Three Years :0)
Jun 7th 2010 | 11:56 am
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Three Years :0)
Well today is our Three Year Canniversary.
To me, it seems eons ago that we landed at Vancouver Airport - all wide eyed and excited. How confused we were when we had soup to start at our Hotel on the first night and then bought us crackers to dip rather than bread! We were up and out of the Hotel at 7am wandering around Vancouver trying to find somewhere to have pancakes
.
My pancake obsession has now gone but I am probably the only British person who is addicted to the bacon here! I can't stand UK bacon but could happily eat a whole pack of the stuff here!
We started out in Kelowna and the first 3 months we loved our time there. The sun was shining, the beach was nearby and everything was rosey. Then we moved over to Westbank (now West Kelowna). David's job was turning out to be a bit of a nightmare - things we were promised turned out to not be true and things suddenly became not so rosey. We couldn't sell our UK house, we were earning what we thought we would, but the cost of living was a lot higher than we had planned.
We chose not to bring our UK furniture out with us and this was rather foolish as it cost us lots of money to replace our nice stuff with rather shite stuff!
Anywho, we rented a bloody awful house in Westbank which seemed to be made of paper as you could hear EVERYTHING going on in neighbours houses - and these weren't neighbours who were joined to us! We managed to sell our UK investment property and then came up with the "Lets drive across Canada in the winter" plan.
That drive was both fantastic and awful - thankfully we missed all the big snow storms - though I will forever rib David for filling up the windscreen wash with just water...days we went without being able to wash the screen, having to stop every 5 mins to wipe the windows in very cold weather...not amusing. Also, having the car windows freeze up on the inside was something different! I would love to do the trip again - this time in the summer and in a rather posh RV!
We arrived in NS and just loved it - probably because it felt more like home than out West. We rented a nice house for 6 months and then bought this house - which as you all know as driven me nearly around the twist ever since we bought it!
I am now working and am loving it - I have a great boss (he does come on BE so I best be nice..lol) and really enjoy getting out of the house and actually using my brain and hope that good things will come of this.
Our eldest daughter will be starting Grade 2 this September and sounds like a Nova Scotian - I found an old video of her the other day and she sounds like someone from Mary Poppins on it! Our youngest is at pre-school and loves it and the more time she spends at the childminders and school the more Canadian she sounds. I, of course, still sounds as posh as ever...
Of course, lots of things really annoy me - I won't start or I will be moaning for days! I do remember that lots annoyed me about the UK as well so I think that is just normal!
Now as you know I am Amy and my OH is David and he doesn't come on here but I will allow him a sentence or two today, as it is his Canniversary as well:
"The kids like it here". A man of few words..
Nuff said
To me, it seems eons ago that we landed at Vancouver Airport - all wide eyed and excited. How confused we were when we had soup to start at our Hotel on the first night and then bought us crackers to dip rather than bread! We were up and out of the Hotel at 7am wandering around Vancouver trying to find somewhere to have pancakes
. My pancake obsession has now gone but I am probably the only British person who is addicted to the bacon here! I can't stand UK bacon but could happily eat a whole pack of the stuff here!
We started out in Kelowna and the first 3 months we loved our time there. The sun was shining, the beach was nearby and everything was rosey. Then we moved over to Westbank (now West Kelowna). David's job was turning out to be a bit of a nightmare - things we were promised turned out to not be true and things suddenly became not so rosey. We couldn't sell our UK house, we were earning what we thought we would, but the cost of living was a lot higher than we had planned.
We chose not to bring our UK furniture out with us and this was rather foolish as it cost us lots of money to replace our nice stuff with rather shite stuff!
Anywho, we rented a bloody awful house in Westbank which seemed to be made of paper as you could hear EVERYTHING going on in neighbours houses - and these weren't neighbours who were joined to us! We managed to sell our UK investment property and then came up with the "Lets drive across Canada in the winter" plan.
That drive was both fantastic and awful - thankfully we missed all the big snow storms - though I will forever rib David for filling up the windscreen wash with just water...days we went without being able to wash the screen, having to stop every 5 mins to wipe the windows in very cold weather...not amusing. Also, having the car windows freeze up on the inside was something different! I would love to do the trip again - this time in the summer and in a rather posh RV!
We arrived in NS and just loved it - probably because it felt more like home than out West. We rented a nice house for 6 months and then bought this house - which as you all know as driven me nearly around the twist ever since we bought it!
I am now working and am loving it - I have a great boss (he does come on BE so I best be nice..lol) and really enjoy getting out of the house and actually using my brain and hope that good things will come of this.
Our eldest daughter will be starting Grade 2 this September and sounds like a Nova Scotian - I found an old video of her the other day and she sounds like someone from Mary Poppins on it! Our youngest is at pre-school and loves it and the more time she spends at the childminders and school the more Canadian she sounds. I, of course, still sounds as posh as ever...
Of course, lots of things really annoy me - I won't start or I will be moaning for days! I do remember that lots annoyed me about the UK as well so I think that is just normal!
Now as you know I am Amy and my OH is David and he doesn't come on here but I will allow him a sentence or two today, as it is his Canniversary as well:
"The kids like it here". A man of few words..
Nuff said
Jun 7th 2010 | 12:50 pm
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Great post Amy, you have had a journey, here's to many more for you all and im sure you would be bored really if you didnt have some "crisis" going on lol
Happy Canniversary!
See you soon
Jun 7th 2010 | 12:59 pm
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Jun 7th 2010 | 3:33 pm
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Happy Canniversary Amy and Co
Loved the update we seemed to have had almost a mirrored start we came over almost three years ago started of in Van , moved over to Kelowna but upped sticks after a few months could'nt settle we werent brave enough for the cross country drive you managed kudos by the way .We hot footed it over to Van Island and been here ever since and love it .
Loved the update we seemed to have had almost a mirrored start we came over almost three years ago started of in Van , moved over to Kelowna but upped sticks after a few months could'nt settle we werent brave enough for the cross country drive you managed kudos by the way .We hot footed it over to Van Island and been here ever since and love it .
Jun 7th 2010 | 6:05 pm
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Nice one - hope you have better furniture now
Jun 8th 2010 | 12:03 am
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Well today is our Three Year Canniversary.
To me, it seems eons ago that we landed at Vancouver Airport - all wide eyed and excited. How confused we were when we had soup to start at our Hotel on the first night and then bought us crackers to dip rather than bread! We were up and out of the Hotel at 7am wandering around Vancouver trying to find somewhere to have pancakes.
My pancake obsession has now gone but I am probably the only British person who is addicted to the bacon here! I can't stand UK bacon but could happily eat a whole pack of the stuff here!
We started out in Kelowna and the first 3 months we loved our time there. The sun was shining, the beach was nearby and everything was rosey. Then we moved over to Westbank (now West Kelowna). David's job was turning out to be a bit of a nightmare - things we were promised turned out to not be true and things suddenly became not so rosey. We couldn't sell our UK house, we were earning what we thought we would, but the cost of living was a lot higher than we had planned.
We chose not to bring our UK furniture out with us and this was rather foolish as it cost us lots of money to replace our nice stuff with rather shite stuff!
Anywho, we rented a bloody awful house in Westbank which seemed to be made of paper as you could hear EVERYTHING going on in neighbours houses - and these weren't neighbours who were joined to us! We managed to sell our UK investment property and then came up with the "Lets drive across Canada in the winter" plan.
That drive was both fantastic and awful - thankfully we missed all the big snow storms - though I will forever rib David for filling up the windscreen wash with just water...days we went without being able to wash the screen, having to stop every 5 mins to wipe the windows in very cold weather...not amusing. Also, having the car windows freeze up on the inside was something different! I would love to do the trip again - this time in the summer and in a rather posh RV!
We arrived in NS and just loved it - probably because it felt more like home than out West. We rented a nice house for 6 months and then bought this house - which as you all know as driven me nearly around the twist ever since we bought it!
I am now working and am loving it - I have a great boss (he does come on BE so I best be nice..lol) and really enjoy getting out of the house and actually using my brain and hope that good things will come of this.
Our eldest daughter will be starting Grade 2 this September and sounds like a Nova Scotian - I found an old video of her the other day and she sounds like someone from Mary Poppins on it! Our youngest is at pre-school and loves it and the more time she spends at the childminders and school the more Canadian she sounds. I, of course, still sounds as posh as ever...
Of course, lots of things really annoy me - I won't start or I will be moaning for days! I do remember that lots annoyed me about the UK as well so I think that is just normal!
Now as you know I am Amy and my OH is David and he doesn't come on here but I will allow him a sentence or two today, as it is his Canniversary as well:
"The kids like it here". A man of few words..
Nuff said
To me, it seems eons ago that we landed at Vancouver Airport - all wide eyed and excited. How confused we were when we had soup to start at our Hotel on the first night and then bought us crackers to dip rather than bread! We were up and out of the Hotel at 7am wandering around Vancouver trying to find somewhere to have pancakes
. My pancake obsession has now gone but I am probably the only British person who is addicted to the bacon here! I can't stand UK bacon but could happily eat a whole pack of the stuff here!
We started out in Kelowna and the first 3 months we loved our time there. The sun was shining, the beach was nearby and everything was rosey. Then we moved over to Westbank (now West Kelowna). David's job was turning out to be a bit of a nightmare - things we were promised turned out to not be true and things suddenly became not so rosey. We couldn't sell our UK house, we were earning what we thought we would, but the cost of living was a lot higher than we had planned.
We chose not to bring our UK furniture out with us and this was rather foolish as it cost us lots of money to replace our nice stuff with rather shite stuff!
Anywho, we rented a bloody awful house in Westbank which seemed to be made of paper as you could hear EVERYTHING going on in neighbours houses - and these weren't neighbours who were joined to us! We managed to sell our UK investment property and then came up with the "Lets drive across Canada in the winter" plan.
That drive was both fantastic and awful - thankfully we missed all the big snow storms - though I will forever rib David for filling up the windscreen wash with just water...days we went without being able to wash the screen, having to stop every 5 mins to wipe the windows in very cold weather...not amusing. Also, having the car windows freeze up on the inside was something different! I would love to do the trip again - this time in the summer and in a rather posh RV!
We arrived in NS and just loved it - probably because it felt more like home than out West. We rented a nice house for 6 months and then bought this house - which as you all know as driven me nearly around the twist ever since we bought it!
I am now working and am loving it - I have a great boss (he does come on BE so I best be nice..lol) and really enjoy getting out of the house and actually using my brain and hope that good things will come of this.
Our eldest daughter will be starting Grade 2 this September and sounds like a Nova Scotian - I found an old video of her the other day and she sounds like someone from Mary Poppins on it! Our youngest is at pre-school and loves it and the more time she spends at the childminders and school the more Canadian she sounds. I, of course, still sounds as posh as ever...
Of course, lots of things really annoy me - I won't start or I will be moaning for days! I do remember that lots annoyed me about the UK as well so I think that is just normal!
Now as you know I am Amy and my OH is David and he doesn't come on here but I will allow him a sentence or two today, as it is his Canniversary as well:
"The kids like it here". A man of few words..
Nuff said
Fascinating that you moved from one coast to another. It will be interesting to see what we make of Vancouver when we land in August.
Cheers
Martin
Jun 8th 2010 | 12:37 am
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Happy Canniversary Mrs,
Excellent post & I for one am VERY glad to have met you & glad you settled in lovely NS my spurs twin
Here's to many more drunken nights, flip flops, wrestling & falling asleep in strange places
Michelle xxx
Excellent post & I for one am VERY glad to have met you & glad you settled in lovely NS my spurs twin
Here's to many more drunken nights, flip flops, wrestling & falling asleep in strange places
Michelle xxx
Jun 8th 2010 | 11:37 am
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Ahh I am very glad to have met you and all the lovely Expats here in NS - it makes settling in much much easier to have you all here - even if you wrestle in my front room :0)
Jun 8th 2010 | 10:43 pm
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Fab post - although I saw the lovely boss mentioned, but not the lovely colleague?! 
And you're not the only one that prefers Canadian bacon, I do too (thought I was the only freak on here that did!).
Happy Canniversary, here's to many more happy years to come.
And you're not the only one that prefers Canadian bacon, I do too (thought I was the only freak on here that did!).
Happy Canniversary, here's to many more happy years to come.
Jun 8th 2010 | 11:35 pm
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Great post Amy, many congratulations.
Jun 9th 2010 | 12:03 am
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Jun 9th 2010 | 2:01 am
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Best wishes for many more happy years.
Jun 9th 2010 | 7:33 am
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Congratulations. Wishing you many more happy years.
I have watched your story with interest as we really wanted to move to BC interior when we applied, but have decided Nova Scotia is a much more sensible option for us. Glad to hear you are loving it, despite the niggles.
I would love to drive across the county, but would definitely go for the summer option! It is no fun at all when you can't clear a frozen windscreen. We once hired a car in Feb that had clearly had the window washers filled with water. Very scary.
I raise my glass to you. Cheers!
I have watched your story with interest as we really wanted to move to BC interior when we applied, but have decided Nova Scotia is a much more sensible option for us. Glad to hear you are loving it, despite the niggles.
I would love to drive across the county, but would definitely go for the summer option! It is no fun at all when you can't clear a frozen windscreen. We once hired a car in Feb that had clearly had the window washers filled with water. Very scary.
I raise my glass to you. Cheers!
Jun 12th 2010 | 12:39 am
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Well today is our Three Year Canniversary.
To me, it seems eons ago that we landed at Vancouver Airport - all wide eyed and excited. How confused we were when we had soup to start at our Hotel on the first night and then bought us crackers to dip rather than bread! We were up and out of the Hotel at 7am wandering around Vancouver trying to find somewhere to have pancakes.
My pancake obsession has now gone but I am probably the only British person who is addicted to the bacon here! I can't stand UK bacon but could happily eat a whole pack of the stuff here!
We started out in Kelowna and the first 3 months we loved our time there. The sun was shining, the beach was nearby and everything was rosey. Then we moved over to Westbank (now West Kelowna). David's job was turning out to be a bit of a nightmare - things we were promised turned out to not be true and things suddenly became not so rosey. We couldn't sell our UK house, we were earning what we thought we would, but the cost of living was a lot higher than we had planned.
We chose not to bring our UK furniture out with us and this was rather foolish as it cost us lots of money to replace our nice stuff with rather shite stuff!
Anywho, we rented a bloody awful house in Westbank which seemed to be made of paper as you could hear EVERYTHING going on in neighbours houses - and these weren't neighbours who were joined to us! We managed to sell our UK investment property and then came up with the "Lets drive across Canada in the winter" plan.
That drive was both fantastic and awful - thankfully we missed all the big snow storms - though I will forever rib David for filling up the windscreen wash with just water...days we went without being able to wash the screen, having to stop every 5 mins to wipe the windows in very cold weather...not amusing. Also, having the car windows freeze up on the inside was something different! I would love to do the trip again - this time in the summer and in a rather posh RV!
We arrived in NS and just loved it - probably because it felt more like home than out West. We rented a nice house for 6 months and then bought this house - which as you all know as driven me nearly around the twist ever since we bought it!
I am now working and am loving it - I have a great boss (he does come on BE so I best be nice..lol) and really enjoy getting out of the house and actually using my brain and hope that good things will come of this.
Our eldest daughter will be starting Grade 2 this September and sounds like a Nova Scotian - I found an old video of her the other day and she sounds like someone from Mary Poppins on it! Our youngest is at pre-school and loves it and the more time she spends at the childminders and school the more Canadian she sounds. I, of course, still sounds as posh as ever...
Of course, lots of things really annoy me - I won't start or I will be moaning for days! I do remember that lots annoyed me about the UK as well so I think that is just normal!
Now as you know I am Amy and my OH is David and he doesn't come on here but I will allow him a sentence or two today, as it is his Canniversary as well:
"The kids like it here". A man of few words..
Nuff said
To me, it seems eons ago that we landed at Vancouver Airport - all wide eyed and excited. How confused we were when we had soup to start at our Hotel on the first night and then bought us crackers to dip rather than bread! We were up and out of the Hotel at 7am wandering around Vancouver trying to find somewhere to have pancakes
. My pancake obsession has now gone but I am probably the only British person who is addicted to the bacon here! I can't stand UK bacon but could happily eat a whole pack of the stuff here!
We started out in Kelowna and the first 3 months we loved our time there. The sun was shining, the beach was nearby and everything was rosey. Then we moved over to Westbank (now West Kelowna). David's job was turning out to be a bit of a nightmare - things we were promised turned out to not be true and things suddenly became not so rosey. We couldn't sell our UK house, we were earning what we thought we would, but the cost of living was a lot higher than we had planned.
We chose not to bring our UK furniture out with us and this was rather foolish as it cost us lots of money to replace our nice stuff with rather shite stuff!
Anywho, we rented a bloody awful house in Westbank which seemed to be made of paper as you could hear EVERYTHING going on in neighbours houses - and these weren't neighbours who were joined to us! We managed to sell our UK investment property and then came up with the "Lets drive across Canada in the winter" plan.
That drive was both fantastic and awful - thankfully we missed all the big snow storms - though I will forever rib David for filling up the windscreen wash with just water...days we went without being able to wash the screen, having to stop every 5 mins to wipe the windows in very cold weather...not amusing. Also, having the car windows freeze up on the inside was something different! I would love to do the trip again - this time in the summer and in a rather posh RV!
We arrived in NS and just loved it - probably because it felt more like home than out West. We rented a nice house for 6 months and then bought this house - which as you all know as driven me nearly around the twist ever since we bought it!
I am now working and am loving it - I have a great boss (he does come on BE so I best be nice..lol) and really enjoy getting out of the house and actually using my brain and hope that good things will come of this.
Our eldest daughter will be starting Grade 2 this September and sounds like a Nova Scotian - I found an old video of her the other day and she sounds like someone from Mary Poppins on it! Our youngest is at pre-school and loves it and the more time she spends at the childminders and school the more Canadian she sounds. I, of course, still sounds as posh as ever...
Of course, lots of things really annoy me - I won't start or I will be moaning for days! I do remember that lots annoyed me about the UK as well so I think that is just normal!
Now as you know I am Amy and my OH is David and he doesn't come on here but I will allow him a sentence or two today, as it is his Canniversary as well:
"The kids like it here". A man of few words..
Nuff said
By the way, everyone knows it's warm water you put in your washer
