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5049. Jenerator - 10/28/2013 10:58:31 PM Anyone else here have a FitBit? Love this gadget. 5050. arkymalarky - 10/28/2013 11:06:04 PM ooh! It's the absolute best! 5051. Jenerator - 11/13/2013 12:02:14 AM Dined at Commander's Palace this past weekend.
I pretty much want to have their Fisherman's delight as the least meal of my life. Duck fat hollandaise!! Who knew?!
5052. Jenerator - 12/3/2013 12:00:18 AM Back in London then Italy for spring break 2014. 5053. arkymalarky - 12/3/2013 12:17:12 AM Wow! How nice! 5054. Jenerator - 12/4/2013 12:12:31 AM I can't explain what a hold Rome has on me. 5055. judithathome - 12/4/2013 4:56:42 AM If you feel that strong a connection, you should move there...they have an American School there, I think. A few, probably.
Life is short, Jen. 5056. Jenerator - 12/4/2013 11:56:26 PM You are so right, Judith!
I have actually looked into teaching in Italy, but it is the hardest country in the EU to work in as a (foreign) teacher. The TEFL certification is supposed to be incredibly hard too, and while I wouldn't want to be an English teacher there (that's what that certification is primarily for), I would likely still need it to be a technology/graphic design teacher. or, I can become fluent in Italian, then move there. :)
I looked at some properties the last time I was there so maybe within the foreseeable future, we can get a vacation property.
I'm even making my mom come out there in the spring! :)
Life IS short. I'm really trying to be 'in' the moment these days and enjoy each situation. 5057. arkymalarky - 12/5/2013 12:10:49 AM Have you seen Under the Tuscan Sun? I love that movie. Makes me want tolive in Italy every time iI see it. Stan and I want to spend a few weeks in Sorrento when we retire. 5058. Jenerator - 12/5/2013 11:35:37 PM I love that movie too! I want that house and that group of friends and contractors.
I check these websites regularly:
http://www.housearounditaly.com/
http://www.houseabruzzo.com/ 5059. Wombat - 12/5/2013 11:47:05 PM When I was doing my junior year abroad in Bologna, I taught English in an afterschool program at a Bologna public school. That was a loooong time ago. 5060. arkymalarky - 12/7/2013 4:07:34 AM Stan and I talked about doing that summers when we retired, but after buying the CO house and considering the complexities of dealing with aging parents, we'll be happy to just get to go for an extended visit someday. I looked at the TEFL back then but didn't dig into any details. 5061. Jenerator - 12/10/2013 11:37:53 PM Wombat - I bet that was heaven! I haven't been to Bologna yet. Hoping to see it and some other parts next summer.
Arky,
What part of CO? 5062. Jenerator - 12/10/2013 11:45:29 PM Changing topics here for a sec...
Any advice on how to handle in-laws who are incredibly passive-aggressive and mean? At Christmas I have to be around one who is all too happy to see certain members of the family fail, suffer, disappear, etc., and her husband buries his head in the sand and will lie to cover his wife's tracks.
If it were up to me, we wouldn't be around them at all, but I am going to do my best to be positive and polite. I am worried, though, that she will stir the pot with comments.
Help!
I'm dreading this! 5063. arkymalarky - 12/11/2013 12:06:44 AM 20 miles from Boulder in an 8500 ft mountaintop town called Wondervu.
I love my in laws, I do, but in 32 years there are people who grate, with different degrees of intent. I am usually just direct, which tends to throw them off. One time SIL said something to make Stan mad. She knows her brother's buttons and when she's pushing them, but she turned to me and asked why he was mad. I told her she knew full well what she did and there was no point asking me, then I turned and continued the conversation I was having. She and I get along well, but I'm about the only one in the fam she never gigs. 5064. arkymalarky - 12/11/2013 12:09:01 AM Stan's dad always said kill 'em with kindness. And he truly did. You couldn't be catty with my FIL and not come out looking and feeling like a heel, so it just never happened. 5065. judithathome - 12/11/2013 2:14:20 AM Why do you HAVE to be around this person, Jen? Even if you have to be at the same event, can't you just ignore her remarks...walk out of the room when she's talking, etc?
If she comes early, you arrive late...surely you can ignore someone for an afternoon.
Seriously...if you don't want to interact with someone, even in a family/holiday situation, there are ways to avoid them.
Or....face her down, point out what a miserable person she is in front of everyone, and you'll never be invited back...! Problem solved!
5066. Jenerator - 12/11/2013 11:42:29 PM We have to stay at their house a night after Christmas. :(
It's just a bad situation that I would rather avoid, but can't. 5067. judithathome - 12/12/2013 12:01:55 AM Why? Are there no motels nearby? 5068. judithathome - 12/12/2013 12:05:25 AM Jen, you can avoid anything you wish to avoid....you're a strong woman and if you REALLY wish to take control of a situation, you can do so.
I'm telling you this as someone who has decided that in my life, I'm not taking shit off ANYONE ever again.
It's a great feeling....seriously.
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