hello, hello...... (long, includes Newark POE on K1 and much waffle...)
Dec 13th 2002, 5:46 am
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Re: hello, hello...... (long, includes Newark POE on K1 and much waffle...)
Cogratulations Scarlett, Garth and girls !!! so glad everything went well
for you at poe and the quilt moment was wonderful !!
hapiness always
Jan
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"ScarlettGarrett" wrote in message
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> Hello, Hello,
> In honour of my first posting from the US I am using capital letters in
> most of the right places - ner!
> Well, what can I say? I am so happy!!!!
> Set off from home 2am on Wedesday morning. Had to repack the suitcases
> at midnight as we were going in mum's cute little car and when i tried
> to force the boot shut on all the cases the back window popped out - not
> all the way thankfully so I popped it back in and prayed - since mum
> wouldn't let me use duck tape - and packed the contents of the fifth
> case into the already bulging other four. Three and a half hour trip
> with no leg room for anyone 'cept the driver. I selflessly offered to
> drive
Every squeak and rumble on the road and we all shouted
> 'suspension' in the hopes shouting it loud would confuse the car into
> not losing its back window. It worked. Svengali eat yer heart out!
> The ride to the airport was easily the scariest part - everything else
> was a breeze. Long wait there as we met up with my sister and her nephew
> (he of the blue hair and enormous hoodies) who were flying to Egypt on
> holiday the same morning.
> We flew Continental (oof there is no pound sign on this keyboard -
> ******* foreigners!) - 542 pounds one way for one adult and two children
> - I was expecting to travel with the bags for that price. Geat airline,
> very friendly and helpful, great children's meals, loads of films and
> radio and loads of different video games. The girls were in heaven,
> behaved like frequent flyers all the way. You'd never have known they
> hadn't flown before. All so easy.
> Arrived at Newark early. Paranoia had caused me to leave a five-hour gap
> before the next plane in case of immigation hassle. In the event, we
> were waved to the front of a queue, stamped, sent to a room with our
> brown envelopes and processed in under 10 minutes - probably closer to
> 5. I complained hotly that they were supposed to take ages and what was
> I to do for the next five hours. They said, 'We are the INS. Everything
> we do is slow. But this bit was quick.' Wink. No work stamp but they
> gave me a work authorisation form to file in Dallas and sent me on my
> way saying, All you have to do now is say 'I do'. Informed them they
> were slightly mistaken as I had a preliminary appointment with a bottle
> of red first. Waved bye bye.
> Collected suitcases. Managed to get my humongous jar of marmite through
> customs in under a minute, rechecked the baggage in and we left to find
> the AirTrain to the next terminal. Found a lovely guy in a red jacket
> and santa hat singing by the elevators. Asked him where to go and did we
> need to pay for the AirTrain. He was outraged and sang at us that we
> certainly should not pay, accompanied us, singing all the while, to the
> AirTrain, and wished us Bon Voyage. Someone at Terminal A later told me
> when he's not directing people at the airport he sings on Broadway. I
> can believe it - he was lovely.
> Terminal A with hours to spare. Dollars burning holes in the girls'
> pockets so we tried to do some spending with not much success. I had a
> coffee in a cafe while the girls browsed a rock shop a few feet away.
> Came back with a bag of brightly coloured pebbles and pretty stones and
> told me when they tried to pay they were told to go away! Nicely! i took
> the stones back to the shop and asked could I pay for them. 'Certainly
> not! Have a nice day!'
> Oof! Well the girls were looking pretty cute. They were dressed
> identically on my mum's advice. Then, she said, if you lose one of them
> on your way across the world you can just hold the other one in the air
> and shout, 'Have you seen one of these? Just like this one only
> smaller/taller!'
> So, we passed a lot of time one way and another. Pretty airport dusted
> in snow. Friendly people. Tried to spend money again at an ice cream and
> sorbet stand but the guy was more interested in handing us spoons of
> each different flavour so we could try them all. He finally let us pay
> for some mango sorbet but by that time we were so full we could only
> manage a couple of mouthfuls.
> Checked through security which was much tighter internally than for
> international flights. The guys at the X-Ray station reminded me of the
> X-Ray guy at Doc Phelans (UK medical) when he started telling us to take
> stuff off - 'your jackets, your shoes, your scarf, your hat, your...' I
> Kept waiting for him to tell us to stop when we got to the level of the
> skin. Thought he was joking about the chiffon scarf and shoes and hat
> and it took him some time to patiently get the message across that he
> was serious. We were allowed to keep most of our clothes on but I wasn't
> too worried as I was wearing my lucky knickers anyway :P
> Bad weather meant the plane was late and there was a lot of turbulence
> but the plane was 3/4 empty so the girls got to lie down along rows of
> seats and sleep their way to Dallas.
> Arrived about 10pm Dallas time. Welcoming party of family and friends at
> the airport and then home. HOME!
> Garth has painted fluffy clouds and mountains and trees in a huge mural
> that covers all four walls and ceiling of the girls' room. The place is
> wonderful. The people are as lovely as I remember. The girls seem to
> have suffered no ill effects at all and you'd think, to watch them,
> they'd been living here forever.
> And here is the famous line from the end of Jane Eyre.....
> 'Reader, I married him.....'
> Last night, with a couple of friends and the minister who is letting us
> borrow her church for a ceremony of our own devising in 9 days' time.
> Champagne popping, standing in our front room with a couple of friends
> as witnesses to 'get the legal part done early'. So beautiful. Everybody
> crying... Except lizzy who dozed on the sofa in her posh new shoes.
> We are all so incredibly happy. For everyone doing that long wait, hugs
> to you across the miles. Your day will come. And everything will have
> been worthwhile...
> Garth's mum made us an incredible quilt for our bed (and quilts for the
> girls). It is beautifully detailed in orange and gold autumn colours
> with doves and hearts and green green leaves. It took her months to
> make. Lying in bed last night I thought about the quilt and how
> beautiful it is, and how it was lovingly made through the long, long
> hours, and days, and months of our wait - and how if the wait had been
> shorter perhaps the quilt would not have been so beautiful... It will
> always remind me of our time apart, and how the difficulties worked to
> make our relationship so strong. I wouldn't wish the waiting on anyone,
> and yet...
> O heck I'm crying again - and smiling. I didn't know it was possible to
> be so happy.
> Wishing every one of you joy in your journey.
> love
> -=-
> Scarlett
> --
> ScarlettGarrett
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
for you at poe and the quilt moment was wonderful !!
hapiness always
Jan
)"ScarlettGarrett" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello, Hello,
> In honour of my first posting from the US I am using capital letters in
> most of the right places - ner!
> Well, what can I say? I am so happy!!!!
> Set off from home 2am on Wedesday morning. Had to repack the suitcases
> at midnight as we were going in mum's cute little car and when i tried
> to force the boot shut on all the cases the back window popped out - not
> all the way thankfully so I popped it back in and prayed - since mum
> wouldn't let me use duck tape - and packed the contents of the fifth
> case into the already bulging other four. Three and a half hour trip
> with no leg room for anyone 'cept the driver. I selflessly offered to
> drive
Every squeak and rumble on the road and we all shouted> 'suspension' in the hopes shouting it loud would confuse the car into
> not losing its back window. It worked. Svengali eat yer heart out!
> The ride to the airport was easily the scariest part - everything else
> was a breeze. Long wait there as we met up with my sister and her nephew
> (he of the blue hair and enormous hoodies) who were flying to Egypt on
> holiday the same morning.
> We flew Continental (oof there is no pound sign on this keyboard -
> ******* foreigners!) - 542 pounds one way for one adult and two children
> - I was expecting to travel with the bags for that price. Geat airline,
> very friendly and helpful, great children's meals, loads of films and
> radio and loads of different video games. The girls were in heaven,
> behaved like frequent flyers all the way. You'd never have known they
> hadn't flown before. All so easy.
> Arrived at Newark early. Paranoia had caused me to leave a five-hour gap
> before the next plane in case of immigation hassle. In the event, we
> were waved to the front of a queue, stamped, sent to a room with our
> brown envelopes and processed in under 10 minutes - probably closer to
> 5. I complained hotly that they were supposed to take ages and what was
> I to do for the next five hours. They said, 'We are the INS. Everything
> we do is slow. But this bit was quick.' Wink. No work stamp but they
> gave me a work authorisation form to file in Dallas and sent me on my
> way saying, All you have to do now is say 'I do'. Informed them they
> were slightly mistaken as I had a preliminary appointment with a bottle
> of red first. Waved bye bye.
> Collected suitcases. Managed to get my humongous jar of marmite through
> customs in under a minute, rechecked the baggage in and we left to find
> the AirTrain to the next terminal. Found a lovely guy in a red jacket
> and santa hat singing by the elevators. Asked him where to go and did we
> need to pay for the AirTrain. He was outraged and sang at us that we
> certainly should not pay, accompanied us, singing all the while, to the
> AirTrain, and wished us Bon Voyage. Someone at Terminal A later told me
> when he's not directing people at the airport he sings on Broadway. I
> can believe it - he was lovely.
> Terminal A with hours to spare. Dollars burning holes in the girls'
> pockets so we tried to do some spending with not much success. I had a
> coffee in a cafe while the girls browsed a rock shop a few feet away.
> Came back with a bag of brightly coloured pebbles and pretty stones and
> told me when they tried to pay they were told to go away! Nicely! i took
> the stones back to the shop and asked could I pay for them. 'Certainly
> not! Have a nice day!'
> Oof! Well the girls were looking pretty cute. They were dressed
> identically on my mum's advice. Then, she said, if you lose one of them
> on your way across the world you can just hold the other one in the air
> and shout, 'Have you seen one of these? Just like this one only
> smaller/taller!'
> So, we passed a lot of time one way and another. Pretty airport dusted
> in snow. Friendly people. Tried to spend money again at an ice cream and
> sorbet stand but the guy was more interested in handing us spoons of
> each different flavour so we could try them all. He finally let us pay
> for some mango sorbet but by that time we were so full we could only
> manage a couple of mouthfuls.
> Checked through security which was much tighter internally than for
> international flights. The guys at the X-Ray station reminded me of the
> X-Ray guy at Doc Phelans (UK medical) when he started telling us to take
> stuff off - 'your jackets, your shoes, your scarf, your hat, your...' I
> Kept waiting for him to tell us to stop when we got to the level of the
> skin. Thought he was joking about the chiffon scarf and shoes and hat
> and it took him some time to patiently get the message across that he
> was serious. We were allowed to keep most of our clothes on but I wasn't
> too worried as I was wearing my lucky knickers anyway :P
> Bad weather meant the plane was late and there was a lot of turbulence
> but the plane was 3/4 empty so the girls got to lie down along rows of
> seats and sleep their way to Dallas.
> Arrived about 10pm Dallas time. Welcoming party of family and friends at
> the airport and then home. HOME!
> Garth has painted fluffy clouds and mountains and trees in a huge mural
> that covers all four walls and ceiling of the girls' room. The place is
> wonderful. The people are as lovely as I remember. The girls seem to
> have suffered no ill effects at all and you'd think, to watch them,
> they'd been living here forever.
> And here is the famous line from the end of Jane Eyre.....
> 'Reader, I married him.....'
> Last night, with a couple of friends and the minister who is letting us
> borrow her church for a ceremony of our own devising in 9 days' time.
> Champagne popping, standing in our front room with a couple of friends
> as witnesses to 'get the legal part done early'. So beautiful. Everybody
> crying... Except lizzy who dozed on the sofa in her posh new shoes.
> We are all so incredibly happy. For everyone doing that long wait, hugs
> to you across the miles. Your day will come. And everything will have
> been worthwhile...
> Garth's mum made us an incredible quilt for our bed (and quilts for the
> girls). It is beautifully detailed in orange and gold autumn colours
> with doves and hearts and green green leaves. It took her months to
> make. Lying in bed last night I thought about the quilt and how
> beautiful it is, and how it was lovingly made through the long, long
> hours, and days, and months of our wait - and how if the wait had been
> shorter perhaps the quilt would not have been so beautiful... It will
> always remind me of our time apart, and how the difficulties worked to
> make our relationship so strong. I wouldn't wish the waiting on anyone,
> and yet...
> O heck I'm crying again - and smiling. I didn't know it was possible to
> be so happy.
> Wishing every one of you joy in your journey.
> love
> -=-
> Scarlett
> --
> ScarlettGarrett
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
Dec 13th 2002, 10:16 am
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Re: hello, hello...... (long, includes Newark POE on K1 and much waffle...)
OMG... Sniffle Sniffle... No one said I needed tissues! Just what I needed
another emotional outlet! So Happy (jealous) for you! Enjoy your Christmas
and New Year! I've tried to work on our quilt but I just start crying and
.... it gets soggy! Is Your Mum in law busy?
Best of it All!
Amber + Abdias
another emotional outlet! So Happy (jealous) for you! Enjoy your Christmas
and New Year! I've tried to work on our quilt but I just start crying and
.... it gets soggy! Is Your Mum in law busy?
Best of it All!
Amber + Abdias
Dec 13th 2002, 11:30 am
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........I am smiling from ear to ear for you.........
Congrats again!
Julie
Congrats again!
Julie
Dec 13th 2002, 11:36 am
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The start of a wonderful life for you all! What a Christmas prezzie!!!!
Wishing you all the very best for the future,
Kate & Corey. xxxxxxxxxxx
Wishing you all the very best for the future,
Kate & Corey. xxxxxxxxxxx
Dec 13th 2002, 4:29 pm
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Re: hello, hello...... (long, includes Newark POE on K1 and much waffle...)
Congrats Scarlett, the quilt sounds wonderful.
May it keep you both warm through the years ahead..
hugs
Morkai
May it keep you both warm through the years ahead..
hugs
Morkai
Dec 14th 2002, 9:40 pm
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Location: Minnesota
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Scarlett,
Thank you for writing your story with such beauty and humor. Your posts have been sweetly, refreshingly romantic. Wishing you and yours such joy forever.
JGrace
Thank you for writing your story with such beauty and humor. Your posts have been sweetly, refreshingly romantic. Wishing you and yours such joy forever.
JGrace
Dec 15th 2002, 6:47 am
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Joined: Oct 2002
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 560
Congratulations !!! and welcome to the States 
We hope you have a wonderful life here together. The quilt sounds really special and what a wonderful gift and story to pass on to the generations after you.
BEST WISHES !!!
Kat (US) and Chris(UK)
We hope you have a wonderful life here together. The quilt sounds really special and what a wonderful gift and story to pass on to the generations after you.
BEST WISHES !!!
Kat (US) and Chris(UK)
Dec 15th 2002, 8:06 am
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Joined: Oct 2002
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 147
Re: hello, hello...... (long, includes Newark POE on K1 and much waffle...)
Congratulations!!!!! Must feel really great to be finally there with your sweetie...I can't wait to be with mine. I just need to get done with 2 more courses then I am a free woman( to be with my honey, that is )Wish you a lifetime of happiness...
)Wish you a lifetime of happiness...
Originally posted by ScarlettGarrett
Hello, Hello,
In honour of my first posting from the US I am using capital letters in most of the right places - ner!
Well, what can I say? I am so happy!!!!
Set off from home 2am on Wedesday morning. Had to repack the suitcases at midnight as we were going in mum's cute little car and when i tried to force the boot shut on all the cases the back window popped out - not all the way thankfully so I popped it back in and prayed - since mum wouldn't let me use duck tape - and packed the contents of the fifth case into the already bulging other four. Three and a half hour trip with no leg room for anyone 'cept the driver. I selflessly offered to drive Every squeak and rumble on the road and we all shouted 'suspension' in the hopes shouting it loud would confuse the car into not losing its back window. It worked. Svengali eat yer heart out!
The ride to the airport was easily the scariest part - everything else was a breeze. Long wait there as we met up with my sister and her nephew (he of the blue hair and enormous hoodies) who were flying to Egypt on holiday the same morning.
We flew Continental (oof there is no pound sign on this keyboard - ******* foreigners!) - 542 pounds one way for one adult and two children - I was expecting to travel with the bags for that price. Geat airline, very friendly and helpful, great children's meals, loads of films and radio and loads of different video games. The girls were in heaven, behaved like frequent flyers all the way. You'd never have known they hadn't flown before. All so easy.
Arrived at Newark early. Paranoia had caused me to leave a five-hour gap before the next plane in case of immigation hassle. In the event, we were waved to the front of a queue, stamped, sent to a room with our brown envelopes and processed in under 10 minutes - probably closer to 5. I complained hotly that they were supposed to take ages and what was I to do for the next five hours. They said, 'We are the INS. Everything we do is slow. But this bit was quick.' Wink. No work stamp but they gave me a work authorisation form to file in Dallas and sent me on my way saying, All you have to do now is say 'I do'. Informed them they were slightly mistaken as I had a preliminary appointment with a bottle of red first. Waved bye bye.
Collected suitcases. Managed to get my humongous jar of marmite through customs in under a minute, rechecked the baggage in and we left to find the AirTrain to the next terminal. Found a lovely guy in a red jacket and santa hat singing by the elevators. Asked him where to go and did we need to pay for the AirTrain. He was outraged and sang at us that we certainly should not pay, accompanied us, singing all the while, to the AirTrain, and wished us Bon Voyage. Someone at Terminal A later told me when he's not directing people at the airport he sings on Broadway. I can believe it - he was lovely.
Terminal A with hours to spare. Dollars burning holes in the girls' pockets so we tried to do some spending with not much success. I had a coffee in a cafe while the girls browsed a rock shop a few feet away. Came back with a bag of brightly coloured pebbles and pretty stones and told me when they tried to pay they were told to go away! Nicely! i took the stones back to the shop and asked could I pay for them. 'Certainly not! Have a nice day!'
Oof! Well the girls were looking pretty cute. They were dressed identically on my mum's advice. Then, she said, if you lose one of them on your way across the world you can just hold the other one in the air and shout, 'Have you seen one of these? Just like this one only smaller/taller!'
So, we passed a lot of time one way and another. Pretty airport dusted in snow. Friendly people. Tried to spend money again at an ice cream and sorbet stand but the guy was more interested in handing us spoons of each different flavour so we could try them all. He finally let us pay for some mango sorbet but by that time we were so full we could only manage a couple of mouthfuls.
Checked through security which was much tighter internally than for international flights. The guys at the X-Ray station reminded me of the X-Ray guy at Doc Phelans (UK medical) when he started telling us to take stuff off - 'your jackets, your shoes, your scarf, your hat, your...' I Kept waiting for him to tell us to stop when we got to the level of the skin. Thought he was joking about the chiffon scarf and shoes and hat and it took him some time to patiently get the message across that he was serious. We were allowed to keep most of our clothes on but I wasn't too worried as I was wearing my lucky knickers anyway :P
Bad weather meant the plane was late and there was a lot of turbulence but the plane was 3/4 empty so the girls got to lie down along rows of seats and sleep their way to Dallas.
Arrived about 10pm Dallas time. Welcoming party of family and friends at the airport and then home. HOME!
Garth has painted fluffy clouds and mountains and trees in a huge mural that covers all four walls and ceiling of the girls' room. The place is wonderful. The people are as lovely as I remember. The girls seem to have suffered no ill effects at all and you'd think, to watch them, they'd been living here forever.
And here is the famous line from the end of Jane Eyre.....
'Reader, I married him.....'
Last night, with a couple of friends and the minister who is letting us borrow her church for a ceremony of our own devising in 9 days' time. Champagne popping, standing in our front room with a couple of friends as witnesses to 'get the legal part done early'. So beautiful. Everybody crying... Except lizzy who dozed on the sofa in her posh new shoes.
We are all so incredibly happy. For everyone doing that long wait, hugs to you across the miles. Your day will come. And everything will have been worthwhile...
Garth's mum made us an incredible quilt for our bed (and quilts for the girls). It is beautifully detailed in orange and gold autumn colours with doves and hearts and green green leaves. It took her months to make. Lying in bed last night I thought about the quilt and how beautiful it is, and how it was lovingly made through the long, long hours, and days, and months of our wait - and how if the wait had been shorter perhaps the quilt would not have been so beautiful... It will always remind me of our time apart, and how the difficulties worked to make our relationship so strong. I wouldn't wish the waiting on anyone, and yet...
O heck I'm crying again - and smiling. I didn't know it was possible to be so happy.
Wishing every one of you joy in your journey.
love
-=-
Scarlett
Hello, Hello,
In honour of my first posting from the US I am using capital letters in most of the right places - ner!
Well, what can I say? I am so happy!!!!
Set off from home 2am on Wedesday morning. Had to repack the suitcases at midnight as we were going in mum's cute little car and when i tried to force the boot shut on all the cases the back window popped out - not all the way thankfully so I popped it back in and prayed - since mum wouldn't let me use duck tape - and packed the contents of the fifth case into the already bulging other four. Three and a half hour trip with no leg room for anyone 'cept the driver. I selflessly offered to drive
Every squeak and rumble on the road and we all shouted 'suspension' in the hopes shouting it loud would confuse the car into not losing its back window. It worked. Svengali eat yer heart out!The ride to the airport was easily the scariest part - everything else was a breeze. Long wait there as we met up with my sister and her nephew (he of the blue hair and enormous hoodies) who were flying to Egypt on holiday the same morning.
We flew Continental (oof there is no pound sign on this keyboard - ******* foreigners!) - 542 pounds one way for one adult and two children - I was expecting to travel with the bags for that price. Geat airline, very friendly and helpful, great children's meals, loads of films and radio and loads of different video games. The girls were in heaven, behaved like frequent flyers all the way. You'd never have known they hadn't flown before. All so easy.
Arrived at Newark early. Paranoia had caused me to leave a five-hour gap before the next plane in case of immigation hassle. In the event, we were waved to the front of a queue, stamped, sent to a room with our brown envelopes and processed in under 10 minutes - probably closer to 5. I complained hotly that they were supposed to take ages and what was I to do for the next five hours. They said, 'We are the INS. Everything we do is slow. But this bit was quick.' Wink. No work stamp but they gave me a work authorisation form to file in Dallas and sent me on my way saying, All you have to do now is say 'I do'. Informed them they were slightly mistaken as I had a preliminary appointment with a bottle of red first. Waved bye bye.
Collected suitcases. Managed to get my humongous jar of marmite through customs in under a minute, rechecked the baggage in and we left to find the AirTrain to the next terminal. Found a lovely guy in a red jacket and santa hat singing by the elevators. Asked him where to go and did we need to pay for the AirTrain. He was outraged and sang at us that we certainly should not pay, accompanied us, singing all the while, to the AirTrain, and wished us Bon Voyage. Someone at Terminal A later told me when he's not directing people at the airport he sings on Broadway. I can believe it - he was lovely.
Terminal A with hours to spare. Dollars burning holes in the girls' pockets so we tried to do some spending with not much success. I had a coffee in a cafe while the girls browsed a rock shop a few feet away. Came back with a bag of brightly coloured pebbles and pretty stones and told me when they tried to pay they were told to go away! Nicely! i took the stones back to the shop and asked could I pay for them. 'Certainly not! Have a nice day!'
Oof! Well the girls were looking pretty cute. They were dressed identically on my mum's advice. Then, she said, if you lose one of them on your way across the world you can just hold the other one in the air and shout, 'Have you seen one of these? Just like this one only smaller/taller!'
So, we passed a lot of time one way and another. Pretty airport dusted in snow. Friendly people. Tried to spend money again at an ice cream and sorbet stand but the guy was more interested in handing us spoons of each different flavour so we could try them all. He finally let us pay for some mango sorbet but by that time we were so full we could only manage a couple of mouthfuls.
Checked through security which was much tighter internally than for international flights. The guys at the X-Ray station reminded me of the X-Ray guy at Doc Phelans (UK medical) when he started telling us to take stuff off - 'your jackets, your shoes, your scarf, your hat, your...' I Kept waiting for him to tell us to stop when we got to the level of the skin. Thought he was joking about the chiffon scarf and shoes and hat and it took him some time to patiently get the message across that he was serious. We were allowed to keep most of our clothes on but I wasn't too worried as I was wearing my lucky knickers anyway :P
Bad weather meant the plane was late and there was a lot of turbulence but the plane was 3/4 empty so the girls got to lie down along rows of seats and sleep their way to Dallas.
Arrived about 10pm Dallas time. Welcoming party of family and friends at the airport and then home. HOME!
Garth has painted fluffy clouds and mountains and trees in a huge mural that covers all four walls and ceiling of the girls' room. The place is wonderful. The people are as lovely as I remember. The girls seem to have suffered no ill effects at all and you'd think, to watch them, they'd been living here forever.
And here is the famous line from the end of Jane Eyre.....
'Reader, I married him.....'
Last night, with a couple of friends and the minister who is letting us borrow her church for a ceremony of our own devising in 9 days' time. Champagne popping, standing in our front room with a couple of friends as witnesses to 'get the legal part done early'. So beautiful. Everybody crying... Except lizzy who dozed on the sofa in her posh new shoes.
We are all so incredibly happy. For everyone doing that long wait, hugs to you across the miles. Your day will come. And everything will have been worthwhile...
Garth's mum made us an incredible quilt for our bed (and quilts for the girls). It is beautifully detailed in orange and gold autumn colours with doves and hearts and green green leaves. It took her months to make. Lying in bed last night I thought about the quilt and how beautiful it is, and how it was lovingly made through the long, long hours, and days, and months of our wait - and how if the wait had been shorter perhaps the quilt would not have been so beautiful... It will always remind me of our time apart, and how the difficulties worked to make our relationship so strong. I wouldn't wish the waiting on anyone, and yet...
O heck I'm crying again - and smiling. I didn't know it was possible to be so happy.
Wishing every one of you joy in your journey.
love
-=-
Scarlett
Dec 15th 2002, 4:12 pm
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Re: hello, hello...... (long, includes Newark POE on K1 and much
What a lovely post to read. . .
Glad you got the marmite through!
Glad you got the marmite through!
Dec 15th 2002, 8:13 pm
#25
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Joined: Nov 2002
Location: Colchester, Essex. UK / Naperville, Illinois US
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Re: hello, hello...... (long, includes Newark POE on K1 and much waffle...)
Oh that was lovely. I am only a lurker at the moment, I have all this stretching out in front of me. Your story has given me hope! There is light at the end of this tunnel! Your story was wonderful. Bought tears to my eyes. Thank you, and all the very best for your new family. Have a very happy holiday.
Helen)
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Dec 16th 2002, 12:49 am
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Re: hello, hello...... (long, includes Newark POE on K1 and much waffle...)
Wow, what a wonderful post, you and Patrick could write for TV.
Its always nice to see a conclusion, it gives you a positive view on it all, knowing that one day this will be reality for the rest of us ( hopefully).
Loved the missing kid bit, i do the oposite when i bring my twin sons over, I leave them somewhere and rush into the restrooms with my flight bag and change clothes, put on a different color wig and a fake beard, but the little toads still find me !!!!!, nearly made it out of the terminal once but they spotted me going out the doors. Oh well next time.
Marmite, oh god, i thought i was the only one, I took some once as presents for my girlfriends familly, they have hated me ever since !!! they have no class, and as for culture, well !!! only 3 bits in the whole country, London Bridge and the Queen Mary we sold them, and the bloody french gave them the statue of Liberty, Only kidding guys, if i felt that way i wouldnt be moving here ( help scores of angry Americans storming my house as i type)
And finally yes no pound key, we have $ keys in the UK i think we should start a campaign.
Have a wondeful Christmas, I doubt it could be any better for you right now, keep us posted
Rob
Its always nice to see a conclusion, it gives you a positive view on it all, knowing that one day this will be reality for the rest of us ( hopefully).
Loved the missing kid bit, i do the oposite when i bring my twin sons over, I leave them somewhere and rush into the restrooms with my flight bag and change clothes, put on a different color wig and a fake beard, but the little toads still find me !!!!!, nearly made it out of the terminal once but they spotted me going out the doors. Oh well next time.
Marmite, oh god, i thought i was the only one, I took some once as presents for my girlfriends familly, they have hated me ever since !!! they have no class, and as for culture, well !!! only 3 bits in the whole country, London Bridge and the Queen Mary we sold them, and the bloody french gave them the statue of Liberty, Only kidding guys, if i felt that way i wouldnt be moving here ( help scores of angry Americans storming my house as i type)
And finally yes no pound key, we have $ keys in the UK i think we should start a campaign.
Have a wondeful Christmas, I doubt it could be any better for you right now, keep us posted
Rob
Dec 16th 2002, 12:57 am
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Re: hello, hello...... (long, includes Newark POE on K1 and much waffle...)
Hey good point, I must make a note of taking my my keyboard with me! How can anyone do without the £ key??
Helen
Helen
Dec 16th 2002, 1:34 am
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Re: hello, hello...... (long, includes Newark POE on K1 and much waffle...)
Originally posted by robclews
And finally yes no pound key, we have $ keys in the UK i think we should start a campaign.
And finally yes no pound key, we have $ keys in the UK i think we should start a campaign.
Hold in the alt key and using the number keypad press 1 5 6
this will give you the £
I agree not as handy as having the key readily available, but it works.
Dec 16th 2002, 4:07 am
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Congratulations!!!!!!!
Your story completely brought it back for me how it felt when I finally made it over for good! And I laughed out loud at the "have you seen one of these" bit!!!! Hope you guys have an awesome new life!
You mentioned Dallas and Marmite in your post. There's one place you could try once your big jar runs out. I'm not sure if they have marmite but yhey have quite a few English things, including Yorkshire Tea *thinks of kettle*, so they may be worth a try. It's called Central Market, and it's on Coit Rd in Plano opposite the big Walmart and near the intersection with 190.
Anyway, best of luck and God bless!
-Harry
Your story completely brought it back for me how it felt when I finally made it over for good! And I laughed out loud at the "have you seen one of these" bit!!!! Hope you guys have an awesome new life!
You mentioned Dallas and Marmite in your post. There's one place you could try once your big jar runs out. I'm not sure if they have marmite but yhey have quite a few English things, including Yorkshire Tea *thinks of kettle*, so they may be worth a try. It's called Central Market, and it's on Coit Rd in Plano opposite the big Walmart and near the intersection with 190.
Anyway, best of luck and God bless!
-Harry
Dec 16th 2002, 4:36 am
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Thumb Prints & Xrays
Great story Scarlett. Brought back memories, I came to NYC 15 years ago.
Did you leave out the thumb print & photo at Newark. Maybe they don't do that anymore. My Green card (kinda Pink) has my thumb print & Photo. Shame is 15 years later has this grim photo, taken at JFK after about 10 hours of travel from home UK to landing.
Still good luck to you and your family in your new adventures.
Reg. Frank R.
PS do they still do the chest Xrays, that you bring with?
Did you leave out the thumb print & photo at Newark. Maybe they don't do that anymore. My Green card (kinda Pink) has my thumb print & Photo. Shame is 15 years later has this grim photo, taken at JFK after about 10 hours of travel from home UK to landing.
Still good luck to you and your family in your new adventures.
Reg. Frank R.
PS do they still do the chest Xrays, that you bring with?
