - I couldn't breathe! Another 10 minutes later (getting them off) & the old faithful Spanx back on & ready to party.

Here in Dubai we tend to live or die by the coupon. We have the Entertainer books which we buy for loads of buy one get one free tickets & then there are the emails from cobone etc.
Does anyone else find some of them funny? I got one last night & the header was offering slimming sessions, followed by a bargain eat as much as you like buffet deal!! Obviously 2 deals to be bought at the same time!

Anyway bye for now
Love Jane

Hi All,
Bit late today because I have had a fabulous lay in!

Had a good night last night but not too much to report.

Started off at the Movenpick sports bar & to be honest slim pickings on the people watching front - then I spotted it!!!! The most amazingly bad wig!!!! The discussion then ensued as to why men insist on wearing wigs! As Louise said, you don't look twice at a bald man but you can't help staring at a man in a wig!!! So guys - shed those wigs & go bald & proud!!!
The singer in the bar was fantastic but poor H went & asked him to play Al Jarreau - he came back very shamefaced because the singer said 'I am - song is Al Jarreau!

Thought I had seen it all & then saw a man in a Hawaain shirt with an arab headress!!

Brad has just signed for a new apartment (for those not in Dubai this is a fairly usual thing in Dubai - you move every year!!!) And in discussing this we found out that we all could have afforded the rent to the 4 bed penthouse if we all shared!! Own pool etc - sounded pretty good & then Louise said 'we wouldn't need a maid as Jane could do it all!' Very funny Louise didn't know you were a comedienne!

Unfortunately there weren't any fat, bald westerners with their Filipino girls/wives in the bars we were in tonight. Unlike last week where these couples were in abundance!
Can anyone tell me why these men strut around like a dog with 2 d**ks when we all know they are either buying these ladies for the night or paying throughout their marriage for family etc back home!
Or they are out with women who look of dubious sexuality (in one case last week , man came in with one on each arm & I am quite certain 3 men walked in!!!)


 We all ended up in Mai Tai cocktail bar & to quote H knew it would be 'Surrey all out!' & 3 cheeky puka puka's for him later it was!!
We started walking home because the traffic was the usual nightmare + after a few steps forward + many steps back we made it to the chip shop where we tucked into a massive plate of chips!! Nothing so satisfying when you are sozzled!
Then cab & bed!
Off to watch the Brunch Brigade at Bar Nasty this afternoon - will fill you in tomorrow.
Love Jane

Hi,
Going to probably get myself in trouble now but I have a hankering for shoes! So, will probably pop to the Mall & indulge myself (H will probably read this & then my had 'em for ages thing will not work! Lol)
Now for a tale that goes on a bit but worth reading & all true (no poetic license)......................

Last night we went to the pub quiz as planned & I spent a while re- checking the papers for likely answers (they always have a couple of questions that you can't remember the answer to even though you had just read about it that morning!), anyway went along armed with certain facts such as 'Khalil scored the winner in the 89th minute for UAE in the Gulf 21 competition & were to face Iraq in the final', 'Rory McIlroy had just signed a deal with Nike'. I was pumped & ready to go!!! I had never been so prepared & was ready to amaze my team with my 'head for facts' this week!!!!(hope you at least are impressed!)

What a debacle! - Were there any questions relevant to the days events?? No! All that preparation WASTED, so good job we go for the drinks & the laugh of it, unlike some teams!!!

Now, you need to know there is a lot of history to this particular quiz, the emphasis is on FUN & most people embrace that fact & don't take themselves too seriously but as the saying goes 'there is always one!'
There is one team who have been winning the quiz every week (more or less) for a couple of years, named after a particular search engine, which everyone knows they use via their phones constantly!!!! (On some occasions noticed by people in the pub that aren't even in the quiz!) Anyway last week we had a plasticine round, in which you are given a chunk of plasticine & a theme & you model something to try & win the bonus points.
Can I say - what some people can do with a chunk of plasticine is truly amazing!!!
Well, as people are making away (theme was transport) there were several comments such as 'judges decision is final', 'its only a bit of fun' & 'no controversy this week', not having been the week before our curiosity was piqued!! ..........
Well we asked one of the quiz masters what had happened the week before & oh we wished we had been there!!!
Apparently the theme was to make 'a free standing animal' & a man had made the most amazing giraffe & with only one colour of plasticine he had even used some ash to colour some patches on the giraffe, it was apparently amazing & would have got full marks but, as it had to have a beer mat to keep it upright, points were deducted. Well the search engine team were apparently 'up in arms' calling for disqualification!!! (Its only a game you numb nuts!!!!) No one else had an issue with the way it was judged except for these people who regularly cheat (sorry - check their phones for messages!) Well it apparently was an issue all evening & one particular team member really did throw all his toys out of the pram!! And even refused to shake the quizmasters hand on the way out!!!

Well all I can say is that D + A who run the quiz are doing a great job of reminding the stroppy ones of their immaturity at every available opportunity & we, as a team are loving it - Carry on the good work lads, its giving us a great laugh!!

Plasticine, in a pub........
I never realised what I have been missing, all the time when my kids were little & we would attempt to eat out with them & they squabbled & aggravated us all the time if I had only had a lump of plasticine!! You need to know that H & the other quiz team boys usually behave like my kids did at 6 & 8 or 10 & 12 etc but we have discovered that by giving G plasticine, he sits quietly playing at the end of the table modelling away - no silly answers, no shouting out etc (lol).
As sport was the theme this week he started making 'a little man in a boat' (yes really Thelma! - ask someone if you don't know what that is, the rest of you) the only amazing thing with that was how quickly he got fed up with that!!! Poor M - haha.
However G did eventually produce a high scoring skier!! Well done!

So that's a good tip for all you mum's of small kids (& those of us with big kids) take a lump of plasticine out with you wherever you go!!

That's enough for now but don't forget its Thursday, so tomorrow I should have a tale or 2 about our night out!
Love Jane

Hi,
The weather is still pretty rubbish here at the moment & much use is being made of my 'travelling home clothes' of jeans, socks & cardigan! What has happened? I thought January & February was chilly last year but this is much worse! I also feel I am on the 'little britain' fat club diet of Dust! Don't suppose I should moan really though especially as the UK has had snow.
My semi Detox has gone unsurprisingly badly. I set myself an achievable target for the New Year (or so I thought!) Go out a bit less, have a few more 'dry' evenings, smaller portion sizes when I eat with more veg & less of the carbs etc oh & a bit of exercise thrown in! Well the first night of staying resulted in a visit to Barasti to see s friend who had returned to Dubai after 18months of being in the UK (couldn't not go to that could I?) So better luck for the next day & that went well, salads to eat walking to the shops & no alcohol, (this more healthier lifestyle was going well I said to myself) then we had Thelma,Louise & Brad over for dinner so roast dinner with ALL the trimmings, desert & a beverage or 2 (so night in, not so good) and of course if you cook a meal for friends you can't not eat it can you? They will think there is something wrong with it if you eat something different.
Then of course there was the pub quiz, I actually drank soft drinks but in the process of ordering said drink was probably responsible for fainting fits, heart attacks & hearing tests (the following day) for the staff at the pub so cannot possibly do that again! Yesterday lunch with Y was accompanied by 2 glasses of a sparkly grape (had to as it was our first meeting of the New Year + it would have been rude of me not to participate!)
This has all basically made me realise that I am far superior in making up valid reasons for not sticking to the new rules than I am at following them through!!! And I know I am not alone!
Thanks to S ( a good friend of mine here in Dubai) who has just messaged me with a good Pep-Text! So back to trying again tomorrow!
Am popping to another friends (TT) apartment for a spot of lunch in a moment, she has been poorly so am taking her a bit of shopping round - wonder if I will spot Gary & Mrs Rhodes doing any shopping today, saw them in Waitrose last time I was there!! Obviously they were following me (not!). This adds to my drink with Hugh Grant (yuk) + Clubbing with Jean Claude Van Damme since I have been here in Dubai. Thiught I would have seen a few more celebs (or so-called celebs) as they are always reportedly here!
Had a great photo sent yesterday of one of my god daughters as a bridesmaid over the festive season - she looked a stunning young woman but it makes you wonder where the time goes?
Anyway see you soon
Love Jane

Hi All,
Well, what promised to be a quiet boring day proved to be lovely although probably not exciting to read about. However at least this proves to all of you that think my life is filled with flowing champagne, boozy lunches & fantastic nightlife sometimes it is the simple things that give us as much pleasure!
I skyped with 'superwoman' for a good while in the morning.
Superwoman is actually my sister but to me she is a real life superhero especially when I catch her in her Spanx & tights lol! Yes ladies nearly all of us own at least one pair! Even if you deny wearing them to your other half - I have owned a pair (or 2) for years & fortunately, due to careful planning & the light switch, have evaded being 'seen' in them by H (you don't know what you've been missing honey!)
Anyway I think of my sis as Superwoman actually, not for her lycra but she always has been 'there' whatever happens & it was great to have a good chat with her. By the way Ju (her friend) if you read this I only have one thing to say to you 'CAKE!!'
I then had a healthy salad for lunch (is rabbit food good for you if it's smothered in salad cream???)

Then I had a Skype with my wonderful friend K. Strangely enough we bbm loads (by the way love bbm) but have never got round to Skyping - WHY NOT? Anyway we had a fantastic 2 hour chat + Skype was as clear as a bell which made it a great couple of hours instead of the often snatched robotic odd word with plenty of 'give us a clue' hand gestures & lip reading (you'll know what I mean if you are a regular skype user!)
My youngest & his girlfriend booked their flights for a visit in April so Jane is a very happy bunny (no Thelma not that bunny!). My oldest got on a much longed for course at work so he was happy too!
All in all a lovely simple day rounded off by H making me laugh!!! Darling it is best not to blow (steady Thelma!) on an open pot of salt as it tends to end up all over your face & in your eyes!! YES he really did!!
Well I must go out very soon as this Jumeirah Jane is back in the swing of it & going out to lunch!
See you tomorrow
Jane

Well,  here goes my first proper blog (yesterdays was done by Brad my Ozzy mate!)
My husband ( known as H from here on in) & I had friends over for dinner last night and we all ate too much (as usual!) but what I want to know is when is dinner with friends just dinner & when does it become a dinner party? I am in a bit of a quandry over this as we were discussing last night what is a party & what is friends coming over as we are anticipating a few parties (or is it gatherings?) in the next month or so. It must be that good old saying 'same,same but different'.
I don't really know what a blog is or what you are supposed to do so forgive me if it's not right! this has come about after another Thursday night on the town with Thelma, Louise, H & Brad among others and as the only housewife among them they obviously thought I needed something to do.
I asked H what he would like to be called in my blog as I don't want to use real names in case of offending anyone - the best he can come up with is 'Max Thrust', H you need to get back to work!!!
I did promise last night that there would be no blogging until the 'day after' as too many 'grape' could cloud my judgement on what to write! Please watch this space and hopefully some days you might even find the odd thing interesting/helpful or even funny.
Love Jane

Let's get started!

Hello and welcome to my little corner of the world. I'll be writing and sharing some interesting little stories of my life in Dubai, from the fine champagnes on the beach, to the lovely gins on the terrace, I'll be bringing you the best of the bits I can remember.

More to come soon Dearies! Stay tuned.