I've dropped the ball a bit on posting weekly as I had intended. I’ve lacked some motivation lately, as I was sick for a little while and am now working on becoming a functioning human being again. I managed to catch the flu for the first time in… I don’t even remember when I last …
This is a post I have been wanting to pull together for a while now, but how in the world do I cover all of the differences between Scotland and the U.S. in this post? I don’t. Seriously, I just can’t, but what I can do is throw out at least a few of the …
Continue reading Ten Differences Between the US and Scotland
It’s hard to believe that we have been here three months. We have crammed a lot into those three months. If I think about it, it actually feels like we’ve been here longer. It’s been such a journey, it doesn’t seem possible that all of this stuff has occurred in the time frame of only …
Over the last few months the topic of “regret” has come up a few times on different FB groups I’m in and it’s generally someone who’s getting ready to move here or is seriously considering the move and is wondering if any expats in the group have regretted the move. This is a very real …
I struggle a little bit with the direction of this blog and what I want to focus on. Do I want it to be focused towards providing info that might be useful to other potential expats, or do I just randomly blog about whatever? I’ve decided to do both and this will be my random …
There is so much involved in immigrating to a new country... duh, you knew that, I knew that, but really, it can be overwhelming nonetheless. I can say that I feel confident that all of my research prior to the move prepared me for the many things we'd need to do to start our lives …
Continue reading NINos, Utilities, and Bank Accounts, OH MY!
I have joined several expat groups on Facebook and about once a week it seems there will be a new member who posts something like "I have always wanted to live in the UK and am going to do it!" and then go on to ask questions like where should they move, how people found …
Lindsey's Gone Mad 