OptomisticGirl Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 My hand feels like it's about to fall off from cutting flower stems, lol. I also started working on the other flower vase arrangements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DN Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Worked on the centerpiece for our table: image removed The vase is actually the vase that came with the flowers L sent me in Feb. really like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 I really like that. Thank you DN. Finally found a use for those big butt white flowers I ordered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firiel Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Pretty! It's simple but still gorgeous. I love stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Thank you Firiel!Thank you Firiel. Yay!! A nurse I work with and her fiance filed for a fiance visa for him to move here and they got approved! I was so happy for her, lol. She wished me good luck on our wedding and said, "afterward is when the real fun begins!" Joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annie24 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 when can you start the visa process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 End of July/early Aug is when we can apply for ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 18 to 19 more days of work left. Started my 12 day stretch today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejigsup Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 So there's no way L can move here? It sounds like you are closer to your family than he is to his. Forgive me if I'm wrong on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 So there's no way L can move here? It sounds like you are closer to your family than he is to his. Forgive me if I'm wrong on that. On no, your right on that Jig. Abut the only one he really is close to is his gran and grandad. He could move here, most def, but he has to do a lot more to move here than I do to have to move there (like if he were to move here, he has to have a medical exam that costs us $200, I don't). On top of that I by myself don't make enough to meet the income requirement to show I could support him until he found a job. He's more than willing to move here but it's either be close to a family unit and barely scrape by vs. Being away from the family unit and being able to give our kids a moderatly well better life than here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudgie Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 As long as you get to keep your US citizenship, I think that's key. You (and him) will be able to come back to the US if you guys need to or want to in the future and your US citizenship is key for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Oh yeah, I plan on keeping my citizenship and applying for British citizenship when I can. We want to raise our household in the context of both worlds, English and American. The kids will always relate more to their English side but will know about mine, know the American lingo as well as the English lingo for words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Day 1 or 12 - or 13, I'm not even sure - in a row done with. Whew! I had to do some deep cleaning in our clinic because Joint Comission is coming any time. I'll be so glad when they come and go... My mom is taking even more of an active role in wedding preparations the closer we get, which is comforting. She even suggusted we get some peannut butter for the kids to smear onto their crackers as a 'lighter' snack for the kids. She asked me tonight what all we had left to get reception wise and I told her knieves and those plastic plates that keep alluding me. Tracking info says my niece's dress arrived at her mom's house but the bestie didn't know anything about it (assuming it arrived after she left for work). Noting big planned for tonight. Going to continue to work on our wedding signs to get them neater while watching Pawn Stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejigsup Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Now I understand. Well, maybe with his job someday you can live in both worlds. I would miss the U.S. too much to move. I'm a big baby like that. You must love him immensely! He's a lucky man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DN Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 My wife (who is Canadian while I am English by birth) and I lived in England for a couple of years after we were married and then we moved to Canada. I am now a dual citizen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Now I understand. Well, maybe with his job someday you can live in both worlds. I would miss the U.S. too much to move. I'm a big baby like that. You must love him immensely! He's a lucky man. Not really. I mean, L makes a GREAT living but the cost of living is more expensive there and we want a big family (3+ kids) so both worlds just won't happen. Not unless we hit the lottery. I do love him, a lot, but I have never felt 'at home' here, which is odd because I have never been outside my countries' borders! But that's the best way I can describe it. I always knew I would move away and live some were else and I think that's what my mom has latched on to in the process of her preparing herself for me moving 4,000 miles away. Ever since I was a little girl I talked about living in England or Ireland and so for her it's me doing something I always wanted to. And she knows I have never felt at home here, that I have always wanted to go out and see the world. If for any reason I just loath England L is more than willing to move here though. So far the only thing that scares me over there is the thought of driving in a roundabout. >. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 My wife (who is Canadian while I am English by birth) and I lived in England for a couple of years after we were married and then we moved to Canada. I am now a dual citizen. Did you guys decide to move back to Canada because it just made more sense financial wise, DN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DN Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Did you guys decide to move back to Canada because it just made more sense financial wise, DN?That was part of the reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilservant Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 The original plan was for me to move there - and if fact in some ways I wuld be more comfortable with that. Since I dont ahve a relationship to speak of with my family it would be easier than B, but she has seemed adament for awhile now, so we're going to give it a try. If she dosen't like it, well we'll move back to the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonasWaingaro Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Hey OG, are you guys getting married in the US? And have you been to the UK at all yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Hey OG, are you guys getting married in the US? And have you been to the UK at all yet? Yeah JW, we are getting married in my home state. Haven't been yet and with the price of everything for the move - getting a place ready, visa fee, moving the cat, moving ME - we won't be able to afford a 'trial' visit. But L is willing to move here and most people aren't so willling to pick up and move so in that sense I'm very lucky to have a guy like him. I could look at him a year after I move and go 'I want to go home' and he'd be the first one on the computer filling out a means for us to move back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonasWaingaro Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Hehe yep. Figured I'd ask since I've lived in the south and the UK. If you're ever curious for another perspective. And since you are getting hitched in the US you might want to check the reciprocity benefits between the two countries. There used to be a few, might have changed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Always looking for different perspectives Jonas. Send me a PM whenever you want. What kind of reciprocity benefits are we talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 The work I'm doing on our wedding signs. Before with my free hand: image removed And after tidying it up: image removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejigsup Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 L, you sound like a very loving, considerate, person. You both do. I do believe you two will have the happiest of marriages!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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