A Matter of Choice

The last few weeks I've not been able to cobble together a post to take part in Michelle's Reason's to be Cheerful linky, in fact I may have struggled to fill a 140 character tweet on the subject!  I decided last week that I would take a leaf out of Michelle's book though and find things to be cheerful about even when it appears there are none... but then... I got a job!    Not only did I get a job, I got a good job!    After Aaron lost his job back in August  I started looking for work, the plan had always been for me to do something (had no idea what, I was looking for a flash of inspiration!) but once Leo was in nursery, and we had to wait until we had the cash available to send him - catch 22 I believe!   As we were both out of work I was now looking for anything at all, but it's very hard. It is the end of the season so many people are now out of work for the winter so the wrong time of year for job hunting. I've ...

Our 1st trip to Cyprus was in August 2007, we went on a property viewing trip, 3 days being driven around by a sales rep, It was very helpful as we spent most of the time learning about the different areas and what it was like to live there once we had convinced Kev (our rep) that we were not buying on this trip. By the time we left we had a much clearer idea of what we wanted, and a long list of questions had been answered. When we got home between the four of us we came up with a long list of what the property / properties would need for us to buy them..... for example.. Location to be not too touristy or full of ex-pats only Within walking distance to shop for essentials (Mum doesn't drive!) Near school / nursery (We were thinking ahead!) Near doctors / hopsital Resonably close to the coast Property to have air con and a pool - I've ALWAYS wanted my own pool so there was no way I could be in Cyprus without one! etc etc - there were more but I can't remember the...