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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 12th 2010, 10:49 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 4,645
Posted By emmae

Re: Whats the stupidest thing you have ever done?

One of my stupidest moments has to be deciding I could wiggle the 5 gallon tub of the top of the wardrobe whilst standing on a box using my thumbs as a lever!!! When the tub fell, it took me down...
Forum: Canada
Jul 6th 2010, 3:07 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,600
Posted By emmae

Re: Anyone used Halo-financial - or other companies for transferring funds?

We used Money corp initially who were okay but not great. Also used Halo who were a bit better. I ended up opening an account with Oanda (cash management) following a recommendation on here and...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 6th 2010, 2:52 am
Replies: 37
Views: 2,206
Posted By emmae

Re: Three most memorable moments......

In order of experience...

1) First skiing lesson for me, husband and 2 boys and then me moving off the bunny hill to the intermediate hill in lesson 2

2) Finally buying/moving into our farm...
Forum: Canada
Jun 26th 2010, 11:34 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 8,102
Posted By emmae

Re: Tried and failed!

I agree three months is no time at all in trying to feel settled and comfortable with your different (in all regards) life. I have only been here 7 months and had a wobble at around 3 months and...
Forum: Canada
Jun 18th 2010, 9:09 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 19,408
Posted By emmae

Re: HR Jobs in Canada

I have my CIPD and an MSc in HR. I am in Ontario and I haven't had a response at all. I have been told that to go into HR again I would need to start back at the ground level by those expert agency...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 28th 2010, 1:38 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 5,925
Posted By emmae

Re: Bug Season 2010

Just looking up about Mosquito Milk and it looks good but struggling to find a stockist in Canada. Is it sold here do you know?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 27th 2010, 1:15 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 5,925
Posted By emmae

Re: Bug Season 2010

Apparently it's the eucalyptus in Listerine that they don't like. I have started a list that I am working through in my war against the mosquito (not that I am paranoid about them or...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 26th 2010, 4:32 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 5,925
Posted By emmae

Re: Bug Season 2010

I am going to try Mosquito Barrier - concentrated garlic. A Canadian told me it was good so it must be true! I will let you know how we get on.

Also, we sprayed listerine all over our deck last...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 22nd 2010, 7:48 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,191
Posted By emmae

Re: Feels a long way from home at bad times

Thank you so much for that. I was wondering if there was anything I could do to help me somehow move past those last horrific images in my head and remember her how she really was. I will look at...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 20th 2010, 9:49 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,191
Posted By emmae

Re: Feels a long way from home at bad times

They weren't normal tyres. Well mine aren't like that anyway!

OH said I'll have to stop hugging him, he's not used to it! Don't know what he means....:ohmy: So manly hugs are good too.
...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 20th 2010, 3:57 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,191
Posted By emmae

Re: Feels a long way from home at bad times

She was on a long rope and it was in our yard, about 5m away from the house. He had tyres on with a really big tred, which he had said he had just put on. The rope must have got picked up in the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 20th 2010, 11:47 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,191
Posted By emmae

Re: Feels a long way from home at bad times

Thanks everyone for the kind messages. It's really wierd around here at the moment, with her not being in the house. Still beating myselft up though. If I had literally waited another few seconds...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 20th 2010, 12:48 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,191
Posted By emmae

Feels a long way from home at bad times

We made our final move to Canada in Dec 09 after 4 years in planning. We got our dog over to join us in January and have just moved into our own house 2 weeks ago. As its new, we haven't got the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 15th 2010, 11:08 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 5,016
Posted By emmae

Will you vote in the UK election?

Being a newbie here and still lots of interest in the UK for monetry reasons mainly, I will be voting back home this time around but not sure if that will continue as time goes on?

I would be...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2010, 4:47 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,790
Posted By emmae

Re: Exchange rate

Thanks for that Deva. Have just opened an account to look into it a bit more. Initially it looks like it sits somewhere between forex trading and currency exchange companies. I didn't know any...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2010, 3:56 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,790
Posted By emmae

Re: Exchange rate

We have done the same thing but more to make sure we were not exchanging before we fully decided the move and Canada was definitely right for us. We played safe! Our way has been very costly as it...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2010, 1:16 am
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,790
Posted By emmae

Re: Exchange rate

We are in your boat too Pebblebeach. We arrived in December and had the dizzy heights of 1.72!! But stupidly we did not change any of our house funds because we didn't know how long it would take us...
Forum: Canada
Jan 10th 2010, 10:08 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 5,898
Posted By emmae

Re: Do it yourself dogs !!

LOL. Luckily he didn't charge him any tax. We just had to sign to say it was personal possessions on the goods to follow list.

I was the same last night - I kept texting for an update and drove...
Forum: Canada
Jan 10th 2010, 4:05 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 5,898
Posted By emmae

Re: Do it yourself dogs !!

Thanks Coffeepot :)

She is home safe and sound now and seems no worse the wear for her journey.

She is feeling the cold on her feet though. Does anyone know if her pads on her paws adapt to...
Forum: Canada
Jan 10th 2010, 4:36 am
Replies: 62
Views: 5,898
Posted By emmae

Re: Do it yourself dogs !!

He has got her now. She wiffs a bit but apart from that is okay! :)
Forum: Canada
Jan 10th 2010, 4:11 am
Replies: 62
Views: 5,898
Posted By emmae

Re: Do it yourself dogs !!

Apparently they have gone to get her now.

Its my husbands birthday on 10th Jan (ooops that's now) so they were questioning him on whether she had been sent as a birthday present!
Forum: Canada
Jan 10th 2010, 4:04 am
Replies: 62
Views: 5,898
Posted By emmae

Re: Do it yourself dogs !!

We have flown our dog over today to join us and had a nightmare so far. The Defra documentation requested over 10 days ago to the vets continually failed to appear thanks to Royal Mail and UK...
Forum: Canada
Dec 15th 2009, 2:37 am
Replies: 12
Views: 2,270
Posted By emmae

Re: been here 2 weeks

Hi

We have also been here two weeks. We managed to get car insurance through Johnson Incorporated as recommended by someone in a previous thread on here with our English licences and they took...
Forum: Canada
Nov 21st 2009, 7:54 am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,915
Posted By emmae

Re: Airline approved dog crate - Custom made?

Thanks Posidrive, that sounds like it might well work out. I will PM you to work it out.
Forum: Canada
Nov 20th 2009, 9:51 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,915
Posted By emmae

Airline approved dog crate - Custom made?

I am trying to make arrangements to fly our German Shepherd dog from Heathrow to Ottawa in January. My problem is the size of the dog verses the off the shelf crate sizes which affect the price of...
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