TakeLuck

OctGirl80

Just checked out your blog and wanted to tell you.

1. I love the name Rowan.

2. He has gorgeous blue eyes.

3. DH would love to have those turtle PJ pants

4. We have the same need for the outdoors.

5. We also BW (lifesaver)

6. Where in England are you from?

TakeLuck

Well, thank you Rowan was my baby name since I was 12 years old. DH still wasn't on board up until a minute after he was born and we'd found out he was a boy. I think after all I'd dealt with that day, he kind of HAD to give me my Rowan

I'm from Norwich. It's a gorgeous city.

The turtle pjs make me grin!

monkey_pants

You're English?  I'm moving to London!  How long since you left the UK?  Any pointers?  We'll be there for probably 3 years (moving for DH's job).  Is Norwich far from London?  I'm not that familiar with the geography.

TakeLuck

Norwich is about 2.5 hours away from London. It's definitely worth the trip! You'll just get on the train at Liverpool Street and it takes a little less than two hours. Hopefully you'll have plenty of opportunity to travel within the UK while you're there because it's a beautiful country from top to bottom. My favourite places are Cornwall (in the southwest) and Edinburgh.

I moved here to Detroit when I was 18 (fifteen years ago) so I've never lived as an adult in England. From what I gather, the cost of living is astronomical! DH and I have always said that we'd move there once his daughter (she's ten) was old enough to travel back and forth alone or make the decision to come with us or stay with her mother. Now that we have DS, we're talking more seriously about it and would like to move there before he starts school.

I think you'll like it very much there. It'll be a really cool experience. Do you know exactly where you'll be living?

OctGirl80

I'd love to go but we just can't afford it. We were planning a trip but crap happened. Now I have to be content with watching Mock the Week & Would I Lie to You? on YouTube. We'll get there one day.

OctGirl80

monkey_pants:

You're English?  I'm moving to London!  How long since you left the UK?  Any pointers?  We'll be there for probably 3 years (moving for DH's job).  Is Norwich far from London?  I'm not that familiar with the geography.

 

Except for the HCOL, I'm super jealous.

TakeLuck

OctGirl80:

I'd love to go but we just can't afford it. We were planning a trip but crap happened. Now I have to be content with watching Mock the Week & Would I Lie to You? on YouTube. We'll get there one day.

Do you have netflix instant? If you haven't seen it already, check out the Office UK. It's brilliant

monkey_pants

TakeLuck:

Norwich is about 2.5 hours away from London. It's definitely worth the trip! You'll just get on the train at Liverpool Street and it takes a little less than two hours. Hopefully you'll have plenty of opportunity to travel within the UK while you're there because it's a beautiful country from top to bottom. My favourite places are Cornwall (in the southwest) and Edinburgh.

I moved here to Detroit when I was 18 (fifteen years ago) so I've never lived as an adult in England. From what I gather, the cost of living is astronomical! DH and I have always said that we'd move there once his daughter (she's ten) was old enough to travel back and forth alone or make the decision to come with us or stay with her mother. Now that we have DS, we're talking more seriously about it and would like to move there before he starts school.

I think you'll like it very much there. It'll be a really cool experience. Do you know exactly where you'll be living?

We're thinking North London somewhere.  DH is starting there Nov 1 but DD and I will stay here until the beginning of December because I didn't want to have to bring her back and forth for Thanksgiving.  I'm going to go over for a few days (the longest I'll have been apart from DD *sniff*) at the beginning of Nov to try to find a place to live.  Luckily DH's employer takes care of a lot of the relocation for us, so they have us set up with a real estate broker and they'll have our stuff packed and sent, some by boat, some by air.  I can't even really fathom the move just yet but I'm sure after I go in November, it'll start to seem more real.

monkey_pants

OctGirl80:

monkey_pants:

You're English?  I'm moving to London!  How long since you left the UK?  Any pointers?  We'll be there for probably 3 years (moving for DH's job).  Is Norwich far from London?  I'm not that familiar with the geography.

 

Except for the HCOL, I'm super jealous.

Errr...what's HCOL stand for? 

OctGirl80

monkey_pants:

OctGirl80:

monkey_pants:

You're English?  I'm moving to London!  How long since you left the UK?  Any pointers?  We'll be there for probably 3 years (moving for DH's job).  Is Norwich far from London?  I'm not that familiar with the geography.

 

Except for the HCOL, I'm super jealous.

Errr...what's HCOL stand for? 

 

High cost of living