What's new with us
One boy, three parties, 13th birthday
I have no idea what I was thinking when I asked Ron if he wants a birthday party this year. Over the years we have tried to avoid throwing birthday parties in every... Read More
My inspirational talk
I have been invited to be a guest in a Facebook live of one of the millions Facebook group I’m a member in (I think it has officially reached the point of addiction... Read More
Superstitions and Job Searching
I broke the kids. We can no longer leave the house without them searching for cars with the same three digits on the license plate (in Malta all cars have, or are supposed... Read More
Invisible disabilities – Do I tell or do I hide?
Dealing with invisible disabilities, you always have the question – do I tell, or do I hide? Ever since Yon was diagnosed we had to wrestle with this question, and every time we... Read More
Where we've been
Latest Posts
Summertime
Summer is here, and the blogosphere is awash in summer-posts, summer-lists, and my “favourite” summer-survival guides. What do all these things have in common you ask? Well isn’t it obvious? (No. I don’t mean summer.) They all want to help … Read More
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Letting go
How good are you in letting things go? I am ever so terrible in it. I missed a TV show by Sarah Millican, who I find really funny, even though I did know about the show a week in advance … Read More
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FoMo and us
You know the saying “you learn something new every day”? well, yesterday I learned about FoMo. If you are like me, you’ve probably never heard of FoMo, and are now looking at the screen going “what the hell is she … Read More
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Frugal is here. Or maybe not?
While trying to achieve world domination through the blog, I find I spend a lot of time reading about other people’s life. I read the news (which I have succeeded in avoiding for quite a while after we left Israel. In Israel … Read More
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A Job Interview
“What kind of support system do you have at home?” was the moment I realized that the first job interview I’ve had in over ten years is most definitely NOT going to end up in a job. Unfortunately it was five minutes in, right after … Read More
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Birthday Weekend
Birthdays have never been my forte. Not mine anyway. Funnily enough, it is the only day a year in which I get consumed by my what ifs and my regrets and my inadequacies. Imaginary and real ones. It is the only … Read More
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Just another immigrant
As I’m sure you all remember, my parents are here for a visit. They have been here for almost two weeks, and like in every visit, we spend most of our time talking. Every visit has a theme – money, kids, … Read More
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On Changes, Kellogg’s, and iPads
Kellogg’s changed Special K for the first time in 30 years, and to commemorate this moment they decided to have a celebration of change in the BritMums/Special K “How I’ve changed Linky challenge”, and have us look at how we’ve changed in the past … Read More
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Ron is 8
Ron is 8. I have to repeat it because otherwise it doesn’t sound real somehow. Ron is 8. I know a lot of people have older children and 8 doesn’t seem like such a big number, but it is to … Read More
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April’s perspective
Never write while you are feeling unwell. I have just one rule in writing – never write while you are feeling unwell, and I can’t even keep that one tiny rule. I wonder what would have happened if I had … Read More
