10 signs that your life is good
1. you don’t have to be at the office at 9.
(To be honest I think ‘you don’t have to be at the office at all, ever’ but some people do like work. sick. freaks.)
2. you can eat out of your own garden
3. you siesta
4. you have a hammock and you use it
5. your pancakes come out with smilies on them
6. you spend very little money and create very little garbage
7. you drink champagne on wednesdays
8. you make stuff, with your hands, just for fun, just ‘cos you can
9. the chickens roam free on the streets (wookie suggested this one)
10. there are no queues, no traffic jams, and no parking tickets
So, what are your signs? 
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Menos é mais … um ditado antigo japônes . work sucks…
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11. it’s hot enough to swim EVERY day
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um bom dia (a good day)!
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Woa what a second — that is defiantly a Cyclops (your thumb is hiding) and the other guy is obviously a ghost. This might explain why this ‘fixer-upper’ was such a good deal (and on the market for so long) ; )
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I have been feeling an other-wordly presence lately… but I thought it was just “good vibes”. Haunted…mmm… I’m sure that can work with the right ‘spin’….
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Well, I suppose you’ve found those 10 signs in your live – you’re a lucky woman! Maybe I could add: 12. You still enjoy building a snowman (I can’t think of anything else right now, as snow and winter in Denmark doesn’t seem to stop this year …)
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Baah! Your pancake smiles are fake! They are digitally inhanced. You cheating the masses! (Jealous outburst)
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stand aside jesus-face-toast, we have The Miracle of 2010! x
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11. You don’t mind waiting in a queue, you take it as a Portuguese lesson while the old woman is talking.
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Since I am also starting a blog of my own, and buying a house in Portugal. ( the plan is to move there very soon. )
10 signs of a good life is exactly the reasons for the move. I presently live in Canada, and I have a very low score of 1 out of ten on your list, (#7) but the rest are all highly possible when I move.
I will add you to my facebook page…
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@Celia,
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Yay Celia! Although moving from canada sounds as silly as moving from australia… but there you are… you won’t be a lonely canadian here: atomicdogma.com
Keep me posted!!!
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My signs are: being able to drop my stepdaughter off at school in the morning AND pick her up…..I could never do that with my own daughters due to work.
Also being able to walk my dog along the beach each morning is pretty special…..stopping along the way to gaze at the surf reminds me of how work sucks.
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1. You are your own boss. Though she may be a bitch & not pay you for hols…
2. The vinho collapso is free.
3. I can pick oranges from my patio
4. Unlikely that the cats will get run over on the street
5. There’s never a queue in the post office when you go in
6. The Dr. sends you for a cholestrol test & it comes back ok, even after all those bolos.
7. A little money goes a long way.
8. You can take 2 hours over pancakes on a school day
9. I get to hang out with my best mate every day
10. The car tax costs less than a night out down the pub
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#9 is tooo sweet! and oh yes I fantasise about #6, and #10 deserves a prize. Thanks Em.
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This Is Brilliant !
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