the temperature has just crept above '0' on the outside thermometer. we have the first 'real' frost of this winter - white out !
catz are glued to the aga. their bladders must be to bursting point but they took a look at outside and scuttled back to the warmth.
plucking up the courage to have a bath this morning will take some doing. that longing for central heating is back again - especially when the replacement gas for the super ser has gone up £2 in the last two weeks!
it will soon get to the stage when i cannot afford to live in this country at all. having got all the possessions i need (luckily) it costs me all my wages for just the basic things in life. i know i keep 4 cats and the chickens - but hey, i don't smoke, go out to cinema, go for meals, a bottle of wine lasts me a week, i'm not a good cook and food doesn't interest me - so my animals are my company and my friends. i do not know how people manage if they have kids these days.......... mind you, they probably have a better job that pays more than nursing.....
i can think of many reasons not to go to nz, but the lower cost of living is a BIG draw right now.
last full day with alex. tomorrow will be all packing and waiting for it to be time to go to the airport. not looking forward to the 'goodbyes' - i shall be in bits. i'll hold it together for the drive home - then i'll hit the wine ( this bottle will not last the week)
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I do hope that Alex went off OK. It must be hard having a son living so far away.
If I was younger I think that I'd consider moving to NZ. My brother has lived there for over 30 years and loves it.
The problem is that I love England. Although I do agree with you it is getting so expensive to live here.
hello country smallholder, thank you for visiting me over here.it is sunday morning and i am waiting for a 'facebook' message from alex to let me know that he, and his luggage, have arrived home safely.
thanx for thinking of me..........
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