The start of Summer

Hi everyone!

Quick Hello from me to you here in Blogland.

The weather here in Dubai is getting hotter everyday and the temps are not to take lightly.

We have passed the 40 celsius since last week. And this is nothing to what is coming in Summer.....

For me, besides planning for our wedding celebration in October and daily real life issues, I have a feeling of anticipation...

The start of something new and exciting is always a great feeling and soon I can share what my brain came up with this time! Hope you are still reading along.

So, for all of my readers who are still or again dealing with rain and cold, this Sunny photo is for you.

Hope it will brighten up your day!

In the mean time, you can follow more daily pictures on my Instagram @daydreamliving
or down below {see bottom of the blog}.


Have a good weekend!


Maureen
Xx

Sun umbrella / Parasol from Dutch brand Kitch Kitchen

the C for Change

And just like that!

It has been 3 weeks and 2 days since I wrote on my own little blog.

It feels like I left the house to buy some fresh bread and milk and came back three weeks later.

Totally not planned to stay away that long!

This reminds me of the time we literally did the unplanned,

'we-are-going-on-holiday-and-never-come-back' move.
Did I ever tell you that story already? 

How we moved to Switzerland from one day to another,

while being on holiday and me being 8 months pregnant? 

Mmmh, will have to share that story in another post.

It's just how our life rolls.

Now, can you believe we are here in sunny Dubai already for eight whole months! 

And ask me how much time I spend in a gym....
I think about it daily, does that count?

In the mean time,
behind the scenes I am writing, just in drafts, just some thoughts....
Change is coming for my little blog.
My little corner, here in Blogland which I still love, but have neglected lately.
That has to change, so behind the scenes I'm working on it.
Hope you will be there when it is time for show and tell?

Speaking of change, I still haven't showed you around our newest home.
I only have 2 Iphone pictures to share, showing the living room via the mirror in our hallway.
When I have my new computer, which can hold my many pictures without crashing,
I can start showing some more photo's. Because this oldie is almost dying on me.

Our newest nest is another apartment and this time we didn't choose the small size.

(in Switzerland we downsized half the size after 3 years, that's also another story to share).
No, this time we ended up with a 250 square meter open floor plan apartment.
It's light and modern with two great views and six (6!) areas where one can take a pee...
I know.... That's the Dubai style, I guess....

Although in Texas we also had 4 toilets....
Our second home in Switzerland had one (1!) toilet and our family bathroom was so small,
that I could touch both sides of the walls when I opened my arms.
For real.

Okay....enough toilet talk...
(Although I still have an old post in draft about my toilet visit in Lyon, France, 
from two years ago. There they actually have a Toilet Store....)
See, so many things still to share here!

More importantly is that here we feel
At Home.

Although it's funny that people are always surprised when they see how big this apartment is.
Somehow it is still in people's mind, that apartment living equals small.
And small is not the norm here.
But let me tell you something....

It.doesn't.matter.how.big.your.space.is.

Really, it doesn't.
Home is literally where the heart is.
Not, home is how big your house is.

So we choose high rise apartment over big villa compound living. 

Beach strolls over garden lounge.

Noise and traffic over quiet and further out.

Tourists watching over neighbour watching.
Why?

Because after five quiet years in a small and pretty but oh so quiet village in Switzerland,
it was time for us city dwellers from Amsterdam to feel part of a city again. 

And if you know me personally or have been reading along for a while, 

you know that living near the sea was on my wish list.
Remember my guest post I wrote for Reverie Daydream? **

So we were very lucky to find this place.
Living between the sea and the desert,
I'm loving it!

Yes, the C for Change.
It's my only constant factor in this expat life of ours.

See you soon,


Maureen
xx



** Click {here} to read my guest post for Reverie Daydream.

Lately

white and a bit of colour

Oh my good socks,

the days are moving waaaayyy too fast!

They are mostly filled with:

All things wedding related  

(yep, we are in full planning mode here already for our wedding celebration in October, 

right here in Dubai, more soon about this)

&

All things how-to-make-your-house-a-home related

(think new furniture and big empty walls, 

but I'm slowly but surely making this our 8th home, will show some photo's soon)

 &

All things kiddo's related 

(school activities and social lives)

&

All things lovely visitors related

(so far every month, which is great but time flies more those days)

Yes...

I truly believe that time is flying too fast lately.

And what do our coloured sofa cushions in the photo have to do with this post?

Absolutely nothing.

I just wanted to show them to you, I have more photo's coming up soon of what this place looks like,

the place we call our (new) home. And we all love being here, so that's a good thing.

The cushions are inspiring me to paint one of the big empty walls in the living area,

so today I will see which paint colour is coming home with me.

But first, I have a coffee catch-up date with a fellow blogger, Lisa, 

who I have met last year when we moved here. We live in the same area, go figure!

Sweet Laura introduced me to her, thanks again!

(Who knows if we can meet in May? I happen to be in London then.)

Yes, meeting another blogger in real life is so fun.

I have met Tammy, who lives in Kuwait, twice here in Dubai and we all loved her from the start!

(and yes Tammy, the boxes in the hallway are gone, took your advice, cheers!)

So for now, I've got to love you and leave you,

thanks if you are still reading along, 

see you soon!

Oh, and if you look on the bottom of my blog, there is an Instagram slideshow 

of photo's taken with my Iphone,

so you can have a peek into my daily things.

Bye for now!

Maureen

xx

* the linen cushions are from Zara Home Dubai *