Tuesday, June 26, 2012

At the moment its pretty hard to remain positive with everything that is going on. My emotions are pretty wild running from place to place, which is why I have been reluctant to post anything recently. I suppose you can only say 'I miss Italia', 'I wish I was in Italy', 'why isn't this happening the way I want it to?' blah blah blah..

So I choose to spare the few readers I have with my whining..hahaha.
But what I will say is that I am truly thankful that we are still on track to moving just as long as Gaz can come across a job. He is actually a bit excited about our trip in July as we have a family friend who is an agent for international high end professionals in our area. So we are hoping that this will yield some sort of good news in the near future.
We are still going over the thoughts of doing something entirely different. A family business would be amazing but we have yet to find out what we would be good at and how we could start something that would actually be profitable. I prefer Gaz to stay in IT and I start something and then he can slowing tapper off to work with the family. Thats the plan anyway..but we know life often changes all plans in life, but the good thing about the cycle of life is often you may find yourself in situations that are greater than you could expect.

At the moment Im failing to see the greatness and just happy that we are surviving day by day..

When I say surviving I mean making passatta and bolognese whilst drinking wine and watching my beautiful daughter in the splash pool..

Life is still indeed good, just frustrating.





my lovely tomatoes cooking for lovely sauce!! mmmm

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Well today we received the news that there will be no work for Gaz in Maliano! Atleast not at this moment but quite often things do come up so they will let us know! Then as if anything else could go wrong we have only just realised that our marriage certificate is missing! Why is this important you ask?? Well without proof of marriage I cant apply for citizenship! Without British citizenship I do not have the right to live and work indefinantly in Italy! So either we apply for a special visa for 12 months or either try to apply for another license back in Australia! What a pain! It seems like one thing after another!

Onto a pleasant side of things today Gaz has at an interview in London for a 6 month contract! So the hope is that he will get the job and then just before Christmas we can make the move!

Alternatively next March is a good time as we will be in Australia in February for a month! But now that the licenses will need replacing, we will have to wait anyway as i believe it will take weeks for to to arrive from aus to uk! Then the citizenship will take up to 4 months and then there is the matter of getting a passport so another 3 weeks! All in all thats 6 months! Haha so maybe its a sign!

Who knows what's happening here! I sure don't! And quite frankly it's driving me insane! I really did envision moving in October but you know sometimes things just don't work the way we think they should! Maybe there is a better plan for our life or that something isn't ready! Haha maybe Italy isn't ready for the Stewarts! Hahahahaha

Until next time!

Sunday, June 17, 2012


-Perplexity-
Im a firm believer that all things happen for a reason..but sometimes its very difficult when those reason are just too far to be seen. Im at the a turning point at this moment and not really sure what exactly my next move will be. Over the last two days loads of changes have happened to Gazza's job which means we are in a completely different situation then we were in when I first started this blog. So we now have the opportunity to actually make our move to Italy sooner than planned.

If everything goes to plan then we could be in Italy before the end of the year..akkkkkkkkkkkk...wow how did this happen. It seems that the one thing that was bad news this week may in fact be the best news of the year.
The only problem is that there are a few things that must happen if we want to make our move this year...
First I need to apply for British citizenship so that I am able to live in Italy without needing a visa. Then I will need to apply for a passport but might be able to do that from Italy I believe.
The second thing that we need to do is..umm well Gazza needs a job of course. He is now on the hunt for work with his coworkers in Milan so the hope and prayer is that they will take him on much sooner than the original request was...we are talking 16 months earlier than we were speaking of before..and even then that wasn't a definite. We have even discussed me working..I know that is a huge change ...I haven't worked for 4 years..not because I cant.. just because ..well I don't want to....and if you don't need to then why should you....But when I think about possibly working in Italy I do find it a bit exciting to think about..mainly because its not the need to do it to make money but to get out and meet people...but don't get me wrong making money is great..hahaha Who knows what the next fee months will bring.

So everything at the moment seems scary, exciting and then well a little bit crazy...I cant even see what next week will look like ...



Thursday, June 14, 2012

Over the past week I have had the most wounderful time, spending it with my bestfriend Consu..she and her boyfriend came to visit us from Reggio. It was completely amazing and an eye opening experience as well. Even though she laughed countless times at my Italian..or lack of Italian...I loved it all the same..espeically since I laugh at her just as much when she speaks English.

Of course we talked about ..when I move this and when I move that..all things will fall into place. But the one thing that made the most difference to me was how life seemed to flow with her around. Mainly because lets be honest, having an extra helping hand when chasing after a 17 month old child makes all things better. I had no idea how much easier and more enjoyable life could be when you have just one extra person in your life. Don't get me wrong I have friends around but I think because we don't have the family interaction around we tend to miss out on just having people in your life everyday or people around who you don't have the need to ask them to do something...they just instinctively do it. It really opened my eyes to how much more enjoyable life could be in Italy, especially with not just Consu..but her family and our other friends that live very close by. I'm also looking forward to the built in babysitters which we currently do not have. hahaha

Im mostly looking forward to the constant interaction for my daughter as I think she really couldn't get enough of the attention she was receiving by the both of them, on top of the attention she receives from myself and daddy. I'm not the sort of mum that plays all day and chases and runs and laughs so am thankful that Consu is that sort of person..hahaha..so when Liv has the need to run and jump and kick and do something silly I'll call zia Consu to the rescue.

Most likely I should be writing something a bit more elaborate and indept since its been a week since my last post but ummmm I think I need to recover from this last visit as well as regain my mental state to putting my brain back to normal mode..blahhh :(
34 more days till my next visit to Italia...and counting!


Wednesday, June 6, 2012




Just before I decided to go to bed, I came across this video and nearly had tears in my eyes. Maybe it was the melodic verses or the beautiful photos of my soon to be home. The city that I already call la mia città. I truely do adore Reggio for everything that it is ..even its most horrible parts and downfalls that it has.
Could one seriously miss a physical place so much and if so why? I'm not sure where this deep sense of agony derives from, its completely new and maybe its some sort of signal that things are going just the way they are meant to be, but it definitely sends thoughts through my mind as I prepare to go to sleep and no doubt I will be up thinking for ages before Im fast asleep.

This past week in the Uk we celebrate the queens Diamond Jubilee ,yet my mind is still focused on my future in Italia. Ive very much enjoyed the flags, and dressing up in red white and blue. Ive loved the parties, bbqs, fun fairs for the entire family and spending time with my friends. I will definitely miss friends as we spent an entire 4 days celebrating together and I am very thankful to have them in my life, but it only makes me wonder what sort of celebrations awaits for us in Italy. And what new group of friends and family we will have to spend those times with...Its and exciting feeling, yet someone what frightening, because it will be completely different and new. So as I listen to this song and view the various beautiful photos of my city Reggio Emilia..I can only say a prayer that our future will be just as beautiful as this song and the city will remain just as beautiful as it is in my heart tonight.