When we were home over the Summer holidays (which were technically the winter holidays because we were in Australia), I spent a lot of time in the car with The Little Travellers. At least once a day I would stop the car on the side of the road and declare "look at that, would you JUST Look. At. That". One of the travellers would then sigh out loud … [Read more...]
Jesus, Lily and James.
April 7, 2011 By 20 Comments
Up until today, I had very wrongly believed that when it came to religion and The Little Travelers, I had it covered. It appears that I was wrong, very wrong. It seems that while I'd been busy concentrating on being kosher, on making sure our Mosques and Temples were covered, I'd left out a few minor details. It was information I was sure … [Read more...]
The Family Unit
March 13, 2011 By 18 Comments
The Third Little Traveler is learning units in Math. In the middle of explaining that units come in singles, then tens and hundreds, he stopped with a question. What's a family unit? Why do they call it that? How can all those people be just one unit? I had no idea, so my answer had nothing to do with math and a lot to do with sentiment. … [Read more...]
Dear John (Cusack)
January 31, 2011 By 16 Comments
I've seen the headlines while standing at the checkout in the supermarket. The villain, the cheat. What was he thinking? Brad and Jennifer, Sandra and Jesse, Reese and Ryan. And now, I can't believe I'm saying this, its John and Kirsty (or Jorsty) as the press commonly refers to us. Yes, I'm as shocked as you are. Some of you may … [Read more...]
Hi, my name’s Kirsty and I’m a……………….
January 26, 2011 By 36 Comments
The Qatar Professional Women's Network became desperate, they needed a speaker, and after scraping the bottom of the barrel, up I popped, in a sparkly top with jazz hands, okay so I had a sparkly top, but my jazz hands didn't make an appearance (it was a dry event).It was one of those great Doha nights, a sea of headscarfs, suits, saris and abayas. … [Read more...]
Making the world smaller
January 16, 2011 By 15 Comments
Qatar is currently hosting the Asian Cup. Which means the city has a few extra football/soccer (depends where you're from) players and fans wandering its streets. As well as playing host to our visitors, The Asian Cup also provides an opportunity for locals and expatriates to cheer their home country along.For an Australian, it means we have to … [Read more...]
