http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com Travelog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:34:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Could someone reading this on the blog (http://blog.beccajanestclair.com) please attempt to leave me a comment? I've been getting a few complaints that the comment feature isn't working properly, and before I try to trouble shoot it, I need to know what the problem is! Thanks! http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/03/comments-malfunctioning/ Several times a month there is an outdoor farmer's market in Lincoln. Tim and I managed to go once last year while I was visiting, but many of the stalls had already closed for the day, so this time we made sure we got in by noon. There ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/03/to-market-to-market/ I have had the misfortune to require a doctor after office hours twice this week. In the US, if I needed my doctor after office hours I would have to call into the answering service, leave a message, have my doctor (or the doctor on call) paged by the answering ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/03/nhs-after-hours/ Thursday has just become my town day/social day. After spending time volunteering at Cancer Research, I'll be walking up the hill (steep hill!) every Thursday to go to Tim's aunt's house for Tea (dinner/supper). After Tea, I'm headed over to rehearsal for the Lincoln Sounds, a female barbershop quartet group ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/lincoln-sounds/ One of the new requirements under the BCI bill is volunteering. Volunteering will cut 2 years off your citizenship wait, reducing it from 5 years to 3. Since I enjoy volunteering, I decided to look for a place to volunteer starting now. This way, when the requirements ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/volunteering/ I took the bus into Lincoln today because I had a few errands I needed to run. I got off the bus at the "top of the hill" near the Cathedral, as my original plans were to talk to the people at the pub we want to use for the reception ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/a-day-out/ I've officially lived in the UK for one month, as of....well, right now, since my plane landed at 530 in the morning on the 21st of January. I'm settling into married life and life in the UK, and things are starting to get sorted - *I've been added to ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/one-month/ As most of you know, I've recently moved across the ocean to be with Tim. In addition to shelling out nearly £600 for my visa (close to $1000), plus extra for the expediting, we also spent a fairly decent chunk of money shipping most of my personal belongings across the ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/broken-memories/ Tim and I have been trying to get out and do more walking lately, and one of the best ways to do so is to walk on one of the many Public Footpaths in our area. Public footpaths are pretty interesting. If you've got one on your property, you ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/walking-on-a-country-road/ Tim and I really struggled on what to do for Valentine's Day. It was our first Valentine's Day as a married couple, and really, our first Valentine's Day to spend together, since last year he had to work 2pm - 10pm on it. Last year I managed to surprise ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/happy-valentines-day/ On our first trip to the library when I got my library card, I borrowed Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food. I had watched his Christmas cooking specials this past December and loved his recipes and his style of cooking, so I thought his cookbook(s) would be worth checking out. ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/jamie-oliver-is-my-hero/ Okay, I know it might sound funny for a 30-yr-old to write about her first trip to the doctor when she's probably been going to see a doctor since she was born, but bear with me. Going to see a GP in the UK is a lot different than ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/my-first-visit-to-the-gp/ One thing I always worried about when I was dating was if my boyfriend's family would accept me, and if my family would accept him. I had several boyfriends in my past (I won't name names) who my mom didn't like, or my aunt didn't like, or his parents ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/part-of-the-family/ http://www.us2uk.net In love with a Brit? Working for a company offering a transfer to the UK? Studying abroad? BritianniAmerica offers an online community and information for those living in or planning a move to the UK. http://board.us2uk.net Uprooting your life and moving across 'the pond' can be overwhelming, exciting, and confusing. BritiannAmerica offers ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/us2uk-is-ready-to-go/ Two posts in one day! Go me! My husband is fantastic. And I'm not just saying that because today marks three months of being married and two weeks of me officially living in the UK. When we knew we wouldn't get to spend Christmas together, we decided to hold it ... http://www.blog.beccajanestclair.com/2010/02/well-i-can-still-bake/