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And so the wheel has turned once more, it's New Years Eve again and my thoughts turn to the year gone by. 2011 ended on a bit of a high as I finally managed to sell my house thus opening the door for us to search for our Portuguese house. We saw 2012 in in Malta with my gorgeous daughter who kept her chin up despite her sadness. We explored, drove ( Read more... )

New house and a new life beckons...

Bring it on!

And so we find a house.


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I love this film, it drives me to tears. The poignancy of this movie breaks my heart, I also adore the humour and the plot twists. I had a realisation tonight that I don't own it on DVD, I do now, or as soon as Amazon can deliver!

50 seems to be approaching at the speed of an express train and we're not talking shades of grey! 50, half a century, 50 years, 600 months, 18262.1 days, 438291 hours, 26280000 minutes, 1577847600 Seconds. Not bad for someone who didn't think she'd make it past 30 and probably shouldn't lol. There have been highs and lows of epic proportions ( Read more... )

From 30 degrees back to 13 was a bit of a shock to the system, coming back really hit me this time, maybe it was because most of the properties we viewed were disappointing. One I really like but Phil has reservations and we need to wait for the cost of a rebuild. Going to Portugal is more like coming home than coming home these days, we really ( Read more... )

Well it's back to hot flushing, I had to stop taking my HRT due to pains in my legs and buttocks, the latter being sore to the touch, hey ho at least it's only the evenings. In other health news I've cut back on my alcohol intake, changed my eating and lost just over a stone since New Year ( Read more... )

I want things to be further along, I want to own a house in Portugal even if we are living in a caravan next to it. I want the house to be built, I want the sunshine, the warmth, the friendly laid back people. I want yurt platforms, I want yurts, I want my own kitchen, my own bathroom, designed by me! I want people to be coming for holidays with us ( Read more... )

Phil spotted a small industrial estate behind the property some time before our second visit to the house at Cercal, we did some research on the net and found it might be problematic, that proved to be true. We have now revisited, we still love the house and the land but it is not for us. After a visit to the local Camara we have found that ( Read more... )