"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it"

ZTD

MrsMoo2U wrote: »

I just watched Escape to the Country and a couple were returning from Cyprus because they missed the cold and the greenery.

You want cold and green? Go to Canada for a while...

Once away from the work, the world is your oyster.

taxi73

Glad you're getting some rest time and Southport sounds good...the meeting across the road sounds good too

Karmacat

Thanks all!

ZTD wrote: »

"Commercially minded" I think the phrase is...

Thats okay ... we all want to make money - I can read her blog at The Guardian for free ...

Why would you come back?

Good question, lots of answers: I don't want to emigrate permanently, I don't want to have to come back to this country for medical reasons when I'm in my 80s, everywhere I'd like to overwinter is too hot for me in summer, and there are *several* places I'd like to go, not just one. Overwintering, or even a stay of 2 or 3 months, fits the bill perfectly

ZTD wrote: »

You want cold and green? Go to Canada for a while... Once away from the work, the world is your oyster.

Most definitely :j Outside England, Canada is up there with Greece as my favourite country tho I won't be overwintering there, having seen the underground shopping malls in Toronto :eek:Th

taxi73 wrote: »

Glad you're getting some rest time and Southport sounds good...the meeting across the road sounds good too

Thanks Taxi! Yes, there's some really good potential there ... Southport is for the future, of course, and I'm happy where I am now, considering I actually have to, you know, work for a living but I'm a Saggi, and I do love to travel

Today, hurray, no paid work, which I arranged on purpose, and my partner is coming up here for a [strike]natter[/strike] very important meeting I'm having a pottering day - the most I might do is wield some woodfiller for 5 minutes or so otherwise its tidying up and tidying up and tidying up

redsquirrel80

Hooray for pottering.. and wielding woodfiller Not so hooray to tidying up (though it's good when it's done!)

Karmacat

The only tidying up I've done so far is add another book to the little pile the work-partner is going to take with him that makes four :j

I thought I'd have to make notes on one in particular, about genograms by John Bradshaw, but it turns out not only that there's umpteen websites about them, there's also free genogram software. I just love the interweb :j:j:j

Pippilongstocking

Won't sit for too long unless I get wood fillered!

Good point on the blog for free

Have a great one, I'm off in a mo to garden in the breeze

BTW you're carex pendula is doing fabby

Karmacat

Is that what its called! I confess, I've uprooted at least a dozen in that burst of physical work that shattered me, oops ... I'm so glad some of it lives on and is loved

Off for my Very Important Meeting now

Pippilongstocking

enjoy

rtandon27

Good Morning KC & all!

ZTD wrote: »

You want cold and green? Go to Canada for a while...

Cold???? - Nah - try blistering hot! - have just come back from 'over there' and with the Humidex it was 38' !!!!!!! - hot and sticky - so hot in fact that my English OH was constantly dripping & had to change his shirt a couple of times a day! :rotfl:

Karmacat wrote: »

Most definitely :j Outside England, Canada is up there with Greece as my favourite country tho I won't be overwintering there, having seen the underground shopping malls in Toronto :eek:Th

...but KC the underground city is warm in the winter and air-conditioned in the summer! - when I worked in downtown TO, only had to spend 10 mins a day outside - walking to and from home to the bus stop!!! - even did all my shopping underground - no such thing as grocery delivery there!!!!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

XO
RT

MrsMoo2U

Karmacat wrote: »

Thanks all!


Thats okay ... we all want to make money - I can read her blog at The Guardian for free ...



Good question, lots of answers: I don't want to emigrate permanently, I don't want to have to come back to this country for medical reasons when I'm in my 80s, everywhere I'd like to overwinter is too hot for me in summer, and there are *several* places I'd like to go, not just one. Overwintering, or even a stay of 2 or 3 months, fits the bill perfectly


Most definitely :j Outside England, Canada is up there with Greece as my favourite country tho I won't be overwintering there, having seen the underground shopping malls in Toronto :eek:Th



Thanks Taxi! Yes, there's some really good potential there ... Southport is for the future, of course, and I'm happy where I am now, considering I actually have to, you know, work for a living but I'm a Saggi, and I do love to travel

Today, hurray, no paid work, which I arranged on purpose, and my partner is coming up here for a [strike]natter[/strike] very important meeting I'm having a pottering day - the most I might do is wield some woodfiller for 5 minutes or so otherwise its tidying up and tidying up and tidying up

Haha! I knew it. I am saggi too and we seem to have a lot of commonalities.