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Forum: New Zealand
Sep 28th 2010, 1:23 am
Replies: 5
Views: 909
Posted By sarah_matt

Shopping in NZ from UK

Hello

I have an neice who will be turning 18 in a few days and I want to send her a gift, via the Internet. I am hoping that there is a shop in NZ (christchurch area) that sells UK items, where I...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 6th 2010, 12:47 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,518
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Is anyone else trying to sell their house?

I know what you are going through. We put our house on the market back in March, and was told that the market was good!!! 3 months later, and 2 price drops, we have now sold our house and we are...
Forum: Canada
Jun 17th 2010, 6:16 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,600
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Cover letters explaining you're a Mom!

I went to a temping agency...explained it all there, and they found me a fantastic job, that fits around the kids school hours. I was employed by the company after 6 months and have never looked...
Forum: Canada
Jun 7th 2010, 5:29 am
Replies: 83
Views: 8,495
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: My UK employer wants notice letter

I agree....we didn't let our employers know our plans, but once the visa came through, I was able to give them 2 months notice, as there were only 2 people working in my office, but OH just gave the...
Forum: Canada
May 28th 2010, 4:44 am
Replies: 31
Views: 3,294
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Nova Scotia, here we come!!!

Stick with your plan, rent in the Dartmouth area, first, then move further out, once you are sorted after your first year. We live in Cole harbour/Forest Hill and there are some great amenities ...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 13th 2010, 5:22 am
Replies: 47
Views: 6,808
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: 3 years in Canada - keep thinking of England!

Hello Lorry1

Reading your post is like someone has written our story....but we are only 2 years into it. We are also in NS and are hearts are still back in the UK. We have 2 children, and the...
Forum: Canada
Apr 26th 2010, 6:38 am
Replies: 25
Views: 3,185
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Have you "Done" Nova Scotia?

Maybe hire an RV, most campsite are open in May. When we arrived in Halifax, we stayed put in Halifax/Dartmouth, and now we wish we had hired/brought an RV and travelled around at our leisure before...
Forum: Canada
Mar 9th 2010, 1:58 am
Replies: 4
Views: 956
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Red seal

Have you looked at jobs in this area as they can be very low in the wage front. My neighbour is a painter and works for him self. In the winter it can be very slow so you need to make good money in...
Forum: Canada
Jan 27th 2010, 6:50 am
Replies: 83
Views: 10,201
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: A chance of a lifetime, should I stay or go…?

Bull Shit on the holiday front. A lot of Canadians have no idea what a holiday is or going any further than 20 miles. 90% of the Canadians I know have never left Canada and 60% have never left ns. ...
Forum: Canada
Jan 13th 2010, 11:50 am
Replies: 44
Views: 7,208
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Are spiders a problem everywhere?

OK - We have lived in Halifax for 18 months, and I have only seen 1 spider in the house, we don't even get the cobwebs in the corners of the rooms....all our windows have mesh on....thats not to say...
Forum: Canada
Sep 24th 2009, 11:13 am
Replies: 43
Views: 3,029
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Bugs

wow I've never heard that marmite works.....I'm the only one in my family who will eat marmite on toast, and I was only bitten a few time on my feet, cause I was walking around the garden without...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 18th 2009, 10:17 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,634
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: OUr first Visitors!

Enjoy it..we had our first visitors within 4 months of arriving here, we have had several other visitors since....they enjoyed seeing the area we live in, where the kids go to school and they even...
Forum: Canada
Jul 28th 2009, 1:16 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 709
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Avonlea PEI

We are off there on Sunday for a weeks holiday in a trailer on Macro Polo Land campsite...Can't wait!!
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 6th 2009, 11:49 am
Replies: 6
Views: 700
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: ding dong went the doorbell....

Well done Nicola & Co

Enjoy you trip to the UK.

Sarah
Forum: Canada
Jun 14th 2009, 2:40 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 589
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: PPR Photos at airport immigration

When we arrived in Halifax airport, they accepted our photos/papers, but 6 weeks later when the rest of the family rec'd their PR Cards I had a letter saying my photo was not the correct size and...
Forum: Canada
Jun 1st 2009, 11:28 am
Replies: 20
Views: 6,565
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Watch Local British TV Online

Many Many thanks for the link, DL today and have already watched "The Gadget Show!!!!!!" on Channel 5, oh and the end of "The One Show" on BBC1

Cheers:)
Forum: Canada
May 25th 2009, 8:00 am
Replies: 36
Views: 3,080
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Did you say goodbye the day before?

I know you've had loads of responses for this tread, but just to let you know, we did our goodbye's running up to the day we left, and then for My Parents (we were staying with them) we said our...
Forum: Canniversary
May 12th 2009, 7:12 am
Replies: 12
Views: 2,323
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: 6 months today!

We said to are children that if they want to go back we will. After they have left us we still have a life and can do what we want to do. We brought them into this world so we feel they should have...
Forum: Canada
May 11th 2009, 7:22 am
Replies: 37
Views: 3,316
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: HSBC or wait?

We went into a large HSBC, in our local town and enquired about opening an account and they were not interested and said for us to wait until we arrived in Canada before opening an account. Which...
Forum: Canada
May 11th 2009, 1:00 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,068
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: ARE OUTSKIRTS OF HALIFAX AS NICE AS BRIDGEWATER?

We came over in June 2008. We brought our house in August and OH had job offer from New Minas a few days after we closed on the house. Hense why he has to travel. His company did take him on...
Forum: Canada
May 10th 2009, 1:47 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,068
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: ARE OUTSKIRTS OF HALIFAX AS NICE AS BRIDGEWATER?

Hi..My OH is also a Industrial Mechanic/Millwright and we currently live in Cole Harbour. On our arrival he was able to find work, but not what suited him. He looked into working in Bridgewater but...
Forum: Canada
May 6th 2009, 10:56 am
Replies: 50
Views: 4,130
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: May stay in NS after all!???

A lot of people seem to live in right crap holes in the U.K. We lived in a realy nice area, great people and loads of stuff to see and do. We moved to ns for an adventure, you only live once. I am...
Forum: Canada
Dec 9th 2008, 1:35 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,815
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Car rental on landing

Book and pay from the UK, you shouldn't have to pay the GST/HST!!! and it will be cheaper.
Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2008, 3:12 am
Replies: 10
Views: 847
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Cats - take them or rehome???

Hi we have a 13 yrs old cat, and we left him with family. He's been through alot, (they say cats have 9 lives ours only has 1 or 2 left!!) We/I miss him loads but i get updates from my family...
Forum: Canada
Nov 2nd 2008, 2:50 am
Replies: 490
Views: 38,817
Posted By sarah_matt

Re: Don't Trash the UK!

Why what? If you are refering to why England is great well I was born there so you normaly support your own country. But I don't want this to be to serious it was a support to the people who seem to...
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