The 'It's Ok' List
From guest reviews to missed to-dos and culinary division of labour, our growing It's Ok List is a reminder that not everything has to be perfect in our Italian adventure.
The 'It's Ok List' is essentially a list that sets out all the things that can go wrong (or aren't ideal) and reminds us that it's ok if they do. Of course reminding ourselves to read the list when things actually go wrong is another matter.
Our current 'It's Ok List' looks something like this:
- It's ok if a guest at the Villa leaves a bad review (we will just sue them).
- It's ok if we don't understand everything everyone says in Italian (heck we wish we couldn't understand everything everyone says in English sometimes).
- It's ok if Italian bureaucracy gets to us and we show it but only if we show it to other expats and not the Italians (the Italians seem to be very proud of just how top class their bureaucracy is).
- It's ok if our dogs freak out at Villa guests (bribes were invented for a reason).
- It's ok if Paari makes multiple 'It's Ok' lists.
- It's ok if of the 9 things on our to-do list each day we manage to get 1.5 done (that aperitivo isn't going to drink itself).
- It's ok if we miss our old routines (one of us will have to snap the other out of it and say these three terms: chargeable hours, timesheets, clients).
- It's ok if Niall does all the cooking at home (guess who came up with that one).
- It's ok if our family visits during peak season (working holidays are a thing).
If you can think of other 'it's ok's, comment below!
Toodles,
Paari & Niall
One of the things we’ve learned over the past five years is that owning a winery in Tuscany is a bit like peeling an onion.
So this edition could be considered to be a little bit geeky but our dear gentle readers [that’s you lot by the way] will remember our last newsletter. There we were, in the immortal lyrics of Smile by Lily Allen, having “a little whine and a moan” about winter. We were, however, also looking forward to things getting busier. [Editors Note: Now I see why he remembered this line although he spells it without the ‘h”….].
