It is orange and hazy as hell out here. Hopefully that fire isn't heading eastwards!
What Are You Thinking?
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Wow... Nite looks... HAWT! She's so hot that she wouldn't just melt ice cream, but the van that sells it!
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EDIT: It's summer! We have a heatwave... how the hell do I have a cold?!
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EDIT: It's summer! We have a heatwave... how the hell do I have a cold?!
COFFEEEEEEE!
IT is something that hasn't been hit too hard by the economy problems but it is still a competitive field to be working in and trying to get employment in. Do SA's get instant citizenship? I only have one guy I know right now who lives here with dual citizenship (he's from Cape Town) but his wife is Brazilian and has just left for 6 months as part of visa requirements. Basically, money is tight everywhere but one option would be for hubby to move first, work for 6 months or so and be able to rent a flat or whatever so that the rest of you can get over here without having to go the social housing route (which is NOT pretty).
Work-wise, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire are right next to each other BUT house prices and rental also are sky high. What you can get for your money is not awesome and very likely smaller than what you have now. Commuting may be a better option which means you can live out of the higher-priced zones and travel daily on the train to wherever it is you need to be. Basically, the further north you travel, the cheaper everything gets but also the less white-collar jobs there are. For example, where I live there is mostly stuff like retail work, factories, cleaning, warehouse operative jobs and, of course, farming. With the upcoming development of the absolute farce that is HS2 (ridiculous high-speed railway that is currently costing nearly £50bn and rising which is going to decimate the countryside all for a time-saving of 15 minutes), you also want to make sure if you did move to the UK that you don't wind up with a 250-mile-an-hour train racing through your back garden every half an hour. This stupid idea by the government is making house prices fall like rocks in the affected areas of the country but obviously, who the hell wants to live that close to it even if the property is a third of what it cost a year ago?
There are places in the Midlands area (where I live) that have good IT prospects and excellent commuting connections to Birmingham (good shopping too
) and London. Lichfield has a few good IT companies as well as Milton Keynes which is back down the other end of the country again but still commutable within 90 minutes by train.For family-friendly places....well, it depends on what you're looking for. Generally speaking, the further away from big towns and cities you go, the less there is to do for kiddies and the less provision for them health-wise. However, if you prefer free stuff then places near to public woodland, parks and play-centres are good. From living both down south near London and now here nearer to Birmingham, I would honestly say I MUCH prefer it here. Everyone is friendlier, less concerned with money even though things are tighter here than ever and the countryside is beautiful. The provision for people on the Spectrum is fantastic too - in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire it is beyond shocking. Like, seriously. Plenty of clean and safe parks, woodland, cheap indoor and outdoor play centres...property is cheaper, shops are cheaper and lots of decent enough schools. Plus if you move to the Midlands, I'm around the corner and we can take the kids out together
tl;dr - if you guys are seriously considering a move, get your hubby to look at work NOW rather than later and check out what it required in terms of moving here with children in tow. Better to be safe than sorry and stuck in an airport lounge unable to go any further. It's an expensive move from New Zealand to the UK and the country as a whole is getting a bit tighter on people moving over, especially if they have no job to go to.
Also, MOVE! Come see us all!
Autumn
Welcome to my world....
I love people who comment on creepy pasta with "It's OBVIOUSLY fake!" Really? Wow! Thank you for saving me from that delusion >_>
Plus if you move to the Midlands, I'm around the corner and we can take the kids out together
YESSSSSSS!!!
I'll have a chat to hubby about this tonight and we'll get cracking onto some more research. I'm slowly starting to get rid of things now via donating to Sallies every month so when the time comes, we'll have only the big necessities to sell....I'll probably end up using Pack-and-Send to get our bedding and computer stuff over to my sister's place. Oh, and the sentimental toys that I can't get rid of for my kids. She's in MK and I've been looking at finding a place in that region. (This is kinda going to kill my plan to 'surprise' the family with our move - I was thinking of catching her on FB, fishing around until we can either rock up at her front door or crash her workplace, but...yeah, receiving a few boxes full of bedding and computers from NZ is going to make her suspicious...) With that said.... we are keeping the move quiet. Hubby is dropping hints at work through his LinkedIn page, and I've been asking my family questions about UK, but we haven't actually said 'yep, we're definitely moving'. Not to them, anyway. It's a done-deal, really, but I'd like to keep it under wraps as much as possible just incase something pops up that delays/erases the option to relocate (like another baby, for example).
The houses are quite small compared to places here in NZ (which is the only reason I'm okay with selling my suede lounge suite as it wouldn't fit in half the places I've seen), but then I'm fairly sure it's just a matter of looking in the right places for the right sizes. I've gone to look at a tiny townhouse here that made me claustrophobic just walking through the door, and another friend of mine back in SA had what we called a 'doll house' because it was just that small.
But then I'm naturally a hoarder so it wouldn't hurt to get a smaller place, no space for clutter!
Plus, we've come to NZ with nothing but a job in place, two weeks accommodation sorted by the work company, a bag full of clothes and two bags stuffed with Keira's toys and naught else. We worked our way up from literally nothing before, and doing it all again with family and friends as our support system I'm pretty sure we'll breeze through it in the UK.
I know a lot of people let the hubby go over first to prep everything but...yeah. I can't do it. CAN'T DO IT. I barely survived with hubby and the two kids on a plane trip to SA, I couldn't do it on my own to UK with three. I'll jump off the plane, or they'll throw me off. The only thing louder and more annoying than my kids' whinging is my yelling at them to sit down and listen to me LOL sad but true.
But anyway.
Coffee it is!
FUDGE IT!!! Out of all the skin, my eczema had to get sunburnt the worst... and I didn't even want to get sunburn! If only my parents were more 'adult' about things, that could've been sorted when it wasn't so hot and I didn't suffer from the heat... you're both pains in the ar$e!*cries* I now remember why I don't go out in daylight especially in the sun 
*cries again*
*cries again*
I shouldn't have gone so hard on the ball. Now my feet are paining and i can't sleep.
Er...yes, hunny-bun, I'm totally biased. That flower-print wallpapered bedrooms and narrow staircases with green carpet and dark wood barristers look spooky, therefore I will not set my foot in that yard, let alone rent the house itself. I'm in the house 24/7, I don't WANT a creepy place. I've had to deal with the creepy-as basement/garage at the flat, and the creepy dark room/hole behind the garage at the big house. I do not want to move into a place that has Amityville Horror Rip Off plastered all over it. Light and airy, safe and small, and NORMAL. Not much to ask for, is it?
Might as well give up on sleeping for a while. There's a huge moth in my room and it keeps flying into my face:blink:
I'm always the last to get the memo, y'know? But it had to have been a big quake for hubby to call me right after and then come huffing puffing down to the waterfront all the way from work. Nothing shakes him up much so for him to 'need to get out and get some air and get tf away from the buildings' is...erm...yeah. Scary.
5.7, biggest quake yet and I barely felt it. Apparently it grew in intensity but when you're busy conquering a 'lighthouse' tower play gym in the park with a two year old and a long way down, you probably wouldn't notice an earthquake is happening unless the building across the street starts coming down or car sirens start going off....
Yep. I'd love UK. No quakes there, right? Scariest thing I've ever encountered is hearing the ground effin MOAN and move beneath my feet. No, scary isn't the word....more like... paralyzing. Yep. That's it.
5.7, biggest quake yet and I barely felt it. Apparently it grew in intensity but when you're busy conquering a 'lighthouse' tower play gym in the park with a two year old and a long way down, you probably wouldn't notice an earthquake is happening unless the building across the street starts coming down or car sirens start going off....
Yep. I'd love UK. No quakes there, right? Scariest thing I've ever encountered is hearing the ground effin MOAN and move beneath my feet. No, scary isn't the word....more like... paralyzing. Yep. That's it.
YESSSSSSS!!! Coffee it is!
W00t! And you said MK? As in...? Makes me think Milton Keynes which is a train ride from my place so methinks plenty of day trips may be in order
Property-wise, why not have a go looking at rightmove.co.uk which lists rental and mortgage properties by area, size, price etc from all over the country. Houses can get kind of poky in the UK (we don't tend to spread out much as most buildings are attached to others) but you can always blitz wherever you move to with some white paint and light flooring
- our house is small but once we got rid of the brown/beige/coffee colours, it looks a lot brighter. Still a tip, mind...But you have to move. You HAVE to. Because I get bored easily and need new people to annoy...and that person is pretty much going to be you right now. ENJOY!
There's only ever been earth tremor in UK that I can remember, and they're really rare. I woke up during one and thought my sister had come into my room to shake my bed:lol:
The only bad thing about UK when it comes to things like this is unpredictable weather. For a few weeks now, we've had really sunny weather, but this time last year, it was all cold and raining. Plus, if there is a little bit of snow, all trains and busses become delayed or cancelled.>_< But that sort of thing is a small problem compared to earthquakes.
Where I live, near Birmingham and Worcester, it's a nice place. Lots of green areas, but I can also get on the train to go to Birmingham to shop, or Worcester for university. And certainly no earthquakes.
Oh, and the queues. Us Brits love to queue. And then moan loudly about it.
Yep, especially in hot weather. :lol: I try to avoid a queue when I can, but if it's for something important, then I just have to endure it.>_<
Hey everyone, long time no see, I suppose.
Anyways, I'm here to update you on some things.
1. I love you
2. I love you
3. Not you though
Anyways, I'm here to update you on some things.
1. I love you
2. I love you
3. Not you though