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• What I'm Not Looking Forward to in England #1

  

  I'm sitting here in my Chicago house with the AC blasting. (Do I need to learn to say "air con" btw?) Anyhoo, as well as being ridiculously cold in the winter,... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• What I'm Looking Forward to in England #1 - A Draining Board

  

  As part of my American husband's visa application, we had to have accommodation set up at the time he applied rather than at the time of our arrival. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Diaries. Keep? Chuck?

  

  I have kept diaries for years. As a child, whenever we went on holiday, my mother would give me (and I assume my siblings) a small notebook to record events... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• International Move - Aka Emotional Roller Coaster

  

  So yes, it's all "go" in the Repat household. (Did you notice my banner?) With less than two months till our big move across the Pond, - it's complete chaos... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Using Everything Up

  

  I am usually one of the people who keeps things "for best" or "just in case". Give me a beautiful bar of soap and I probably won't use it. Not because I don't... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Keepsakes and Mementoes - What's the Point?

  

  As part of preparing to move four thousand miles across the ocean after amassing stuff for 27 years here, I'm going through said stuff. I have all my cards... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The First 100 Days - What Trump Should Have Said

  

  So we're coming up to the "First 100 days" of the Trump regime. It's a traditional benchmark where new Prezzies and their Administrations stand back, take... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Repat Prep - Packing Your Stuff Up

  

  Second only to figuring out how to ship the mutt to the UK without having to take out a mortgage, is how and when to ship my stuff and actually, what stuff to... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Repat Training - The Meet and Greet

  

  One of the things many expats talk about is how the rules for meeting and greeting people vary from one country to another. Here in the American mid-west,... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Readying to RePat - This is Not Gonna Be Easy

  

  I think I've gone the longest ever without posting on Expat Mum. And with good reason. I'm stressed to the hilt and rushed off my feet at the same time.See, we... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Why Can't My Dreams Be Sweet

  

  I've written about my crazy dreams before, but honestly, sometimes they really mess with my head. I have quite a lot going on at the moment so of course,... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trump's Words of Choice

  

  Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. (Rushes in, obviously tardy, very flustered.) Been a busy month with a lot of back issues thrown in. (Yes, it's back. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Little Care Packages

  

  As you know, I don't normally review stuff on the blog. With what's usually going on in my life, or in the USA (cough, cough) I have enough material to blog... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Little Bit of Me on Metro Radio

  So I was a guest on Metro Radio last night, which is a popular radio station in the North East of England. Alan Robson hosts Night Owls and talks to listeners... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Why I Couldn't Stop Dancing.

  

  Been a while since I posted. We've been a bit busy over here and I've been a bit demented. Can you blame me?Anyway, on a much lighter note, I came across... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• My 2016 - Not a Bowl of Cherries

  

  Yes, everyone's commenting on how awful 2016 has been - Brexit (if you were a Remainer), Trump (3/4 of the US didn't vote for him and the world stands... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2016 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Getting Crafty at Xmas

  

  A few years ago I was wondering what to do with the large collection of wine corks my son had amassed from years of his parents' consumption. Here's the post... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2016 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trying to Ignore Trump. (Hint - Mission Impossible)

  

  It's pretty hard, pretending that Trump isn't our next President despite gaining over 1.7 million votes less than Hillary Clinton and depite almost half the... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2016 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trump - All Talk and No Trousers

  

  So. What to say. What to do? It's taken me a while to get my head around the fact that our next President (I'm a dual citizen) is going to be a casino... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2016 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Nasty Women Banded Together And, Oh Yeah, the CUBS Won!

  

  Been a very busy, stressful time here.We still haven't had the election (next Tuesday folks, next Tuesday). Trump called Hillary Clinton a "nasty woman" in the... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2016 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION