I know its been weeks since I have blogged but I guess things have been a bit hectic.
Well after much, shall we shall we not we decided to go with the house in the grounds of a Stalely Home. It is a 2.5 bedroom mews cottage, it use to be a barn or servants quarters for the big house. There are 3 of them in a small caught yard, to get to the house you need to go down a private road that looks like something from Narnia, towards the bottom of the road you go under a low bridge. Plants and trees cover the road on both sides, its truly magical.
We have met the Lord of the Estate, who is friendly and down to earth, so are the other people who live there.
I know we will be very happy there.
This is not our house, we live behind this wonderful house, in a place called Escot Park
December 5th, 2009 in
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We have been living in Devon for 5 days and yet it seems we have been here for weeks. Time seems to have slowed down and I find myself realising that I have forgotten what day it is. This is great, I am feeling less stressed if not a a bit strange as I am use to working and being busy all the time.
We have been looking at houses and have seen a wonderful house in the grounds of a Stately Home. It is truly magical and hidden away. But of course there is always going to be a compromise.
It’s not as big as we would like and are we running away with the first place that we have seen and liked? We have not seen many places yet and I guess that just before Christmas is never the best time to be looking.
The dilemma is, do we take it or do we wait and see if something else comes on the market? I found myself at 6.00 am this morning laying in going through the pros and cons.
Did this help?
No just got me more confused!!!
We will try and go and see some others today and hopefully it will help make up our minds
November 14th, 2009 in
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2 more days and we will be living in Devon!!!
I still have to pinch myself to make sure I am not in a dream. We are all packed and counting the hours.
Every-time we go into town we look at things that we will buy once we have found our new home. We have 9 properties to see in the next week.
Very existed, its a bit like waiting for Christmas.
Only 2 more sleeps to go!!!!
November 8th, 2009 in
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All sizes available (stock update – sorry sold out on “skinny Disco Bunny size”)
Well today was “D-Day”
I have submitted my resignation for my job. After 10 years it seem strange and exciting at the same time.
I have to give a months notice, however I am hoping to finish in 2 weeks time as I am owning some leave. My manager is none to happy that I am leaving so quickly, she keeps asking me if I am sure that I only have to give a months notice.
Don’t worry, I have checked it out with HR, 4 weeks is all I have to give.
Just a few more weeks then freedom !!!!!!!
Time for another packing box !!!
OMG he is back again !!!!!
“I will just post a few words”
“just enough to hook you in”
“just enough to make you feel sorry for me”
“then just leave them hanging in the air”
“waiting for the sympathy frenzy to start”
Just how old are you?
Aren’t childish games a bit beyond you now?
October 15th, 2009 in
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"and god saw it was good"
Japanese for sentimental, mushy; sugary, saccharine, sickly-sweet or like a posting on “that website”
Love and light, love and light
On Friday of this week an AIDS Memorial was unveiled in Brighton by David Furnish, the civil partner of Sir Elton John. The design is a 11ft-tall bronze artwork featuring two intertwined figures soaring upwards. The artwork was funded via private donations through community projects. A candlelit vigil was held at the memorial during which the names of those in the city whose lives have been lost to HIV were read out.
Was I there? No I was not. Why? Because I cannot support something I feel that is such a sham in many ways. In the past I have publicly spoken out against it , this cost me my job. However I do not regret doing it, I could not stay silent or be hypocritical.
The reasons I am so against it is money has been raised from donations from the community, donation that should have gone to local HIV charities to help support those living with HIV.
Paying for a piece of art that is more about making local Politicians seem they care and the editor of a monthly gay listing magazine show everyone his still has the “community” needs in his sights. Neither of these things are true. The politician has never visited a local HIV organization,despite being invited time and time again. And as for the local editor, he seems to want to go out of his way to listen to the gossip on the scene than report the truth. Local ”gay businesses” have donated and run fund raiser events for this memorial.
The same businesses that were up in arms trying to stop a local health promotion campaign trying to prevent HIV transmission. Why, because they felt what they saw as a negative message i.e. telling gay men that the rates of HIV infection locally was a high as 1 in 8 and that they needed to make sure they used condoms, would damage their profits and put people off from coming to Brighton. But of course they were happy for people to come to their saunas and have unprotected (allegedly) sex as that makes them money.
I totally understand that for some people they need physical a place to focus their remembering. I honor and remember, daily, those of my friends, partners and lovers who have died because of HIV. I do not need a memorial.
I want to focus on the living, people living with HIV. I could scream at the levels of stigma and discrimination I see and hear about on the local gay scene. Yes even gay people hate their own with HIV too.
Maybe it’s me thats out of line?
Maybe as I get older, I get more cynical ?
Photo by Dominic Alves
Why does time move so slowly when you are waiting for somethig to happen? I wish I could find the “fast forward” button to my life so that I could make the next few weeks fly by.
Having gone through the blood, sweat and tears of getting the house on the market. Waiting for people to view and make an offer. Trying to hold your nerve when you turn down the first offer because its to low. Then trying to stop your self from running down the street telling everyone “WE HAVE SOLD OUR HOUSE - WE ARE FREE!!!!” when you have excepted their next offer.
You have to sit and wait!
Wait while the solicitors write letters to each other that cost you an arm and a leg. Wait while ….????
Hang on, why do you have to wait so long?
Patience is the greatest of all virtues
Unfortunately …………. patience is not one of my strongest qualities !
Now were is that damn “fast forward” button???