tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:11:17 +0000relocatingPennalMarc BolanaberdoveyBorthKitesurfingNYMre loactingfox huntingquiting your jobMachynllethwe are the championshikingLed zeppelin videoselling your houseLed Zeppelin TicketsRobert PlantMarks and Spencers food advertt.RexBritish telecomaberdovysalerace tipsherald sunT.RextasyAberdovey HuntgayIce ageliving in walesLesbiancarbon footprintTarren HedrunY theaterbad loserBron Yr Aurright v left side of brainCentre for Alternative TechnologyConnect 4climate changeQuit workAlan WeismanNew lifeWalesQuitting your jobrunningAberdovey fireworksThe world without usmadhousequeende clutterAnniversaryNew York Maratonre loacting to Walesclosing downhttp://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)Blogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-2868921101024472130Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:48:00 +00002007-12-09T11:31:11.294-08:00Bron Yr AurMachynllethRobert Plantliving in walesLed Zeppelin TicketsPennalWell its finally happening, the biggest rock reunion in the history of rock reunions. After the little hiccup of Page fracturing a finger the gig is finally on for Monday 10th Dec.I entered the draw for tickets, and then every competition going to win some, but alas it doesn't look like I'll be going.I still had a couple of other options though..1. I now live within a 5mile radius of Robert Planthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/Jzx1LNMcQuk/led-zeppelin-concert-is-going-to-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/Jzx1LNMcQuk" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/12/led-zeppelin-concert-is-going-to-be.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-328986787922220758Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:30:00 +00002007-11-29T03:53:40.430-08:00Marks and Spencers food advertliving in walesaberdoveyKitesurfingWell as the weather has been that bad and BT have finally sorted my phone line out, but as yet Tiscalli haven't sorted the broadband out, I've had to revert back to text communication to occupy myself, my inbox is now full of the weired and wonderful.So if your at all squeamish don't read this joke....and it must be read with the Marks and Spencer's "this is not just food" advert in mind, you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/z7wnXBkg63o/this-isnt-just-food-this-is-joke.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/z7wnXBkg63o" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/11/this-isnt-just-food-this-is-joke.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-6536793268836914445Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:08:00 +00002007-11-24T05:23:36.257-08:00The world without usIce ageAlan Weismanclimate changequiting your jobcarbon footprintDo you really want to scare yourself?!I do my bit for the environment, admittedly I could do more but I've got a fairly low carbon footprint anyway.If I can I'll bike or walk to where I need to get.My hobbies don't use any fuel or power (kites, hiking, biking)Lights get turned off when I'm not in the room, as does any heating.I'll buy organic or farm produced food when possible (no packaging)I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/wznZdMNISMM/are-we-on-brink-of-new-ice-age.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/wznZdMNISMM" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/11/are-we-on-brink-of-new-ice-age.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-4128619533739919117Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:07:00 +00002008-12-08T13:05:04.831-08:00living in walesquiting your jobTarren HedrunhikingPennalGood 4 and a half hour walk today, up Tarren Hendre (633) from Pennal. Tough in parts but with fab views and short enough that you can push it if you wanted.We parked up in Pennal opposite the Riverside Pub near the church, don't ask me which church they must be big sinners in Pennal as for a small village there seems to be an awful lot of churches.Then with the main road behind us we headed off http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/UXyklZAjnMA/big-walk-today-tarren-hendre-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/UXyklZAjnMA" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/11/big-walk-today-tarren-hendre-from.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-9167242966462029393Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:09:00 +00002007-11-14T13:15:28.094-08:00LesbianMachynllethAnniversaryCentre for Alternative TechnologyaberdoveyQuitting your jobToday was our anniversary and we decided to celebrate it in style by going to the C.A.T. (Centre of Alternative Technology) cafe in Machynlleth. We sat with all the other ageing hippies warming our hands around a bowl of split pea and pumpkin soup and a homemade bread cheese roll...yummy !!!!! It always seems to take longer to eat our food in their than we anticipate and half an hour later we http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/upezXU4YS8Y/it-was-our-4th-anniversary-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/upezXU4YS8Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/11/it-was-our-4th-anniversary-today.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-411405008506953049Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:30:00 +00002007-11-14T13:14:10.536-08:00we are the championsqueenbad loserConnect 4aberdoveyquiting your jobKitesurfinggayI am now getting my dinner cooked for me, due to the fact that I am the reigning connect four champion in this household. wooooo wooooo. Its all gone quiet over that side...hahahahaNow I'm not a bad looser, just not a gracious winner. haha I won!The reason behind it was the fear that now that we're not working we didn't want to become the stereotypical veg in front of the TV types, now personallyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/T6Qp6bYz4vM/i-am-connect-four-champion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/T6Qp6bYz4vM" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-am-connect-four-champion.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-3550173141755130122Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:05:00 +00002007-11-08T12:06:57.973-08:00right v left side of brainherald sunliving in walesquiting your jobKitesurfingYes your right I'm bored. Well not exactly bored its just averaging 30knts out there and I've scared myself silly kitesurfing for half an hour until I deemed that enough was enough and came in before I hurt myself. Well I wouldn't want to ruin the rest of my time off after quiting work to live in wales in traction would I!So nice and showered and warm again, I was just perusing the net and came http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/DaegYVZnkZQ/how-to-use-naked-lady-to-figure-out-if.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/DaegYVZnkZQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-use-naked-lady-to-figure-out-if.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-5937958484123562207Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:26:00 +00002007-11-05T00:29:48.425-08:00Kitesurfingre loacting to WalesaberdovyWooooooooo Hoooooooooo. It's windy!!!!Off to the beach we go, of to the beach we go, hey hi yippie ho its off to the beach we go.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/_h8rNSubPrQ/fk-biking-lets-go-kiting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/_h8rNSubPrQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/11/fk-biking-lets-go-kiting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-6080371120803592008Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:08:00 +00002008-12-08T13:05:05.017-08:00Aberdovey fireworksfox huntingAberdovey Huntre loacting to WalesWell at the moment I'm sat in the cabin waiting for it to stop raining so that we can go for the planed walk, using the local hunt as light entertainment as they run around the site like idiots after a fox that I've just seen duck under the cabin for safetyWe've had random packs of hounds running round the site for the last hour now, more interested in fussing round us than they are tracking http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/t1WMouOOmjI/local-foot-hunt-invades-residential.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/t1WMouOOmjI" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/11/local-foot-hunt-invades-residential.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-8977298560234412335Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:31:00 +00002007-10-29T03:42:25.332-07:00New York Maratonrace tipsNYMrunningThe New York City MarathonBoy its a killer, widely regarded as one of the toughest marathons on the circuit. I completed it a few years back for a local children's charity. The race its self was awesome, the training up to it was horrific, shin spits, colds, sore Achilles, bad knees you name it I got it. But fortunately it all paid off as I had a fairly comfortable race on the day. Mind you cant http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/U4Kup144btQ/top-tips-for-new-york-marathon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/U4Kup144btQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/10/top-tips-for-new-york-marathon.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-7648758207976825001Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:19:00 +00002007-10-26T03:26:34.794-07:00Quit workBritish telecomKitesurfingBorthWell still no internet connection as such, well only the old hanging off the decking borrowing my neighbours one ( Ta guys) BT rang the morning to let me know thats its going to be another 4 weeks until someone can come out and dig a 20cm trench 3m long to put my line in!!!! come on I could do it myself in an hour, whats with the 4 weeks lark?.Anyway, we had a nice bit of unexpected wind on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/eUGqgmmFkUk/nice-little-session-in-estuary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/eUGqgmmFkUk" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/10/nice-little-session-in-estuary.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-6866510119872132152Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:31:00 +00002008-12-08T13:05:05.131-08:00Quit workrelocatingquiting your jobWalesWell thats it, we shut the shop on saturday, I had an offer on my house on Tuesday, and I drove down to Wales on Wednesday.I'm currently sat on my deck in glorious sunshine looking out at this......I dont want to brag but I wake up every morning to this view, I can see it from my dining table, while I'm doing the dishes, and just out of the corner of my eye while I'm watchin TV. Ahh life is good,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/4p0ukQBfc0A/looks-like-im-living-in-wales-then.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/4p0ukQBfc0A" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/10/looks-like-im-living-in-wales-then.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-194364178291898308Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:59:00 +00002007-10-13T04:57:24.676-07:00Y theatert.RexT.RextasyMarc Bolan"Absolutely amazing! If there's anyone who can step into Marc's shoes I'd like it to be him." June Bolanhttp://www.trextasy.com/Wow, what a night and what a great excuse to brush the dust off my striped trousers and flowery shirt, at last T Rextasy were back in town. If you closed your eyes and just absorbed the music you would think it was the great man himself, Marc Bolan. As he gyrated http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/mGlXwHeyqjg/20th-century-boy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/mGlXwHeyqjg" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/10/20th-century-boy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-9163902688514264116Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:42:00 +00002007-10-12T06:15:02.422-07:00saleclosing downquiting your jobmadhouseOMG, just sneaking a quick 5mins from the mad house that once was a shop. My lovely little gift shop that used to be the pride of Blaby is now resembling an indoor car boot sale.I've got boxes of stock stacked in every spare corner, dayglo signs everywhere and still I'm getting asked if were closing down!!!! is everyone blind round here.Well thats its, I'm being called again and I can guarantee http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/2xrZgtIfjh4/ahhhhhhh-last-few-days-of-sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/2xrZgtIfjh4" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/10/ahhhhhhh-last-few-days-of-sale.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-6557773260382928014Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:52:00 +00002007-10-09T08:52:26.989-07:00aberdoveyde clutterWalesselling your housere loactingWith just over a week to go before moving to my cabin in Wales I am walking around with that lingering feeling of ‘what if I forget to do something’ syndrome. I can’t remember the last time I had a full night’s sleep and the fridge has more ready meals in it than the single guy who lives next door. Today I have decided that I am going to take control of my life and organise this transition so http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/aNoM1s6lhJU/doctor-dee-clutter-to-rescue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/aNoM1s6lhJU" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/10/doctor-dee-clutter-to-rescue.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-4307204692243793540Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:35:00 +00002007-10-05T02:39:04.310-07:00Ok figured out how to get video on here now..hahaha..now you get to see all my hours of holiday footage, you know like that really boring friend you've got, the one you try to avoid when they've been away cos you just know that they've got hours of un edited crap to show you..No not really, only joking, but have some entertainment while you read the next post.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/ktP6rKi7M6o/rockshow-led-zeppelin-rock-and-roll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/ktP6rKi7M6o" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/10/rockshow-led-zeppelin-rock-and-roll.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-1877678339314297991Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:19:00 +00002007-10-04T10:08:41.947-07:00Quit workLed zeppelin videoLed Zeppelin TicketsI'm currently crying into my imaginary beer, it would be real but I'm at work and things aren't quite that bad yet. ha but I'm only here for 9 more days.I've been a Led Zep fan since a cool builder gave me two of his old vinyls as a birthday present, I was a reclusive teenager at the time and he was building an extension at my parents house and heard the usual heavy s***e banging out of a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/FV283P1bO4k/i-didnt-get-led-zeppelin-tickets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/FV283P1bO4k" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-didnt-get-led-zeppelin-tickets.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-1670605404843115375Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:57:00 +00002007-09-27T10:06:31.760-07:00Sorry, I just am.The big boss (Big Eagle as he likes to be called) I'm a little eagle apparently??!! Anyway has now got rid of the company secretary, he didn't think it was necessary for the last few weeks!!So not only are we in the midsts of a closing down sale (oh they've all crawled out of the wood work, old customers that is) I'm now doing the accounts and the payroll as well as listing all http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/DNMbqa7PQII/so-grumpy-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/DNMbqa7PQII" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/09/so-grumpy-today.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-3151087311448292252Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:33:00 +00002008-12-08T13:05:05.475-08:00Well she must!Not only have my kites and boards took over the garage and bank account they have now started to creep into the kitchen...ooopsDue to the fact that I've been too busy at work to deal with it, my kite finally came out for a much need hose down on Sunday morning. I think I now have more Dovey sand on my lawn than is left on the beach and in every crevice is right, how does it get http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/2VMPtQY-jAw/my-girlfriend-must-really-love-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/2VMPtQY-jAw" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-girlfriend-must-really-love-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-4025331834816424002Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:52:00 +00002007-09-24T05:56:08.655-07:00Boring aint it!I must apologize for the look of this blog, no excuse really, I've just been really busy. Not too busy that I couldn't go and have a little look at i mac's at the weekend...wow!! I want one. what I couldn't do with one of them.So this week I'm going to have a little play with the layout and design of the site, if I find any cool tools I'll post em upTatahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/P0lpr9IObLw/time-to-re-design-site.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/P0lpr9IObLw" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/09/time-to-re-design-site.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-3710858284196220876Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:11:00 +00002008-12-08T13:05:05.821-08:00relocatingquiting your jobKitesurfingWalesIs every muscle in my body supposed to hurt today or is that the trade off I've got to accept for having fun kitesurfing?Theres a few questions I'd like answering if anyone can help?Why is it when I take my 12m kite out I should have took my 9m out? and vise versaWhy could I do nice little backloops a month ago and now I'm incapable of even a nice little jump?and Why oh why does everything hurt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~3/mixaBSDZ7lM/d-day-26-after-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mitzy firstchase)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhyYouShouldQuitYourJob/~4/mixaBSDZ7lM" height="1" width="1"/>http://whyyoushouldquityourjob.blogspot.com/2007/09/d-day-26-after-weekend.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351458012782854412.post-3309492715271156631Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:31:00 +00002007-09-13T08:53:07.830-07:00