tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post2896297545233829398..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: One year onnappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-14171294625445222032014-08-17T23:07:38.017-04:002014-08-17T23:07:38.017-04:00The new place sounds perfect. I was just thinking...The new place sounds perfect. I was just thinking about you the other day and wondering how the house hunt had been going (yes, I'm behind on my blogging - both reading and writing) and how things generally were a year in - it was like you read my mind. I agree with Iota - the second year will definitely be easier. Love that the boys are building relationships with their grandparents, too. Priceless. MsCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-19856600865036158982014-08-16T16:11:27.432-04:002014-08-16T16:11:27.432-04:00Lovely to hear you so happy.Lovely to hear you so happy.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-16850434163843868152014-08-16T16:11:18.064-04:002014-08-16T16:11:18.064-04:00Four years! Gosh, was it really?
I think the seco...Four years! Gosh, was it really?<br /><br />I think the second year in a new place (or a 'returned to' place) is much easier. Much much easier. Suddenly, you're not the newbie. So at the school gate, even though this is your second year, you will appear to all the new people as an old-timer. They don't know if you've been here for one year or seven! Also, you just relax a lot more, as you know what each school event involves. <br /><br />Re accents, and American vocabulary, I've found that lots and lots of words that I think of as American have made the trip over the Atlantic. 'Movie' is one. People seem to use that interchangeably with 'film', and when we left for America (2006), that definitely wasn't the case. I'd say the same for regular/normal too (but perhaps just for size, as in regular/large/huge). It's as if a load of words went over the Atlantic ahead of us! I kept a list, actually, which I must use as the basis for a blog post.<br /><br />And yes, you can't replace regular (in its first meaning) time spent with family, instead of intense spurts. <br /><br />PS Have you seen the film/movie Dodgeball? It's hilarious, and suitable for all ages (if I remember right).Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-40766571879036111642014-08-13T22:28:08.018-04:002014-08-13T22:28:08.018-04:00I love the newspapers and telly shows and radio in...I love the newspapers and telly shows and radio in England and the people - so miss the people. Though I really love how Americans can make everything into an occasion whatever it is!!About Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-74488396692544415302014-08-13T11:57:02.889-04:002014-08-13T11:57:02.889-04:00Lovely. It's amazing how quickly the children...Lovely. It's amazing how quickly the children adjust isn't it? My children's Aussie accents were gone within a few weeks of us moving home.<br /><br />It took me well over a year to finally feel I was "back home". <br />Although my little girl started school the year we moved back it wasn't until this year that I finally started feeling I was a part of the community.<br /><br />I will always miss living near the ocean. But there is something to be said about the four seasons that we experience here. And I think family is the biggest reason of all to stick around. I love that my children have developed strong relationships with their grandparents and cousins. You can't really put a price on that!Was Living Down Underhttp://waslivingdownunder.blogspot.ca/noreply@blogger.com