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5 years plus
I just wanted to give a pathetically small update!! felt it didn't warrant the update forum:lol:
This is on the back of a particularly great weekend. This year has definitely been our best, our jobs are going good, we have made a network of friends (who are ozzies, we have seen the expats come and go:ohmy:) (soppily saying i love my ozzie workmates) Got our finances into some kind of order and that is thanks to some of the whizz kids on here :) Albeit we will never own a house, but we are debt free renters:) For the first time ever we feel like we wish we had done the whole move when we were younger. If anyone knows me on here, this is an enormous step as i was totally miserable for the first couple of years, but now beginning to think yeaaaaaah it aint so bad Our kids are doing well. Just the usual issues. All in all we are lucky:D |
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But gotta add me bestie mate is from Edinburgh:lol: and end jan this year we will be having another lovely weekend hiring a boat in Lakes entrance.........gee life is tough!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Margaret3
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But gotta add me bestie mate is from Edinburgh:lol: and end jan this year we will be having another lovely weekend hiring a boat in Lakes entrance.........gee life is tough!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Margaret3
(Post 10353957)
I just wanted to give a pathetically small update!! felt it didn't warrant the update forum:lol:
This is on the back of a particularly great weekend. This year has definitely been our best, our jobs are going good, we have made a network of friends (who are ozzies, we have seen the expats come and go:ohmy:) (soppily saying i love my ozzie workmates) Got our finances into some kind of order and that is thanks to some of the whizz kids on here :) Albeit we will never own a house, but we are debt free renters:) For the first time ever we feel like we wish we had done the whole move when we were younger. If anyone knows me on here, this is an enormous step as i was totally miserable for the first couple of years, but now beginning to think yeaaaaaah it aint so bad Our kids are doing well. Just the usual issues. All in all we are lucky:D |
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I have followed your ups and downs over the years and this is a lovely update to read. Glad things are coming together for you :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup::thumbup::starsmile:
Glad things are on the up for you.:nod: |
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great to see its finally coming together for you all :thumbsup:
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Where are you living? Really glad you are enjoying it, give us some more details, pleeeeeeeease. :thumbsup: All the best.
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Glad things are looking up Margaret. Been a while coming eh? ;)
Long may it last :) |
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Originally Posted by Margaret3
(Post 10353957)
I just wanted to give a pathetically small update!! felt it didn't warrant the update forum:lol:
This is on the back of a particularly great weekend. This year has definitely been our best, our jobs are going good, we have made a network of friends (who are ozzies, we have seen the expats come and go:ohmy:) (soppily saying i love my ozzie workmates) Got our finances into some kind of order and that is thanks to some of the whizz kids on here :) Albeit we will never own a house, but we are debt free renters:) For the first time ever we feel like we wish we had done the whole move when we were younger. So glad you finally feel happy to be here. I think I told you many moons ago that it took me 5 years to settle. Now I'm into my 47th year! If anyone knows me on here, this is an enormous step as i was totally miserable for the first couple of years, but now beginning to think yeaaaaaah it aint so bad Our kids are doing well. Just the usual issues. All in all we are lucky:D So glad that you, finally, feel happy to be here. Think I told you, many moons ago, that it took me 5 years to settle. Now in my 47th with a large extended family. |
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Lovely update M. Glad it is working out for you:thumbsup:
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Its good to hear it is finally working out for you. Hope the future keeps getting better and better.
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Thanks all for rooting for me (not an appropriate word but its all i could think of:lol:).
Yep Gibbo i remember someone saying it takes 5 years, i may well be posting after my 47th. I do still get homesick but i am beginning to think what have i got to go back to? We have made a life her now and i dare say in another 5 years our life will have gone from strength to strength. p.s gotta go to apollo bay next weekend where a friend is lending us his farm house for the weekend, as i said life is tough:D and kind ozzie mates are fab! |
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Originally Posted by Margaret3
(Post 10354621)
Thanks all for rooting for me (not an appropriate word but its all i could think of:lol:).
Yep Gibbo i remember someone saying it takes 5 years, i may well be posting after my 47th. I do still get homesick but i am beginning to think what have i got to go back to? We have made a life her now and i dare say in another 5 years our life will have gone from strength to strength. p.s gotta go to apollo bay next weekend where a friend is lending us his farm house for the weekend, as i said life is tough:D and kind ozzie mates are fab! I really do feel for people who get here and find that perhaps it's not for them but the five year rule does seem to be a good one. I can't say that I burnt my bridges on purpose but burn them I did. I have nothing to go back to / for either. I think that sometimes, having a let out is not always the best thing. I shall have wee drinkie for you tonight! Cheers. :thumbsup: |
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Who are you, and what have you done with Margaret? :lol: Wow, I never ever thought I'd read that post but I'm so so happy for you. It seems like you've turne everything on it's head and I'm chuffed to bits to read that you're so much happier now :D
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That's a lovely update - really glad to read that life is on the up for you :)
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It takes 5-10 years to get comfortable, yet so many poms 'bottle it' in a few weeks or months. They just don't have the intestinal fortitude that poms had a few decades back. So glad you finally got there
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It definitely warrants being in Updates:D. It's so good to hear, seriously after all this time, really made up for you. Hope it continues for a long long time. :fingerscrossed:
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Good to hear it ain't all bad! Hope the great mood wasn't dampened by the geyser today :eek:
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Great stuff Mags,no more ******g whinging:lol:
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Really great to hear this Margaret!
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Thats brillant and it was so nice to finally meet you in person a while back when you visited Darwin.
Mandy |
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Originally Posted by geordie mandy
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Thats brillant and it was so nice to finally meet you in person a while back when you visited Darwin.
Mandy |
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hey maggie,
glad to hear its all finally come together for you, so so pleased for you!! sue xxx |
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Nearly missed this. So glad to hear after all the hard times you had early on. Well done :)
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Originally Posted by Margaret3
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Hi mandy, nice to see you on BE, you might have noticed i no longer have FB, long story, lol, but i still hang around here . Give us a shout if your ever in Mellie.
Mandy |
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Aliens have landed in Mellie :lol:
On a serious note, over the moon for you Margaret, never thought I'd read this from you but on the other hand, I was exactly the same (just took you longer :p). Onwards and upwards hen, onwards and upwards :) |
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And to top that, last week i picked the winner in the Melbourne cup.........yassssssssssssssssss:thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by Margaret3
(Post 10375412)
And to top that, last week i picked the winner in the Melbourne cup.........yassssssssssssssssss:thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes
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Did you have some money on it? :D
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Originally Posted by Margaret3
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sure did! only 20 bucks, but still a nice return:)
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My winnings came in useful as i booked my daughters flight to scotland for next year (its her 21st birthday pressie from us), i couldnt believe it when we came out the travel agents and she burst into tears:huh: However now she is just really excited and planning taking an empty case and filling it with cheap clothes.:D
I have asked her to write an update from her perspective when she comes back, (hopefully she will do this as it could be a real help to people moving with teenagers) I wonder how she will feel?. she came here at 15 and now at 21 having her first trip back (except for the first two weeks we were here and sent her home to sit her scottish standard grades, lol, what a bloody waste of money that was, now she is doing her degree here it doesnt matter a jot!) |
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Great to read Margaret, you've been on a long hard twisty road. So congratulations for sticking it out.
Personally speaking what I read into this, is for you, it's been about making real Australian friends and letting them be part of your life. Your news is the cherry on the top of a great weekend of news for me. |
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Originally Posted by Margaret3
(Post 10375425)
My winnings came in useful as i booked my daughters flight to scotland for next year (its her 21st birthday pressie from us), i couldnt believe it when we came out the travel agents and she burst into tears:huh: However now she is just really excited and planning taking an empty case and filling it with cheap clothes.:D
I have asked her to write an update from her perspective when she comes back, (hopefully she will do this as it could be a real help to people moving with teenagers) I wonder how she will feel?. she came here at 15 and now at 21 having her first trip back (except for the first two weeks we were here and sent her home to sit her scottish standard grades, lol, what a bloody waste of money that was, now she is doing her degree here it doesnt matter a jot!) |
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Great update, good to hear things are working out for you, I remember reading about the struggles you went through. :)
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Hey pal, been a while hasn't it!! :D
Glad to hear you are more settled. I am still waiting for you to come visit me, although I may just have to come and find you instead :p |
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