Tea, Trials and Moving Miles-A Podcast
Tea, Trials and Moving miles-A Podcast Welcome to ”Tea, Trials, and Moving Miles” We’re Kirsty and Jemma—two Brits who traded drizzle and Jaffa Cakes for the land of endless sunshine and marshmallow-infested salads. 18 months ago, two families packed up their lives in the UK and landed in the USA with no idea what we were doing. Seriously, we could have used a podcast back then! Through a Facebook group, we found each other, started comparing stories, and realized navigating life here is like an extreme sport. From school systems and grocery stores to visas and trying to figure out why on Earth Americans eat biscuits with gravy—it’s been a ride.
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Episodes
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Episode 10 - our beefcake journey with special guest, lovely Lisa
Today our wonderful friend Lisa joins us. She shares her story of how her and her family ended up in the States. She also tells us about her mission to get fit and we share our own on-going fitness attempts too.
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Episode 9 - Packing 📦🚚🧳
An actual subject request! We were very excited by Janine’s message - what to pack and what to leave. We review our moves and what we wish we had packed with hindsight. Could we have squeezed more tea bags in our suitcases? Should we had got more Marmite from Tesco? Enjoy y’all!
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Episode 8: Perfect days
What does a magical, perfect day look like in the UK and imagining how we would spend a day in the US, in all the places we have visited. We don’t let practical things like money, or full tummies get in the way of our dreams. Future trips and snake proofing a cabin are also up for discussion. All enjoyed with a cup of tea.
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Episode 7 - Friends and the emotional journey
Saying goodbye to close friends and family is the hardest thing we ever did, and making news friends as middle age women is a whole new challenge. Today we discuss how we made new friends and how much you have to rely on them when you can feel isolated.
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Episode 6 - All things Medical!
We are definitely not experts on this subject but share our experiences of the medical side of living here. Understanding our options and not being afraid to say no to drugs that may send you do-lally!
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Episode 5 - School Spirit! In this episode we tell you all about our experiences of schools in North Carolina. Enrolling our kids, car pool, the school bus and everything else that totally through us. For us, every day is a school day.
We also have Evie our special guest who give us an insight to teenage life in highschool.
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Episode 4
‘Food and shopping - Kirsty's favourite subject’
Today I (Kirsty) have a long list to discuss on the subject of food and grocery shopping. Sorry to poor Jemma who hardly gets a word in. We share our experiences of food in the states and offer our advice. Maybe don’t pack all your heavy cookbooks, don’t be scared of mega chicken breasts and expect giant apples. More swearing, especially when you find out how much a bunch of grapes cost.
Friday Jan 17, 2025
Friday Jan 17, 2025
Episode 3‘Suddenly you have to DRIVE over here’Welcome y’all. This time you join us just after Thanksgiving and as we prepare for Christmas. This episode comes with a warning - we are a bit sweary. We may also offend some US listeners as we just don’t get Green Bean casserole. After a good ramble, we discuss today’s topic - Driving and the DMV. The differences about driving over here and what surprised us and also our experiences of the big personalities at the DMV and how to prepare for the test. Join us next week when we take on my favourite subject, Food!
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Friday Jan 10, 2025
After a fun flight with tears, vomit, wet jeans and more suitcases than we could handle, we finally arrived in the USA. Turns out, we are not just on holiday. We recount the stories of how we found our feet in those first days. Our temporary apartments, registering for schools, finding a house to rent and dealing with FOMO.
Friday Jan 03, 2025
Friday Jan 03, 2025
Episode 1
‘We bought some mics on Amazon, what have we got to loose’.
Welcome y’all to our homemade podcast Tea, trials and moving miles. Join Kirsty and Jemma as we tell the stories of uprooting our families from the UK and moving to North Carolina in the USA. Third time lucky with this first episode (you missed 2 cracking failed attempts!) as we interview each other on how we began our great American Adventures. Join us with a good cup of English tea next Friday as our story continues.