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Forum: Moving back to the UK Yesterday, 8:46 pm
Replies: 6
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Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Anyone else having this crisis?

Oh dear, it sounds awful.
Not sure I'd want to chance 7 more years if I were you. Do you want children too? If so you might want to make sure the move back is before you do that. Or once the baby is...
Forum: Moving back to the UK Yesterday, 1:54 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 623
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: U.k. National Insurance Contributions

They are supposed to be changing it to 35 years, but at the moment it is still 30 years,
Forum: Moving back to the UK May 18th 2013, 2:15 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 300
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Expense of moving back?

We aren't taking furniture just our belongings that we couldn't replace, and clothes, a few bits and bobs and Dh's tools (including the strimmer!)
None of our furniture is expensive stuff, most came...
Forum: USA May 17th 2013, 8:30 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 1,714
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Cost of a maintaining a pool and house buying in CA

Find a local pool store and get friendly, they will help. The local one to us was called Leslies, they would test water you brought in and recommend what chemicals and how much.

They sell the floaty...
Forum: USA May 17th 2013, 8:26 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 842
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Money matters....!

Don't buy unless you have a green card on the way (as in already applied for not just promised for some day), or you could be stuck with trying to unload property quickly if things go belly up.
Forum: Moving back to the UK May 17th 2013, 2:58 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 656
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Mind going crazy!

Dh is making me crazy with the moving preps.
It is the curse of the expats. Every time we sell something big he says "Are you sure about this?" Like I'm not having wobbly days too :eek:
I want the...
Forum: Moving back to the UK May 17th 2013, 2:53 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 286
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Lawyer recommendations needed

Have you done a search on the US embassy website? I'd have thought they would have the info and forms needed there.
Forum: Moving back to the UK / The Rovers Return May 17th 2013, 2:51 pm
Replies: 7,441
Views: 388,129
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up

:lol: I can just see their faces, you asking for a full English on the cardiac unit. I bet they thought you were joking.
It'll be weetabix and skim milk there.
Forum: USA May 17th 2013, 4:52 am
Replies: 43
Views: 771
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Yay, just bought a house..now which A/C unit to get?

Have a look to see if there are any rebates you can get.
http://www.energysavvy.com/rebates/CA/
We were looking at new heat/ac units in Costco. Have a look there too.
Forum: Moving back to the UK May 16th 2013, 10:50 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 319
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: moving company recommendations Seattle to UK (Oxford area)

That was for a 40 foot container, enough stuff to furnish a 3 or 4 bed house.
We've only got a couple hundred cubic feet. our quote is about $2000 from warehouse to door.
Forum: Moving back to the UK May 16th 2013, 12:18 am
Replies: 14
Views: 319
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: moving company recommendations Seattle to UK (Oxford area)

Here they are.
http://www.rainieros.com/
Forum: Moving back to the UK May 15th 2013, 9:22 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 319
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: moving company recommendations Seattle to UK (Oxford area)

We got quotes from a few and have been reading about them on movingscam.com
So far Rainier is winning, quick with replies, east to read quote and very polite, and they have excellent reviews.
They...
Forum: Moving back to the UK May 15th 2013, 1:52 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 309
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Moving back with my Chinese wife & daughter

Hi.
Forum: USA / The Trailer Park May 14th 2013, 11:08 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 1,196
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Being prepared

I pack the night before, and then I get up a few times in the night to add stuff that I wake up remembering to take.
Forum: Moving back to the UK / Back Home May 14th 2013, 6:28 pm
Replies: 451
Views: 16,377
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: First Update

I hope thats not in a hot state, can you imagine it's 110 outside and you are in a tin building!
Amazon is opening a distribution warehouse about an hour from us (that local here ) I wonder if they...
Forum: Moving back to the UK / Back Home May 13th 2013, 9:40 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,103
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Back 6 months and life is good!

I find this a bit baffling. Why are they complaining that high streets are empty if they can do something about it.
Make the parking charge really cheap or free and people will shop longer and more...
Forum: Moving back to the UK / The Rovers Return May 13th 2013, 7:17 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,845
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Divorced, Broke and Stroke.

Id renew the old UK passport before heading back to UK, start saving a bit at a time to cover it, you have plenty of time to do it by the sounds of things.
Forum: Moving back to the UK May 13th 2013, 3:21 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,199
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Losing my mind...

Good for you listening to yourself and doing something about it. I hope she can follow you and be happy.
Forum: Moving back to the UK / The Rovers Return May 13th 2013, 2:24 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,845
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Divorced, Broke and Stroke.

I'm glad you are feeling better and making plans for your future wherever it takes you.
Forum: Moving back to the UK / Back Home May 12th 2013, 3:00 am
Replies: 451
Views: 16,377
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: First Update

Ouch blisters :( Poor thing.
My Dh has steel toe boots for work, work bought them all new ones last year and they are so nice and comfy he's saving them for UK and wearing the ones he buys every 6...
Forum: USA / The Trailer Park May 12th 2013, 2:53 am
Replies: 18
Views: 558
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: American Airlines Looking For Flight Attendants

I know, I never thought she'd actually even get to Uni and she has taken 6 years to get her degree, (not in Finnish that would be semi useful) but she was determined to get it and had to work so hard...
Forum: USA / The Trailer Park May 12th 2013, 12:18 am
Replies: 18
Views: 558
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: American Airlines Looking For Flight Attendants

Thanks for that, my friends daughter is looking to be a flight attendant, and is graduating college in two weeks.
Forum: Moving back to the UK / Back Home May 11th 2013, 2:37 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,103
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Back 6 months and life is good!

"Little things" that can cause annoyance. :lol:
I'm sure my Dh will have plenty to moan about in the garage area. He has an oversize double here with room for a small workshop in the back, he'll have...
Forum: Moving back to the UK / Back Home May 10th 2013, 6:50 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,103
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: Back 6 months and life is good!

Love it.
Funnily enough some of those irritations are things that annoyed me when I used to go on holiday. So I'm sure they will be bothering me too :lol:
Forum: Moving back to the UK / Back Home May 10th 2013, 2:45 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 1,594
Posted By Mummy in the foothills
Re: I think we're done

Congratulations :lol::thumbsup:
Theres a nice surprise.
Wherever you end up I hope you will be really happy, well actually I'm pretty sure you will. 48 eh! You'll be great. You've already done it...
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