despite all my fine talk about wanting my children to know their "home and native land", after reviewing our projected finances and finances already spent on our summer trip, i predict we will not be traipsing back to canada next summer.
i’m not going to give exact sums, but let’s say the international airline tickets are not the most expensive aspect of the journey.
having said that, i am determined to enjoy myself this summer.
a 34 year old mother of four.
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I hear yah…..not to mention the stash of things you MUST have to bring back with you…..(or is that just me!)
It’s sad. Travelling is so expensive, even when you stay with family. It’s a stretch for the 5 of us to fly from SK to ON every second year, staying for 3 weeks. And last summer we took the kids overseas to visit the other side of the family in Scotland, but we won’t be able to afford that more than every 4 or 5 years I think. Vehicles, accommodations, groceries and other supplies seem to add up a lot faster when you’re on vacation. (And I’m guessing that travel within Canada is very expensive for you, if you want to see people both in BC and NWT.)
It helps that the grandparents come to visit us regularly – and we look forward to and enjoy their visits so much! But it is a constant sorrow that we are not able to see our families often enough. We love where we live, and don’t plan to move; the only problem is that it’s too far away from family.
It sounds like you will make the most of this year’s trip. Have a wonderful time, and make lots of special memories!
I happen to have a good idea what this trip is costing you and all I can say is that would pretty much cover one child’s university tuition….skip the trip next year and pay for university!!!
a 34 year old mother of four.
Are sandwich letters a bad thing? You know sandwich letters, you’ve received one before, everyone has. They’re an impersonal form of rejection. Think back to
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monica lewinsky was on the cover of a magazine the other day. she is a person i have a great deal of sympathy for. bill
when i first moved to hong kong in may 1997, charles and i were had student loans and virtually no capital. his contract was ending
This weeks’ cover of people magazine sees hollywood babes denigrate plastic surgery. they all do. yet no one is getting older in that celluloid, cellulite
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Any trips for this summer, or just enjoying HK?
I hear yah…..not to mention the stash of things you MUST have to bring back with you…..(or is that just me!)
It’s sad. Travelling is so expensive, even when you stay with family. It’s a stretch for the 5 of us to fly from SK to ON every second year, staying for 3 weeks. And last summer we took the kids overseas to visit the other side of the family in Scotland, but we won’t be able to afford that more than every 4 or 5 years I think. Vehicles, accommodations, groceries and other supplies seem to add up a lot faster when you’re on vacation. (And I’m guessing that travel within Canada is very expensive for you, if you want to see people both in BC and NWT.)
It helps that the grandparents come to visit us regularly – and we look forward to and enjoy their visits so much! But it is a constant sorrow that we are not able to see our families often enough. We love where we live, and don’t plan to move; the only problem is that it’s too far away from family.
It sounds like you will make the most of this year’s trip. Have a wonderful time, and make lots of special memories!
sorry to hear that 🙁
Auntie P
I happen to have a good idea what this trip is costing you and all I can say is that would pretty much cover one child’s university tuition….skip the trip next year and pay for university!!!