Who said don't draw on the walls?!

Hi lovelies!

Hope you're all having a fun week!

This week is not going so well for me. I'm in one of those hyper active annoyed moods. I can't sit still. I can't put my mind to anything. I'm even having trouble sleeping!! (strange for me!)

Why?

Well probably because I'm stuck at home. 

I took my Jeep over to Spain to get a suspension lift fitted. So now I'm car-less. Plus I'm not working. So I'm stuck at home. Don't get me wrong, I like lazing around at home, but only when it's I who decides. Here I'm forced to stay put having no car. Plus internet has decided to go on strike. So I'm annoyed. Yep, pretty much p*ssed off (sorry!). I feel like I'm in some kind of prison.

So, when I get annoyed I do stupid stuff. 

I thought I should calm myself by doing some sport, so I put on my shorts and trainers and started to jog on the treadmill. Honestly not the best idea. 'Captain Catastrophy' (my nickname) was back in town! My head began spinning with loads of ideas, my mind wondered off... I totally forgot that I was running on a machine and not on non-moving ground. What was bound to happen happened. I tripped over my own feet and fell. SMASH BANG first onto the treamill's handle, then onto the mat. That hurt. It hurt bad. But proud as I am I didn't say anything to anyone. 

It was only the next morning that I saw the results that the disaster had caused: two giant bruises on my face! Really big blueish red bruises! The kind of monsters that no foundation is capable of covering! So I'm just going to have to put up with the results of my stupidity during a week or so (I know how bruises work, they're gonna go from blue, to purple, to brown to yellow). At least it gives me a good reason to stay hidden at home!

After that I decided that sport was not a good idea. So I strated drawing. But after a while, in my crazy locked up case, I got fed up with drawing on small pieces of paper... Seeing that big white wall was just too tempting... My pencil hit the white paint, and I was gone! As I miss my car, I drew her! 

I can remember how I used to get scoulded when I drew on the walls when I was a kid! Here I could do what I want!! Well kind off... I was sure that I was going to get a telling off by Franck, but when he saw it he actually loved it! (And wants me to do more!!)

So anyway, here's a couple of pictures (plus kaki outfit, love that color at the moment!) of my crazy wall drawing!

Hope you like it!! ;)

Shhhh! No one will notice that I scribbled on the wall!!

Close up. Havn't had time to finish the lights yet!

So that's my 'wall art' !

To finish here's a video of me. Warning : it is not flattering at all! I look terrible (smeared makeup and all)! I needed franck to shave the back of my hair (the part that is usually short). Only problem, I hate people touching my hair. Don't ask me why but I just hate it! Hairdressers have a hard time with me! As I didn't trust any hairdressers running a shaver against my head over here in Morocco I dumped the hard task on Franck. I think this video just shows how stressed out I am at the moment! 

Have a good laugh!

Take care !!

Long time no blogging...

Hi guys!!

First of all thank you all so much for all the lovely birthday wishes! They really made my day :)

Second, sorry that I haven't been blogging nor answering comments recently. Internet has not been working for the last week or so, but it's finally come back on so I'll be posting again!

Here's just a quick post about some of the things I've been up to this last week.

Of course for my birthday I had a party with some friends. Well actually I had 2 parties! One on thursday evening (just with my off road driving friends, we needed to get together to plan our epic new year's eve trip to the desert) and another one on saturday with everybody. 

They were two awesome evenings. 

Plus I got 2 chocolate birthday cakes! (greedy!!)

Last week I also tried a different sport : wave boarding. 

A son of a friend taught me how to skate with it. It's rather difficult trying to balance on the thing at first, but you get the hang of it pretty quick. I was quite surprised that I didn't fall off at any time!

The weather is still lovely here. Sun and blue sky. But it has gotten a bit colder. Time to get the beanie out! 

In Morocco houses don't have central heating. In the morning the indoor temperature is about 12°. I really hate having to get out from under the covers in the morning!

And to finish here is my christmas tree!

Christmas isn't celebrated in Morocco, there are no trees for sale. So I made one with the only 'green' things I could find ;)

Have a great week!

Toady is my birthday!

Hey guys! 

So today's my birthday! 26 years old! Damn! I'm more than a quarter of a century old lol!

What's the big thing about birthdays? I don't really find the 29th of november any different from any other day (except for presents^^). 

Each day is the first day of the rest of your life right? 

On the 29 th of novemebr am I suddenly older? I don't think so. 

The 29 of November my mother did undergo and achieve the hard, painful and tiring trial of childbirth. I think it should be she, and not I, that should be remembered and congratulated on this day.

One question that people always seem to ask on your birthday is : 'well how does it feel to be X years old?' Well really no different from yesterday when I was 'one year younger'!

The only birthday that really made a difference for me was my 18th. I passed my driving license the very same day. Being able to drive a car was freedom for me! Since then, I think I've been stuck thinking that I'm still 18...

Anyway, today since it is my birthday, I've decided to share some pics of who I've been and how I've changed over the last quarter of a century!

First typewriter! I didn't have a computer when I was young! No blogging back then!

First time horse riding! I can actually remember that day! I thought the horse looked enormous! Now I see that it was only a small pony...

Holidays in France! What am I doing here with that pan? Catching lizards! Yes, I was the kind of girl that preferred to catch lizards than play with dolls...

Let's move on to teenager years! At the age of 14, I had a really weird boyish style! Good god look at those socks! (I'm on the left). I cut my hair short, liked to wear baggy trousers and caps.

Here we were playing life size table football.

At 18 I got my first car, a red Cordoba. I loved it to bits! I also loved dragons, so a friend of mine painted one on the petrol cap :)

20 years old, geek period! Cut all my hair off again. Spent most of my spare time on computers and playstaion.

Age 22, my first 'real' job was the army! 

I heard that kaki was back in fashion... ;)

I only stayed a year in the army... a bad accident made me have to choose another career...

... so I went back to school and studied marketing and quality in wine and spirits!! (Looking bad here! Not much sleep! Hard course!)

And then at age 24 became quality manager in automobile manufacturing in Morocco!

I've changed in many ways over the years, but some things about me always stay the same...

I've always loved animals! I can't live without their company!

My rats who I shared 3 years with. I miss those cuties so much!

My frog, that I called Franck. I had him for  7 years... little did I know at that time that my future husband's name would also be Franck... When we first met he was not very impressed when I told him that I had a pet frog with the same name as him!

I've always loved outdoor sports...

...and I've always loved to travel...

...discover new places...

I don't mind living in a car or van to go on adventures...

... And I've always liked trying new exciting things, like driving speed boats or planes

I've always been a bit crazy...

...and over the years, in all the places I have lived, I have met wonderful people (who put up with my craziness!)

Well that's about it!

I'm 26, and very grateful for all the things I've had a chance to do over the years.

...but I still ask my magic ball advice when i'm having a hard time deciding on something! ;)

Sorry for long picture heavy post! ;) Plus it was all just about "me" , but it is my birthday!!
Will post about more interesting subjects soon!

Have a great day!!

After a busy week time to go for a Quad bike ride!

Hello hello !!

Hope you all had a great week. Mine was a busy one! Last week seems to have flied by. Not only have I been quite busy getting my birthday party all planned out, there were lots of other fun things going on! Here are a few photos of what I've been up to!

Well, this pic wasn't from last week but the week before. Each year on the 3rd thursday of november in France we celebrate and taste the arrival of the 'Beaujolais nouveau' wine. The wine isn't that good, but it's always a fun evening. This year the 'Wine Bar' in Tangier (Morocco) organized a tasting. We had a great time, plus a photo of us ended up in the local magazine!

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With my friend Fatima :)

Friday evening a friend's company (which is actually right next door to the one where I work) had an 'inaugural evening'. After all the speeches and delicious buffet we all headed off to a local bar. We had a great time dancing on 80's music.

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I look terrible on this photo! Scoffing down a delicious clementine and caramel dessert! A friend of mine organized an Italian cheese and wine party on Saturday evening. It was a great party! We got to meet lots of new people and the italian cheese was delicious! I love cheese but we can't get many different sorts over here in Morocco, so I was trilled to get a chance to eat some! 

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Sunday it was time to get a bit of fresh air! Nothing better than a quad bike ride!

(I suppose you guys are getting fed up with me always posting about quad and 4x4 outings, but that's how I spend most of my weekends! Sorry ^^)

Right at the beginning of our ride, Franck's quad broke down... Things like that aways seem to happen to him! So he ended up driving our guide's bike and she climbed on behind me. It was the first time that I was the lead driver (normally we always follow the guide). 

This time we were driving rather fast because we had set off late. Plus all the rain has made big holes and puddles on the track which can be rather dangerous! When you're in the front you have to choose which is the best and safest path to take, and you have to decide quickly when you're driving fast!

As always I made a short video of our outing. 

At one point my GoPro camera came flying of my quad! No harm done, lucky that they are tough cameras! It was rather funny though so I added the 'falling gopro video' at the end of the film ;)

My quad is a big fast one, but it doesn't have mud guards. At the end of the day I was speckled with mud! Not very glamourous at all!

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I haven't posted any of my outfits for ages! Really haven't had time! Anyway, here are a couple of dresses that I love wearing at the moment. They're both from Bershka.

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And here's a pic of the evil puppy Hermès. 

Last week he found a new game: stealing clothes of the washing line! 

One of my shirts did not survive...

Take care!