tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post7534925153241995834..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: I'd Like More Time To Wallow, PleaseStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-28035687070108001462011-01-03T08:49:20.532+01:002011-01-03T08:49:20.532+01:00Löst Jimmy: I know what you mean; I am a great fan...Löst Jimmy: I know what you mean; I am a great fan of anticipation myself. Have a very happy, very prosperous 2011.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-5269870272104381362011-01-02T23:56:54.781+01:002011-01-02T23:56:54.781+01:00I only enjoy the holiday before it starts, the ant...I only enjoy the holiday before it starts, the anticipation better than the event as it were.<br />Talking of which I am in my annual enforced in-laws trip.<br />Wishing you all the very best for 2011Löst Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907139441842698894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-20191131472126158502011-01-02T19:45:09.217+01:002011-01-02T19:45:09.217+01:00Posh Totty: thank you - and to you too!
Femminism...Posh Totty: thank you - and to you too!<br /><br />Femminismo: not sure I could cope with somewhere like Dubai full time either but I'm more of a green fields and tree man anyway... Happy New Year to you and yours.<br /><br />Selina: you'll be the first person I send a postcard to...!<br /><br />Marketingtomilk: now ain't that a universal truth.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-88315735235435080642011-01-02T19:24:51.873+01:002011-01-02T19:24:51.873+01:00It's like the last piece of chocolate. The res...It's like the last piece of chocolate. The rest of the bar has been pretty mediocre, but that last piece - it's like tastebud nirvana...<br /><br />M2MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-72163569442552614092011-01-02T18:30:50.465+01:002011-01-02T18:30:50.465+01:00I'm with you brother ! If you find out, let me...I'm with you brother ! If you find out, let me know will you !!Selina Kingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515746813047397411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-6394117914971800962011-01-02T18:10:58.569+01:002011-01-02T18:10:58.569+01:00What's wrong with the US? Well, oh yeah, we...What's wrong with the US? Well, oh yeah, we're falling apart. I think the advice from the person of moving out in the cheaper property country might be good. The Mister and I are thinking of moving somewhere warmer and drier. Yes, take charge of your life early on. Hope things look up, but Dubai? Not for me. Happy new year and thanks for checking in so often. I appreciate your comments.femminismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259380168965137800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-43969637333492683442011-01-02T18:00:47.463+01:002011-01-02T18:00:47.463+01:00Happy New Year XxHappy New Year XxPosh Tottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507121890639522780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-64414703993174089432011-01-02T15:15:54.082+01:002011-01-02T15:15:54.082+01:00rummuser: permanent holiday... now that's a dr...rummuser: permanent holiday... now that's a dream and a half!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-65339042116096138612011-01-02T14:08:51.768+01:002011-01-02T14:08:51.768+01:00I can identify with your angst as far friends opti...I can identify with your angst as far friends opting for over seas careers. I have many for the same reason. I however am on permanent holiday, so I leave my wallowing to your imagination!rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-32167706915615301162011-01-02T11:26:01.641+01:002011-01-02T11:26:01.641+01:00Keith: hope you did actually mean us and not the U...Keith: hope you did actually mean us and not the US...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-23588984209008906502011-01-02T11:16:48.259+01:002011-01-02T11:16:48.259+01:00You already know who to write too... Us !!!
Sage...You already know who to write too... Us !!! <br /><br />Sage advice from Being Me. <br /><br />Sitting and daydreaming whilst your kids play around you is pretty high up there on that list, if you ask me. You are a lucky man.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070505642533336362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-37034865025227754442011-01-02T08:36:23.171+01:002011-01-02T08:36:23.171+01:00Val: although we've not been for a couple of y...Val: although we've not been for a couple of years Karen and I have spent a lot of time in mid Wales and even got married there so we no the area well and love it. I think the only thing holding us up is finding suitable jobs for us both.<br /><br />The fly in the web: but I could learn to sulk...? I'm sure there must be an Open University course somewhere...!<br /><br />Amanda: you had me at glasses...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-19389101089090605892011-01-02T06:42:32.101+01:002011-01-02T06:42:32.101+01:00If you don't mind earthquakes turning up like ...If you don't mind earthquakes turning up like disliked relatives you're welcome to come here? The hutches have been swept out, the lights are on and the glasses are ready...The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-13284635181051779442011-01-01T23:09:04.911+01:002011-01-01T23:09:04.911+01:00When we ran holiday houses in France we had mostly...When we ran holiday houses in France we had mostly people from the U.K. -why did I first type that as YU.K? - but also from Belgium and Holland.<br />They all worked and had small kids and without exception they spent the first of the two weeks just collapsing by the pool...unwinding from the stress of non - holiday life at home.<br /><br />It might improve as the kids get older....but perhaps a change that allows less outgoings would give you more time for yourselves.<br /><br />Beware emigration. Wives either cope wonderfully and the husband sulks because he doesn't or go to pieces because their mum isn't within the range of a day's drive and the husband sulks because she is not coping.<br /><br />You don't strike me as sulky...so emigration is not for you.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-86372693130063107652011-01-01T22:50:52.377+01:002011-01-01T22:50:52.377+01:00This is pretty much why I moved out of London whic...This is pretty much why I moved out of London which I used to love and latterly hated, and came to rural Wales. The pace of life here is very different (well, it is in mid-Wales where I am, anyway). The mentality here is different from all the parts of England I've ever experienced. The push and shove mentality doesn't exist there. The 'no time to think' stuff doesn't either. On the other hand, the weather here is not on a par with Dubai...<br /><br />But no, it's not just you, but I do think it's an English thing, though there's bound to be some of it in other countries. <br /><br />That aside... I have a wish that you and your family have a happy and healthy new year.Valhttp://absurdoldbird.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-56184950191177957482011-01-01T22:49:53.627+01:002011-01-01T22:49:53.627+01:00Sarah: geography always plays a big part in our li...Sarah: geography always plays a big part in our lifestyle... and effects us in ways we don't always directly perceive.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-28342900883821096172011-01-01T21:54:43.061+01:002011-01-01T21:54:43.061+01:00Good luck in finding answers to get more of that &...Good luck in finding answers to get more of that 'zen' space in 2011. As much as I'd like to return to the UK to be with family, I know my own little family would suffer. Hubbie works in I.T. and the hours would be longer with horrible commutes and less family time.Catching the Magichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02439612318034698506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-17084269468630184442011-01-01T21:40:15.396+01:002011-01-01T21:40:15.396+01:00Fran: took me a second to realize that your first ...Fran: took me a second to realize that your first sentence wasn't an attempt at street lingo - "she's well hot, she is". No. You actually meant it was well hot. You're right. It'll certainly be a change from freezing temperatures, rain all year round and grey skies... 'cos they tend to make <i>me</i> fractious. ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-28966775800480506012011-01-01T21:12:52.130+01:002011-01-01T21:12:52.130+01:00Dubai is well hot. The kids would be fractious.Dubai is well hot. The kids would be fractious.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-31417510070588859672011-01-01T21:10:05.708+01:002011-01-01T21:10:05.708+01:00Libby: getting the timing right is always a major ...Libby: getting the timing right is always a major difficulty - but maybe there is never a right time?<br /><br />Suzanne: ;-)<br /><br />rb: that's certainly what we're hoping... another couple of years and Tom being at school should alleviate the strain somewhat... though it may just create a new financial strain, of course...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-50257424674121902652011-01-01T20:58:30.017+01:002011-01-01T20:58:30.017+01:00I had been feeling a bit swamped out and was rathe...I had been feeling a bit swamped out and was rather looking forward to life going back to normal. But reading what you have written here makes me realise how selfish that thought was, and just how lucky I am. Because I do have balance and that is why I find these enforced do-nothing times so wearing. <br />I think you will find things financially less difficult though when Tom starts school. <br />Sigh. Wish things were easier for you.<br />Happy New Year anyway.rbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-7297489607350748342011-01-01T20:45:33.302+01:002011-01-01T20:45:33.302+01:00You betchaYou betchaSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705692916293482229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-45105126693119937052011-01-01T19:42:53.952+01:002011-01-01T19:42:53.952+01:00As one who is stuck in an area/job/way of life who...As one who is stuck in an area/job/way of life who has huge regrets about not changing things when we first married nearly 30 years ago I would urge you to move....and I had this very conversation with my sister this morning...being on a hamster wheel with no freedom...wishing our lives had been different in some respects....we aim to move when we retire hopefully but wish we had done it or changed things when we had small children....libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-62384433503145590762011-01-01T17:55:51.480+01:002011-01-01T17:55:51.480+01:00Suburbia: you might be right. Having a job I actua...Suburbia: you might be right. Having a job I actually like feels like an impossibility but I'm aware that some people do actually achieve it... so maybe there is hope?<br /><br />Suzanne: do you specialize in craftiness...?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-37314424912896630922011-01-01T17:30:47.260+01:002011-01-01T17:30:47.260+01:00If you need any help with your crafty cupboard cal...If you need any help with your crafty cupboard call me ;)Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705692916293482229noreply@blogger.com