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The absolute icing on the cake? The kids’ club. It was included (though I would’ve paid for it!), and the timetable was so good that Emma and Teddy actually begged to stay longer each day. That’s when you know it’s good.

My favourite spot? The Hyrox zone. They say there’s a fine line between love and hate and Hyrox sits right on it.

Over the years, I felt lost in the ether—through motherhood, a career pause, and a new country. 2024 was the year I found myself again.

Yesterday marks five years since we began our adventure in Muscat. Fast forward, and here we are, still calling this beautiful place home.

We've hit that point in the Muscat summer where running the shower on "cold" for five minutes is essential to avoid scalding yourself

Surely, they were not expecting us to disembark from a boat that was bouncing up and down and launch ourselves onto a cliff ledge??

2023 is not only the year of 40 but also the year of growth and for the first time, I feel like I can say that Muscat feels like home.

Because if you have, you have hit the mum mate jackpot!

It's the year of 40 and I am on a quest to get fit and no, not be on an endless diet, because after years of practice they don’t work

....what felt like slow motion, ran towards Emma, cupping my outstretched hands to catch the vomit...

Hello, I’m back! It has been over a year since my last blog post and what a year it has been. We went through another lockdown, I became...

We ended up taking the wrong route where we ended up having to climb down a rock via a chain rope which I found hilarious…Danny, not so much

Here we are, a New Year and a fresh start, now we just need someone to tell COVID that so it can seriously just do one!

This day will stick in my mind for a very long time as it was amazing to be outside with Emma and it felt like a huge weight had been lifted

I’ve found time to workout which I have been doing 5 days a week and as a result I have lost 15 inches which I am incredibly proud of....

One day she won’t want to play with me, but spending 12 hours a day with another human one-on-one, every day is bloody intense and HARDWORK!

It’s fun this parenting thing isn’t it, I whole heartedly believe that it can only be a good thing to have a little cry every now then.....

Danny was trying to rip the swim nappy sides, but in his haste and before I knew it, bits of poo had flown into my face and hair....

What has developed though is a sheer love for all things Frozen (as in the Disney kind and not the frozen food variety)......

…and anxiety starts to rear its ugly head (the kind of anxiety where you can't quite catch your breath)....