NOTT News: Taxed Out!!

Wednesday, 22 August 2007

Taxed Out!!

Today is our first blog day and I feel totally taxed out. I find it incedibly hard to believe that 2 people who are leaving the country have to fill in so many forms! We are taxed on earning nothing whether we are in or out of the country, have a house or not. Some how the excitement and glamour or moving to a far distant land is absent today. Reality hits home. J

3 comments:

The Grants said...: Did you get my last comment...!; 22 August 2007 at 12:47
julerz said...: hiya! im leavin a comment, hope you both ok! ots of love julie xx; 22 August 2007 at 13:40
Jan R said...: Hi both,
Just trying this blog thing out. It'll be good to keep in contact when you're away. love, Jan R; 13 September 2007 at 06:22

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Reading & Watching

'Surprised by Hope' by Tom Wright - this book will surprise and excite all who are interested in the meaning of life, not only after death but before it.
Take this bread by Sara Miles - 'Raised an atheist... one morning she wandered into a church. As she ate a piece of bread and drank a sip of wine, she found herself radically transformed.'
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom (one of my favorite authors) 'As is often the case with faith, I thought I was being asked a fovor. Actually, I was being given one...'
The Enemy - A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child. A stomach-churning, palm-sweating thriller in which Reacher imposes army discipline, even if it''s in his own pragmatic way.
The Two of Us: My life with John Thaw by Sheila Hancock (a double biography and a study of Britain from 1930 - 2004)
The English - Jeremy Paxman. 'Why do the English seem to enjoy feeling so persecuted? What is behind the English obsession with games? How did they acquire their odd attitudes to food?'
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain OR 2,000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge - John O'Farrell. 'Why did the Normans fight the Saxons at a place called Battle? Did they see the road signs and just think that's where they were supposed to go?'
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, quote: 'We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are.'
The Economic Naturalist - Why Economics Explains Almost Everything. 'Why is there a light in your refrigerator but not in your freezer? Why are child safety seats required in cars but not in airplanes?'
'For One More Day' by Mitch Albom. “Life goes quickly, doesn't it?”