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Forum: USA
Mar 21st 2013, 6:31 am
Replies: 53
Views: 38,821
Posted By Karen68

Re: UK style chocolate Easter Eggs in US?

I was in Target yesterday and spotted (and bought!) a Cadbury branded (but made by Hershey) mini eggs Easter egg. It's not very big, but it does have mini eggs in the egg. Target were promoting it...
Forum: USA
Jan 7th 2013, 12:33 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 69,657
Posted By Karen68

Re: Can I work in America if I got the ACA Accountancy qualification?

I get fed up with the view that CIMA is somehow a second rate qualification compared to being an ACA. They prepare you for different paths. My OH is a CIMA qualified accountant who works for a...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 26th 2012, 5:12 am
Replies: 65
Views: 4,180
Posted By Karen68

Re: Just a little fun. As expats what are you

You need to go to Holiday Market in Royal Oak - I bought proper Cadbury Christmas selection boxes there last week.
Forum: USA
Oct 26th 2012, 5:06 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,701
Posted By Karen68

Re: AIG Inbound - rant

Don't know who your State Farm agent is (but you seem quite close to us): we have State Farm for our house and car insurance and our agent is fab. We were involved in an accident at 13 mile and...
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 21st 2012, 11:18 am
Replies: 34
Views: 5,239
Posted By Karen68

Re: Anyone in Michigan?!

Hi, I am happy to meet up any time. Drop me a pm or an email and we can arrange something
Forum: USA
Sep 5th 2012, 5:34 am
Replies: 104
Views: 14,259
Posted By Karen68

Re: British Cadbury's Chocolate in the US

I wonder if this is going to be the same in all stores? Actually, thinking about it our Meijer doesn't stock Cadbury in the foreign foods section. I can get Bountys or aeros, so Mars/Nestlé stuff....
Forum: USA
Aug 29th 2012, 5:16 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,672
Posted By Karen68

Re: Detroit

You forget that Detroit is in Wayne County and the affluent suburbs you speak of are not and that tax dollars flow accordingly. the Grosse Points are in Wayne County and they have very affluent...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 15th 2012, 12:48 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,813
Posted By Karen68

Re: BBC America HD on DirecTV

About time......and just in time for Dr Who.
Forum: USA
Aug 11th 2012, 12:15 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,510
Posted By Karen68

Re: Need first hand info on WI

Don't live there, but just spent a few days there as part of a driving holiday up through the U.P., down through Chicago to back here.

On the short amount of time we were there, it seemed to have...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 1st 2012, 5:51 am
Replies: 2
Views: 2,371
Posted By Karen68

Re: Moving to Shrewsbury, Shropshire

I was in Shrewsbury the week before last!

Was visiting mum who lives in Bratton and we always go for the day. It's got some lovely independent shops and a bustling High Street still.

There has...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 27th 2012, 6:01 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,107
Posted By Karen68

Re: We made it!

Welcome to Oakland County!

I am not far from you, in Bloomfield Hills, so feel free to drop me a PM if there's anything you need some help with, or want to meet up to get an idea of things.
Forum: USA
Apr 20th 2012, 1:12 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 855
Posted By Karen68

Re: Arizona Bank Advice for Checks in ££££s

I'm not in Arizona, so can't help you there, but I did used to work in the international dept. Of one of the UK High Street banks and am familiar with currency cheques - it was the other way round...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 20th 2012, 8:02 am
Replies: 51
Views: 4,919
Posted By Karen68

Re: New set of wheels

We had a Pathfinder in the UK. Really nice but the steering was very heavy. My 90 something granny used to love being transported around in it due to the heated seats; it would tick my dad off as...
Forum: USA
Apr 19th 2012, 11:41 am
Replies: 31
Views: 3,216
Posted By Karen68

Re: Advice from stay at home parents

I'm a SAHM. I have been for 10 years now, but that was because I had to give up my job when we moved out here. My youngest was just starting school when we arrived so I had the double whammy of...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 19th 2012, 4:46 am
Replies: 51
Views: 4,919
Posted By Karen68

Re: New set of wheels

My lease is up in September and and I am going for a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Have had a Liberty in the past and I liked the 4wd way better than the Volvo XC90 AWD that I have now. It will be trail...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Apr 19th 2012, 1:18 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,658
Posted By Karen68

Re: help and advice moving to usa on profession visa

I did meet someone who worked for Walmart in the US who went to the UK as an expat, so it may be possible for someone working for ASDA to transfer. I imagine they'd have to be pretty far up the food...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Apr 17th 2012, 2:31 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,658
Posted By Karen68

Re: help and advice moving to usa on profession visa

Not so sure about CIMA anymore - my OH is CIMA qualified and a couple of months ago he had some stuff come from the Institute announcing a tie up with the CPAs out here. There's a new qualification...
Forum: USA
Apr 10th 2012, 1:46 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,748
Posted By Karen68

Re: Travelguard Mobile Phone Choices

I know of some people here who have got iPhones on contract when they arrived, but they has a SSN and they were required to pay a massive 'deposit' that they are supposed to get back after a year.
...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 6th 2012, 12:57 am
Replies: 3,755
Views: 357,139
Posted By Karen68

Re: Tele

Saw 'Scandal' last night. I didn't fancy it from the trailers but i happened to be sitting around doing nothing so watched it because it was on.

The reason I was going to avoid in the first place...
Forum: USA
Apr 5th 2012, 9:17 am
Replies: 6
Views: 897
Posted By Karen68

Re: Bank Advice Please - Michigan

Natasha - BofA saved our house purchase by giving us a mortgage at really short notice when our initial lender stopped answering the phone! We don't bank with them though.....

We use PNC -...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Apr 5th 2012, 9:05 am
Replies: 8
Views: 3,728
Posted By Karen68

Re: E2 vs L1 Confusion!

To consolidate Mr F's comments, here is our situation.

We were sent out here by OH's employers on E2 visas - they are a British Multinational. Our visas were valid for 5 years when issued. We...
Forum: USA
Mar 31st 2012, 8:57 am
Replies: 67
Views: 5,392
Posted By Karen68

Re: What's on your list of swag for visitors to bring you?

There are some here with the auto companies, but unfortunately the foreign foods aisles in the local supermarkets have no Kenco. They do have imported Nescafe, but I'd rather not have coffee than...
Forum: USA
Mar 31st 2012, 7:53 am
Replies: 67
Views: 5,392
Posted By Karen68

Re: What's on your list of swag for visitors to bring you?

Any form of (preferably Cadburys) chocolate for the kids, Top Gear and Doctor Who magazines (again for the kids) and Kenco Instant decaf coffee for me. I don't have very sophisticated coffee tastes...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 31st 2012, 7:34 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,815
Posted By Karen68

Re: On your Easter hols?

OH and youngest daughter off to the Red River Gorge in Kentucky to climb, me and oldest daughter here so she can take segment 2 of Driver's Ed (no other time to fit it in before she's 16 and can take...
Forum: USA
Mar 14th 2012, 7:35 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,900
Posted By Karen68

Re: Food allergies

Yes, she's fine. She's not bothered about peanuts as she hates them anyway, we just have to be careful now to watch for peanut oil in stuff, just in case. We have already had to adapt because of...
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