Have been terribly remiss...... but v busy

Time flies when you're having fun, and that is what life is here. We are now the proud owners of half a dozen chickens whose eggs are even better than our small flock in the UK, 2 pigmy goats both neutered males as pets and debating about whether if we

We're here

Wow, I can't quite believe it, as I type very slowly and carefully since I'm using a french keyboard, we're actually here. The physical move went smoothly but our much loved cat survuved the move only for us to find him curled up by our bed dead just

packing up

Ooh err - we're suddenly in the last few weeks and what has been that talked about dream is suddenly a crashing reality – but it still all seems a bit hazy. Funny – I was chatting to my brother-in-law who moved to Australia a year or so back – and he

New Job

Things really are moving on fast - have confirmed our move date, finalised things with the removal company and are now tackling the "store room" - this contains boxes of stuff from the last 2 house moves and we cannot possibly have any use for

New job - new start our plans can go ahead

Haven't posted for a while because I've been bogged down at work trying to work things out with my current employer - but without success. They simply haven't wanted to give me an idea of the package they're willing to provide except to tell me over and

Trying to work things out

Well - after a mainly positive meeting we're moving ahead. We have a move date set for 25th January and the company will have sorted out my contract by mid November - hopefully to everyone’s satisfaction as I don't want to be unfair. I guess I'm lucky

Still plugging away

Well have had my meeting with the boss - and have explained my view point and reminded HR about their initial offer when I joined the company as I referenced it in my acceptance letter etc. They agreed that my skills are needed and that being

Things were going far too smoothly - company machinations

Thought everything was going way too smoothly……. Noticed this week that on my department organogram my job title had changed – it was now at least 2 grades lower than it should be and this had not been discussed with me before hand……. Interestingly it

The letter...

HR have come back to me and asked for a formal letter with our move date - so they can set up a meeting for me in France - so we've spent the last couple of days trying to decide exactly what date we want to move. The lease is up on our rented house at

August ramblings

Where to start…….I guess an introduction would probably work as well as anything else.   I’m one of hundreds of 40 something working Mum’s out there who’ve been wondering whether we’re really all that liberated with long working weeks, mortages