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Forum: Canada / Canniversary May 17th 2013, 3:39 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 1,992
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Glasgow Scotland to Ancaster Ontario

Loved reading your thread Alissa and Dave glad you are loving it x
Forum: Canada / Canniversary May 17th 2013, 1:14 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 249
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: 1 year yesterday

Thank you for your messages, our boys are 10, 8 and 4 and are all at school. They really enjoy it.
My 4 year old is at kindergarten at the same school as the boys he goes 2 or 3 days a week...
Forum: Canada / Canniversary May 17th 2013, 2:33 am
Replies: 5
Views: 249
Posted By kirstybowles
Smile 1 year yesterday

Well we have survived our first year here!

We took 5 years of planning and obtaining visas to get here, we went down the skilled worker route and got our permenant residency in 2011.
It took a...
Forum: Canada May 15th 2013, 2:36 am
Replies: 34
Views: 917
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Visiting Southern Ontario

Sorry there is a water park at the lion safari but its just for the kids and it not big but still good fun. There is a big water park at Canada's wonderland though for young and old lol :)
Forum: Canada May 15th 2013, 2:32 am
Replies: 34
Views: 917
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Visiting Southern Ontario

Hi we are in Cobourg its gorgeous especially the beach, there's always something going on in the summer on a weekend.
Peterbourgh has a free zoo its not brilliant but its ok it has 3 parks there for...
Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf Mar 17th 2013, 6:05 pm
Replies: 219
Views: 7,896
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Tenuous Connections to Famous People

My mums cousin is Steve cram Olympian.
I once went to the opening of the local train station and met princess Diana who said hello and shook my hand she was lovely.
A few years later I was on the...
Forum: Canada Jan 16th 2013, 5:21 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 1,538
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: first tax return

Thankyou for all your help I feel much better informed
Shame we cant claim but never mind I will look into getting some software thanks again.
Forum: Canada Jan 16th 2013, 3:33 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 1,538
Posted By kirstybowles
first tax return

Hi I have spent the morning researching how to fill out our first tax return in Canada.

I have a few questions

1) We moved here in May 2012, I understand we both have to fill out a form even...
Forum: Canada Jan 13th 2013, 6:06 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 915
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: move the children again?

prariechicken thankyou too we will wait and see if he gets the job then we can make an informed decision.
You never know we might settle there even better and live on a street with other children!...
Forum: Canada Jan 13th 2013, 6:01 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 915
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: move the children again?

cheers dave lol.
I know the commute would be a nightmare thats why we are considering a move. The boys will adapt i'm sure we will see if dave gets the job and have a proper chat with them, and like...
Forum: Canada Jan 13th 2013, 5:34 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 915
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: move the children again?

I think as long as the parents are happy and positive and explain to the kids why it has to be done and what the benefits are they will be fine.

We came in 2010 and my youngest went to nursery...
Forum: Canada Jan 13th 2013, 4:54 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 915
Posted By kirstybowles
move the children again?

Hi we have been here as permenant residents for 8 months now.
Firstley we came over with no jobs and only a hotel room to call home!
Brave or stupid we still havent decided but we did it and 8...
Forum: Canada Jan 13th 2013, 4:20 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 456
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Exodus 2013, share your excitement/trauma

good luck dave and Alisa,
We had nowhere planned to stay exept our small hotel room with the 5 of us!! we ended up there for 5 weeks and its a nightmare!
On saying that we couldent get anywhere to...
Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf Dec 15th 2012, 1:41 am
Replies: 307
Views: 10,311
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Another US school shooting

I feel sick to the stomach today my 3 boys are aged 4, 8 and 9 i dread to even start to think what those poor families of all those killed are going through.
It's sick full stop those poor kids who...
Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf Nov 2nd 2012, 2:02 am
Replies: 2,054
Views: 127,132
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Post The Latest Picture You Have Taken

trick or treating last night
Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf Oct 16th 2012, 1:46 am
Replies: 90
Views: 5,979
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: What new Fall shows are you watching in Canada?

The good wife
Modern family
The middle
The mentalist
Any interior design programmes!


But we can't STAND the 6 million bloody adverts inbetween!!

We watch the kids films on a sunday with our boys...
Forum: Canada Oct 2nd 2012, 6:17 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 2,245
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Allowance when visiting U.S zero?

thankyou for that, all the info i could find was saying we needed pr cards or imm forms! i was just about to upset the mother in law but now shes getting excited lol!
Forum: Canada Oct 2nd 2012, 5:44 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 2,245
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Allowance when visiting U.S zero?

whilst on the subject of crossing the border we have been here for 4 months and have our permenant residency status, we don't have our pr cards yet we want to cross from ontario to watertown. my...
Forum: Canada Sep 28th 2012, 2:21 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,156
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Killer Mozzies

so when you say newbies are coming out in bumps does that mean that we will eventually get used to them and not react anymore! ive been here 4 months and had 6 of the buggers biting me!! they leave a...
Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf Sep 5th 2012, 1:38 am
Replies: 55
Views: 3,074
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: robinsons squash??

we found it in the brit shop too got rather excited!
we used to have the pop man anyone else remember saving the metal lids and being able to get 10p back lol:D
Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf Aug 9th 2012, 1:42 am
Replies: 395
Views: 24,518
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Teatime Choices

sounds tasty calgeo,

We had turkey wrapped in bacon with boiled potatoes,cabbage and carrots, home made yorkshire puddings and bisto gravy x
Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf Aug 8th 2012, 2:37 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,005
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Car Buying

quick update seeing as the thread has been dug up lol,
Rented a dodge caravan for a month then went and bought a volvo XC90.

Go figure!
Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf Jul 29th 2012, 2:35 am
Replies: 8
Views: 598
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Xmas flights

have a look on canadian affairs wbpage just had a look myself they fly with air transat and they have their xmas dates on there x
Forum: Moving back to the UK Jul 16th 2012, 1:20 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,977
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: am thinking about Chester now ...

hi we moved over here from ellesmere port 10 mins up the road from chester. Ellesmere port isent nice although we lived in great sutton and it was a very nice area as is little sutton the schools are...
Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf Jul 11th 2012, 1:19 am
Replies: 101
Views: 4,746
Posted By kirstybowles
Re: Fears

clowns! and my boys know and find it highley amusing to make me see them if they are on the tele!

And dentists where i do actually hyperventilate lol much to the amusement of my old dentist who...
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