BUON HALLOWEEN...an update!

Where have I been..what have I been up to?? More importantly why have I been so behind with updating this blog. Well who knew it would take so much to move house in just 6 weeks. If you know me you will see that I am an organisational freak. Weird as with most things I'm pretty much laid back..but I like to have all things organised. As with Italy..you really cant organise much ..its like trying to keep a toddler organised 24hours a day..just impossible. There are always unspoken rules and regulations in Italia..and then you have the things that people forget to tell you decide to change at the last minute.
Throughout this all we have remained positive and pretty much thought what will be will be.
At the moment we have found the perfect house for our family and even has a bus nearby that takes Gareth directly to Parma for work. How amazing. This entire situation couldn't have happened so perfectly..but when things are so perfect sometimes its like you are just waiting for things to fall apart...as perfection is impossible in the world. At the moment everything is perfect. However we aren't able to sign anything until we have received our Codice Fiscale. So Gareth cant even sign his employment contracto ...which means without a contract we really haven't secured our house. At the moment we are earnestly praying to receive this silly little tax code so that his contract can be written and we can finally have the ok for the house that we desire.
So for those who are reading this ..pray pray pray for us..send us your good juju as they say..we need it!!
Im confident that we will be taken care though..no matter what happens..I know it will happen it just depends on how frustrating it will be when it happens..hahahaha
In an ideal world things would be perfectly smooth and details laid out for us all in advanced..umm yeah...WE CHOSE ITALY TO LIVE... IMPOSSIBILE!!!

So where does that leave us now??
Incredibly excited. We currently have 4.5 weeks till move date...removalists secured...packing will commence this weekend and have started to sell of things we don't need or want. So thing are happening on our end. However still waiting for my British Passport..which we are hoping will arrive in the next two weeks.

I promise to update more often..well cant really promise much with all the packing I need to get done..hahaha..but will definitely try.
baci! off to carve more pumpkins!
BUON HALLOWEEN

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negatività

Now that things are starting to settle down I've come to the conclusion that in reality it really isnt...its one of those things when you finally have a realisation of what is going on. The fact that we are actually moving in 6 weeks is starting to sink in...so along with that everything that I've researched, studied and gained knowledge about moving has come to surface..

oh we need this
no wait what about this
oh how will we do this and that ...and how will this and that over there work out..

Oh dear Ive worked up a sweat..I need a glass of wine!!

(20 MINS LATER)

pheeww...okay Im back... overwhelmed by just thinking of it all again..now that Ive had my dose of red ...I can think and type a bit more clearly...

In an attempt not to overwhelm you all I shall only speak of one matter ...people..yes indeed....living breathing flesh peeling humans...

Why are so many people so negative when it comes to things they don't understand or things they may have failed with...or even things they have successed with in a different manner?

I have heard time and time again....
'jess you cant do this...
or jessa that is imposable...it will never happen this way'
'or we don't do it that way here...or it just doesn't happen like that'

I truly believe that those who believe in something much greater than what is on this earth can simply make anything is possible..but more than that..we as humans have been given enough complexity between our ears to figure out ways around impossoablities...so why are so many people so fearful of just giving things a go...

I heard negativity when I chose Gaz as my husband...yes its true... was told it would never last... They were wrong..

I heard it when we moved to Uk...no you cant do it that way it wont work....They were wrong

I heard when I studied Italian...you cant learn in that format..They were wrong.

Gareth was told it was imposable for him to get a job in Italy as we weren't currently living there..and no one hires foreigners outside of the country let alone someone who cant speak Italian... They were wrong

Just recently we have continuously receive negativity...even down to potty training my daughter..which I must say I am completely proud of her 3 day potty training success...yes love her!!

But most relevantly ..we are now being told that we will never ever find a house until we go to Italia temporarily first ..then we will find something later and can move into something a bit permanently. Now don't get me wrong, not everyone has given us negative responses to this..and we have gotten some great advice on how we can make it happen and some great alternatives..so Im very tankful for those people who have shared their stories and advice. And I know I am not an expert on all things Italy..so I do take what people say wholeheartedly as experience and advice..I aslo know it will be a challenge and very very slim that we will find a house before we move...but why is everyone so indisputable that it will never ever happen.....

Its great to give people advice and help out anyway you can but if a person wants to try then allow them to. I have been told .. don't even bother .. don't waste your time..no one will every give you a batted eye..which may be so..but isn't it worth a go?? And if it doesn't happen.. wouldn't you rather you took a chance..I mean nothings loss really is it?

meh...rant over.. I'm sure you get where I'm going with all of this..the point of this post is that I'm bloody hard-headed and determined about the things I want in life..and I go after them whether people agree or not..and I never count something unsuccessful as a failure....its all an experience. Things didnt unfold the way we thought they would or had hoped when we first started this journey but wow....where we are now and where we are going is completely unexpected and new..so we are ready for the ride...

I do take advice...and choose wisely the paths I took..Im no silly wonka or street novice...but life is meant to be enjoyed as I said on another blog...why not live it to the fullest!

Now back to my wine and cat rubbing..

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l'impossibile è possibile

Wow has it really been a month since my last post..oh so it has..well better late than never. And this post is so worth it. I stayed far away from posting for the main reason of well..if I didn't have anything constructive or positive to say then I thought best not say anything at all..blah blah blah..how many times have our parents or guardians told us that..well umm I never listened. This time however I decided to be a good girl.

I began to feel a bit resentful of my desires and hopes ...dreams of moving to Italy and not seeing this happened put me in a bad place. So that moment on I decided to just forget about it. To be thankful for what I had here in the UK. After all we had only just moved here four years ago from Australia. I have great friends, a nice house ..the weather sucks but I suppose you just work around it for the most part. But just as soon as I began to have peace about staying in the UK longer than we desired is when everything started to change.
Gaz received a call about 4 weeks ago from an Agent that he had never even met in Milano. The agent explained that he had been refereed by another colleague that we had previously been in touch with. They discussed a job opportunity that seemed far too good to be true. The location was perfect, the money was excellent and the company was wonderful. Not to mention the project in itself would further Gazza's career well beyond where he is at the current moment.

After 4 long weeks of waiting he finally made his way to Parma today and met with the company after many phone interviews this was the meeting that would either seal the deal or cause it all to fall apart. And just as perfectly as it could have been the meeting defiantly sealed the deal as he was offered a contract almost instantly and now I have never been so happy to say that we finally have a moving day to Italy. Although Im not sure if we will actually live in Reggio Emilia or Parma itself ..they are so close to each other it really doest matter to be honest.

So as it stands 6 weeks before we move..wow how did this actually all happen so fast..Im still in shock.

Look at my happy face when I received the news!

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