Little Miss Catnap

Our darling daughter turned two months yesterday. We "celebrated" by going to the doctor for her immunizations. She did not cry for long, but her cry was loud. Can't be nice getting a jab in each thigh. But 10 minutes later it was all forgotten and she was fast asleep.

In other news, she has taken up the habit of catnapping during the day. None of her daytime naps are any longer than one hour, you could almost set the watch according to her sleep pattern! But she sleeps well at night, thank God for that, so I'm not too concerned about her daytime naps.

But why is it called catnapping, from my experience cats can sleep for hours on end!!!

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Igår fyllde vår älskade lilla dotter två månader. Det "firades" med ett besök hos läkaren för vaccinering. Det blev en spruta i vardera låret, och en ljudlig protest från vår lilla flicka. Men 10 minuter senare sov hon.

På tal om sömn så har hon lagt sej an vanan att sova korta, entimmes tupplurar på dagen. Man kan nästan ställa klockan enligt henne, hon vaknar så gott som alltid efter exakt en timme. Men hon sover bra på nätterna så jag försöker att inte stressa så mycket över hennes sovvanor dagtid...

From London with love

My husband spent the past week in London and he brought home such a cute souvenir; a red phone booth piggybank!

It's the perfect souvenir, it's not just going to collect dust, it actually serves a purpose as well. I don't like buying souvenirs that are just going to sit on a shelf and be of no use at all!

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Min man tillbringade den senaste veckan i London. Med sej hem hämtade han möjligtvis den perfekta souveniren, en liten sparbössa i form av en telefonkiosk.

Jag anser den vara perfekt för den har någon sorts funktion, det är inte bara en prydnadsgrej som kommer att samla damm. Fast visst kommer den att bli dammig, damm har vi gott om här i sandlådan!

Bukra inshallah

The efficient Scandinavians get frustrated when dealing with the less than timely attitude that exists in other cultures. The mañana mentality. It can be done tomorrow. The Arabic equivalent would be "Bukra, inshallah" - Tomorrow, God willing.

Tonight I will apply that attitude and not care about the fact that my bedroom looks like a complete mess and that there are dirty dishes in the kitchen sink. It will all be fixed, tomorrow inshallah!

Very Important Princess

Dethär är nyheter som man inte hör ett knyst av här i Saudiarabien http://yle.fi/uutiset/saudiprinsessa_yritti_paeta_6_miljoonan_euron_hotellilaskuaan/6149712
Saudiarabiens kungligheter avnjuter något av diplomatisk frihet i sitt eget hemland och många av dem utnyttjar sin status i olika sammanhang, bland annat för att få prioritet vid sjukhusvistelser, tex. kan de kräva att få sina små åkommor åtgärdade på bekostnad av en annan patienst livshotande tillstånd. Ni kan läsa mer om det på Blue Abayas blogg här (på engelska).


Dethär når inte över nyhetströskeln i Saudiarabien, dels för att ingen vågar kritisera en medlem av den kungliga familjen, dels för att det inte anses vara något utöver det vanliga.

Recently the Finnish Broadcasting Company published an article on their web site telling the story about the Saudi princess that had escaped an upscale Parisian hotel without paying the bill. A bill that amounted to 6 million euros no less.

This does not surprise me at all as the Saudi royal family has a very special status in their home country, something that most of them do not shy away from using - and abusing. It even goes so far that at the local hospitals they will insist on priority treatment for minor ailments at the cost of other patients' lives! You can read more about that on Blue Abaya's blog post about it here.

Any of this does not reach the news over here in Saudi Arabia. Partly because nobody dares to critisise the royal family, partly because this type of behaviour is nothing out of the ordinary...

Everything and anything

You know the saying everything but the kitchen sink? Well, this shop sells everything AND a kitchen sink as well...