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[SuperBunny]

East Coast
MaNanny - Boston
Twinmommytobe - Boston
MuminCT - CT
Greatgooglymoogly - NY State
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Brooklynmom - NYC
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Poetmum - PA
Twirl - MD

South
Earlybird - TN
jabberwocky - AR
Sunchowder - Florida
Marls001 - Bentonville, AR
Tinpot - NC
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Midwest
SuperBunny- Chicago
Dodgykeeper - Dayton, OH
Chocchipcookie - Ohio
MonkeyLover
KickAssAngel - Ann Arbor, MI
MumofFivemeanschaos

Rockies
Alipiggie - Boulder, CO
Ribena

Northwest
AnnieLaurie - Seattle, WA
Dooneygirl - Oregon City, OR

California
SittingBull - nr San Francisco
Califrau - Milpitas
loopsngeorge - Brentwood, LA
Syd - Manhattan Beach, LA
SofiaAmes - LA
LATyke - Redondo Beach
CarmenSanDiego - San Diego

Texas
Texan - Dallas
Tiggyhop - Houston
Vixie78 - Houston
BananaPudding - Austin
Cosmicdust - East Texas

Canada
Hellish - Ottawa
Shouldlistenedtomymum - Hamilton
Nooka - BC
Jacksmama - Langley

Exotic Islands
Anorak - Bermuda
cp - Trinidad
Barefeete - BVI

Brazil
Albert

The immigration thing really sucks - we got thrown out too, although I am now quite glad as I really prefer it up here, and dh was very unhappy at work (prior to his office being closed that is). Now we just have to sort out immigration for Canada instead - but at least it is possible!

Will keep fingers crossed for that, mananny!

Nooka I have had several people suggest Canada to me!

I'm being put forward for some lovely jobs in France and Switzerland, so fingers crossed I can get phone interviews etc out the way before I leave then fly out there for face to faces. It's going to be so sad leaving my munchkins but a part of me is excited about the prospect of adding another little one (or 4) to my collection Plus I can't wait to see my real family, it's been a long time and I have missed them

change of subject alert
just got dd's school phots back. i let her dress as a fairy (wings & wand over a dress) & then had rainbow & hearts background.
thing is, they have her in a standing pose, with one leg on soemthing '9can't see her feet). it's the archetypal 'i beat you down, now i'll tread on you' pose, and although she's smiling, it's kind of a 'hmm, got you' smug look, not a proper smile.

so the overall effect is that she is not poncy little girly fairy, more of a kick ass one!

had to share - you are the only people who would get that.

Like mother like daughter!

Good news, mananny. Will keep everything crossed.

I'm so excited I might burst... I have a tentative agreement about taking Dinner home. To live. I know I've alluded to it before but it's actually a possibility now. Will know more next week.

Oh, we're crossing EVERYTHING here hoping it works for you.

Thanks Dooney.

Wow sb that's fabulous

Not entirely, Mananny. Am torn between lauging and crying., Have had wine and am listing to Israel Kamaerimearmoemooeoemeoem'Ole & also to Little DOnkey on yioutube. WTF. Helllllp!

Ooops, so sorry

And YES, obviously it is excellent news and I am so thrilled. Quietly. And a bit scared of it going wrong.

I understand. I thought I'd be here indefinitely and now for reasons beyond my control I'm outta here in 9 weeks. Life can change in an instant. And I haven't had wine, I'm looking after the tiniest 8lb baby I've ever seen! He's a doll. A non sleeping one though. 4 weeks old and refusing to sleep and his poor mom is at her wits end. So here I am doing a night shift so she doesn't throw him out the window at 3am!

But anyway, I hope it all works out with you and Dinner god knows you deserve some good karma too!

sb, hooray!!

hope it works out for you. i've always thought you managed to sound incredibly cheerful & like you enjoyed your life here, in spite of having some very difficult circumstances. really hope it works out for you.

i'm assuming you're missing the grey cloudy weather, and working all hours as a teacher?

SuperBunny, that is fabulous for you! A friend of mine was in a very similar situation to you and it took her over two years and many, many $$$$$ in lawyers fees and silly court interventions before she was able to go, so yeahh! There's no place like home.

Thank you all. After 3+ years & a huge amount of debt in legal fees, things may be slowly resolving. KickAss, spot on - it's the drizzle and cost of petrol I am missing most. And of course the 60 hour week of teaching. Actually, I do miss that!

Now, where to live?

Fingers crossed for you, SB!

lol at the kickass fairy

i know we don't generally swear on this thread, but
oh fuck
dh got a phone call from his boss, who's in the UK at a board meeting. things are not going well & dh might be out of a job.
cannot mention this to anyone inrl, as this is a small town & it would get back to other employees, so they would worry, and we don't want to worry our families.
it is only a 'maybe' at this stage, and his job has always been insecure, but i can't work, so no back-up there & we were enjoying ourselves until last night.
this also means that i won't be getting a lovely big pressie from dh for my birthday next week, and no-one lese is sending me anything as i'm going home soon. i know it's silly, but i feel a long way from home, and at least one little pressie to unwrap would be nice. am feeling very sad & sorry for myself right now.

eek! It's such an unstable time for everyone right now. I'm so sorry

i'm such an idiot. i stayed up ALL NIGHT stressing, worrying & crying over this. (spent time on mn too)
about 6 am, i remembered that dh has an extremeelygood contract which guarantees he'll be paid til the end of sep, even if they make him redundant today. and we're so good at saving that we would be able to keep afloat til end of nov no problem. which gives us loads of time to sort out any problems, and it's all just 'maybes' atm anyway.
going to bed now, have got 3 hrs til dd gets back from school. will lie & think soothing, sleepy thoughts instead of being a stress head.

Fuck Kickass. Thank goodness you have a safety net.

My life has just taken a turn for the worse too. Why is everything so complicated?

sb, not good news then? can we all trade identities or something? you can be dh & HAVE to return to uk, me & mananny can be you & get to stay?

you just feel you should be able to turn up at visa/immigration & say 'look, some of us want to stay, some of us want to go. here's what we worked out, you won't be putting up with any extra immigrants, and we will be happy'
just never works like that, does it?

Oh, we should totally do that! let's all go to immigration and tell them what we decided!

I am still going, I think, but it's messy - sort of, 'you can the castle you so desperately wanted but we are going to dig out the ground beneath it'