I'll go with Minnie Driver, we have the same wacky hair. Although I bleached mine to blond now.
Dh can be played by a ghost, he's always at work or asleep.
My kids will be a couple of the lads from the inbetweeners and Dd can be played by some cute little child star

You`ve all got me worried with your non speaking husbands, that`s the last thing mine is, although he is often absent! Also, wild hair is going to be a big feature what with Helena Bonham Carter and Minnie Driver sharing the same scene. Better get a wide angle lens.I love the idea of the kids played by the "Inbetweeners". I`m sure you`ve noticed how American censorship means there is very little dialogue left sometimes, and sometimes our more obscure words slip through the net.
I would like Sean Bean for my next door neighbour so I could watch him mowing the lawn in summer (another non speaking part).

yay thanks.. downloading it now... its eastenders time (:

sorry to get off thread topic but i downloaded all the stuff and have the search up... how do i get to the bbc channels... i typed in bb1 but got a search engine page as you might with google... thanks.. (:

lifes to short to e sad or in an unloving relationship no matter where u live hun.... good luck! i had a great house, job everything oiin orlando with my british fiance but was so miserable.. we fell apart, i have less now but am happeir going back to brum oct ...

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Wonder how are our missing home movie cast doing?

I am hanging in here, been busy sorting out the crazily and unnecessarily complicated tax returns here. My god, I would gladly pay council tax when we move back to UK, the state tax here is ridiculous and paperwork-crazed.

Sorry I have to rant here - I don't where I could say this without sounding biased. But all the lawyers and tax professionals I've dealt with here have no manners (now I sound like my gran!), if you politely ask them 4 things, they would only give you a 2-line reply and only answer only half. It's as if they have ADD, they can't read long emails, not to mention, the tone is curt and borderline rude. Hello? I'm paying and they are supposed to be the professionals!

Anyway, just need to get it out Sorry!

Oh dear, oh dear, I sense stress! I am hoping the idea of us having to fill in US and UK tax forms ever after is one of those reasons not to stay here! We deal with a local firm of tax lawyers and havent had any aggro from them, they just seem to make sense of whatever we give them. Anyway its not my favourite time of year either (tax time).Commiserations, eat chocolate, have a cuppa, anything that gets you through,
Love,
Jemima, aka Emma Thompsonalike, and thanks for remembering our film.It`s good when others have the same odd sense of humour!

((hugs)) I've had the opposite experience here, I've had a lovely tax man for many years, he was from Holland so I think he doesn't count. He died last year but this years lady who I was reluctant to hire, called and told us we had a butt load of money coming back I could have kissed her She's very sweet really. But I'd trade it all for a good housing market in which to sell up and move.

Thanks Jemima! Am having a cuppa and a bit of rich tea (ok, lots)

Btw, I am following "Lie To Me" with Tim Roth on tv here, at least he's playing a Brit there and there's PG tips in his house, good details

Hello, I've just been dealing with our [unladylike expletives here] tax this morning! There must be something in the air. Or a deadline approaching...

Trying to understand all the non-resident alien, tax treaties, joint or single filing blah blah blah has driven me crzy, and I've given in and asked our local H&R Block to do it. We have to get it done properly, because -- and this is the best part -- we're also going to have to incorporate it with our 2010 return due in Germany, since we lived there until September.

I've found H&R Block very helpful and competent so far, Winterbird, but I'm probably inclined to favour America -- it's so much worse in Germany, where the tax info is even more madly complicated, full of 25-letter compound words that even Google translate can't understand, and it costs an absolute fortune to use a 'Steuerberater' (tax accountant or what-have-you).

(The only thing cheering me up today is remembering how we found our German 'Steuerberater' -- he was advertising on an expat website there, and they made a really really unfortunate typo on his name, in very big flashy letters. He's called Knut. Har har har.)

Yeah, I wonder if Tim Roth suggested it! It is a plus that he speaks in his own accent ! I am currently having a "Dibleyfest" since my sister sent me the boxed set. They are just as good 10 years later.My one current tv programme,since my son watches it, is "Traffic Lights" with Kris Marshall from "My Family" who also does his own accent.

Hi everyone!! I just need to set an argument straight at the moment with my husband! Im still missing home terribly but anyway!!! He has a H1b visa myself and the children are on H4, I understand i cant work here on this type of visa is this correct?? He is now saying i can apply for work here but i thought you needed to have some sort of degree or masters to be sponsored out here. All I have is experience of about 10 years as a health care assistant. Hes just text me now saying hes just checked with his HR department and i can get a grade upland increase! Anyone any idea what this means?? Please could someone put me straight please its driving me crazy!!!!!

Definitely cannot get paid job with H4, I have never heard of grade upland increase, so can't help you with that. .

Technically, if you are qualify for H1b, then you can apply for jobs and ask the company to sponsor you to switch to h1b, but it's kind of difficult in the current economy. And yes, h1b requires a balchelor's degree at least.

I know, you can study, if you switch to F1 visa when you study, then that could lead to a work permit afterwards.

Actually just had a similar discussion with hubby the other night, he said maybe I can find someone to sponsor me a H1b I told him i don't mind doing some temp job here if they let me, but I don't want to go through to whole 9 yard to find a sponsor and start a career here - cos aren't we supposed to plan to go back in a year????

I think my OH needs to stop listening to other people, majority are english who have been out here for years. Hes been told that there are loads of Hca jobs but if the econony was that bad would they not consider an american before me anyway!! I only have experience so i know i wouldnt even be considered! Hes just not listening!!

He's right though that there are many health Care jobs in US - I'm sure if you are allowed to work, you won't have a problem getting job in related field. However, it's difficult to ask for a company for visa sponsorship, if the job is administrative in nature.

Maybe you can tell you can tell him that if you get caught working on a H4 visa, then his H1b visa will be revoked too!

They can be quite strict with h1b, a London colleague just got his h1b application rejected, cos the company didn't realise he dropped out of university (even though he's head of IT in the London office), now they have to keep him in the London office longer and then make a L1 visa instead.