Jersey or Guernsey ? I had cousins who grew up in Jersey, their Pa had a huge Hotel too, He got out of Rhodesia early, seeing the signs. Not a particularly nice man but he left them all a lot a dosh when he went.
Your daughter sounds like a sweety, Her work can be very satisfying but also heartbreaking, and never well paid :-) Having a creative out let is much better than lots of money though.
What do you do ? work wise ...What sort of work are you looking for ? Anything ???? !!!!! It is hard here too, trying to get any sort of work at the mo. We shouldn't have to be bloody working at our age though should we ? Pooh what did we do wrong ? ( I know, we were silly :-)) It's always the same, when we have time we are poor and when we are rich we are working too hard to enjoy it. And when we are working hard we think,'why didn't I do that when I had time ?' I try not to get bored, there is so much to do but without incentive it is difficult. I am supposed to be sorting and selling part of my Fathers library, I do in fits and starts and I am supposed to be doing a writing course, I think about it :-) and there is so much to do in the house and my allotment looks like a jungle ....... I talk about it all a lot and then have another cuppa coffee with my next door neighbour ......we are good at putting the world to rights :)
I don't get out much any more either, I won't leave my dogs alone anymore, not for long, four hours max so need a 'baby sitter' when I go anywhere interesting. I only have one sitter, 'It is big old Indy's fault, he still goes for his brother Teddy Bear occasionally, they are big buggers and I cannot ask anyone too cope with them if they are not comfortable with it. There are three bitches living two doors away, Indy gets very grumpy when they are on heat !
You have lots of old 'nanimals by the sounds of it, why can't poor grumpy old Parrot have pop corn ? Meany :-)
It rained here last night ( my washing was out of course) so has cooled down, yer we are not geared for heat here ,mainly 'cos one never knows how long it will last, that is if we get a summer at all !!!
My daughter is very talented but talent alone don't do it, she has worked so hard through not much thick and lots of thin so she really deserves this break, she has watched all her friends have babies, buy nice houses etc while she has struggled on in a tough old business that she loves, in ,sometimes dire circumstances but it is all good stuff for a writer/actress/director/teacher , she also helps to look after a dear wonderfully eccentric old lady :-) xxxxxxx The tapestry of life.
Right, 'upwards and onwards' xxxxxx love and bla bla bla xxxxx
Good luck with work ... It works you know, if you visualize what it is that you want and hold that thought :-) and good luck with the horrid old tax man .... yuk, they want more money from me too ..... a fine !!!! for what I have no idea ? I don't think they do either. I heard through the grape vine that,...since our tax and customs and excise offices joined up, they didn't take on any more staff and that they can't cope so they throw half the papers away !!!! he he he thats England in the 2000's for ya