tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12723581962370107912012-02-16T02:35:24.709-08:00Vicki is relocating to England. Let's watch.Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873076696789163219noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272358196237010791.post-48708099697771600032010-06-16T14:19:00.000-07:002010-06-16T14:26:57.667-07:00

Yes, it's been almost a year. I'm a lousy, horrible blogger. In the past year, I've had a temporary job as the Exams Administrator at the local college, which is the same as a vocational school/ high school in the US. It was a good job, it paid decently. Alas, I was only covering a sick leave. Bev came back and is doing pretty well, considering. Now, I'm about to become the Resource Manager/

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I'm sorry that it's been over a month since I've last posted. I have done things, I've just been laaaazy! Since I've written, I've been to a Game Fair on the grounds of Belvoir Castle and to SCOTLAND! I'm still jobless, and I've signed up with several recruitment agencies that have found me... absolutely squat. I refuse to give up hope, though!Luke's parents took me, Luke and his brother to the

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Still no job. Kicking cheese in Oblivion, though!I signed up with a recruitment agency, hopefully they'll find something for me next week, then I can start making some money.I miss the States!

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I could have sworn I posted something about the trip to France! You know what, I know what happened. I've been waiting for AGES for Luke to find the nubby thing that connects his camera to the computer so I can upload the many gorgeous pictures of the trip, but alas, he hasn't located it yet. First off, the trip to France took 14+ hours. We started off on Friday morning at 5am and arrived at

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One of the pitfalls to moving to England is that I need to use my home bank account for awhile, until my Natwest bank account sends me my account information and bank card in the mail.  This means my bank charges me a little extra for any money taken out of a cash machine, not to mention dealing with the absurd currency exchange rate.  One English pound is equal to $1.61 at the moment.  So I am

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Hey dudes and dudettes:Luke and I went for a bike ride in my brand new bike the other day.  He decided that it would be an excellent idea to go to the lake, Grafham Water Centre, which is about 3 miles away from our place.  That's not a bad ride so I agreed and we prepared a lovely little picnic lunch and rode off through the English countryside (well, we passed a nature reserve and wheat field,

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This update is a tiny bit sad.  I did not get the job at Cambridge Central Library, although I did get an adventure in the Cambridgeshire bus system and in the city of Cambridge on my way to the interview.  Also, Luke realized that Nellie the MGB will not be ready in time for France, so we're taking his wonderful mom's car.There is some happy.  I have three other applications to libraries in the

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Hello!I know I promised more information on Tuesday and it's now Thursday, but I had wandered around town all day Tuesday, taking pictures of Brampton and Huntingdon to post on here, BUT my wonderfully organized husband lost the doohickey that connects the digital camera to the computer.  I waited a day and a half for him to find it, but in the end, we both gave it.  It'll appear when it wants to

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I've been in England since Friday morning!  I'm LOVING it so far, I love being married, it's the greatest thing in the whole world.  I'll write more about Brampton and my job prospects tomorrow, but right now, I'm wiped out from the weekend.Til tomorrow!

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My visa appeal went through and the Entry Clearance Manager overruled the refusal! That means I'll be flying to England on Thursday! Thank you, everyone, for your support! I will finally join my husband after 3 weeks apart, and never have to worry about it again!Time to pack!

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Hi all:Well, first the great news. Luke and I are now happily married. I am Mrs. Watson, although not formally, as I didn't change my name in order to make the visa getting process go faster. More on that later. The wedding itself was gorgeous. The weather was sunny and a warm 70 degrees. Everything was PERFECT, and Luke looked absolutely handsome in a kilt! I wasn't too bad myself, if I'm

Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873076696789163219noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272358196237010791.post-91490274407905287242009-04-08T12:31:00.000-07:002009-04-08T12:50:55.991-07:00

Ach! Yeah, I know, I stink with the whole "keeping up with the blog" thing. Seriously, I've been SO busy this past month that it's been utterly unreal. Everything's kind of blown up in my face: cake lady cancelled, so had to ask a friend to fill in (who is BRILLIANT and probably better than any cake lady every); my mom decided at the last moment NOT to hire a photographer, so I had to ask a

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I went to the mall with the mother and the bridesmaids yesterday, in hopes of finding them dresses. What a disaster. No one could agree on anything, Mom ended up pissed off because I let B buy a black dress because she adamantly refused to wear the navy blue one that fit my youngest sister well, but not B or Liz. So my little and littlest sister were bulldozed by my mom into wearing the same

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Luke's going to be here on April 8th! That's just one month away! I haven't seen him since the end of September, which has been so stressful. I'm starting to get really excited by the idea of seeing him again soon! I've been trying and trying to get in contact with the Jetty Motel. I'm not neglecting my hostess responsibilities, I am genuinely trying. I'll get them somehow!I made an

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It is now time for me to confront the latest issue in the move to another country saga: how do I get my stuff over there?! I loaded a small box with most of my DVDs, some books, and a few summery shirts I won't be wearing in the next two months. I really don't have that much stuff. I could probably fit the rest of the belongings I want to keep in one more box, and two suitcases. We're having

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I'm looking into inexpensive accommodations for out of town guests for the weekend of my wedding. I'm going to have to call my motel of choice, which is located on the beach, near the dead end in the road on Beach Drive. It's quite inexpensive for Cape May, and so wouldn't put the wedding guests out by too much! I'll update tomorrow, after I give the owners a call and find out about the

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Yo yo yo! Wazzup in the hizzouse? I've witnessed a minor accident tonight where an allegedly drunk driver allegedly hit and allegedly flattened an alleged street sign. It was awesome, I felt like Batman going on witness on their tushies with my friend, Rachel. Annnnd back to the wedding. The invitations are done. The reception cards are done. I screwed them up and neglected to include the

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Hello, hello!We have the fire hall! We also are well on our way to having a DJ. My stepfather has been talking to someone he knows about catering, so pretty soon, we should have food at the reception! WOOHOO! Luke called the British Embassy last week to confirm the procedure for getting a spouse visa. However, he asked about getting a settlement visa, rather than a plain old spouse visa, so

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I only have two months before Luke comes! Almost two months before I'm a married woman! This is both exciting and really freaking me out! There's so much to do! Since my mom wants a whole new reception, I don't even have a caterer or DJ yet! The girls don't have their dresses yet! I haven't even started on the invitations, nay, the guest list isn't even finalized! I do, however, have

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Hellooo:I've been seriously sleep deprived (although not as much as others, including the two followers of this blog...), so this is probably not going to make much sense and will be filled with some misspellings. I got a call from the kilt company where Luke's mom ordered the kilts for the wedding. I was utterly flummoxed when they asked me how much Luke's brother weighs and how tall he is. I

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Ok, I'll admit it. I just watched 27 Dresses and loved it. I squealed a little. You know, I've been coasting through this whole wedding plan thing since June, thinking it's not that big a deal, it'll just be a simple fun thing and then I get to spend the rest of my life with my burning hunk of British love. But now, I'm actually getting EXCITED. I love talking about it, I love thinking about it,

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Apparently, the US didn't think their visa-waiver program was secure enough, so now instead of filling out those green cards on the plane, you have to apply to get into the States online BEFORE you go. This is a good thing for all my fine foreign friends to remember in the event they travel to the United States in the near future. There's nary a bigger boo boo on your record than being kicked out

Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873076696789163219noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272358196237010791.post-29151108332835325642009-01-05T20:54:00.001-08:002009-01-05T21:49:28.134-08:00

I tried looking at librarian jobs in the vacinity of Cambridge yesterday. Very slim pickings. I'm going to have to have Luke and his friends work their fancy council mojo. I hate the idea of being unemployed for any stretch of time. I'll work at a book store or something for awhile, but I don't like the idea of being out of practice for a long time.I'm actually incredibly nervous and sad about

Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873076696789163219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272358196237010791.post-33574671021203797542008-12-31T05:56:00.000-08:002008-12-31T05:59:42.051-08:00

I hope you're spending New Year's Eve with the people you love.Or at least people with whom you love to party like it's 2009.

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It's a bit late to come up with an original topic, so I thought I'd take this moment to explain how my relationship with the lovely Luke came into being. Luke was one of the very first people I met when I first arrived at Loughborough University over four years ago, where I was studying for my master's degree. I was incredibly jet-lagged to the point of zombie-ism, yet Luke kept firing questions

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The Office is my absolute favorite television show from the last 3 years or so. I've watched both the British and the American versions obsessively, and I must say that the American version is much superior. One could argue that it's because I'm American and automatically root for American versions of British series. FALSE! The American Coupling was the most dreadful thing ever, whereas I

Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873076696789163219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272358196237010791.post-29091543575619394062008-12-27T19:31:00.001-08:002008-12-28T07:34:38.793-08:00

Today, I did some more research into the whole visa process, both for Luke coming here to get married and for me going over there. I had a colleague double check for me with her mad reference skills. Basically, Luke doesn't need to have a fiance visa, since he's not coming here with the intent of staying here. We're leaving as soon after the wedding as we can, and he's not applying for a green

Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873076696789163219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272358196237010791.post-8143240342634924622008-12-26T19:03:00.000-08:002008-12-28T07:34:20.054-08:00

I'm currently scratching my head about the immigration process. It looks deceptively simple... and way cheaper than I thought it'd be. Last year, it would have been over a thousand dollars for a spouse visa, but now I'm looking at the site and it's saying it's $300-some odd, but with the fun addition of biometrics. Of course, I'd hate to have the wrong information, since I could be blocked

Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873076696789163219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272358196237010791.post-63199077017673466822008-12-16T19:18:00.000-08:002008-12-28T07:33:15.128-08:00

Luke went with his friend, Matt, to pick up Nelly today. Matt is a wonderful, generous, kind person. You can view Nelly in the slideshow to your left, or visit Luke's blog, Project MGB. The link lives on the left, below the slideshow. You can get a much more detailed description of my car with the proper mechanical terms on that site.Basically, Nelly doesn't have an interior. She'll need

Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873076696789163219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272358196237010791.post-43981647343838439042008-12-15T11:58:00.000-08:002008-12-28T07:33:55.456-08:00

Justin is teaching a bunch of us librarian n00bs how to create blogs. I am getting married to a devilishly handsome British man who goes by the name of Luke, which means I am relocating to England at the end of April. I thought it'd be a great idea to have a blog to keep track of my adventures in becoming accustomed to living in another country. I am planning on taking many, many pictures, and

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