Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	Help me	Ditto, you will be in the waiting room already to go by now Yes, get the "mass" checked into. Good luck Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-07-16 14:23:00
Canada	How much will this all cost?	Read my U-Pack from ABF topic, they were excellent for moving. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-07-16 19:18:00
Canada	How much will this all cost?	Try switching to a minimal plan and pay it each month, it might be more economical. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-07-16 14:09:00
Canada	Together and Then Separated	Oh my goodness, my heart feels heavy and my eyes are watering at the very reading of your ordeal. That is totally unacceptable service, but alas we/you are at their mercey. I pray that things speed up soon!! Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-07-19 10:08:00
Canada	Finally!!!!!!!	Unpacking goes fairly quickly - you would be surprised at how your brain has already figured out where to put things. Storage is a problem in this 50 year old house. The closets are not very big, and I have always either had a basement or a storage rooom. Clear totes for my sewing materials and regular labelled totes for everything else. We bought an upright storage unit at Loew's for outside things that were taking up a whole closet inside. I understand the missing of family completely. I am older (52) and my parents are both gone, but my youngest daughter (25) and I are exceptioanlly close. Having spent nearly everyday of her life together except for visits to the USA to see Carnell. I was so ready to come here to be with my husband, but not ready to leave! Your mum can become a snowbird and visit you until such time as you can apply for her to come. It won't be the same as 24/7, but it is nice being from Canada - it makes things easier for cross border travel. Maybe it is time for her to get a NEXUS card so that travel will even be easier for her? Good luck settling into your new home! Janet Edited by carslo, 19 July 2009 - 10:02 AM.	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-07-19 10:01:00
Canada	Need some support	Welcome and good luck with your journey - it will be over before you knowi t. I never had trouble, but I also used a Nexus pass to fly out of YVR to LAX for the last year. I always carried all the copies of the paperwork we had filed for immigration. I was never asked for anything in all of the almost 7 years I or Carnell travelled back and forth. I know it is nerve racking and I relate to all of your anxieties! It is a ####### shoot at the border each time you cross. Janet Edited by carslo, 23 July 2009 - 09:37 AM.	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-07-23 09:37:00
Canada	Complete Medical and Interview Review - Vancouver	I am glad to hear that you are healthy! I hope everything goes well on the rest of the journey. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-07-27 11:27:00
Canada	3 more approved in Vancouver	Woo hoo Jesse CONGRATS! I just got back from a little trip to Anaheim and was so pleased to see that you are on your way! Stay in touch! Janet Edited by carslo, 31 July 2009 - 04:51 PM.	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-07-31 16:50:00
Canada	Visa approved	Excellent news! Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-01 09:39:00
Canada	ARRRGH k1 vaccination - Tdap	Oh good you found it. I ordered mine in at my Safeway pharmacy - it was about 47 dollars. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-02 10:03:00
Canada	Help?	Here is my post on ABF U-pack far cheaper than PODS and I was highly impressed. Janet http://www.visajourn...howtopic=206365	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-02 13:35:00
Canada	Visa Received!!	Yippee! More information please about the border crossing. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-05 10:16:00
Canada	Medical exam issue/vent	I believe it stated in the information from Woking Clinic in Vancouver that you needed to have a Dr's letter with any medication that you take recorded on it present at the medical. It appears they are only asking for what you were already required to take. I only use an inhaler sometimes after I have a cold to prevent asthma. My personal physican said, "if they ask for it you need to have a letter from me to document the medication," she wrote my 2 meds upon a RX pad and charged me $60.00 for it - sadly. Please try not too worry - get a letter from the dr and get your elevated BP looked at. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-05 10:14:00
Canada	Anyone waiting for an interview at the Vancouve Embassy?	QUOTE (minnew @ May 28 2009, 07:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> APPROVED!!! VISA IN HAND!!! Good job on preparing for your second meeting and I am so glad it ended up the way, you hoped and paryed it would. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-05-31 12:26:00
Canada	How often do you clean??	This takes me back to the shoes in the house topic. My home here in the USA, is always full of people! Right now we have at any given time 8 - 14 people here, but 8 is the number right now. I do not like clutter nor dirt. We have no carpet in the house - thank goodness or I would be going crazy as everyone except my husband and I spill like crazy, and with three tweens in the house it is almost helpless to try and do anything until the early morning when my husband has gone to work. I clean the main bathroom daily including the floor and even that gets wiped up a couple of times a day. I do not clean my stepson's bathroom or room! He is 21 and off to the NAVY next year and I don't go there. I dust once a week, and do not have many of my decorative things out, nor have I hung any pictures yet. So there is only a couple of things tables to dust and a few pictures to clean with Windex. I sweep and wash the floors every two days. With all the traffic in the house, I possibly should do it every day, but I don't. I had a Velida mop in Canada that was perfect, here I have a Liberman (sp?) and a Velida style bucket. They had a string mop before I came and no bucket - not sure how things got cleaned. If someone calls and are arriving shortly, I have both wet and dry Swifers - though I do not think the wet ones really clean that well. Dishwasher is run at least once a day and I wash the three grates from the top of the gas stove at least 2 times a week in the dishwasher. The rest of the family fries a lot and this is the only way I can keep the grease at bay. I don't cook for the rest of the people here, just Carnell and I and if I fry I have those mesh covers for the pans. I polish the stainless steel appliances 2 times a week. I sweep the front and back porches once per week. Towels are used once and then go in the wash as the ash from my families skin is darker than mine. The sheets in our room are changed once a week, if really hot out maybe 2 times per week. Kitchen towels are changed every morning. Bathroom hand/hand towels are changed 2 times a day (I refuse to buy paper towel for the bathrooms, as was the practise before I arrived - if you hands are clean after washing them there is no need for paper towels!) Walls are spot washed when ever necessary - I don't think anyone has ever told the tweens that they do not need to hang on to the walls to walk or turn a corner. I wash the blinds 2 x per year and I hate to wash windows. I use the Windex outdoor spray on most of the windows and clean the bay window once a month. I vacuum the floors about every two weeks to get the stuff the broom misses. I am fussy about the cleanliness of my home - it is my own personal issue. So I can't take the poll as it doesn't fit into my cleaning routine. Everyone has a different level of comfort with cleaning their home, I try to remember that people don't died from a dirty house, but I still like it nice and wear my "clog" sandals in the house because the floors will never be clean enough for me as people wear thier shoes inside the house. Janet Edited by carslo, 10 August 2009 - 09:14 AM.	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-10 09:10:00
Canada	I'm in Montreal!!	I hope that by te time you read this you are doing the happy dance. I missed out on the good wishes for a successful interview, but I hope that your move to the states is uneventful! Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-12 09:58:00
Canada	Visa approved!	Congrats and the best of luck with your move to the USA Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-14 09:17:00
Canada	Update from NJ	Greetings from southern California. So glad all is coming together! Nice to hear from you also Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-14 09:20:00
Canada	Small bit of a problem	My friend just moved from Vancouver to Vancouver Island. She just called and explained she was moving and they said no problem. I won't stress too much over this Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-07-24 10:50:00
Canada	Odd Pets	We have a fish bowl with 3 glass tropical fish in the bathroom - the perfect pet! Low maintenance and costs nothing to feed Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-05-28 12:59:00
Canada	Good luck in Montreal tomorrow Sombercat and Holliday!	Congrats !	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-19 08:47:00
Canada	Which dress would you choose for a beach wedding?	Oh good I am glad I am in the majority! Best wishes on the day no matter what you chose to wear. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-05 10:18:00
Canada	How long after the interview did you wait before you got your visa??	My interview was on Monday and the Xpress package arrived by 10:00 am on Wednesday morning - all the way across to Richmond BC. Woo hoo time to get things tied up and leave Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-06-24 13:37:00
Canada	How long after the interview did you wait before you got your visa??	woo hoo does it look pretty inside your passport? Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-05-14 11:38:00
Canada	CR-1 (My EI timeline)	An update on the EI situation. Last week I had still received nothing, so I called the Out of Canada office (thanks JillA for the number in a previous post). The woman there was very helpful, she told me that they had mailed a cheque on August 6th, but I have yet to receive that. She was able to process the next 4 weeks of cards over the telephone over the course of 2 days, and this morning I had a payment placed in my account in Canada. She mentioned that even if we do ask for direct deposit in our original claim it is not always processed as direct deposit, a comoputer glitch. However, since she had manually processed the cards now that everything should be good to go. So I applied on June 29th and received a payment in the credit union the morning of August 24th. I hope this will help others in their EI claims. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-24 09:30:00
Canada	CR-1 (My EI timeline)	Arrived USA June 28, 2009 Applied for EI over the computer June 29, 2009 Request for a copy of visa stamp and marriage certificate July 10, 2009 First Set of cards July 10, 2009 Cards and requested information returned via regular mail service July 13, 2009 Second Set of cards received and mailed back on July 31, 2009 Phone call from Kingston, Ontario August 5th, 2009 requesting verification of ability to work and query regarding job search. Scanned copy of Permanent Resident card front and back emailed August 6th 2009 Confirmation email received that it has been processed for payment. Woo hoo Janet I will let you all know when I see some money in my account	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-06 15:19:00
Canada	CR-1 Review	Congrats, I am glad that this part of the journey is over for you now! Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-24 09:34:00
Canada	Zucchini Recipe Exchange	Zucchini Marmalade Shred the peel of 2 large washed oranges 2 cups orange pulp 3 cups finely chopped zucchini 1/2 cup lemon juice 1.5 cups water 1 box (1 3/4 oz) powdered pectin 6.5 cups of sugar 1/2 cup sliced almonds I peel orange and put thru shredder disc of food processor. Put oranges in processor bowl and mix with blade. Put zucchini thru shredder. Put in a large pot and bring to boil with lemon juice and water. Cook simmering about 2 hours or longer until you have about 4 cups. If reduced too much add water to make 4 cups. Add pectin to zucchini mix. Add sugar all at once and nuts. Bring to a rollingboil and boil 1 minute. Skim foam and bottle. I process the jars in a hot water bath 5 minutes at a rolling boil. Lemon Zucchini Chicken 1lb boneless chicken cubed 3 cups small zucchini sliced 1 onion sliced as thin as the zucchini 2 cups chicken broth 2 tbsps cornstarch with a little water 1 tsp ginger root grated or powder Juice of 1 lemon 2 tbsps soya sauce 1 tbsp sugar Saute chicken in peanut oil - remove from pan Saute 1/2 zucchini and onion - remove from pan Saute remaining zucchini and onion Return all to pan add remining ingredients except cornstarch and water heat through add cornstarch and water and heat until bubbly. Serve with rice. Enjoy!! Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-07-15 15:53:00
Canada	Reminder from the Canadian Consulate	Thanks for the info Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-09-02 09:25:00
Canada	Custom House news	Thanks, I will remember that Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-09-07 13:40:00
Canada	Custom House news	My first transaction took 7 days, now I am awaiting the second transaction and it has been four days, add another for the holiday w/e so I am imagining that it will be the 8th or 9th of September for it to be deposited. I have used the ATM a couple of times and I was dinged with $5.00 service charges each time from my credit union in Canada, but as I pay no service charges on the account it wasn't so bad. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-09-06 09:13:00
Canada	Car Registration and Potential trouble at boarder???	Can you drive your husband's car and leave yours at home this time? Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-09-12 10:59:00
Canada	Stories of Finding Employment	QUOTE (G&A @ May 22 2009, 11:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (carslo @ May 22 2009, 09:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I too have worries about finding a job equal to or better to what I presently do in BC. I have worked as a Special Education Assistant for the past 18 years. I realized early on that I would need an AA to do the job here in the USA as outlined in the "No Child Let Behind Act", so I went back to school and not only got my AA but completed my B/A. With cut backs in education scheduled in the Los Angeles area, I am concerned. I have done all I can to prepare for my upcoming move to the USA. I have taken additional training in the medical aspect of my job: cauterization, suctioning, tube feeding, seizure management, and Non-violent Crisis Intervention Prevention training and upgrading. I will have letters of recommendation from Administration, Classroom teachers covering many grade levels, Support Teachers and parents. Plus from my volunteer work with Girl Guides since 1988. I am putting together my CV/portfolio and can only hope that I can get an interview. I am confident that if I can get an interview, I will be hired - they would be the losers for not hiring me. I have also send my information off to have it evaluated to the American standards, a B/A in General Studies with a Minor in History should likely equal a Liberal Arts degree here or perhaps a Hisotry degree depending. I have mostly history courses. I have found that in Canada I was required to have more academic courses to get my degree than what I have seen my stepchildren taking. Perhaps that is just a reflection on the institution that they are attending. I truly want to work with special needs students in a school setting - partly for the love of the job and the other reasons is I can't imagine going back to a job with 1 or 2 weeks vacation a year after all the time we get in the education field. I also worry as I am not longer a "spring chicken" at 52 I am not old but well experienced. Good luck, Janet If you are moving to LA....there are a TON of school districts here. Basically every city in LA county has its own school district. So do not worry in that regard. Educations is prob one of the best fields right now... Thanks so much	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-05-22 11:30:00
Canada	Stories of Finding Employment	I too have worries about finding a job equal to or better to what I presently do in BC. I have worked as a Special Education Assistant for the past 18 years. I realized early on that I would need an AA to do the job here in the USA as outlined in the "No Child Let Behind Act", so I went back to school and not only got my AA but completed my B/A. With cut backs in education scheduled in the Los Angeles area, I am concerned. I have done all I can to prepare for my upcoming move to the USA. I have taken additional training in the medical aspect of my job: cauterization, suctioning, tube feeding, seizure management, and Non-violent Crisis Intervention Prevention training and upgrading. I will have letters of recommendation from Administration, Classroom teachers covering many grade levels, Support Teachers and parents. Plus from my volunteer work with Girl Guides since 1988. I am putting together my CV/portfolio and can only hope that I can get an interview. I am confident that if I can get an interview, I will be hired - they would be the losers for not hiring me. I have also send my information off to have it evaluated to the American standards, a B/A in General Studies with a Minor in History should likely equal a Liberal Arts degree here or perhaps a Hisotry degree depending. I have mostly history courses. I have found that in Canada I was required to have more academic courses to get my degree than what I have seen my stepchildren taking. Perhaps that is just a reflection on the institution that they are attending. I truly want to work with special needs students in a school setting - partly for the love of the job and the other reasons is I can't imagine going back to a job with 1 or 2 weeks vacation a year after all the time we get in the education field. I also worry as I am not longer a "spring chicken" at 52 I am not old but well experienced. Good luck, Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-05-22 11:12:00
Canada	Countdown to Citizenship test/interview...	Way to go!	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-10-14 13:15:00
Canada	Question about Customhouse	I am on my third transaction, the previous 2 have taken 6 - 8 days. I am sorry that someone had a bad experience, they were very kind and patient with me. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-09-24 14:23:00
Canada	Did interview yesterday and denied!	OH my goodness!!! I hope I don't have to worry about this?? I am so sorry to hear about your delay. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-06-18 13:40:00
Canada	SHipping household goods to the US?	I used ABF's container service with excellent results. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-12-23 11:13:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Trois	Thanks Carla I will need 4 of those refills please. Misty my heart goes out to you. I would offer up our spare room down here in Hawthorne for you and hubby but we have 5 of my husband's former wife's relatives staying with us for an undisclosed period of time - a niece, her partner and their respective children. Not to mention the assorted other young people who drift in and out. This too shall pass, just as your week will also. I once had a similar situation to yours back in the old country. I packed my little duffle bag with anything I thought I might need and kept it in the hallway near the bathroom so I could change in there. The infringement on ones personal space is hard to handle, but try and remember that soon it will be over and back to normal again. The extra hours sounds like a plan. I have been wondering if I should actively try and go back to work with a bit more effort even before I collect my EI to escape the madness here also. My thoughts are with you. Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2009-08-04 08:54:00
Canada	Taxes Ugh!	Thanks for the responses, I figured you couldn't claim the moving expenses but thought it as worth a question Janet	carslo	Female	Canada	2010-03-06 13:11:00