Category Archives: Up Close & Personal

How Transparent Do You Need To Be Online To Be Successful?

A lot has been made over the past year about how transparency - and radical transparency - is the way to go if you want to build up a loyal, active following (sorry, community) on your blog, Twitter or anywhere else you interact. You need to let people see the real you, you ought to share ...

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On The Fence About Having Kids? Some Thoughts From Both Sides Of That Fence

It's been a while since I posted here and I'd usually apologise but as a new mum, an entrepreneur and a world traveller, I hope most of you will understand why this blog has had to take a backseat for a while. However, I'm back ...

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Welcome To Our World…

Mali Hope Woodward born on 4th July 2009 by emergency C-section after 2 days of pre-labour and a 12 hour active labour - at a whopping 8lbs 110z.

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Hiccups, Twitter & Bony Bums

I've been lying awake at night recently unable to sleep, thanks to the hiccuping of the little madam in my belly. According to the progress tracker on Babycentre she's apparently practising her breathing technique (and no Daddy, she's not a fish!), hence the hiccups. Strange sensation and quite disturbing until I realised what it ...

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A Few Thoughts On Being Back In England

After 2 weeks in the UK, we've "enjoyed" a blocked & leaking toilet (you don't want to know what Jonathan had to deal with), a raft of unexpected big bills, the coldest weather we've experienced for the past 2 years and a bit more in between. Once we'd found out about the baby and realised that ...

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Happy 60th Birthday, Whail!

We usually make one in the sand on the beach. Seeing as we're no longer by a beach, getting creative with clothes on our bedroom floor seemed like a good substitute :) Hope you have a great day & enjoy your meal at Baan Rim Pa. ...

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Going Backwards To Move Forwards

We're now back in the UK. Everything was going smoothly having moved back into our rental house on Friday, until disaster struck late last night...All at once water started pouring through the smoke alarm in the kitchen, triggering both alarms in the house. We hot-footed it out of there back to my stepdad's house and have ...

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Goodbye World, Hello England!

That's right, we're moving back to the UK. Due to a combination of factors, we ultimately decided that having the baby in the UK was the sensible and responsible thing to do so we're moving back there. This week. Fortunately, it's only temporary - at least until we have the munchkin and feel ready to start ...

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Merry Christmas from Dubai!

A Starbuck's hot chocolate on the beach is the only way to enjoy Christmas in Dubai :)

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