biggish data

I live in Houston...wee village with the best pub in the world, the fox and hounds. Attached to which is the best brewery in the world, the houston brewing company. It's about 15mins from glasgow airport.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-01 14:15:00

Well Nick LOVES haggis! So glad, means he'll help me track it down when I move to NE. He doesn't like whisky though, prefers JD and coke.

Got a couple of friends coming over tonight for cocktails (using up my spirit cabinet). Nicks last Saturday night in scotland before he heads home to NE. Mojitos and margaritas aplenty tonight.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-01 13:18:00

QUOTE (florida scot @ Dec 1 2007, 12:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Come on guys.Your making me home sick after 15 years.

You cannae get nothing like that here in Jacksonville.

But if you have any leftovers.I can give you my address.

I'm making most of it...all going to plan I'm heading over pond in march! I love haggis...going o miss it bad! Round here I usually know the name of the sheep it came from!

Got some scottish brie, oatcakes, rannoch smoked venison and loch fyne oysters as appertisers.....I'm cooking for 15 tomorrow...my whole family and some friends saying " see ya later" to Nick! To finish things off...doing toast with my bruichladdich and the grand finale..................port ellen 1981

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-11-30 19:30:00

tomorrows feast (ok day late but gives me more cooking time!)

#######-a-leekie soup

haggis, neeps an' tatties

Crannachan

dram o' 25yr old bruichladdich (finest uisge beatha)

Hope Nick enjoys it!!!!!!

May the best you've ever seen,
Be the worst you'll ever see.
May the mouse ne'er leave yer girnal
Wi' a tear drap in it's e'e
May yer lum keep blithely reekin'
Till ye're auld enough to dee.
May you aye be just as happy.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-11-30 19:14:00

We actually having that tomorrow. Giving Nick a taste before he heads back to NE. Not looking forward to Haggis hunting in Nebraska. Usually have a Burn's supper on my b'day as it's 27th Jan.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-11-30 17:41:00

Happy St. Andrews Day...........SLAINTE MHATH!!

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-11-30 17:05:00

Applying for Police Cert.

just walk into a police station or phone them and ask about "a request for disclosure of information held on police national computer". I have a few friends in the police force....and as soon as I said disclosure for immigration...they knew exacyly what I meant.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-04 13:41:00

QUOTE (Kezzie @ Dec 6 2007, 09:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I yearn for the mild winters of Scotland.... It is so cold here and more snow than anyone could ever want.... I have become very good friends with our Snow shovel and its only just December....

And then we have the Hot hummid spells in the summer when I long for a good blast of cool Scottish air....

Oh well looks like I had better get used to it.... but it does seem odd to be planning a winter trip to Scotland because it is warmer there and will be nice to get away from the cold.......

right now it's the wind....been blowing a gale here most of the day....my gate blew off at lunchtime! I just left it though, had bad reaction to MMR jag earlier today......sick as a dog!!!!

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-06 16:39:00

west scotland is nasty. didn't have summer this year as such. mind you just spoke to nicks mammy and apparently really snowy there

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-06 11:31:00

rubbish day. First I have to say bye to Nick for 3-4 months (visa dependant) and then I had my varicella bloodtest and vaccinations done thanks to Dr losing my childhood records. My arm aches and I need a hug but Nick in the air somewhere over atlantic on his way back to NE.

apparently I'm too old for a lollypop too!!!

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-06 06:50:00

QUOTE (ginger1981 @ Dec 2 2007, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (Lansbury @ Dec 2 2007, 01:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You can buy Christmas pud in the USA. After the advice given on here we got two yesterday.

You can get a lot of Brit goods at CostPlus world market...they seem to specialize in biscuits and candy for Brit food though. I found spotted ####### there yesterday...

To the Scot getting married to the Nebraskan...I'm from Lincoln Nebraska myself. All of my family and most of my friends are still back there. Hopefully the Husker hype won't scare you :-p

But there is a World Market in Omaha. I don't think there is anyplace in Lincoln that has Brit goods tho.

That will be me then!!! I'm heading to Grand Island. I'm going to miss my irn-bru, haggis and arran blue cheese. Infact, think I might go grab some arran blue and oatcakes now.
His family thought it was hilarious when my reaction to them talking about tornados was "what as in toto I don't think we're in kansas anymore?"

Anyways, wee question...what do you do about your UK driving licence?

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-02 15:45:00

I'm gonna miss Irn bru....not gonna miss the scottish west coast weather

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-02 11:25:00

Administrative Process at NVC

nevermind. Thanks for reading anyways. I called DOS on advice from Bill y Bella for more info. The guy was laughing. Said it's the fastest AP case he's ever seen...went in friday evening, came out this morning.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-10 11:31:00

Administrative Process at NVC

Any other UK-ers had this. I just found out today our file is in administrative Process at NVC. Woman I spoke to told me that it was for security checks and clearances. I asked if she could give me ANY guide at all as to timescales and she just said if no glitches a week or 2. If any glitches could take months.

What are others NVC experiences?

Feel so low because of this.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-10 10:51:00

Medical Info for London

QUOTE (florida scot @ Dec 11 2007, 01:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi

Is it true that my son can call for a medical in London before he gets his letter.

I just found out today from NVC he has a January 4th interview.

He lives 400 miles from london and i dont have time wait on the letter from the consulate as his interview is in 3 weeks.

Can someone please post info on the doctors if this is true.

Telephone numbers, Web Pages etc

Thanks

oooo I know all about the travelling, I'm in Renfrewshire. I've just booked mine today and all I have is my LND number and a promise that my file is between NVC and london....so yeah, go for it.

website: knightbridge doctors

Edited by weedebz, 11 December 2007 - 10:45 AM.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-11 10:43:00

well NVC confirmed today that my case was sent to london yesterday. Decided to go for it and booked medical. Friday 11th January, 10.30am at Bentick Mansions.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-11 14:03:00

thank you for your replies. Just found out stuck at NVC in AP. Looks like I'll be here a while

*cries whilst making herself comfortable*

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-10 09:44:00

thank you for your replies. Places my mind a tad at rest regarding timelines. I'm hoping to have medical early/mid jan and if the embassy is kind to me, my interview mid feb.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-09 16:06:00

I have been looking through threads and probably missed what I need to know. I read on the knightsbridge Dr's website that you need to take your embassy appointment letter with you. What happens if you have'nt recieved interview date?

I'm planning on booking medical as soon as possible after getting packet 3 and I'm worried that I won't have recieved interview date.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-09 10:08:00

AP CLEARED!!!!

congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-11 10:41:00

Evidence and Docs for Interview

i'm including wedding planning emails between me and nicks mammy. As he was here june - dec so there was no point emailing him!!!

Edited by weedebz, 13 December 2007 - 09:07 AM.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-13 09:06:00

Nearly ready to send my documents over!

thanks Julezabelle

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-14 13:40:00

Nearly ready to send my documents over!

i'm getting my co-sponsor to get tax transcripts. I rather take more than they want than less.

Does anyone know how much it costs and how long it takes to get transcripts?

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-14 13:18:00

Christmas in the UK or US

I'll be here in UK and Nick will be in US. Going to be trying to make most of the potentially last festive season with my 'rents and brother for a few years. Miss Nick everyday but will be even more so over holidays. Just try to think of it as the last one apart!

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-13 11:17:00

another one to the scots out there

it is on TV! thats where I first saw it.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-17 09:11:00

another one to the scots out there

check out this Irn Bru ad

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-15 16:15:00

American English versus the Real McCoy

loved that....thanks for the laugh!

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-17 13:03:00

thanks for the replies everyone....very grateful!!!

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-13 14:43:00

which surgery was the UK pics accepted at. I'm going to Bentick mansions.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-13 13:47:00

Thanks. Will use up my last UK ones then and get US ones taken afterwards whilst I'm in london to have them for my interview........whenever that will be.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-13 13:11:00

is it UK or US passport photos for medical?

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-13 12:43:00

Traveling in the UK - Advice for Americans

I'm not far from paisley...I know it and it's colourful language well. Nick finds some of my expressions amusing. "Awa an boil yer heed" and "ho bawbag!" to get someones attention are both ones I use along with repeated use of the words "#######" and "sh!te" which I find can be used in many ways and many situations!

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-17 12:04:00

setting off to london

good luck indeed!

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-18 10:36:00

United Kingdom Interview Thread 2007

QUOTE (ddkm @ Dec 11 2007, 08:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Im hoping for middle of jan at the latest
Does anyone know if there is a way we can check the progress of our files once they get to the embassy, other than calling?

call DOS...even though it's international it's still cheaper than embassy. Got that hint from nice guy at DOS. They can tell you anything the embassy can.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-11 15:58:00

United Kingdom Interview Thread 2007

i'm still praying for a feb interview...preferably middle. My file en route to embassy...left NVC yesterday. Medical booked for 11th jan.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-11 15:41:00

United Kingdom Interview Thread 2007

I've just said "see you later" to Nick. After him being here 6 months he's off home to get a job doing anything he can just to show willingness to work (got good decent co-sponsor lined up + arund $12K to transfer to Nicks account). To say I feel miserable is an understatement, so used to having him around for so long, it's so empty and quiet without him.

I'm hoping for a feb interview or early march. I'm hoping to be able to go over mid march. Still no sign of packet 3 and having no luck getting through to NVC but I know it's only 3 weeks since NOA2. Hoping to packet 3 returned by xmas or just after.

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-06 02:56:00

Shipping Companies?

I'm planning on using excess baggage when the time comes as read secveral good reports

weedebz

Female

Scotland

2007-12-14 12:21:00