MORNING MENA - ITS TUESDAY

[MelindaandTarek 0]

GOOD MORNING MENA -

I hope that everyone has a great day today. I am playing catch up at work - trying to find the bottom of my desk - perhaps I can today...looking forward to after work and some more blackberry picking...although i hope to avoid the thorn in my head that i received last time...hahaaa....

have a great day everyone and its time for some good news?? anyone??

Edited August 28, 2007 by MelindaandTarek

[~Jackie~ 30]

hi

j

[Jasman0717 9]

At least Monday is over

[aya*abouelnasr 0]

Good morning everyone. Work for me again tonight, I am starting to really hate working nights for some reason. I can't wait for school to start so I can finally sleep during the day.

I agree, something has got to happen, and soon. I am beginning to think that all the embassies fell into the Bermuda Triangle. Or everyone went on break and forgot to come back to work. Someone has got to get an interview, or a visa or SOMETHING SOON!!!

[monnik 0]

I'm just hanging out......wanna hear from Tamara about her flight! I hope she is safe and sound.

How is everybody? Well, a better question......WHERE is everybody?

Jackie - do you like other types of music in Spanish besides Marco Antonio? I know of some songs that made me think about you by Diana Reyes. (She sings the duranguense type of music.) Have you heard of her?

Take care everyone.

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[doodlebug 3]

Just got back from the doctor for my girls' checkups. Was supposed to be out of there by 10am. I just NOW have had my first sip of morning coffee!!!

Going to the beach in a few and plan on planting myself for a good two hours so I can finally finish my book that I'm reading. Took a while to get into it but now I'm hooked.

Droppin the kiddos off at their dad's at 4 and then going out to dinner with an old girlfriend who I've known since kindergarden.

Tomorrow when I pick the kids up in the morning we're off to IKEA for the first time. It's a little ways away (I think an hour and a half or something) from us but I've never been there and they look like they have such cool stuff just by looking at the website.

Hope you all have a good one!

[allousa 1]

GOOD MORNING MENA -

I hope that everyone has a great day today. I am playing catch up at work - trying to find the bottom of my desk - perhaps I can today...looking forward to after work and some more blackberry picking...although i hope to avoid the thorn in my head that i received last time...hahaaa....

have a great day everyone and its time for some good news?? anyone??

Hope you are going to wear some gloves. Don't want to get chiggers!!!!!!

[monnik 0]

Melinda, I love fresh blackberries!

There was a big blackberry patch/farm (I don't know what they are called) close to my hometown. We used to go and get a quart or two of blackberries a couple of times during the summer. Once, I was craving them terribly and I stopped by after class to buy some. Well, the guy that owned the patch? was nowhere around. I called out and noone answered. I even looked up and down the rows of blackberries (from a distance) and I couldn't find him. There was a little refrigerated trailer that was on his property and I knocked first, then opened the door to see if he was inside. I didn't find him, but I did find two quarts of blackberries!............................................................................

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sooooo.............I wanted to take them!!!!!But, I didn't have the exact change to pay for them! I was dying!!!! I started digging all around my car to try and find the change I was needing. ( I don't remember how much it was ) And I think I found a dollar between the seats and some quarters in my trunk from laundry day! I must have spent about 30 minutes with my legs hanging out of my car! I finally get the money close enough to the right amount and I took one container of the blackberries and left the money under the other container (sticking out just a tad) . I was so appreciative that the blackberries were already picked and were nice and cool , I couldn't NOT take them, and I definitely couldn't NOT pay for them!

I was amazed that he or anyone else never showed up while I was there! It started to feel creepy being on that property and everything looked deserted!

Anyway, that's my blackberry story.

Doodle, what are you reading?

Allousa, how is the baby's preschool going?

Cairo Embassy (heck, ANY embassy), can we get a flippin visa over here (in MENA)??

[hollyw 0]

Tomorrow when I pick the kids up in the morning we're off to IKEA for the first time. It's a little ways away (I think an hour and a half or something) from us but I've never been there and they look like they have such cool stuff just by looking at the website.

in Stoughton?? LOVE it! You're gonna have fun.

I was there a couple weekends ago... locked my keys in my car (well actually my husband did ). They have really fun stuff and a restaurant and a snack bar. It's like an adult playground. Be careful of the quality of stuff you buy.... I've bought some stuff that I love that has lasted for a long time and stuff that falls apart almost immediately. I have to go back and pick up some stuff to furnish our new place, but I'm waiting until after the Sept. 1st rush.. I made that mistake last year .

[deemabrouk 0]

Tomorrow when I pick the kids up in the morning we're off to IKEA for the first time. It's a little ways away (I think an hour and a half or something) from us but I've never been there and they look like they have such cool stuff just by looking at the website.

in Stoughton?? LOVE it! You're gonna have fun.

I was there a couple weekends ago... locked my keys in my car (well actually my husband did ). They have really fun stuff and a restaurant and a snack bar. It's like an adult playground. Be careful of the quality of stuff you buy.... I've bought some stuff that I love that has lasted for a long time and stuff that falls apart almost immediately. I have to go back and pick up some stuff to furnish our new place, but I'm waiting until after the Sept. 1st rush.. I made that mistake last year .

get the $1 frozen yogurts on the way out

[ya falaha! 0]

Get the little Swedish oat crisp cookies, too. OMG soooo good!

Which book are you reading, Doodle? I'm looking for another good book to read. I just finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" this past weekend. I was sad that I finished it. It was so good. It's one of those books you don't wanna put down. I loved "The Kite Runner" but thought "A Thousand Splendid Suns" was better. Maybe because it was about women so I could relate more. Or maybe because the author had grown as a writer. Either way, I recommend it.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Whoot Tuesdays are my long days at school! Start with classes at 8am and go till 9:30pm with some hour breaks inbetween. It's just the way labs worked out and the classes I needed. Got to talk to Waleed last night for several hours and we were brain storming on ideas for this other research paper topic on Africa. One of the key events I may work on for this research paper is Sadat's speech to the Israeli Knesset that potentiall initiated a new momentum for peace before his assassination. Another topic I have in mind is the Aswan dam and the regional affects. Then of course there is the ever present AIDS/HIV pandemic I could investigate and report on. That's certainly post cold war and a recent hot topic since the head of one of the South African AID advisors was fired maybe a month ago.

Any suggestions?

I'll check back later since I need to head to my 11 o'clock POLS class.

TTYL,

Olivia

[doodlebug 3]

I'm reading The Alexandria Link, by Steve Berry.

It's not something I'd really recommend unless you have a full few days totally dedicated to it without distractions. I got it to read on the plane to Alexandria since I thought it would be cool but never really got into it. Then I read a chapter here and there but nothing that makes me wanna run home and read it, BUT when the kids aren't home and I have nothing else to do it is a good read.

His best book by far in my opinion is The Romanov Prophecies. LOVED it and couldn't put it down.

We just got back from the beach. Never fails...before we go I say, "does everyone have a towel???" and they say "no mom, we're not going swimming...we're too old for that!" and then we get there and they compain that they don't have a towel because of course they want to go swimming. Didn't stay long but enough to get some nice sunshine and fresh air.

Edited August 28, 2007 by doodlebug

[sara535 15]

Which book are you reading, Doodle? I'm looking for another good book to read. I just finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" this past weekend. I was sad that I finished it. It was so good. It's one of those books you don't wanna put down. I loved "The Kite Runner" but thought "A Thousand Splendid Suns" was better. Maybe because it was about women so I could relate more. Or maybe because the author had grown as a writer. Either way, I recommend it.

I TOTALLY agree. In fact what you wrote is almost verbatim what I was saying to my reading friends about that book. I read it in 24 hours, couldnt put it down.

[allousa 1]

What up, Monnik???????

My boy's preschool is going GREAT!!! He cries when I leave him, but the teacher said that a few mintues after I'm gone, he's fine for the rest of the day. How wonderful that I have guilt for 8 hours and he is fine after 5 minutes!!! Oh well.

In just the two weeks that he's been in school, his vocabulary is off the charts!!!! He also goes RIGHT to sleep at bed time because he's just so worn out from the day. He did do the funniest thing though yesterday that he had to have learned from someone at school. He would go to the center of the room and just fall down and he would say "OMPH!" real loud. He did it over and over about 15 times. He probably kept doing it because I was laughing so hard I couldn't catch my breath. He's such a cutie pie!!!!!

I got to talk to my love for an hour and half this Sunday. We are both chomping at the bit to get an answer from Rome. I swear we act like high school kids talking and giggling about what we're going to do when he gets home. (Okay, get your mind out of the gutter....well....half out of the gutter ) We really love cooking together in the kitchen and grilling out so we're really excited about that. The house that I bought for us has the most awesome screened in porch that looks out over the backyard. Most anytime that people come over, they usually end up out there. So, I'm excited for us to just enjoy being together again.

I am really, really, really hoping that we don't have to sit and wait until November or December to find out Rome's decision. Inshallah, it will be APPROVED and IT WILL BE SOON!

Inshallah, SOON for all of us!