Category Archives: expat

my experiences with becoming a UK resident

Today was moving day

By jEN | Published: March 23, 2010

The new house feels like home now. Actually, it felt like home even without all our boxes of stuff. That’s how right this place is. We are tired but very happy.

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Maidenhead. My home of the last five years, my first five years in the UK. I have friends here- new friends made during my adjustment and settling here in this new country, new relationship, new home, new customs and new experiences. I received my British Citizenship in Maidenhead. I almost know my way around. But [...]

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I’d like some of this please

By jEN | Published: January 31, 2010

Neil and I went on a fairly impromptu adventure down to Cornwall yesterday to look at three new home possibilities. Four hours down, four hours back and a bunch of wandering around the country roads between was worth it. The picture above shows the back garden view of one of the houses we saw – [...]

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My boxes- let me show them to you.

By jEN | Published: January 18, 2010

All my US life, the ritual leading up to moving was to scavenge and beg for reasonably clean, sturdy cardboard boxes from wherever you could get them. For free. For my last UK move, I was fortunate enough to be employed by a company that received loads of things in nice, clean, sturdy boxes and [...]

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