What I Want for My Life in the UK

[@Judgles]

"I won't stop, even if you want me to" - don't worry, Alanna, we definitely don't want you to stop! Hope you feel better soon and good luck for 2023!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you!!

[@briz1965]

As an ex-pat, but in Canada - ex-Notts., please let's see more outside, touristy stuff, go to Matlock Town, or Stratford Upon Avon, or York. I'd like to see you be blown away, keep it up, from Penticton, BC - cheers chuck.

[@LiveSteamNick]

Hey Alanna, when i need to be quiet listen to somone, i tune in to Adventures and Naps!!! You are a breath of fresh air as we brits say. Long may you be happy may life look after you lass.. Big Hugs to you and hope you feel better soon.😅

[@michellemaine2719]

I struggled to fit in the USA for 30 years. After 4.5 years in the UK, I feel that it is a much better fit for me. I will hopefully get my settled (EU) status this year. Definitely get on the passport thing as soon as possible, bureaucracy moves very slowly. Hope you feel better soon, I have by some miracle managed to dodge all the bugs going around this year (Now that I said that, I will get it next week for sure).

[@stevensibbet5869]

I am also one of those people who also just feels they were born in the wrong country. I just don't get on here there is something about the people, the weather is so dreary it looks so bleak in the Winter, the food is rubbish, people are unattractive to put it mildly, grey skies with grey buildings with grey pavement with grave roads and with grey people, it looks so bleak in the winter, all trees hav no leaves and just look like black sticks, they could at least plant some evergreen trees!

[@preeceandrew5244]

Happy New Year Alanna

[@englandcalling9721]

Happy New Year and Hug to get well soon. For all the crass comments, and tribulations you've faced, you're more resilient, even more bouncy and a joyous antidote to cynicism. Long may you, be exactly who you are.

[@cathrynbagley8005]

I started watching your channel with the taste tests but your comparison and random rant videos are very entertaining - I am glad you didn't give up. I fail to see how having or not having kids is anyone's business - those people need to get a life of their own! I hope you are feeling better now Alanna (I hope I have spelled your name correctly) .

[@AndyKing1963]

Whatever you do, have fun and be happy

[@tartanblackcountrytourist]

Happy New year sweet lady. Just found your channel.. 👍 😁 🥰. You are a star 🌟. Find a good local pub and enjoy a beer 🍻

[@sailingby]

We love you Alanna - get well soon - keep up the good work 😀

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you so much!

[@davidcook7887]

Alanna, get a blow up dinghy. Take it to the end a pier. Jump in and get on your dinghy, float to the British shore and claim asylum. Job done!

[@1949corek]

I just had a nap BEFORE you posted the video.

[@davidbee3448]

dont stop, we love you.

[@grantparman4705]

Get well soon, Alanna! This time of year can be so tough. Here in the USA (Iowa specifically) we were under an ice storm warning up until a couple hours ago, so I was happy to wake up with electricity today. I hope you all are finding some small things that make you feel good.

[@jeanettenfreeland1408]

Hello Alana I hope you are feeling better soon

[@greyman3515]

Alanna, when and if you want to, you will make a great Mum. Good to see you know not to worry about people who try to apply ulterior motives to your actions. It’s a form of bullying that reflects their insecurities. I look forward to seeing what you do in 2023. Happy new year.

[@eze8970]

Thanks Alanna, who knows where & what your creativity will take you this year?! One day hoping for the 'Aberdeen Special' about Great, great, great, great, great, great, great great, great Grandma Adventures & Naps! 🙏🙏

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Me, too!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@carolineskipper6976]

Poor old you- not sounding your best today- but still so upbeat!!!! Hope you're soon recovered. x

[@jfergs.3302]

As poorly as you may feel, i didn't think you sounded too bad, so don't worry about the commentary 🙂 And i feel your pain, I've had the same bug myself now for 6 days, and boy it's tiring isn't it ☹ Here's wishing us both a big 'get well soon', and me wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year, cheers.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

I've only just started to feel better, finally! Hope you get better soon too 🙏🏻

[@charisse234]

Alanna good grief.you have the total and absolute right to choose whether to be a mom or not.i can't believe that folks are actually asking you when you will have a child WOW! It's noone else business but yours.i just had to say that! I hope you get better soon.happy new year.peace and love 💛

[@Mozzetto]

Wishing you the best in 2023!🍀 Thank you for your videos, you always keep me company😸

[@gerrimilner9448]

get well soon!

[@frogletx]

Something you may want? There is a Tim Horton's opening in Kent soon.

[@sarahhardy8649]

I dunno, I want to read the T&C’s before I agree to 2023.

[@Andrew8468]

Looking forward to see what 2023 brings both personally and professionally. Hopefully good health and new things on YT. As the legendary Geoff Marshall once said. "Continue to make videos and put them on KZbin. Don't make KZbin videos".

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much Andrew, really appreciate it 🙏🏻

[@polderesurf]

some people are weird ….. ignore them and live your life . Hope you have a great year ahead … let’s go 2023

[@alanhilton7336caradventure]

So glad you're going to continue with your channel and I know exactly what you mean by having the drive to keep a channel going, hope you get well soon.😊

[@richardrubert1359]

Hang in there, get feeling better, and know that your long-term fans will follow you no matter where you go.

[@Brian3989]

Hope you have a good 2023 with good health. It is nice to see you on KZbin. The only resolution to make is not to make resolutions.

[@LWilloxMusic]

Oh goodness the last few years have been terrible indeed, thank goodness it’s 2023 and chance for a fresh start and time to hopefully sort out my own existent crisis! Hope you have a good one too and I’m exhausted and need a nap too ha ha. Get well soon.

[@dave_h_8742]

Happy New year. Get well soon. 👼Bit intrusive don't cha think ? ( British understatement ) and got nothing to do with them ! Yes carrying on regardless.

[@patriciamedico8009]

Hey, hello, Allana. Hope you are better now. I wish good luck with the visa and don't let anxious control yourself. ;) 😘

[@lioninwinter9316]

Happy New Year!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

🎉

[@ashofthe3yamyamsa.k.aasher675]

Hope you feel a lot better soon. Looking forward to seeing what this year brings, I'm sure it will be great. I often wonder what possesses some people to say what they do to people on the internet but then it makes my brain hurt so I can only imagine what it does to you. All the best & happy new year to you

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 Cheers Ash! Feeling much better already, thank god!

[@DemonofChaos264]

Sending you lots of love Alanna, hope you feel better soon. I renewed my British passport while I lived in Australia and it took ~4 months. Fingers crossed your Canada passport doesn't take as long!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you so much! I'll make sure to submit it extra early just in case 😬

[@officialjaredeast]

I hope you feel better soon! I absolutely love the content you make! Always happy to see when you upload 😄

[@marklandon9058]

You are right about settled life and children. I was at (boarding) school with many Forces children whose lives were nomadic, and they were rootless aliens wherever they went, with severe relationship difficulties and so forth. Happy New Year!

[@Tiredtowel101]

Get well soon Alanna - I had Covid for Christmas so feel your misery! So sorry that twit decided to tell you about your fertility - honestly! 🙄 I wish you both well for 2023 and thank you for being you on KZbin. Love your channel. Good luck with the visa!!!

[@brianwhittington5086]

Get well soon Alanna, it's no fun being ill at this time of year. The years are flying by, and it doesn't seem 5 minutes since you were stuck in Canada, waiting for that important envelope to arrive !

[@chrisblay]

I’m with you on starting 2023 while under the weather.

[@markhemzy8433]

Got man-flu so you have my full sympaty and I hope you get well soon. Still loving the videos and hope you have a great 2023.

[@happydog4929]

Hey Lady, happy new year.

[@gordonwallin2368]

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@rajekamar8473]

I think you would be a delightful mother but we all have our own paths. Happy new year twinkle!

[@twelvesmylimit]

This was a great video, Alanna! I wish you a very happy 2023. Good luck with your visa and get well soon. ❤️

[@scottpeters5959]

I bought a box of Yorkshire tea ths week...wadda ya know! You are right, and i am now on board.Next stop...pineapple cider..

[@roywatling3856]

Alanna get better soon and we shall see what 2023 has in store, naps included

[@nbclaymore1861]

I hope for nothing but the best for you and I hope you get everything you want and need. And feel better soon.

[@meryuk]

Have fun, yeh 👍 That was Ian Rankin's advice to young writers, to have fun while writing stories.

[@RockyBobbieBuster]

As poorly as you are you "daft cow" you're still a bundle of joy,have a great 2023 and keep making us all smile👌

[@caz12345]

Ahh bless you, hope you get better soon, we're all sick too and have been all over Xmas and New Year 🤒 I'm really hoping all the renewing you need to do goes smoothly for you, sweety. Nightmare! But the UK is so much the better for having you here! X

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you!! I really appreciate that 🙏🏻

[@heskeyisgod8039]

Great video Alanna! So sorry to hear you are sick. Thank you for summing up the energy to do this video. Hope you have a great 2023!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you so much! Happy New Year!!

[@Daytona2]

Happy New Year Alanna! Hope you feel better soon. You sound like you're in a good place in your life.

[@robertewalt7789]

I got a new US passport at the consulate in Tokyo while working there, no problem. Much later, my son got a permanent type visa to work in London, but he eventually came back to the US.

[@Dean-gq5pe]

Happy New Year Alanna. Love the humorous video. Considering you’re I’ll, you don’t look to bad but get well soon. Have a great healthy, wealthy 2023.

[@eustaquiozambrano2974]

Thank you very much 👍

[@jonathanbignall1198]

Get well soon Alanna, happy new year and keep on doing what you do, change things up a bit if you want, we'll still be with you. 👍

[@rthompsn2007]

Great priorities when you're sick - nap now, adventures later. 😁 Cheers!

[@yoshu9983]

Glad to hear that you will be continuing with A&N. 😊 I cannot fathom how you manage to get so much done with A&N, Twitch, and Patron let alone your job and personal life. Yoga might be a good idea for this year: something for you.

[@bazzauk7317]

My first thought was this sounds like the winter blues as we all get those but the sun lamps and some OJ always helps, Oh if your ill hot chicken soup always works. Visa video was the best ever

[@purplepothos5794]

I've been sick for the last 6 days too, Happy New Year to us!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Seems like something is going around 🤧 hope you feel better soon!

[@peterjf7723]

My wife is Turkish and was applying for UK residency, then I got seriously ill and could no longer work. This meant that I no longer met the requirements for my wife to get her visa. I sold my house in England and moved to Türkiye with my wife. I got my Turkish citizenship last year.

[@jamesknightreading]

I think Mr Naps needs to put a ring on it, so you don't need to go through this hassle, Alanna.

[@chatham43]

..my new years resolution has always been the same....not to make one....btw have you tried Night Nurse for your cold.😊

[@Cobichristian]

Hey Alanna, I don't know if you'll see this but first and foremost, Happy New Year

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Hey thank you so much!! ☺️ I really appreciate your kind words and all the best for your journey!! If you have any questions, please just let me know!

[@Cobichristian]

@@AdventuresAndNaps Thank you so much 😊❤️

[@richardhargrave6082]

Keep doing what you're doing, yoga is a good thing Doing new things is always good, especially when its been tough for a while. Its your life, do what you want and most of all enjoy yourself!

[@gerald112b]

Hope you have a great 2023 Alanna and every thing resolves itself for you. You totally have my permission to stay here if that makes things easier for you. As for the children issue. Which is completely none of my business . I'd say you're bringing up 4 very beautiful plants already.

[@johnwatson5235]

Wow I can't believe I've been watching your videos for 5/6 years! Time flies when your having fun. Ignore the mean people Alanna we all love you girl,good luck with the visa and get well soon and may 2023 be your best year yet👍🥳

[@andymcgarty3099]

Thanks for some wonderful videos in 2022 and I'm excited to see what 2023 will bring. More walks, more taste tests, more comments on the Brits and a whole lot more fun. Thank you.

[@anthonystevens8683]

Get well soon Alanna, keep the updates coming and we'll be sure watch them. Happy new year! Looking forward to the next one.

[@sjnm4944]

Wishing you have a happy and prosperous 2023 Alanna!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you so much! Happy New Year! 🥳

[@LeicesterGuy123]

My very soul was shook when the video ended without a "until next time, byeeeee"

[@rominabarata9047]

Hi Alanna, I discovered your videos a few weeks ago and I’m hooked! My husband and I have 3 young children and we are looking into moving to the UK for my husbands job, it’s always been a dream to live in / around Europe so we’re staying hopeful it comes true soon. I laughed when you said you want this year to be a year to do something out of your comfort zone because the first thing that popped into my head was ‘have a baby!’ Lol it truly does take you out of your comfort, nothing like it! Anyways, I hope you are feeling all better. ❤

[@maggieellison1017]

Ignore those very rude comments. Why do strangers feel they can comment on your life choices. I enjoy listening to you. As a 74 Yr old grannie you remind me so much of my granddaughter but far more adventurous. Very brave to move to a new country on your own.

[@stuartferguson8967]

Happy New Year, Alanna

[@stuartferguson8967]

nearing the end of your fertility? That is very insulting, he just put an extra ten years on you. Or the guy is a moron that never did biology at school.

[@anyone4acupoftea]

Thank you for making this video when you're not feeling your best 💐

[@kawaljeet8252]

Happy new year alanna i miss you

[@danellis-jones1591]

I've been watching you since 2019 or even 2018. I didn't mark it in my calendar! I'm an British ex-pat in Australia and many of your experiences and emotions are the same as mine. Although the pull of home is stronger for me than it seems for you. Anyway, you're doing an amazing job. Get well soon and here's to some exciting new things in 2023!!!

[@Malfie657]

Well first of all get yourself well Alanna. Good to know that A&N will be 'trucking on' (never doubted it) and that you'll be trying some new things too. I get great enjoyment from your channels, both on YT and Patreon and more than once when times have been a bit tough a quick look at what you're up to can make the glass half full again. Long may it continue!

[@mkdavo]

Been watching your channel for years now, always loved what you've done, I've noticed your accent is softening and a few things you say I'd say your definitely developing an English accent!

[@fifelad55]

Good lick with the visa - . At least you won't have to take the English language test, Before I had a stroke, I was looking into bringing my Thai wife to the UK on a settlement visa. As you know, the UK government does not make this process easy. Most people in the UK don't appreciate just how hard the process is and how expensive everything is. I live in Thailand and have to extend my visa every year but at least the process is relatively painless and not too expensive

[@onemillion4336]

U make me laugh so much every time I watch ur vids, I guess coz I click with ur sense of humour. thanks

[@raymondporter2094]

1. You are not a foreigner but, as you've been told many times, "One of Us". 2. Even if you hadn't been One of Us, because you're a Canadian you are Family. 3. Citizenship - you will breeze it. And you'd be more than welcome. 4. You said you were ill. You sound a little nasal but otherwise look & seem fine. 5. Your videos are great - it's impossible to watch without smiling a lot. 6. The Edenbridge fragrances are good, too, with great value and QUICK friendly service.

[@naitchb16]

Happy New Year, Alanna! Get well, soon. I hope you have a great 2023. I’m looking forward to seeing your future vids, I know they’ll be brilliant too

[@worcslee1287]

I've felt under the weather for about a month now. Last three weeks I've had a chesty cough I just can't shift. Hope things work out for you this year x

[@dforder5607]

Watching this whilst being ill since the week before Christmas. So feel your pain... hope the renewal of your visa goes smoothly! Get well soon!! Xx

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Ahh what a time to be ill! Hope you feel better soon 🤒

[@dforder5607]

@@AdventuresAndNaps Thank you! Oh and keep the videos coming... especially the drinking ones which are most amusing... suggest tequila shots! Lol x

[@betavidoh7944]

Good luck for 2023

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you!

[@herewegowithtim1984]

Hi Alanna, your videos are great. I think it is very wrong that a Canadian living in the U.K. after 7 years still can’t apply for indefinite leave to remain and has to continue to pay the health surcharge. Regardless of what visa you’ve been on ( I know cases are different) you have been here for 7 years lawfully for goodness sake. Commonwealth citizens should be treated like close family by this country, not distant relatives. You are an asset to this country.

[@Ian-xx1xb]

Sorry to hear you've been sick for 9 days I feel your pain I had COVID for 10 days over the Christmas period so I can relate . One good thing the butler is a great chef and probably a good bed nurse too so that helped I'm sure 😃 . The video upload completely surprised me cuz I have no concept of day or time rn lol enjoyed it as always thought and you keep doing you Alanna we got you

[@sheilalowery6226]

Happy New Year! Feel better soon!

[@richardlaasna8372]

Get well soon Alanna! By the way you sound great as usual!!! As I've mentioned before, I think you should broadcast from around the UK. Yeah, come to our Cider country across here in Bristol. I sot of experienced the upping sticks going from one country and living in another. But as a Kid of 9 years old, I didn't have the headache you are having with visa's. It was and adventure emmigrating to Tronno and coming back here again in exactly one year later as a 10 year old. I do remember our family were a lot more poorer financially as well. It took a while to recover from that!!! Anyway, just to wish you a Happy New Year for 2023!

[@howardkey1639]

Happy New Year Alanna, glad to see you're on the mend now. By the sounds of it 2023 is going to be an interesting year for A&N with plenty of stuff to make videos about, I can't wait and it looks like it will be a lot of fun. 😊

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much pal! Excited to get going! 🥳

[@rolanddunk5054]

Hi Alanna,considering that you are sooooo poorly I think that you did very well,i remember you saying that you had a bad time moving to this flat…but you came shining through and continued to make sometimes educational…and sometimes hilarious videos,so I know that you are strong willed enough to do whatever you wish to do and I wish luck in whatever that is.A happy new year to you both.Cheers Roly🇬🇧.

[@kelvinpell4571]

Happy New Year! and a prosperous and healthy 2023. Even unwell.....you still sound Canadian...so no worries there!

[@mothmagic1]

I hope you get your visa renewed without any problems.

[@grahammeaton4598]

If you do go back your always welcome back when ya want

[@TinaR622]

Happy new year, hope your visa renewal goes smoothly. All the best what ever you decide to do will be watching the adventures 😀👍

[@RGRG3232]

Hi Alanna...so glad to hear you'll be keeping at making videos. You're one of a very few bright spots on KZbin every week. I love a good book too. Here's a few selections you may like (as if you don't already have enough suggestions). 'Great Circle' by Maggie Shipstead is a really good one from a few years ago (it's about early flight and one young lady's quest to be a pilot). One of Steven King's lesser know novels is 'Gerald's Game' and is a fairly quick read 📚 but so engrossing you can probable get through it on a couple sessions. An oldie but real goodie is 'Mutiny on the Bounty'. It's a real page turner too. The 1984 movie 'The Bounty' with Mel Gibson is a great one to watch if you'd rather see it than read it. Take care and get better soon.

[@MS-19]

Commiserations over the cold. I had an awful one at this time in 2015/2016; I hope it clears soon. 2023 is starting roughly for me too, albeit illness is not the problem. I won't go into any detail here, for it is your channel and not mine - but I mean it when I say I'm glad you're there and I take solace in seeing your cheery face and jovial greeting. I started following your channel just at the point when you were "kicked out of the UK" a little over 3 years ago. You went away and came back again; I hope you don't have to do the same this year, but if you do, I'll hope for your return in triumph as you did last time. Presumably, whoever made that comment about your fertility was alluding to the proximity you have to the end of your third decade of life? Clearly they don't realise that quite a few women have held off on parenthood until their late 30s or even early 40s. It's true that falling pregnant past the age of 35 would have you classified as an "elderly primagravid" and that the risk of complications in pregnancy and childbirth can increase the older you get; likewise, you may become aware of your ticking biological clock and/or find yourself suddenly overcome with broodiness, especially if you see babies (and more so if you see friends and colleagues your age or younger having them) .... but there's no competition here! Having a baby is indeed a life changing decision that will change you forever. You may decide you prefer life without children; you may want to live a little more before having them; you may feel that you want to put certain things in place to stabilise and certify your situation before going ahead. The point you make about relocation is a good one: I have an old schoolfriend with three children who relocated to Australia some years ago; she did it while the children were young, thus they have been schooled almost entirely there and seem to identify as Aussies more than as Brits. Had she moved them in their teens, it might have been much harder on them and perhaps they might have resented it. It's good to know that you're open to exploring possibilities for yourself that you can document and ruminate upon via your channel. You are the second KZbinr in one day that has posted on these lines (the first being Kelsey, the 747 pilot whose channel 74 Gear is all about aviation) and the beauty of having a channel about yourself and your perspectives is that the channel can be whatever you want it to be, and show whatever you happen to be doing and want to document. Channel creators who start out with a USP may find that it stalls and desists, as trends change or subject matter is exhausted. I suspect you are very, very far from that, dear Alanna! Happy New Year and all strength to you.

[@rnp497]

Happy New Year and get well soon. If coming to the UK was money-making scheme it's a bit rubbish to be honest! I hope you stay as long as you want and a possible quick route to citizenship is for Mr Adventures and Naps to marry you

[@iancomputerscomputerrepair8944]

I hope you feel better soon. You never know the BBC or ITV might contact you with an exciting offer.