Expat Life with Chickenruby
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Expat life, family and travel with teens and a cat and a dog. UK to South Africa to Dubai.
Expat Life with Chickenruby
2d ago
Welcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.We were away again last weekend, stopping for a night in Oxfordshire before heading to the coast in Sussex for a night then collecting mum ..read more
Expat Life with Chickenruby
4d ago
We've slept in the camper van for the first time. In fact we've had two weekends away now. We've reached the stage where the weather is warm enough now and the hotel prices are more expensive than the camps sites. The first night was on my cousins drive in Seaford in Sussex after dropping my mum off to stay with her brother and sister in law for the week, as it's a 4+ hour drive from where we ..read more
Expat Life with Chickenruby
6d ago
AprilI've been struggling with a bad back for a couple of weeks, it's really painful when sitting. I think it's an old injury from when I slipped 3 discs on a water ride at the Atlantis, the Palm in Dubai in 2014. it last flared up in 2021 with a hospital stay for 3 nights. Lots of heat pads, exercises, walking and occasional pain killers. I'm also questioning whether I've got a sinus problem as ..read more
Expat Life with Chickenruby
1w ago
Welcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.We've slept in the camper van for the first time. We've reached the stage where the weather is warm enough now and the hotel prices are more ..read more
Expat Life with Chickenruby
1w ago
It's been over two years since we had the new shed on the right. We kept the old sheds to store stuff in while we had the kitchen fitted (finished 2 years ago) and the extension finished (1 year ago) and bought a new smaller shed to sit round the side of the house to store the lawn mower in (6 months ago) and in April 2024 we finally got round to taking the larger of the 2 sheds down. There have ..read more
Expat Life with Chickenruby
1w ago
April106 Monday I woke at 3.30am with a migraine, I took meds but didn't get back to sleep. I took more meds before going to work and almost fell asleep by the end of the day. A quick trip into town, grabbed a coffee and picked up a birthday gift, home for an hours nap, dinner, TV, blogging, bath and an early night.107 Tuesday The day didn't start well getting yelled at by a parent ..read more
Expat Life with Chickenruby
2w ago
Welcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.I've got a job interview today at a secondary school in Worcester as a Safeguarding/Pastoral Officer, wish me luck. I love my current role ..read more
Expat Life with Chickenruby
2w ago
I love my job working as a Teaching Assistant in a local secondary school and I love being back in school learning new things, meeting new people and generally feeling like going to work Monday to Friday in term time is more than just a job.We've been doing things outside of school in small and large groups, from Pottery Painting, to nights out and coffees after work.I decorated a jug, we use it ..read more
Expat Life with Chickenruby
3w ago
Welcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.Hope you all had a good Easter, I'm back to work after 2 weeks off. I love working in a school with all the holidays. We went to Northern ..read more
Expat Life with Chickenruby
3w ago
April92 Monday Whilst son and Dil cleaned and packed up the caravan, Peter and I took grandson and the dogs for a coffee and a walk along the sand dunes and the beach before spending some time in the park. I helped out with cleaning the fridge and the bathroom and Peter entertained grandson in the van. We drove the 90mins back to theirs to unpack their car, put the washing on and enjoy our ..read more