i-601: General Moral Support, i-601 app

[ashleydpinzon 0]

Does he have a nice camera?

[Traviesa 0]

You know what, Ashley....he doesn't have a camera! And that's an awesome idea....Except based on Charity's experiences, there is no way I'm bringing a nice new camera anywhere near my suitcase or an airport...I'll bet you all didn't know "photography equipment" is not claimable if they lose your luggage.

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Yeah, neither is jewelry, samples, irreplaceable business papers, or electronic equipment. So there goes my chance of getting any money back for the stuff that was stolen from me. I would only take a camera if it were in my carry on bag. I sure wouldn't put it in my checked baggage.

[ashleydpinzon 0]

well it doesnt have to be a really expensive one or take it w/ your carry on bag

I sent tacho disposable cams and i really enjoyed seeing the pics!

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Ashley: That was a really good idea. I tried to get Javier to do it but he didn't think there was anything interesting enough to take pictures of. He had his cellphone which is a camera phone so he has some pictures on there. They are pretty neat. I wish I could have gotten him to do the disposable camera thing. It would've been neat to show the pictures to our kids one day. Oh well to late now.

[Traviesa 0]

Well you guys I'll have to take pictures because I'll be taking Flat Stanley with me to Mexico. My friend got sent Flat Stanley by a niece so we decided Flat Stanley's going to visit Mexico. But I usually use disposable cameras. Even though I have a digital camera. I never use my digital camera. Just seems too complicated to get the pictures off of it.

[ashleydpinzon 0]

Well i havent met his family so he took pictures of them and then some of the Basilica in mexico city.

[mnmex 0]

So I went to this first time home buyers class last night. There are two more I still have to go to next week. I am so pumped at the prospect of being able to be a homebuyer! Of course we have $0 saved for a down payment (immigration took all of that) and a bit of credit card debt (thanks again to immigration) but there are sooooo many programs and grants out there just waiting to be tapped. We have been in our one bedroom apartment 4.5 years and are sooooo ready to have something of our own. I hoping we’ll be able to buy something this year. I am not adverse at all to share a room with our future kid, but I just want to be able to sit outside in a backyard and drink gin and tonics and have it be my place. When I do that on the front yard of our apt building, I look like a lush. We live on a super busy street in the middle of the city and too much exhaust gets in my drink for my liking. Ha, ha.

[elvia 0]

So I went to this first time home buyers class last night. There are two more I still have to go to next week. I am so pumped at the prospect of being able to be a homebuyer! Of course we have $0 saved for a down payment (immigration took all of that) and a bit of credit card debt (thanks again to immigration) but there are sooooo many programs and grants out there just waiting to be tapped. We have been in our one bedroom apartment 4.5 years and are sooooo ready to have something of our own. I hoping we’ll be able to buy something this year. I am not adverse at all to share a room with our future kid, but I just want to be able to sit outside in a backyard and drink gin and tonics and have it be my place. When I do that on the front yard of our apt building, I look like a lush. We live on a super busy street in the middle of the city and too much exhaust gets in my drink for my liking. Ha, ha.

Stephanie you will have to remember all of this information in a year so take alot of notes. When I come back from CDJ I plan on also buying a home. SOOOOO take plenty of detailed notes!! What do you and Miguel want in terms of bedrooms and square footage? Now I don't know about being a lush (yeah right) but if I was your neighboor I for sure would have some drinks in the front of the apts. LOL

Edited February 17, 2006 by elvia

[ashleydpinzon 0]

yeah take lots. im buying a trailer but its fallen apart so buy the time I pay it off maybe you could help me get a grant so that i can build a house on the land.

[Bootylicious!! 2]

We already have a house. It was built from scratch when I was married to my first husband. It needs some work but with Javier's building background he can do it all. It's nice having a house but it is a lot of work. I hope you find something in your price range that you really like.

[mnmex 0]

I know each state is different with grants and loans, etc. But I am totally taking notes and they give you a whole binder with information and also have individualized homebuyer counseling for free. It is all through a non-profit organization here. I just went online and looked for first time home buyer stuff in MN and came up with all this info. It is out there ladies! As far as square footage, I don’t know. I am not too picky. If it is only two bedrooms with an unfinished basement that is o.k. because we could always add more in the basement and the house would be valued more later. We are for SURE staying in the city. I am such a city girl. I figure our first house isn’t going to be great anyways and we probably won’t stay in it more than 5 years too. I’m sure we’ll outgrow the house before the mortgage is paid off. The best thing about Minneapolis is whoever laid the city out long ago was way into parks. There is a park every 12 blocks or so, so having a huge yard with amenities isn’t a must because you can always just go to the park down the street. And there are tons of lakes too. As long as the yard has room for a lawn chair and a table for my drinks and People magazine. Ha, ha.

I’ll keep you guys updated. I am hoping we’ll buy sometime this summer but $$ wise, who knows. I figure homebuying is like child rearing (neither of which I have ever done so clearly I am no expert on this) but I think if you wait around until you are 100% ready you’ll never do it. Because both are such a huge financial and emotional commitment, you can never be 100% ready. So we’ll just take the plunge and hope for the best!

[chagalafamilia 0]

I want a house.

[Bootylicious!! 2]

I'll sell you mine. I would love to build another house. I could do everything the way I want them instead of the way someone else wanted them. Javier is completely opposite of my ex. He would spend his last dime on fixing up the house and my ex wouldn't spend a dime on the house. I would love to be able to build a house with Javier. It would be awesome. Since he builds houses for a living he would be able to do a lot of the work himself and he could take extra care to make sure it was done right. Something that wasn't done with the house we have now.

[AlmostMex 0]

Hey everyone! I've been busy busy busy this morning. Still no response from Legal Net. Depending on whether or not they'll count last Thursday in the number of "working days" they should reply today to the first e-mail I sent. If they counted last Thursday (the day I sent it) today will be the 7th working day. If they don't count Thursday, it will probably be Tuesday since Monday's a holiday.

Benita, I don't have any cute suggestions but I like the ones already mentioned.

Ok now I need some ideas. I need to get Javier something for his birthday. I don't know what to get him. It needs to be something small so I can pack it, and also needs to be something useful. I had considered a watch but he already has like a thousand watches. What could he use in Mexico? I also had considered a pocket knife but he's already got the monster of all pocket knifes.

This may be silly, but what about a Maglite flashlight or one of each size? I've taken these to Mexico before and it's always been really appreciated. They are like 3-4x as much down there, and everyone can always use a good flashlight. I've given my FIL, husband, BIL all various sizes of these before and they use them like crazy. If you got him an assortment of the sizes, it might make a nice gift without being too expensive. Farm&Fleet is the cheapest place to buy them around here, if you have one of those.