To my best friend forever, congratulations on your wedding day. You deserved the sunshine, forever a summer girl, with the perfect white san...

Dream Jobs in Oman, seem to all involve travel.... for a Muslim gal, that could pose an issue

I don't know what it is about life, but it seems, that everything that is perfect in it, comes at the wrong time. When I was young I wou...

Why I love yellow paint on a Muscat Villa

I work at home and on weekends. I probably will do so this weekend, so I don't feel bad that I haven't done anything but shop today ...

My maid ran away in Muscat... and why I am happy about that, in the end

Don't take this to be your typical "complaining about maids" scenario. Read on. As our housemaid nanny recently ran away aft...

a rant post to do with culture in the smallest way possible, but mainly just about people who suck

Today is a rant post. I am going to rant about women married to local GCC guys who converted to be Muslims just to get married or be accepte...

Wednesday.... not the weekend.

This morning I woke up and I thought, yaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! Today is Wednesday!!! But slowly, on the drive to work, as the coffee kicked in it w...

Post #1000: a storm in Muscat

This is the blog's 1000th posting. Nothing siginficant to say beyond the fact that the weather is.... well, to describe it...: My sat. d...

Wherever the winds take you.... when in Oman

Today I am just sitting in my office, mulling alot of big news over. One big piece of news is that my Omani husband is going to apply to ado...

Oman overwhelms the senses

I love Oman. I really do. Sometimes I feel my senses just get so overwhelmed. The stress of driving with people who never signal until after...

Happy Wednesday Oman

 Here's to having a relaxing weekend, inshaAllah. For me that means driving with my husband with no particular destination in mind, camp...