~July 2007 K-1 Filers~

[Jeraly 4]

Ahhh! I love all you guys - you make me sooo happy and I've just been reading posts with a big grin on my face!!!

well been out and about with Nick's mammy, Now I'm on granny watch as Nick's gran, she old wee frail thing who is not in the best health and they don't like leaving her alone. Nick will be home from work soon then we going to get various bits and pieces. Appartment not going to be ready until weekend so spending another couple of nights with Nick's rents. Fine at the moment but I can see myself getting very board very quick if I can't find stuff to do. Next week, weather depending I'm helping a friend of Nick's family sort out her garden and getting pool back into useable condition after the winter....yep I'm gonna be pool painting!!!!! Threatening to paint aquatic pictures in it to amuse myself.

"GRanny watch" Sounds so cute!! I wouldn't know how to begin looking after and maintaining a pool - I guess if we ever get one I will have to invite you over to show me!!! So nice that you can finally do normal things though

Hehe funnily enough my Mom´s 50th was a couple of weeks after I flew here but it was also a couple of days before she came over here to visit and to the wedding, so I arranged a gift for her back in Europe that I didn´t give to her personally but she loves it anyways and we arranged a funny celebration for her here and she was so surprised and happy

Well my mum's been on about getting a bird (budgie or cockatiel) for ages but we have my cat - as my cat will be leaving a couple of days after her birthday we are all going to chip in and get her one - I've got her OH in on it as well so he can leave it at his mum's until the big unveiling - I just know she will love it I am such a genius

@ aly: i will answer your email soon, the last days were horribly stressful here HUGS!!!!

@ all: FREE HUGS FOR EVERYBODY!!!!!!!

will take my newlywed husband on a date tonite. dinner and a jazz concert.

Hey - no rush!! I lose track of who I have sent mail to anyway Date sounds lovely... will have to ensure we keep dating when I move!! *If* we can afford it... or maybe we'll just go for picnics in teh park or something nice... thing is I don't know all the cool places so he will have to enlighten me - it will be cool to go exploring though... maybe I can talk him into going on magical mystery tours... it will be like a mini road trip that isn't as expensive!!!

And with that ...

our Packet 3 is finally on it's way!!!

Picked up by Fedex 24 minutes ago on should arrive at the Montreal consulate tomorrow morning at 10.30am.

:D

YAY!!!!!! That is *such* good news after such a long wait!! Mine went off yesterday as well - the post office was closed at lunchtime so I worked an extra 15 minutes of my lunch and left a bit early to make it to the one near where I live - sent it recorded delivery so I might see if I can track it in a minute... ohhh... I am soooo nervous!!! The interview is looming and I don't even know when it is so I can't prepare myself!! I almost hope I have an StP scenario so I don't have time to panic!!

Also - has anyone heard from babbles yet?!?!?!?!?!

Phil is on a bus from Chicago to Madison to spend the weekend. We are going to look at a couple more houses tomorrow. Can't wait. His interview is scheduled fro April 7th and he is going to make the Bangkok trip on the 13th. He will then book a ticket to be home for good on the 19th of April. Yipppeeeeee! Also, we have set the wedding date for May 17.

Yay!! When did you get your packet 4? I'll check your timeline in a minute but just updated the spreadsheet with your interview date!! Omg - an interview - I bet you thought you would never get there!! I bet that RFE nightmare seems a million miles away now

Oh and *NAG NAG NAG* to those filing AOS - let me know the info so I can update the spreadsheet!!

We did it

What do you need to know from me?

Yay!!! Check the spreadsheet - it's all there- it's pretty much everything that goes in your timeline anyway so if you keep that up to date I can just look there It's so exciting I can't wait til I send my stuff off!!!! Ok... interview first though!!!

[StillThePrettiest 3]

wow, Jeraly; you've sprinted ahead and are on your THIRD heart! I've still got only the one

[Jeraly 4]

Haha - I had a period of time in work where I wasn't very busy... now I am but... eh

[lisalu100 0]

Sorry Aly, this is a cut and paste! If you read UK Interview thread, skip to the next post.

Hi all!

Such a pain - I have tried to post here the last few days, but the page kept "hanging" as soon as I hit reply. Any ideas? This has happened a few times in the past too

Well, on monday I had my interview, and got APPROVED! Woohoo! I was convinced my lack of Austtralian police certificate was going to be a problem (very expensive phone line told me I needed one if I was there 6 months or more), but it didn't arrive in time). I had the nice chinese lady at window 1, and the American man at 15. After a few easy questions (how and when did you meet, how many times have you been to USA etc), the american man went through my dates on my gap year travelling, and said

"so, you entered Australia in October, and left in January?"

"Um, no" said I. "I left in April".

"So that's October, November..." counting on his fingers

"6 months and 10 days" I said defeatedly, waiting for him to ask for the police certificate I didn't have.

"OK, well your file is now complete, your visa is appoved, please don't forget to pay the courier."

"Thank-you!" (Tears of relief and happiness are now streaming down my face)

I then had to queue for the longest 45 minutes of my life to pay the courier, when I really wanted to leave, and call everyone!

The visa arrived two days later, on wednesday, and yesterday, thanks to Miss Toshtishtash pointing me in the right direction, I booked a one-way flight direct to JFK with Virgin for £239. Bargain! We are staying one night in Manhattan (I feel a trip to Macy's to finish our wedding registry will be in order...), and then making the 3 hr journey back to Baltimore and my lovely house and lovely cat, and I can finally see my wedding dress, which has been camping out at Marty's sister's house since it arrived. I will have 7 weeks before our wedding, which is May 31st, so Weedebz and I are date twins!

Um, life is pretty good at the moment!

[lisalu100 0]

Is anyone else a bit like me? I feel like I know everyone here, because I lurk ALL the time. I love to hear how everyone is getting on, I cried when I read about Aly's wedding, and I have read Weedebz's posts with glee, I am so happy her flights went well. And actually a little jealous that she got upgraded. The thing is, I very rarely post. I've come to realise it's a bit greedy! If you guys hadn't posted all that reading material, what would I have done with all these months? I am a waitress, so I get up at 11am, and before I start work at 5pm, I can usually be found at the computer. I really must make more of an effort to contribute...

[Jeraly 4]

Yay! That's great news!!! Haven't read the UK thread yet so I will let you off!!! Fantastic about the police certificate as well!!!

Also if anyone has any genius ideas of getting cheap flights to LAX on 30th June then that would be awesome... everything is looking so expensive right now and it makes me want to cry - especially as we will have Jeremy to pay for as well...

[*julez* 124]

Cheap flights in summer? Is there such a thing??? We've been looking into a trip to England in late July, taking my 2 sons with us. griff has a return ticket already, so I checked around for me and the boys and the best I could find was $1,925, whcih actually isn't too bad, but still more that I hoped to spend. Plus it means I have to fly with the boys (10 & 13) on different flights than Griff. Ugh! Not sure about that.

On a positive note, I am very pleased to see that Audrey's man finally has an interview date! I will add him to our UK list!

Its so great to finally see all of this K1 journey coming to fruition for the July filers!!

[Jeraly 4]

I know! It is kinda scary though - I am really nervous now that I have sent off my packet 3 because I know the next thing I hear will be my interview date - part of me is dreading it being soon and the other part wants it to be asap - then I have to book my medical as well so I can try and get it all in one trip to London!!

And yeah - cheap flights in the summer are elusive at best... it's a nightmare

[rae_and_scott 1]

I tracked our P3 and it's at the consulate. I feel incredibly relieved to have that done. Now I just need Scott to book his medical, get his police certificate, and get a long-form birth certificate (I think it's a Canadian thing, not sure). Interview, here we come... I hope it will be in May!

Aly: I am really not a fan of Priceline, but perhaps they're worth a shot? Other than that, I'd say just watch the fares like a hawk. I did when I was planning a trip to the UK and I ended up getting tickets for late July/early August for only $450. Course, that was in 2001 and to NY, not CA. Oh and I just read about this new website, might be worth a shot to check out: www.insidetrip.com It compares lots of different variables besides just price to find the "best" flight. If you do a search for it on nytimes.com you can read the accompanying article too, which I found interesting.

[lisalu100 0]

How is £390 for your flight, direct lon-lax with virgin? I don't know what West Coast prices are normally like... Jeremy's would be $1250 with virgin though. Ouch...

[mox 298]

I missed Mox's news! what happened?

*goes searching*

Hehe...shows how out of things I am...*I'm* not even sure what my news was.

However...found out our interview date this morning...May 14. I feel like I should be jumping with joy or something, but I'm feeling more relieved than anything else. Just glad I can finally see the finish line from here.

[weedebz 0]

well day 2 dawns. Went out for a nice chinese meal with Nick last night. Think I've managed to shift my body clock over here now so actually feels like the time it is. Currently sitting at Nick's rents place and starting to shift more stuff to the appartment this afternoon. It will be ready tomorrow but we can start moving our stuff in this afternoon between 4.30pm and 8pm so should get alot of it done. Will be spending my weekend un-packing. Will be gratful not to have to live out of my cases anymore.

[*julez* 124]

I missed Mox's news! what happened?

*goes searching*

Hehe...shows how out of things I am...*I'm* not even sure what my news was.

However...found out our interview date this morning...May 14. I feel like I should be jumping with joy or something, but I'm feeling more relieved than anything else. Just glad I can finally see the finish line from here.

Mox, that *is* really good news! I am so pleased things are moving forward! I hope time flies by for you both the next two months!

[Jeraly 4]

How is £390 for your flight, direct lon-lax with virgin? I don't know what West Coast prices are normally like... Jeremy's would be $1250 with virgin though. Ouch...

Yeah - I think we have issues with Virgin because of my cat though... I can't remember!! I need to find a flight that will let me take her into the Cabin with me during the heat embargo so that realyl helps to restrict things!! Jeremy's flight is really expensive though - I don't think we will get much better than that

I missed Mox's news! what happened?

*goes searching*

Hehe...shows how out of things I am...*I'm* not even sure what my news was.

However...found out our interview date this morning...May 14. I feel like I should be jumping with joy or something, but I'm feeling more relieved than anything else. Just glad I can finally see the finish line from here.

YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! That is so great!! Now you can start making plans for the flights (tentatively anyway )!! How did Nadya take it!?

well day 2 dawns. Went out for a nice chinese meal with Nick last night. Think I've managed to shift my body clock over here now so actually feels like the time it is. Currently sitting at Nick's rents place and starting to shift more stuff to the appartment this afternoon. It will be ready tomorrow but we can start moving our stuff in this afternoon between 4.30pm and 8pm so should get alot of it done. Will be spending my weekend un-packing. Will be gratful not to have to live out of my cases anymore.

Awww - I know that feeling - when we were in Hawaii it was awesome because we could put our cases away and our clothes in wardrobes and things... we'd been living out of cases for almost a week at that point and it was rather annoying!!!!!

How are you settling down? Do you still feel like you are on holiday? It must be soooo nice to be with Nick forever at long last!!! Still jealous though

[mox 298]

Mox, that *is* really good news! I am so pleased things are moving forward! I hope time flies by for you both the next two months!

Thank you! I'm hoping it goes by fast too, although the last 2 hours since I found out have seemed like 3 1/2 hours, so it's not looking good.

YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! That is so great!! Now you can start making plans for the flights (tentatively anyway )!! How did Nadya take it!?

Thanks! Haven't told her yet, she's still at work. I'm calling her in a few hours. Kinda hoping she'll take it well.