dozy_muppet03

If your a year of so from landing, then I'd suggest to upgrade your house as it's better than having it in a bank.

rgds,


John

cold feet is nornal btw, emotions will rise and fall like peaks & valley

Batfink

True, but then, how do we save enough in a year to make the 10 grand that we need for settlement funds? I could always pimp out the old man i suppose!!!

kate white

yip I wonder if I could send James out to sell his body and boy what a house I never thought of that mmmm sounds good to me Im off to send some photos and if Im not back in half an hour Im pissed and in a heap somewhereonly kiddingwell I did ask if you wanted some companybloody vodka is a floating down well

Batfink

Kate, where are you going to send these photos..... post office (which, by the way, will be closed by now!!!), or just into the the other room to use the computer!!!

Just asking in case we need to inform the police of your disappearence

kate white

mug shots of the white clan I think the police will pay anyone to take us away and throw away the key can you beleave it I ran out of time trying to send them dam computer is knackerd fit for the knackers yard I will have to switch off for 5 and try again

Batfink

Again, no idea of what you just said!!!! More vodka.....?

kate white

mug shot-photo once seen the police will say leave them where they areGlad to say they got sent in the end and god help the poor soul who has to work out whats what.but they are use to me by now and will have it sustwell time for our film sweeties and plonk at the ready enjoy the rest of your night as JOHNNY DEPP is calling

R2D2

Hi there
I think throughout this process 'most' people have a case of the wobbles from time to time, and not always at the same times.

Emigrating was initially my hubbys idea, we visited Canada, decided as a couple to go for it, and I was dead focused the whole way and didn't really allow any doubts to surface too high.

My hubby and I picked up our son on his last day of school in the UK, and my hub suddenly became a wreck.
"what the hell are we doing?" , "he's so settled in a lovely little school', look at what we are giving up to head into the unknown"...............all these phrases suddenly started spilling from his mouth and we were due to fly out in a matter of days.

This continued, at the airport, on the plane, landing in Canada................tons of negativity from the word go, but 2 years later we are still here, settling gradually, but loving life and lifestyle here.

Its not easy, but as long as you are BOTH committed to the idea and work together to make a go of it, then you can handle the challenges
Good Luck xx

sheryl

Hya
We too as a family are playing the long long waiting game - its been 3 years!!! we are hoping that we have jumped through the final hoop- the medical! My husband has recently been looking at property on the web which has significantly increased in price since we first applied. This has really knocked the stuffing out of him as it was one of the main reasons why we doing it so that we could enjoy a better lifestyle. We are a large family of which - 4 have professional qualifications, 2 are of college/uni age and 1 is still at secondary school, so as you may appreciate this has not been an easy experience. I feel that as we have got so far where light at the end of the tunnel is approaching, it would be stupid to throw the towel in! I am worried as Robin (hubby) who has been our rock - the planner and organizer seems to be giving up the will to proceed. I am hoping that this a natural response to a long painful experience of living life in limbo and he will get back on track once we hear from the embassy. What would be useful is to learn where people are hoping to live and the reasons why. Throughout the 3 years we have changed our mind so many times on where we would like to live that the whole of Canada seems to be morphing into one province!

budda

I think that he needs to evaluate whats is important. How much would putting an extension on your house improve your life in the uk. Would it make you want to stay. I suspect the reason you are leaving the UK is for a complete lifestyle overhaul and to have a better quality of life, which i guess is what all of us are moving for. I know this sounds lame, but make a list of all the positives and negatives for both. For me its no contest. I dont want to work my life away in the UK, watching TV every night and bringing kids up here is not an option. In Canada, life is for living.

I hope it all works out

michellej

We to have been through that new extension on the house bit(must be a man thing)and the,what are we doing and giving up. We have changed jobs,tried to carry on with life here but deep down we know if we stay we will regret it,not in years to come but sooner.Think back to why you wanted to do this.
I think we all agree it's not going to be easy but life is what you make it and you only get the one shot at it!

Michelle x
PS. don't try the frying pan thing,doesnt work and you will get an assault charge on yer police check,lol,

hamshank

20 years ago i got ajob offer in new brunswick andat the last minute
it was me that chickened out,i reretted that decision ever since
i never thought i would get the chance again, but we encouraged our son and family when their chance cameto grab it with both horns, that was 6 years ago ,now they are to sponsor us. and i can t wait

R2D2

Thats a tricky decision as all provinces are quite different. We were initially looking at AB and BC as we wanted to have access to the Rockies.

AB won, purely as the province offered my hub the best job prospects in his field, and (at the time) it was cheaper to live than BC.

We have wondered wether the decision to choose AB was the right one, as aesthetically it doesn't always hit the spot for us, especially in the winter, but there are many many positives about the province aswell, so we are staying put for the time being.

But who knows where we may end up. NS and BC are still tempting us ?????

kate white

Dont know about you Batfink but Ive been suffering all dayI think a hair of the dog is in order

ladymoose

I know exactly what you mean here. Although there are some truly beautiful and spectacular areas to AB there is an awful lot of semi flat farmland or just acres and acres of spruce. The buildings aren't exactly examples of superior architecture either! However, it is growing on me, and I do love the space.

We came with the view that we would start off here, but would then be free to move to a different province if we chose. Because of the house prices here now, a lot of people appear to be eithe moving back to the Sask or Mant (having come here previously to look for work) or else moving there for the first time. The word from housing/business developers is that Sask will be the next big thing because the oil sands there are as rich, if not richer, than those in AB. Already houses in Saskatoon are starting to increase but at the moment are still reasonable in much of the province - potentially a good investment for the future After buying an acreage here (4 acres) we've gotton the bug for more land and would love more! Far too expensive around these parts now

We are considering a move there once we have PR and my hubby has "freedom" from his work permit. Again, though, the sameness of the landscape would probably get to me after a while.

We would love to go to NB or one of the other maritime provinces as we really miss the seaside We know peeps in NB and they find it quite close to old-style UK/Ireland/Scotland in attitudes and friendliness. However, if the jobs are not there and the young people keep moving away we wonder about the sort of future our son may have

BC was never an option for us - simply because of the cost of housing there - which is a shame. Likewise the northern provinces hold no appeal cos they're just too far away - and cold!

I guess it's all swings and roundabouts. In the UK there are few choices - here there are so many I guess the only way to know where to go is to follow a job in the first instance and see how you like it but be flexible for the future and to not give up on Canada if your initial choice turns out to be not the best.