All Entries Tagged With: "Life in of an Expat"
More from Den Haag: Almost done unpacking!
Ah, I knew it was too good to be true. Our Internet/TV modem was installed last week, but the signal to the house won’t go live until July 1. That’s OK. Though we’ve felt a little lost without our connection, we’ve had so much to do in the house! Plus we’ll just appreciate our internet [...]
NL Move: School? Check. House? Check.
We had a successful trip to The Hague last week. Roxi liked her school–it seems big and modern, the classrooms were bright, and everyone seemed happy and friendly. She is really looking forward to starting High School in the fall! The only drawback is she will start school a week or so earlier since she [...]
Roxi’s French Adventure
Roxi and about 30 other middle school students visited Normandy, France over the long Bank Holiday Weekend. They boarded a coach early Friday morning–skipping school, woo hoo!–and drove out to the coast. There, the bus drove onto a train that zipped them through the chunnel. Forty-five minutes later, they popped out in France. The kids and [...]
And now, back to our regularly scheduled program
Spring break is FINALLY over. The last two weeks felt so long. Not bad long–it was a great break. But I think it makes the rest of the school year harder to face, to buckle down and get back into the groove. Only 32 more school days left! I think Roxi feels refreshed, though. [...]
On Spring Break–back in a week!
I’m heading into London today to get some NL paperwork done. Then I’m staying in Town for the afternoon because Mr. DJ and I have a date! (Roxi has a sleepover). We’re going to dinner and a musical–it’s one I wanted to check out before taking Roxi to see it. I wonder if anyone can [...]
Living as an American (Texan!) in England
Yesterday, I was exchanging messages with Emm about what to write for World Blog Surf Day. I was trying to think of a way to boil down my expat experience here in England. Two years of living abroad was a bit too much to condense into a short post. However, one thing I kept circling [...]
You do the hokey pokey/cokey/tokey and you turn yourself about, that’s what it’s all about.
We are making our way through the maze of paperwork for the possible NL move. Apparently, to apply for residence visas, we need birth and marriage certificates less than 6 months old. And they need to be notarized in a particular way. This is trickier than it sounds! Not impossible, but still kind of a [...]
Roxi says…
Look! It’s Roxi reading the Carmen program from last month’s show. This is an accurate reflection of her. Get it? Reflection? Of her? Reading theatre stuff? Heh heh… Ok, never mind. My girl was so appreciative of all of your comments and emails yesterday. Thank you so much for your encouraging messages. It really meant [...]
Remembering to breathe
We’ve been having incredible weather lately! I’ve been tempted to put away the sweaters, but A Modern Mother warned me not to quite yet. What an interesting month it has been so far! The weather has been divine these last two-ish weeks. I was telling a friend of mine that it’s like someone came in and [...]
Uh, did I say we were moving into Central London? I meant…
I’ve been sitting on this news for about a week. I was thinking about keeping it quiet until we hear something for sure, but I think it is important to talk about this as it all part of the uncertainty of an Expat’s life! So the big news is my husband’s client in The Netherlands [...]
