Hey guys,

 Just a heads up that I'm moving. New blog can be found at the link below if anyone is interested in reading. 

  http://mywrittenjourney.blogspot.com/

 Hopefully I'll see some of you over there.

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I know it’s been a long time since I posted anything here, and I don’t really have an excuse for my absence. However, I’ve recently come across an issue that I would like to give a little global exposure to, and what better place than OS where there… Read full post »

So it’s winter time, and the temperatures are even starting to drop here in Saudi. Of course we’re no where near cold enough for the kind of weather conditions that have ground the UK to a depressing halt, but that doesn’t mean we’re missing out on m… Read full post »

I mentioned in yesterday’s blog that I may share with you my card making finesse today, but given that it’s Foodie Tuesday I thought I’d talk about my plans for Christmas dinner instead. Lucky you!  

FusunA asked in the comments yesterday… Read full post »

Well, it’s been a while. For a very long time I’ve had zero inclination to write anything, but here I am again. It’s strange, for a good few months life has been quiet and relaxed and I’ve had hours and hours at my disposal to sit and write and there’s been… Read full post »

I’ve been looking for ways to expand my writing horizons lately and get my name out in the big bad world whilst challenging myself. I think I’ve found one outlet. Here’s a link to my first post on Fuel Your Writing, a site for writers by writers.

http://www.fuelyourwriting.com/lost… Read full post »

There are certain things that one needs to get from one week to the next in Saudi Arabia. First and foremost you have to have good, supportive friends. Without a network of folk around you keeping you on your toes and encouraging you to get out and do things, even if… Read full post »

I’d practically given up waiting. I’d moved on and was sure, absolutely damn positive that I would probably never finish a project and that I would never, ever have an idea good enough to actually see through beyond the opening few pages.

I’ve got nearly 20… Read full post »

I have been utterly uninspired of late so I’ve not even bothered to try and write a blog. I hate forcing myself to write something when it doesn’t come easily because I will read it back a few days latter and wish that I hadn’t bothered. However, when I heard there… Read full post »

I’ve been struggling to think of a blog topic worthy of you all for a few days now, and I’m not entirely sure I’ve managed it. However, I have uncovered a few of the United Kingdom’s lesser known laws that could get anyone of you into a heap of… Read full post »

Geraint and I have some wonderful news to share with you all! Not long after we got married we found out that we needed to make certain adjustments to the spare room. We’ve been so excited over the last month I can’t even begin to tell you! And it gets even… Read full post »

I have to admit that when I first saw Fusun’s Open Call I panicked a little. You see as much as I like music, I don’t think there’s a single song that stands out to me as having truly moved me. There’s no song that has defined a… Read full post »

Living in Saudi Arabia and having many friends who work in hospitals here I am regularly regaled with stories surrounding the lack of knowledge surrounding sex among Muslims.

Just such a friend was telling me how a patient visiting her was suffering from severe neck and back… Read full post »

I read Torman’s blog today and was immediately reminded of a site my niece introduced me to whilst I was in Canada over Christmas (hi Tara and thanks for the mental scarring...), peopleofwalmart.com. This site is made up of pictures of people who shop at Walmart stores across the length and… Read full post »

Bubbles. That’s what suited her. It was perfect. Why had she wasted so many hours trying on a thousand and one meringue dresses when she had a full bottle of bubble bath at home? Covering all the right places, white in colour, nicely scented and it was original. Lying wrapped up… Read full post »

Why do I write? When I first read Tor’s post I was convinced I knew exactly why I wrote, meaning this response should be a walk in the park. An hour and a half after opening a new Microsoft Word document I am beginning to type.

My first thoughts about… Read full post »

I know I’m a little late in celebrating St. David’s day with this post, but until 6 days ago I had no real reason to. However, as I am now officially a member of a very proud Welsh family, and as my marriage to Geraint was announced in the Welsh Society… Read full post »

Geraint and I have some fantastic news to share with you, news some of you should be expecting, well, most of you actually. On Thursday 4^th March the two of us were married!

We were joined in Bahrain by two witnesses (which had to be male...) and another friend of ours… Read full post »

Childhood obesity. It’s one of the biggest challenges faced by the western world today. New initiatives are springing up like leeks in a Welsh valley all over the UK. Children are being weighed, measured and tested in schools across the island nation. Apparently, school nurses aren’t pull… Read full post »

Please don’t judge me too harshly, but yesterday I caved in. I swore I wouldn’t do it, and I ranted that it was a ridiculous fad, and so on and so forth, and well I am now an official hypocrite. Yesterday I set up a Twitter account.

Why would… Read full post »

Men are strange creatures. We all know this ladies, it is written into our genes so that we are all intrinsically aware of it. However, sometimes I hear a man say something or I read something that a man has done and I am completely caught off guard by the ridiculousness,… Read full post »

I think most of you know that I am engaged to GJI Penguin, aka Geraint Isitt, and I’m pretty sure you all know that we live in Saudi Arabia (you should all stop by and read Ger’s series about moving out, his latest installment is here). Although we are engaged, we… Read full post »

I found the below article on Sky News. The person who did this sould have the same thing done to them.

The hotel chain ‘Holiday Inn’ in the UK has begun offering their customers a bed warming service. In light of the recent cold snap that has left the usually mild and soggy Britain gasping for breath and shivering in its wellies, the hotels thought it would be a nice step to… Read full post »