Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 6)

[*JG* 2]

thanks Jamie...i can't wait just to reconfirm she is actaully a she.... if not i hope he will look cute in pink...

Is there a chance they are wrong?

there is a possibility....u/s isn't 100% accurate....

OMG I couldn't even imagine if they were wrong! That would be so awful yet so hilarious all at the same time.

Good on you Gilly Mi wonda how mi cyan git mi name pon de ambassador list...hmmm...

I've always been told if they tell you it is a boy (cause they see the winkie), it is accurate. But, if they tell you it is a girl, it could go either way cause winkie might just be hiding.

[BelwinMills 0]

thanks Jamie...i can't wait just to reconfirm she is actaully a she.... if not i hope he will look cute in pink...

Is there a chance they are wrong?

there is a possibility....u/s isn't 100% accurate....

That is what I am thinking we have a purple jungle room for her. If its a he I hope he likes purple. Now if we can figure on how to put the crib together.. Mom got us a used one and she said she could tell us how to do it over the phone but we can't get it. I keep asking her to come over to help. Maybe she will come over next weekend since she went on vacation this week. Or maybe our neighbor can help he has 2 girls. We need his help to care up the changing table its so heavy because it has a dresser underneath and or town house is three stories tall. All I need is the crib up and changing table and we are set. I am so tired now I just finished the babies room. We have valances coming and and some rain forest wall art.

Now its time to tackle another room in a minute.

[BelwinMills 0]

Thanks gals so 35 or 40. I had an Aunt and Grandma who had breast cancer so maybe I should start at 35 then. They are on my moms side. Luckily my mom has not gotten the cancer. My aunt and grandma use to smoke heavily and drink. Wonder if that could cause it.

Thanks for the suggestion Jengles. He is such not a romantic guy. We really want to get out of the house today before the baby arrives. I am just trying to figure out a good seafood or chicken place we haven't been too. We don't eat out a lot and I am one of those who can't make up their mind. He told me this morning before he went to school he wanted to go somewhere out of town.

www.roomsavers.com

Are u suggesting we get a hotel room ? I wish but we have to back by 10p.m. for him to work. . I am thinking of calling my parents and asking them because they live in a close burb next to us.

[dancehallquana 5]

I didn't remember to respond to the how did you learn patois thing so here goes:

When I went the first 2 trips I was a missionary so there wasn't a lot of freedom in who I hung around and whatnot so I spent most of my time just listening to those around me in church and the children that I would teach would speak in patois a lot amongst themselves and I would just listen intently. Got to know a few people that lived on the same lot as us and I was pretty interested in learning so they taught me a few phrases and key words just to get me started. On the rest of the trips I took I stayed with a JA family and did various things around the community. I really had to learn how to understand what others were saying before I tried to pick it up myself. I accomplished that by just asking all the people I would hang around to chat patois to me and they new I wanted to learn so they would help me as I went along.

Then when A and I started dating he would talk to me in patois over the phone and when we were there. Once it was known around the community that I could understand it people stopped talking to me in English and everyone just conversed in patois around me instead of switching back and forth. When A and I got serious in our dating I felt a lot more comfortable around him and practiced my patois with him. That is basically how I learned the speaking part...I knew for a long time what I wanted to say in my head it was just a matter of getting over my fear and spitting it all out. Of course I got laughed at and made fun of at times but I just persevered. I got better at speaking when A got here and we spoke it in the house. We would speak it over the phone sometimes but with the bad connections and loud noises in the background it wasn't always that easy.

As for the writing part...it is all from the web. I know the words in my head and I picked up a lot of the different spelling for the words on this site and another JA site. It really helped that I understood the words cause then picking up the spelling/typing came pretty easy and natural. All in all for me the key was really understanding it and having so many people talk to me in it for months...I was totally immersed. I never learned from books or anything but I think anything can help.

For anyone interested I know there are some youtube videos of someone reading Dr. Suess in patois. Check out youtube and do a search. Also jamaicans.com has a lot of great resources

Wow I didn't realize I wrote so much

The talking was so scary to me too.. I writte it out it so easily. Once I knew a few words and the flow of how words are positioned. I would type up a storm. Even found myself emailing it to people outside of my lil JA crew cuz I was typing it sooo much. Like someone else said, it really flows when I am shocked or upset LOL

The minute I had a chance to chat over the phone, I would freeze up.. I am still not comfortable at all talking iit, the pronunciation seems forced and I think I sound soo silly. But practice makes perfect, if I never try, then I will never get it.

[Amaya's Mommy 0]

I LOVE having an RN on our thread...now we jus need a lawyer...anybody...anybody!

Gill

Mommy2B is one I think!!!

Mommy2B is a lawyer - I am a paralegal, and you should all know that we do most of the work! :whis

:no: yes I am a lawyer but I'm a young lawyer which means I do my own work

Hi ladies, happy Friday!

I just wanted to share I had a Dr.'s appointment today and I heard my baby's heartbeat for the first time.. I even called my SO so he could hear it too

[*JG* 2]

I swear to God I am going to pull the fire alarm here if the clock does not speed up a bit!

[*JG* 2]

If you guys want a really good laugh, read the answers in this thread:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=118473

[dancehallquana 5]

I swear to God I am going to pull the fire alarm here if the clock does not speed up a bit!

I know.. I feel like Mommy2B's Meez right now.. It has been a fast but tiring week, I am ready to go lay down somewhere.

[sus 70]

:no: yes I am a lawyer but I'm a young lawyer which means I do my own work

Hi ladies, happy Friday!

I just wanted to share I had a Dr.'s appointment today and I heard my baby's heartbeat for the first time.. I even called my SO so he could hear it too

Congrats, Mommy! That's exciting -

As for work - give yourself a few years, you will soon be dumping work, lol! And best career advice - latch on to the paralegals and admins and make them your best of friends - they typically know the scoop in the big firms, and can point you in the right directions as you learn - I worked with an attorney who walked in my office on her first day and told me "I am going to be your biggest pain in the a** - feel free to tell me to F*** off" - Kicked our relationship right off, and she shot up through the firm - I would tip her off to which partners had the best new cases, so she would smooze and get the best assignments!

[*SunRay* 1]

JG, that was funny... Go read my post...

[clairern 0]

I LOVE having an RN on our thread...now we jus need a lawyer...anybody...anybody!

Gill

Mommy2B is one I think!!!

Mommy2B is a lawyer - I am a paralegal, and you should all know that we do most of the work! :whis

yes I am a lawyer but I'm a young lawyer which means I do my own work

Hi ladies, happy Friday!

I just wanted to share I had a Dr.'s appointment today and I heard my baby's heartbeat for the first time.. I even called my SO so he could hear it too

That must have been real exciting. Was your SO excited to hear his baby's heartbeat?

[Jengles 0]

Thanks gals so 35 or 40. I had an Aunt and Grandma who had breast cancer so maybe I should start at 35 then. They are on my moms side. Luckily my mom has not gotten the cancer. My aunt and grandma use to smoke heavily and drink. Wonder if that could cause it.

Thanks for the suggestion Jengles. He is such not a romantic guy. We really want to get out of the house today before the baby arrives. I am just trying to figure out a good seafood or chicken place we haven't been too. We don't eat out a lot and I am one of those who can't make up their mind. He told me this morning before he went to school he wanted to go somewhere out of town.

www.roomsavers.com

Are u suggesting we get a hotel room ? I wish but we have to back by 10p.m. for him to work. . I am thinking of calling my parents and asking them because they live in a close burb next to us.

Yes I was ; there's nothing like someone cleaning up after.... and u could have bought the food and flowers there and have him meet you

[clairern 0]

Where is everybody today? Is everyone off for the w/e already? or trying to get some work done that was not being done all week caue of the time you all spent on VJ DWL

[Yaads 0]

I LOVE having an RN on our thread...now we jus need a lawyer...anybody...anybody!

Gill

Mommy2B is one I think!!!

Mommy2B is a lawyer - I am a paralegal, and you should all know that we do most of the work! :whis

:no: yes I am a lawyer but I'm a young lawyer which means I do my own work

Hi ladies, happy Friday!

I just wanted to share I had a Dr.'s appointment today and I heard my baby's heartbeat for the first time.. I even called my SO so he could hear it too

awww that is so wonderful

Edited March 28, 2008 by Yardiewife

[Amaya's Mommy 0]

:no: yes I am a lawyer but I'm a young lawyer which means I do my own work

Hi ladies, happy Friday!

I just wanted to share I had a Dr.'s appointment today and I heard my baby's heartbeat for the first time.. I even called my SO so he could hear it too

Congrats, Mommy! That's exciting -

As for work - give yourself a few years, you will soon be dumping work, lol! And best career advice - latch on to the paralegals and admins and make them your best of friends - they typically know the scoop in the big firms, and can point you in the right directions as you learn - I worked with an attorney who walked in my office on her first day and told me "I am going to be your biggest pain in the a** - feel free to tell me to F*** off" - Kicked our relationship right off, and she shot up through the firm - I would tip her off to which partners had the best new cases, so she would smooze and get the best assignments!

thanks for the tip chica I've heard that before and will definitely be nice to them.