The Coronavirus Diaries – Part 2 I usually only post once a week but things are changing daily…
The Coronavirus Diaries – Part 1 I never thought I would be as sick of a single word…
10 Things You Might Not Know About Me – Part 2 Last week I shared 10 things you…
I’m Rosie and I’m the author of everything on here. I’m a wife to Sukh, and mother to Shalini and Shivam.
I’m nutty, I’m loud and friends say I’m fun to be around. My life is busy and I love it.
Shalini is my daughter. At times she’s a tomboy and at others likes to be girly and feminine.
She’s a budding photographer and finds a picture in everything.
Shivam is my son. He’s a lad’s lad through and through. Yet at the same time, he still loves his cuddles with Mummy and Daddy.
He sees himself as the next global superstar!
Sukh is my husband, a great father and my best friend. We met in the year 2000 and married two years later.
He has a very abstract sense of humour and can make people laugh wherever he goes.
The Coronavirus Diaries – Part 2 I usually only post once a week but things are changing daily and Covid-19 has affected my life in so many ways. So I decided to write The Coronavirus Diaries – Part 2. You can read part 1 here. I felt lost and confused a few days ago and…
The Coronavirus Diaries – Part 1 I never thought I would be as sick of a single word as I am of this one. But I couldn’t think of any other title for this. I have many posts lined up but it seems pointless sharing any of them when there’s only one thing on everyone’s…
10 Things You Might Not Know About Me – Part 2 Last week I shared 10 things you might not know about me. Well, five really because I split the post up over two weeks. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, click here to check it out. And like last week, please let me know…
10 Things You Might Not Know About Me – Part 1 This is my first post of 2020 and I thought I would start off with a post sharing 10 things you might not know about me. Over the last year or so, I’ve gained some new readers. Thanks for taking the time out to…
Looking Back On The Highs of 2019 It’s that time of year again when I reflect on the last twelve months and look back on the highs of 2019. I look at what I’ve done as an individual, what we’ve done as a family, places we’ve been and seen and how the year shaped up…
Why Sukh Is A Man On A Mission Hi everyone. Before I get in to why Sukh is a man on a mission, let me start by explaining why I’ve been a bit absent on my blog for a while. I took some time out because there were some other things going on in my…
How We Feasted At The Original PINK’S Hotdogs in LA We holidayed in California over the Easter holidays this year. We regularly vacation in the States and California is a regular destination on our list. There are some places we visit on each trip, like Universal Studios Hollywood. That’s a must-do every time we go…
Why Going It Alone Is Good For You A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a comedy show at the theatre. My plus-one dropped out at the last minute and even though I could have asked any number of people to accompany me, I decided to go it alone. The kids had gone…
How We Enjoyed Our First COACHELLA!!!!! We were lucky enough to score tickets to the world’s biggest musical festival this year. We were on a trip to California in April and my brother-in-law managed to get us some VIP passes through work. Sukh drove Shalini and I down to Indio for the last Sunday of…
7 Tips On How To Have The Perfect Girly Holiday This week I welcome travel blogger Zayna, who has written a guest post giving her 7 tips on how to have the perfect girly holiday. This is a follow-up to my last post on why girly trips are so important. Have a read of that…
Why Girly Trips Are So Important I love my trips away with my girlfriends. They are few and far between but when they come around it’s a really exciting time. Let me tell you why girly trips are so important to me. After Sukh and I married, we spent all our time together. At this point,…
Talking Saag With Popeye at Universal Studios In this part, you can watch our trip to Universal Studios. Thanks to our two-week tickets, we were able to visit each park more than once. One of my highlights of our day at the park was having a nice chat with Popeye about spinach! We also spent…
Hulk Hogan’s Beach Shop & 3 Disney Parks Our Orlando vacation and the magic continues. This part covers our trips to three Disney parks – Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom. Watch a Florida storm in full swing and check out our visit to Hulk Hogan’s beach shop too. Find out how to stay cool…
Universal Studios – 2 Parks In this part, you can watch our trip to both Universal parks again – Studios and Islands Of Adventure. Thanks to our two-week tickets, we were able to visit each park more than once. Enjoy watching our adventure and hopefully you will get lots of helpful info, advice and tips too!…
Disney’s Epcot & Hollywood Studios In this part, you can watch our trip to Disney’s Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Thanks to our two-week tickets, we were able to visit each park more than once. Enjoy watching our adventure and hopefully you will get lots of helpful info, advice and tips too! Feel free to get…
Universal Studios – Volcano Bay Waterpark In this part, you can watch our trip to Universal Studios’ waterpark – Volcano Bay. It is by far one of the best I have been to in the world. Enjoy watching our adventure and hopefully you will get lots of helpful info, advice and tips too! Feel free…
13 Things I’ve Learned in 13 Years of Motherhood As it was Mother’s Day on Sunday, I thought I would write a post about the things I’ve learned in 13 years of motherhood. Last week I wrote about the what I really wanted this Mother’s Day. You can read that here. If you follow my…
What I Really Want This Mother’s Day My life is busy and sometimes I feel like I’m on duty 24/7. Between full-time work, kids, family events and blogging, I feel like a hamster on a wheel. Shalini and Shivam are 13 and 9 and even though I’m not needed in the same way as when…
How To Stay Cool And Comfy in Orlando Theme Parks Orlando can get very hot! In the summer months, temperatures can reach the mid-30s. But even more than the heat, it’s the humidity that will get you. If you’re walking around theme parks all day, you need to know how to beat the heat. We…
11 Important Women In My Life It’s International Women’s Day on Friday so I really wanted to write a post about important women in my life. This years theme is Balance For Better, which is about celebrating women’s achievement and taking action for equality. All of the women I mention here have achieved and done…
How I Decide What To Wear In The Morning A Rosie World has been going for over a year now and in that time I’ve made so many friends in the blogging community. These wonderful bloggers write about all subjects; fashion, beauty, travel and food. I’m pleased to welcome Amrit from Amaretto’s World as my…
Universal Studios In this part, you can watch our trip to Universal Studios. We had booked in to one of their hotels for one night. This allowed us early entry and express passes for each member of our group for both check-in and check-out days. We had an amazing time exploring both parks. Enjoy watching…
11 Things You Should Know Before You Visit Mumbai Are you planning a trip to Mumbai? For me, it’s the busiest and craziest city in the world. Mumbai is home to India’s biggest film industry, Bollywood. But it is more than that. It’s also the cultural, fashion and financial capital of India. I’ve been lucky enough…
13 Ways To Build A Good Relationship With Your Teen Have you ever found it difficult to build a good relationship with your teen? Have you ever felt disappointed, upset or confused that they don’t seem to understand where you’re coming from? Well, they probably feel the exact same way. I have always had a…
26 Beautiful Words Of Positivity For Your Day Are you in need of some positivity? Maybe you need a reminder that being optimistic goes a long way to creating a better day, a better life? I’ve drawn up a list of 26 beautiful words of positivity for your day. Print it off, stick it on…
How To Manage Relationships In Your Life With a brand new year ahead of you, this is the perfect time to reflect on, rethink and re-evaluate the relationships in your life. This is something I have spent a lot of time thinking about recently. I want to start 2019 positively, with a brand new set…
Universal’s Islands Of Adventure Our Orlando vacation and the magic continues. In this part, you can watch our trip to both Universal parks again – Studios and Islands Of Adventure. Thanks to our two-week tickets, we were able to visit each park more than once. Enjoy watching our adventure and hopefully you will get lots…
The Me And Mine Project – December 2018 Welcome back to The Me And Mine Project, which is about capturing the whole family together in a photograph. So each month, we take a family photo of the four of us and tell you a little bit about what we’ve been up to that month. We started December…
The Highs Of 2018 (The Ordinary Moments) I had meant to write this post a couple of weeks ago during Blogmas but I decided to pull the plug on everything for a while and just kick back and chill once Christmas Eve hit. It’s been a crazy ride this last year and there were so…
Hello 2019! Hi everyone and Happy New Year! This is my first post of 2019 and it feels good to be back. I took a whole two weeks off at Christmas from work and my blog just to chill, over-indulge and spend quality time with my family.I had a hectic run-up to Christmas because I…
Blogmas 15 – Peter Pan Panto Welcome back to Blogmas. Have you read my post about our evening at the Magical Lantern Festival? Today’s post is about watching Peter Pan at the Birmingham Hippodrome. As I’ve mentioned in my previous Blogmas post about Christmas in my city, we’ve been watching the Hippodrome panto for the last…
Blogmas 14 – Magical Lantern Festival Welcome back to Blogmas. Have you read yesterday’s post reviewing my favourite festive Yankee Candle scents? Today the kids and I went to the Magical Lantern Festival at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens.I had had a long day at work but we couldn’t make it on Sunday because Shivam was a…
Blogmas 13 – Getting Festive With Yankee Candles Welcome back to Blogmas. Did you read my post about my favourite Christmas movies? Today I’m reviewing five Yankee candles from their festive range. I have been a big fan of Yankee Candles ever since my friend introduced me to them a few years ago. I have…
Blogmas 12 – My Top 10 Christmas Movies Welcome back to Blogmas. Have you read my 10 Things I Love About Christmas yet? This post is about my favourite Christmas films. Of course, there are more than ten favourites but I would be here forever if I started listing them all. So I’ve whittled it…
Blogmas 11 – A Christmas Poem Christmas is a time for family, with the promise of fun and snow. It’s a time for giving and receiving, and a kiss under the mistletoe. The end of year approaches, and we all need some TLC. I love to relax in the warmth watching the flicker…
Blogmas 10 – 10 Things I Love About Christmas Welcome back to Blogmas. Seeing as this is post 10, I thought I would do a rundown of the ten things I really love about Christmas. I’ve already have covered some of it in Why I Celebrate Christmas but I love a good list. These aren’t in any particular…
Blogmas 9 – Visiting Santa At Hatton Welcome back to Blogmas. Have you read my post on how we do Christmas in my house yet? Today I’m writing about our day at Hatton Adventure World on Saturday. I’ve already mentioned Hatton in my post about Christmas In My City. It was quite breezy on Saturday and fairly…
Blogmas 8 – Christmas In My City Welcome to Blogmas 8. Yesterday I shared a post about Shivam’s Christmas List. And have you seen my post about Christmas makeup looks yet? Today I’m looking at Christmas in my city and some of the events happening around the festive season. Every year, Sukh and I take…
Blogmas 7 – Shivam’s Christmas List Welcome back to my Blogmas journey. Have you read yesterday’s post Dear Santa? Today I want to share a post I actually published in January when I first started blogging but I don’t think many people saw it back then. My blog has grown massively this last year, so…
Blogmas 6 – Santa In My House Welcome to Blogmas 6. If you missed yesterday’s post on how to glam it up for the festive season, click here. Today I’m talking about whether my kids still believe in Santa Claus. I grew up believing in Santa – and even though there was never a gift…
Blogmas 5 – Christmas Makeup Looks Welcome to Blogmas 5! So far so good in this challenge of 25 posts in 25 days! Have you read yesterday’s blog about Christmas In My House yet? Today I’m talking about one of my favourite areas and something my friends and I can chat about for hours –…
Blogmas 4 – Christmas In My House Welcome back to Blogmas. Today is Day 4 and I’m going to share how we do Christmas in my house. Some of this has already been touched on in Why I Celebrate Christmas but I wanted to go into more details on just how I like to do things every…
Blogmas 3 – We’re Off To See The Wizard Welcome to Blogmas 3. Did you read yesterday’s post about my Christmas decorations? Today I’m writing about our trip to the Birmingham Rep theatre to watch Wizard Of Oz. We were invited to the press night a few days ago and as it was a day before…
Blogmas 2 – Our Christmas Decorations Welcome back to Blogmas. The first post was all about why I celebrate Christmas. Yesterday we decorated the house and it’s definitely one of my highlights of the festive season. In this post, you can see exactly how we’ve decked the halls at the Doals.I’m a sucker for Christmas decorations…
Blogmas 1 – Why I Celebrate Christmas Welcome to Blogmas 2018. I only started blogging in January so this is my first Blogmas. I’m really excited to take part in this – although I hope I don’t run out of ideas halfway through! For those of my readers who don’t know, it’s basically an advent…
The Me And Mine Project – November 2018 Welcome back to The Me And Mine Project, which is about capturing the whole family together in a photograph. So each month, we take a family photo of the four of us and tell you a little bit about what we’ve been up to that month. We started November…
A Letter To My Daughter Dear Shalini, I’m writing this to you on your 13th birthday. I can’t believe that my baby girl has become a teenager. I can’t get over the fact that so many years have flown by in the blink of an eye. You tower over me now. You’re at least two inches…
A Poem For My Son (The Ordinary Moments) Welcome back to The Ordinary Moments, a photo adventure which celebrates those very special moments – or the very ordinary. This week I have written a poem to my beautiful boy Shivam, who is celebrating his ninth birthday today. It brought tears to my eyes as I…
Beauty Advent Calendars – Christmas 2018 I feel I’m barely out of holiday mode and already throwing myself in to Christmas. We had a fantastic dose of winter sun but as soon as we arrived in the UK, we were hit by the full force of the festive season. I love everything about Christmas and I’m…
My 41st Birthday (The Ordinary Moments) Welcome back to The Ordinary Moments, a photo adventure which celebrates those very special moments – or the very ordinary. It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago and I turned 41. I like to celebrate in a few different ways with important people in my life. My…
Caribbean Crush (Living Arrows) Welcome back to my photo adventure, Living Arrows, which is about celebrating childhood. Each week I share photos of both Shalini and Shivam from our week. These are simple photos that capture a moment of childhood. Of course, we’ve been on holiday and I took a break from the blog. This is the…
The Me And Mine Project – October 2018 Welcome back to The Me And Mine Project, which is about capturing the whole family together in a photograph. So each month, we take a family photo of the four of us and tell you a little bit about what we’ve been up to that month. In October, we…
My Autumn Wardrobe With River Island There’s no denying I love the summer. It’s my favourite season of the year but Autumn comes in a close second. I love the oranges and browns of the leaves as they fall from the trees, dusting the pavements and crunching below my feet. I love the pitter-patter of…
Out In The Wild If you follow my blog, you will know I love buying clothes from Boohoo. Most of my summer wardrobe was filled with items from the online fashion brand and my suitcase for my upcoming holidays is also kitted out with their gear. So I could barely suppress my joy when they…
Siblings (Living Arrows) Welcome back to my photo adventure, Living Arrows, which is about celebrating childhood. The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Each week I share photos of both Shalini and Shivam from our week –…
A Special Meal At Bacaba Last Friday night, we celebrated my father-in-law’s birthday. He wanted an intimate family meal with his sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren. There are fourteen of us in total so it’s still quite a gathering!As it was his big day, we wanted him to pick the venue. It was always going to…
Active Kids (Living Arrows) Welcome back to my photo adventure, Living Arrows, which is about celebrating childhood. The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. I’ll share photos of both Shalini and Shivam from our week. These will…
Our Dream Holiday In Mexico (Part 2) This is the second post about our holiday in Mexico back in October 2010. It was truly one of the most special holidays in my life. Sukh and Shalini agree that it’s definitely one we remember fondly. Shivam was only a baby then but he’s seen the video of…
Autumn Walks (The Ordinary Moments) Welcome back to The Ordinary Moments, a photo adventure which celebrates those very special moments – or the very ordinary. Last weekend, the kids and I decided to go for a walk. It was a lovely sunny day and even though the week had knocked us for six, I didn’t…
Wedding Season – What I Wore (Part 3) This is part 3 of a mini-series about Wedding Season. In the first two posts, I wrote about what I wore when Sukh’s two cousins tied the knot. I described each outfit for all the different events and why I chose to wear that particular one. Read…
A Day Out At EGX (The Ordinary Moments) Welcome back to The Ordinary Moments, which is about capturing the very special moments, or the very ordinary. This week Shivam went to the NEC in Birmingham with his Daddy. Sukh had got them both tickets to EGX 2018, the UK’s biggest games event. Shivam doesn’t really…
Disney’s Magic Kingdom In this part, you can watch our trip to the big one – Disney’s Magic Kingdom. This trip was two years in the making and was as magical as we had hoped. We got so much done in a few short hours before the park got really busy, thanks to all of…
Wedding Season – What I Wore (Part 2) This is part 2 of a mini-series about Wedding Season. In the first post, I wrote about what I wore at Sukh’s first cousin Ricky’s wedding. I described each outfit for all the different events and why I chose to wear it.In this post I am going…
We Love Chinese Food (Living Arrows) Welcome back to my photo adventure, Living Arrows, which is about celebrating childhood. The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. I’ll share photos of both Shalini and Shivam from our week.…
Taj Express (The Ordinary Moments) Welcome back to The Ordinary Moments, which is about capturing those very special or very ordinary times. Last night the kids and I were invited to watch Taj Express, a new Bollywood musical, at the Birmingham Hippodrome. I try not to take them out on a school night but they…
Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon & Epcot Our Orlando vacation and the magic continues. In this part, you can watch our trip to one of Disney’s two water parks – Typhoon Lagoon and enjoying all the slides and thrills it has to offer. We also take an evening trip to Epcot and experience Spaceship Earth, Mission Space…
Summer Season – What I Wore It’s been a glorious summer. The heatwave lasted a couple of months and it’s been great to have consistent sunshine for a change. So I thought I would do a round-up post of what I’ve been wearing this summer season. I haven’t been out and about as much as…
Back To School (Living Arrows) Welcome back to my photo adventure, Living Arrows, which is about celebrating childhood. The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. I’ll share photos of both Shalini and Shivam from our week. These…
Brother-Sister Day (The Ordinary Moments) Welcome back to The Ordinary Moments. Last Sunday it was Raksha Bandhan, which is an annual Indian festival that falls on the full moon day in August.Raksha Bandhan – or Rakhi – as it’s also known – means the bond of protection and celebrates the relationship between a brother and…
The Me And Mine Project – August 2018 Welcome back to The Me And Mine Project, which is about capturing the whole family together in a photograph. So each month, we take a family photo of the four of us and tell you a little bit about what we’ve been up to that month. August has been…
16 Things I’ve Learned In 16 Years Of Marriage Sukh and I are celebrating 16 years of marriage today. We tied the knot on 31st August 2002. So I thought I would write a reflective post about our marriage, our friendship and our life together. I have no idea how we’re celebrating yet. We might be…
Giving Your All (Living Arrows) Welcome back to my photo adventure, Living Arrows, which is about celebrating childhood. The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. I’ll share photos of both Shalini and Shivam from our week. These…
Shivam’s Everest Story (The Ordinary Moments) Welcome back to The Ordinary Moments. This week I thought I would share a story Shivam wrote about Mount Everest earlier this year. There was a competition at school and he could write about any subject as long as it was under a thousand words.I don’t know where his…
My First Fashion Review I can’t believe I’m posting my first fashion review. Since I started blogging at the beginning of the year, I’ve been overwhelmed with the number of brands reaching out to me. I knew that was part and parcel of being a blogger but that’s not why I started this journey. I…
Go Ape (Living Arrows) Welcome back to my photo adventure, Living Arrows, which is about celebrating childhood. The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. I’ll share photos of both Shalini and Shivam from our week. These will…
Lunch At Comptoir Libanis It was my sister’s birthday and as we both work in the city centre, I took her to lunch at Comptoir Libanis. It recently opened in Grand Central in Birmingham and is a stone’s throw from our offices. The first Comptoir Libanis restaurant opened in London in 2008. There are several…
A Midsummer Day’s Dream (The Ordinary Moments) As I’ve mentioned in a few recent posts, I’ve not been out much lately except for a few hours here and there. I haven’t been able to manage a full day yet but I needed the fresh air and a day away from the house so Sukh and…
A-maze-ing (Living Arrows) Welcome back to my photo adventure, Living Arrows, which is about celebrating childhood. The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran, “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. I’ll share photos of both Shalini and Shivam from our week. These will be simple…
Slaying Dragons At Warwick Castle We were invited to Warwick Castle this week to watch the new evening show. Dragon Slayer is on for selected dates throughout the summer with the last show on Bank Holiday Monday. I haven’t been out much lately due to some health issues. I thought it would be a great way…
My Big Bash At 40 I’ve already written a few posts around my 40th birthday. The first was about how to dress for my age. If you missed it, you can read it here. The second post was a diary piece I wrote on the eve of the big day, which you can read here.…
Monopoly Mad (The Ordinary Moments) This is the second week taking part in Living Arrows. The project celebrates the ordinary moments – or the not so ordinary some weeks too. I’ve really found my footing and am enjoying my blogging journey so far. I’m seven months in and I love documenting everything that affects us – the…
The Me And Mine Project – July 2018 I’ve decided to take part in The Me And Mine Project which is run by family blogger Lucy at Dear Beautiful. People have been actively taking part in it for years and now that my blogging journey is well and truly underway, it’s something I want to…
A Garden Day (Living Arrows) I’m starting another photo adventure called Living Arrows, which is about celebrating childhood. The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran, “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. I’ll share a few photos of both Shalini and Shivam from our week.…
Football Fever (The Ordinary Moments) I’ve decided I’m going to join in on an adventure that’s been running for years by fellow parent bloggers – but is very new for me. I’ve only been blogging since January and now that I’ve found my footing, it’s a project I’m really excited about joining in with. The project…
My Single Parent Test My husband Sukh and I often go away for work. Even though my trips are shorter – no more than ten days at a time – they’re more frequent. Read about my recent trip to Mumbai here. Sukh’s first work trip abroad came in the summer of 2016 when he went to…
Matilda – A Special Theatre Experience Last week I was invited to watch Matilda at t he Birmingham Hippodrome. I had a plus-one so I had to make that very difficult decision of which child to take! I knew Shivam wanted to watch the musical but Sukh and I decided I would take Shalini. I…
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Our Orlando vacation continues. In this part, you can watch our trip to Disney’s Animal Kingdom and enjoying all the attractions it has to offer. Do not miss Flight Of Passage, the newest ride in the land of Avatar. This is one of the best rides we have ever experienced. Amazing is…
It’s Wedding Season – What I Wore (Part 1) It’s Wedding Season which can only mean one thing for a girl – getting dressed up. And boy, do I love it. I enjoy the whole process; from planning and shopping for my outfits to deciding my look on the day. Normally when we have events,…
Our Dream Holiday In Mexico (Part 1) This is the first post about our holiday in Mexico back in October 2010. It was truly one of the most special holidays in my life. I think Sukh and Shalini would agree that it’s definitely one we remember fondly. Shivam was only a baby then but he has seen…
Our ‘Wicked’ Day Out Last weekend, I was invited to watch the West End musical Wicked in London. I knew how much the kids – especially Shivam – had wanted to watch it on our last day trip to London. We ended up watching School Of Rock that day, which we enjoyed immensely. You can…
Disney’s Hollywood Studios This is the next part in our vlog series about our trip to Orlando, Florida. This episode covers our first trip to a Disney theme park – Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which after two years in the making was as magical as we had hoped. Enjoy watching our adventure and hopefully you will…
Big Man’s Food A couple of weeks ago, I took the kids for dinner at a local restaurant, Big Man’s Food. Friday night is usually takeaway night but the kids asked if we could eat out instead, as they’d been in all day. We usually eat out as a family but Sukh was working late so…
Seaworld A Rosie World took a big summer vacation to Orlando in August 2017. This is the third part of that fantastic holiday, which covers our trip to Seaworld. Enjoy watching us conquer the tallest rollercoaster in Florida – Mako. We also try Kraken, which is now a virtual reality coaster and have fun on…
Aquatica A Rosie World took a big summer vacation to Orlando in August 2017. This is the second part of that amazing holiday which covers our trip to Seaworld’s water park, Aquatica. We had an amazing time riding some really big slides, bouncing about in the wave pool and relaxing in the lazy river. Enjoy!…
Busch Gardens A Rosie World took a big summer holiday in August 2017. Enjoy watching our travel day, our first day in Florida shopping at the outlets and a trip to the first theme park of the holiday, Busch Gardens. We had such fun riding some big thrill rollercoasters like Sheikra, Cheetah Hunt and Montu.…
The Day I Found The Ring This is a post about something that happened between Shivam and I a few months ago. It still makes me giggle so I thought I would share it with you all this week. I came across a random ring on my bedroom floor. It was a piece of costume…
Florida Road Trip 2013 – Travel Day And Miami In my first post about our road-trip around the state of Florida, I wrote about the planning stages. If you missed it, you can read it here. This post starts with our travel day and the beginning of our adventure. We packed up the car and…
My Stay In Le Sutra Mumbai This is the second part of my mini-series about my stay in Mumbai at the beginning of the year. If you missed my post on my special relationship with the city, you can read it here. Expect to see lots of photos in this post. I took so many…
The Half Term Challenge Photo Credit: Shalini I look forward to school holidays because it means I can get up just a little bit later (if I’ve booked time off work) and not have the usual morning stresses of getting the kids up, ready, fed and out of the front door in time for school,…
Day Out In London This is a post I wrote back in November as part of a mini-series about my 40th birthday celebrations. I had planned to launch my site by then but for some reason or other, it never happened. I would still like to share this post with you though even though we’re…
On The Eve Of My 40th Birthday This is a post I wrote on the 6th November, on the eve of my 40th birthday, as part of a mini-series about reaching this milestone age. Read about my birthday celebrations here and about how I should dress for my age. As I only launched my site…
My Special Relationship With Mumbai I have a special relationship with Mumbai. It’s the maddest, busiest, craziest city in the world. Mumbai is the home of India’s biggest film industry, Bollywood. But it is more than that. It’s also the cultural, fashion and financial capital of India. I’ve been lucky enough to visit six or…
When My Supergirl Met Superwoman I surprised Shalini with a Superwoman meet and greet. It was probably the best surprise I could ever have given her – to meet her idol. Here’s what happened… HOW TO BE A BAWSE BOOK TOUR When I found out Internet and viral sensation Lilly Singh was coming to the…
The Handover I’m on my way to Mumbai for a work trip and writing this post as I sit on the plane. There are still three hours to go until we land and people around me are fast asleep. I can’t ever sleep on a plane, so I’m writing this instead. It’s standard practice that…
My Daughter Is Taller Than Me I have never had a hang-up about my height. I’ve become used to having people tower over me, at a mere 5’3 (and a half). Sometimes I’m the shortest in a group. My parents aren’t very tall and neither are my sisters. So it’s never been an issue. And…
Florida Road Trip 2013 – Planning I’ve been really excited to write this post about our Florida road trip. I hope you enjoy it too. We were looking for our family holiday for May of 2013. As Sukh and I prefer long-haul, we usually book our annual holiday several months before. I was intent on…
How Should I Dress Now That I’m 40? I’ve just turned the big 4-0 and have written all about my feelings on reaching that milestone in another post, as part of a mini-series. But one constant debate I have with myself is about my wardrobe. How Should I Dress Now That I’m 40? I have read…
Shivam’s Christmas List I wanted to make a things-to-do list this week (I’m a stickler for lists and fascinated with organisation, planning and itineraries). I tend to keep a notebook in the kitchen for these kinds of things. But as usual there were no spare pages. My kids had already made their mark –…
Drayton Manor – Thomas Land We love visiting Drayton Manor Theme Park And Zoo. Our favourite thing about it is Thomas Land because there are plenty of rides for younger children. We were invited to the press launch of the new Thomas Land ride James and the Red Balloon. It was great to…