Originally Posted by bandrui

That's fantastic Bee. Congratulations.
I honestly feel that you have done remarkably well. I actually would be interested in hearing about some of the "dark days" too since I am sure that most of us will go through those times too.
I am having a hard time getting going on all the clearing out and getting rid of stuff. It just seems overwhelming at the moment.

Originally Posted by Beedubya

Just popping in quickly for a catch up at the local library as I have no Internet until May 18th.

Well after MANY interviews and much disappointment FINALLY I have a job, I start on June 1st and will be on monthly pay so I will be really pushing it by then money wise so I am looking now for any kind of temp work, shop, office, cleaning whatever it takes.

I won't say it's been easy doing this moving back to the UK and I have had some pretty dark days, but I have done it finally!!!

So if I can do it, and Rodney, and ED, and Anna, and David, and Jackie and Rosie and Denise and everybody else whose names I have forgotten, you CAN DO IT TOO!!!

Originally Posted by jasper123

Yes Bandrui,
All the sorting through everything that has taken many years to acumilate is hard, but you have got to be very ruthless or you will not get anything done and it all becomes so overwhelming,
I just sorted everything in 5 piles ---- one for charity, one for selling, one for giving away to my friend, one for just chucking out, and the last pile was the stuff that I just could not part with, stuff that meant a lot to me thats what I took with me in four large suitcases,
The secret is ----- the pile that you are keeping to take with you, just keep it as small as possible, ---- hence much smaller then the other 4 piles,
My hardest Job was sorting through a mountain of boxes in my Garage, I did it all in one full day in the middle of the Summer in Vegas at 113 degeas F.
But I got it done ---- Phew I really felt good about that when it was over and celebrated with a nice couple of ice cold beers and a few baccardi chasers

Originally Posted by Beedubya

Just popping in quickly for a catch up at the local library as I have no Internet until May 18th.

Well after MANY interviews and much disappointment FINALLY I have a job, I start on June 1st and will be on monthly pay so I will be really pushing it by then money wise so I am looking now for any kind of temp work, shop, office, cleaning whatever it takes.

I won't say it's been easy doing this moving back to the UK and I have had some pretty dark days, but I have done it finally!!!

So if I can do it, and Rodney, and ED, and Anna, and David, and Jackie and Rosie and Denise and everybody else whose names I have forgotten, you CAN DO IT TOO!!!

Originally Posted by aries

Wow, I'm impressed! I've been waiting a year for my niece and her family to collect many things I am giving to them, including furniture my parents had in England before I was born.

It will be sad for me to leave some things behind, but I know that once they are gone from sight I shall cope better. A lot of things have already gone to a charity shop. My 24 ft garage is mainly full of cobwebs (I don't have a car now), so have asked a gardener/odd job man to clear it for me soon. I do not like spiders

Originally Posted by jasper123

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BUT there are just a few maybe a handful who will never leave, these are the ones on here that really would kind of like to go home one day, and they like the rest of us talking about it, and they like reading the stories, but they will never come home.

Originally Posted by jasper123

Yes Bandrui,
All the sorting through everything that has taken many years to acumilate is hard, but you have got to be very ruthless or you will not get anything done and it all becomes so overwhelming,
I just sorted everything in 5 piles ---- one for charity, one for selling, one for giving away to my friend, one for just chucking out, and the last pile was the stuff that I just could not part with, stuff that meant a lot to me thats what I took with me in four large suitcases,
The secret is ----- the pile that you are keeping to take with you, just keep it as small as possible, ---- hence much smaller then the other 4 piles,
My hardest Job was sorting through a mountain of boxes in my Garage, I did it all in one full day in the middle of the Summer in Vegas at 113 degeas F.
But I got it done ---- Phew I really felt good about that when it was over and celebrated with a nice couple of ice cold beers and a few baccardi chasers

Originally Posted by bandrui

Yes. I've started by taking some bags to the thrift shop but it's a whole house of cards. I need to sort stuff out to sell but I don't have room to put it except the car port but the carport is full of stuff that needs sorting including 2 sheets of plywood that are blocking the way that need selling.
I'll be shipping a partial container so will ship a fair amount of stuff. I've given it a lot of thought and for some things it would be more expensive to replace than to ship. I am selling most of my furniture though. But that will be down the road after the house sells.
I've beeen wanting to have a big garage sale but we have had the worst Spring I can remember in 30 years... rain, rain and more rain. It's only been this week that we have had warm temperatures and it's raining again.
I've been doing a fair amount of work in the garden, lots of burn piles, fixing the fence, putting in my veggie garden, but I'm only one person and am doing gardening jobs too so it is just going to take as long as it takes. I can't set a deadline right now.

Originally Posted by chriswinter

Wind...I'd like to tell you how my own mother moved back 'home' with 5 very young children in tow. My step-father had died a little over a year earlier, leaving my mother and their 5 young children an insurance policy in the total sum of $6000. My mother owned no home and basically lived in poverty her 18 years in America, even though her husband had worked for the US govt. What little my mother had, she sold everything and only took clothes. She had not seen her family in 18 years, and had little contact...she was also one might say the 'black sheep' of the family. She did return to family, but not necessarily was she received with open arms by them, especially with her 'American' children. My mom stayed with my 3 brothers at her Mom's very, very small 2 bedroom row house in Croydon. My 2 sisters were farmed out to mom's sister's home in Kent. Mind you, yes...she was receiving soc. sec. checks for the children..but that took some time in coming over to England back in 1965. My grandmother was not all that pleased that my mother was staying with her with my brothers. But my mom did what she felt she had to do and soon rented a place that would take her and 5 children. Actually turned out to be quite a nice house in Upper Norwood, semi-detached...but she did over-pay in rent so that the owner of the house would agree to rent to her. All did work out for my mom and the kids...even though the getting there and starting out was difficult at first.

Wind, if I remember correctly...you stated you had a 1/2 sister in the UK...can you not stay with her? As far as moving expenses, i.e. plane fare, etc...have you thought about selling everything you own to get where you really want to go? I know if it was me....that's exactly what I would do, just like my mom. In fact, I have done this once in the past, right here in America....sold everything and started all over again. I hope you know that I only say this to you...as a suggestion from a person who watched her own mother return 'home', by any means necessary. And hoping you can realize your dream soon to return home.

Chris

Originally Posted by bandrui

Yes. I've started by taking some bags to the thrift shop but it's a whole house of cards. I need to sort stuff out to sell but I don't have room to put it except the car port but the carport is full of stuff that needs sorting including 2 sheets of plywood that are blocking the way that need selling.
I'll be shipping a partial container so will ship a fair amount of stuff. I've given it a lot of thought and for some things it would be more expensive to replace than to ship. I am selling most of my furniture though. But that will be down the road after the house sells.
I've beeen wanting to have a big garage sale but we have had the worst Spring I can remember in 30 years... rain, rain and more rain. It's only been this week that we have had warm temperatures and it's raining again.
I've been doing a fair amount of work in the garden, lots of burn piles, fixing the fence, putting in my veggie garden, but I'm only one person and am doing gardening jobs too so it is just going to take as long as it takes. I can't set a deadline right now.

Originally Posted by jasper123

If one is leaving there adopted country to finally go back home to UK, there in the planning stages or still just wondering if its the right thing to do or not,
everyones circumstances are so different, some people on here have to jump through some enormous hoops before there dream comes true, the biggest problem thats keeping people from just booking there tickets and planning there escape is they have to wait for there house to sell, and its a bad market, so obviously they cant just up and leave,
But one day almost everyone on here will be where they want to be, HOME AT LAST,
BUT there are just a few maybe a handful who will never leave, these are the ones on here that really would kind of like to go home one day, and they like the rest of us talking about it, and they like reading the stories, but they will never come home.

Originally Posted by Mummy in the foothills

You can list so many odds and ends on Craigslist.org even things like plywood. Maybe it'll be a start till the weather picks up and you can have a garage sale.
We are rural and no one comes around the garage sales much. So Craigslist and or a flyer at the town post office or donations are it for us. Dh was looking at craigslist last night, he's trying to get going on selling his boats (yes it's multiple LOL)

Originally Posted by bandrui

We have a local Community List quite like Craigslist where we can list things to sell (among other things). Craigslist won't help me because the closest one is Victoria and the people looking will not be taking the ferry over to buy things, unless it's a major purchase. All ideas gratefully received though.

Originally Posted by HighTide

How about the Notice Board beside Barb's Bakery !!

Originally Posted by jasper123

If one is leaving there adopted country to finally go back home to UK, there in the planning stages or still just wondering if its the right thing to do or not,
everyones circumstances are so different, some people on here have to jump through some enormous hoops before there dream comes true, the biggest problem thats keeping people from just booking there tickets and planning there escape is they have to wait for there house to sell, and its a bad market, so obviously they cant just up and leave,
But one day almost everyone on here will be where they want to be, HOME AT LAST,
BUT there are just a few maybe a handful who will never leave, these are the ones on here that really would kind of like to go home one day, and they like the rest of us talking about it, and they like reading the stories, but they will never come home.