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UmKhaloodie
http://www.umkhaloodie.com/
A British Expat living in the Middle East.
A blogger at heart, a wife to a wonderful husband, mother to two beautiful children and daughter to the best mum in the world.
A makeup and fashion addict, love following and/or dissing the latest trends.My children are my world and nothing else matters.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 222 )
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The City Magazine, Runway Fashion Show April 2013
On the 22nd April, I attended, The City Magazine Runway Fashion Show. The show started shortly after 7pm and it started with a bang! Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Feels Good Getting Back to Blogging!
It’s amazing how much I missed blogging! It was part of my daily routine and pulling myself away from social media was a hard thing to do, it wouldn’t be so har... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Q8 Outlet- Putting Funky Back into Tshirt!
Think back to the 90′s, we didn’t wear plain tshirts, lately everything is very plain and/or very striped. This is casual attire now but remember when casual wa... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Events This Week Kuwait and Worldwide
So, this week, we have has earthquakes, fires, bombs…the news has been dire. There hasn’t been much to be positive about really. Read more
Posted on 20 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Live Beautifully, Dream Passionately and Love Completely
There are times in life when we want to ‘walk’, walk away from it all, let go of the things that we can’t ‘cope’ with and ‘give up’. Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Be Your Own Therapist
I know a few people who visit therapists here in Kuwait, for different reasons, marriage problems, counselling for childhood issues, eating disorders etc. Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
How to STAY Happy?
Being happy is something that should come naturally, infact, we should always be happy but for some people, they live their lives in states of highs and lows.Ho... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Don’t Let Your Love Be Invisible.
Tonight, I watched the news for the tenth time today and still, I thought the same thing I thought at midnight last night when watching the Boston bombings….wha... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Madeira Cake
is an easy recipe and a great one for beginners to start off with. So here’s what you need: sugar, flour, butter, vanilla extract, baking powder, milk and eggs. Read more
Posted on 15 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Succeed and Be Happy
Are you happy? Are you being the best you can be? Often we just stroll through life, day by day, we forget we have a purpose, we have a chance, el7umdella, we... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
10 Signs You Are Falling in Love
I came across this little graphic on google earlier and it made me realise. I’m still falling in love… Every single second of every day. Read more
Posted on 01 April 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Be Someone Great
Life isn’t about just getting by on a daily basis, going to pick up the kids from school, doing the grocery shopping, washing, ironing, going for a walk… Life i... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
I Have Lupus, Lupus Awareness Kuwait
IWhile we may appear ok on the outside, the inside is a different story altogether. I have Lupus, it isn’t curable, it could kill me, but, it IS treatable. Read more
Posted on 25 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Men Are from Mars and Women Are from Venus with Dalal Al-Janaie
Ever heard the name of Dalal Al-Janaie? Well, if you haven’t, you should.Let me tell you a bit about her.Dalal Al Janaie is an INCREDIBLE woman.Dalal is a... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
12 Kilos Lighter.
For those of you that read my old blog, you will remember after the birth of my daughter, I successfully lost 30kilo. I had 10 kilo more to lose to get to a... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Global Warming, Kuwait and Rain
Was just thinking yesterday, summer is well and truly here and I had only just thought it and low and behold the heavens opened. Yes, we had around 1 hour of... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
If You Could Be Anywhere Right Now, Where Would You Be?
Tonight I had a question and answer session on Instagram. The question was: If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you want to be? I... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Ana Eve from Geant
I’m not back to continuously blog about food and drink, don’t worry- just wanted to share this with you all. I had family over for dinner, Thursday past and... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Cheer up Your Life with Sprinkles from @cakalita
We ordered these for Mother’s Day and they were absolutely delicious! You can follow them on Instagram and Twitter Read more
Posted on 23 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION -
Instagram, Facebook and Twitter Taking Over the World.
Lol. Social networking has literally taken over our lives. It’s quite sad really. I miss good old fashioned conversations, weekly coffee meets with friends to... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION