Losing your dignity in Doha

February 14, 2011 By 27 Comments

It was a day of performances. The first performance involved G and I sitting in the front row of the elementary school music room. With grins from ear to ear, we watched the second little traveler play Grandma in Little Red Riding Hood. She was fantastic. She was particularly fantastic because she suffers from incredible stage fright.G and I had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, children, Doha, expat, Qatar, social media, travel, tweet up, twitter

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...]

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She done good with those pies.

January 20, 2011 By 25 Comments

It all started with a picture of my lamb pies. I'd spent the morning baking with the children and was feeling very proud of my culinary achievements. If you had seen some of my previous cooking efforts you'd understand why. Perhaps I was overly excited when I decided to share my lamb pies with the world on Facebook, but I was very, VERY proud of my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Doha, expat, grammar, Qatar, social media, twitter

Twitter – my dirty little secret

October 13, 2010 By 27 Comments

My name's Kirsty................and I'm twitaholic.It all began innocently on the Australian election day. I was far from home and started trawling the news sites searching for polling results,  I noticed a tweet link to the incredibly talented Aussie political journalist, Annabel Crabb.  I was going to just have a quick look.  I mean, ahem, I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: annabel crabb, expat, family, friends, john cusack, twitter