We started PACKING!!! WOOOOOHOOOO!!!

[LynnTheDem]

We're moving to Canada permanently in just 7 mths 2 weeks!!!

The paperwork for our cars is in hand...the paperwork for hubby is in hand (he's American, I'm dual)...the paperwork for our beloved kit is in hand...and we started already on the packing!

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!

:) :) :) :party: :) :) :)

[tuvor]

1. Welcome, LTD!

Where will you be off to?

[LynnTheDem]

6. The Peg for a couple years...

I'm from Vancouver originally but my last few years in Canada was in Winnipeg, and it's the best place for us as this time. After 2-3 years there we'll decide if we wanna root there or go back to the west coast.

NEVER EVER coming back here though, not even visits, not this chickie. I've done had it.

[tuvor]

14. Maybe I'll see you around.

Best of luck with everything!

:toast:

[LynnTheDem]

20. Thanks!

:toast:

[GirlinContempt]

31. We'll have to go for coffee

;) got a place yet?

[LynnTheDem]

33. Ok...but I'll order tea (coffee = blech! :D )

No place yet, we've been looking around online at apartments & townhomes, got a couple places in mind but nothing fixed yet.

[GirlinContempt]

35. Cool cool

what area?

[LynnTheDem]

36. One townhome complex in EK.

Not my fave area, EK, but it would be close to the gun club for the hubby.

And another in St. James. Which is ok, I lived in St. James before, but I'm not fussed on it. Lived in EK before too, and not really keen on moving back there, either.

And I previously lived in Ft. Richmond and St. Vital and St. Boniface, and they aren't appealing to me right now, either.

I'd prefer being close to the perimeter. I know that much, lol! I guess it's the "you can't go back" thing, I don't really want to live in areas I previously lived, but that doesn't leave much area left. :D

I dunno, I just can't decide where I want us to be. It's tough doing this online!

[GirlinContempt]

37. I love South Osborne

The village, cordyon, wolsley... Central central central for me

[LynnTheDem]

40. I do too, but I don't want to live downtown-ish

I really like being close to the perimeter. It's that travel-lust one-foot-out-the-door escape-route thing. :D

Well, we got our USD checking account with RBC set up, so that'll be taken care of this week.

Cept I GOTTA git rid o'this drawwwwl. Or is it a twaaaang? My Canadian banker-friend says he shore can hear one...AAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

That's gotta GO! :D

[auntAgonist]

2. Lucky you!!!!

We're thinking of moving there too. I'm Canadian I don't know where to start though as far as getting hubby into Canada.

best of luck Lynn!!

[LynnTheDem]

7. If you get serious let me know; I can guide you thru the entire process.

It's pretty straight-forward, you being Cdn.

:)

[auntAgonist]

11. thanks!

Any help is appreciated. Hubby is talking of doing that more and more, and I'm READY!! I miss Ontario a LOT.

[LynnTheDem]

18. Ontario is loverly!

There are forms you fill out, Part A of Application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class, and then forms hubby fills out, Part B, and then you need your documents (birth certificates, marriage certificate)

Then hubby will need a police check and a medical (the medical you have to do at a Cdn-approved doctor, there are lists for each state).

The forms would probably take you 2 hours or so to fill out, there's nothing much to them;

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/applications/fc.html

Then you send all your forms and documents and the fees in to Cdn Immi. You can wait in the USA until hubby gets his green card, or you can go to Canada on a "visit" and just stay and get his green card there.

If you have a car/cars you'd want to bring up with you;

http://www.riv.ca/english/html/how_to_import.html

Your household goods are tax & duty free to bring with you, you need to fill out an inventory list on a Form B4, and this link has lots of info and other links on household, cars, pets etc;

http://www.cbsa.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4151/rc4151-e.html

:)

[auntAgonist]

39. thanks again Lynn!

I've copied all the information and I WILL check it out!

[LynnTheDem]

41. You're welcome!

It's always good to at least know how, even if you never decide to do, I figure. :)

[sasquatch]

3. Save a space for me OK!

Just in case.

[FreedomAngel82]

4. Good luck!

Sometimes I get so frustrated with everything going on here I want to move myself but I do love it here in good times and bad. This is my native land and I'm not going to go down without a fight.

[candy]

5. Ditto! n/t

[LynnTheDem]

10. We'll cheer you all on.

:)

[LynnTheDem]

8. Got no space on the ride up...

but we will ALWAYS have space up there for those in need. Just catch the Underground Railway and pull the stop-cord at our place. ;)

[bluestateguy]

9. Just stay registered to vote

We need that vote every two years. I get nervous when I see all these white conservatives pumping out all these kids.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

12. Don't worry. Their kids will grow up and rebel against them

There has to be a backlash to all this fanaticism.

[LynnTheDem]

13. Sorry no can do.

:(

But we'll keep Canada from going the way of the rightwingnuttery of America. :)

[bluestateguy]

15. Swell

[LynnTheDem]

26. You don't sound thrilled.

If an American who was active duty US military then retired & moved away from the US and kept his citizenship so he could continue to vote (as an ex-pat) in US elections, the US military could at any time order that citizen back into the US military, even when the citizen is living in oh say Canada...

[bluestateguy]

27. I'm sure you can figure out a legal way to stay registerd to vote

I'll leave it at that.

[LynnTheDem]

29. No there isn't.

Only US citizens are legally able to vote in US elections.

We won't be US citizens. :)

[dxstone]

16. Very happy for ya!

And very envious too...
Actually, I'm not sure Canada's far enough away from here for my tastes, anyway... I'm thinkin' more like the moon, or Venus...
Anyway, pack some warm clothes... and good luck!
d

ps: I bet you could use some nice warm mittens, huh?
The ones below, though, are a bit pricey...

Elegant Pig-Mittens!
http://presidentevilonline.com/piggies.html

[LynnTheDem]

24. I'd prefer a lot more distance away myself.

But I'll take Canada.

A country where the top political party is not only liberal, it IS LIBERAL! WOOOOOHOOOO!!! :) :) :)

OOOOH pig-mittens!!! I could use them for things like taking out the trash, picking up dogshit...

:D

[dxstone]

28. LOL!

:rofl:

[GirlinContempt]

38. The Liberals aren't liberal

ppppft

[LynnTheDem]

43. Beats anything we have here.

I'll just have to straighten the Liberal Party out when I'm home; I'm a born Liberal, gonna die a Liberal, and the Liberal Party's just gonna have to get over that.

LOL! :D

[GirlinContempt]

44. NDP NDP!

[LynnTheDem]

45. LIBERAL! LIBERAL!

:D

[deadparrot]

17. Lucky, lucky person...

I'm jealous. I'm hoping for an eventual escape.

Have fun and enjoy your return home. :)

[LynnTheDem]

22. Hubby says best thing he's done, marrying someone with a Cdn passport.

Heh. :D

Just remember your escape route, should you ever need it; NORTH. ;)

:hug:

[deadparrot]

23. I'll just follow the drinking gourd.

:)

[LynnTheDem]

25. LOL!!!

If it's the Laphroaig gourd, that'll be me. :D

[WillyT]

19. Hold The Friggin Phone Here !!! - Did You Guys Go Off And Start The...

DU Commune without telling MEEEE!!!

I thought I was gonna do tech-support and doobie rolling. *sniff*

*scuffs dirt with shoe*

I... I'll... Miss You Guys...

:hug:

Have a happy and safe trip, LOL!!!

:hi:

[LynnTheDem]

21. What, you didn't get the message we left on your answering machine?

:D

:hug:

[Robeson]

30. I'm jealous.....

...it must be nice to move to, and live in a free country. I wouldn't know.

[peacebuzzard]

double post, sorry.

[peacebuzzard]

32. Dollar is all time low, air and water are shit, folks r fat and dumb

A dumber than dirt President and the power greed machine in place that put his ass there. I mean, I understand why you are going. I tried leaving myself in December....left the country by plane w/ all my dogs...but I came back. Where I went (close to Paraguay in Brazil) I had a very bad experience w/ a so-called "friend" and lost lots of valuable time & precious possessions......so I do wish you luck. But keep the back door open. Come back, please. This country needs all the passionate liberals it can find. The good ol' USA still has soul in some people. We will miss you.:grouphug:

[LynnTheDem]

34. Sorry about your bad experience, that sucks.

:hug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

42. Congrats! :^)