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Dr. A ♥ O   203

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Ah! I was going to come back and tell Amal I was in on the Rosetta Stone thing if we find 5-6 other ppl but the pages are taking forever to load.

Thx for the recommendation to try the Library Star Dragon! Whoot! That sounds like a great idea! :dance:

PB sometimes when we're sick or tired our negative thinking comes into play. Try to relax and take it easy on yourself. (F)

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Staashi Experienced

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i love the library idea never thought of that.

Second day of Ramadan is not as easy with the whole visa thing my nerves are frayed... Boy coffee tasted so good last night!!! only 7 hours and 43 min.... hehe

(((((Rajaa)))))) Nice to see you - How ya doing???

maggieNomar Experienced

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I was happy because it's Harira time. I love that stuff. :dance: We made our first batch yesterday.

I don't know how people get through Ramadan in this culture. Is it harder to be around people who don't fast? Or even in a culture that is not built/scheduled around fasting? I don't participate but support my husband. He got up at 430 to eat, and I had set a second alarm on the cell phone to wake him up for work. He turned the phone off. :blink: Not realizing that that would cancel the alarm. Thankfully I had alarm set for my own work, so he was only up an hour late.

Maggie

08-07-06 I129 NOA1

02-05-07 Visa in Hand

02-13-07 POE JFK w/temp EAD

02-23-07 Civil Marriage

06-17-07 Wedding

08-13-07 Card received in mail

04-14-09 Trip to Maui for Anniversary

06-04-09 Filed to lift conditions

08-13-09 Perm Card received

Nothing1234 Experienced

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I was happy because it's Harira time. I love that stuff. :dance: We made our first batch yesterday.

I don't know how people get through Ramadan in this culture. Is it harder to be around people who don't fast? Or even in a culture that is not built/scheduled around fasting? I don't participate but support my husband. He got up at 430 to eat, and I had set a second alarm on the cell phone to wake him up for work. He turned the phone off. :blink: Not realizing that that would cancel the alarm. Thankfully I had alarm set for my own work, so he was only up an hour late.

We had some issues was well. First day did not go well and thank god I set up a few alarms. LOL

I think it is harder at times being w/ people that don't fast. I have a great group of friends that are very supportive at work but there are times in other social settings I feel overwhelmed by some peeps :) I have found that Ramadan overseas whether I have been in Jordan or Egypt seemed more like Christmas time/Easter here where the masses are going thru the same thing with you.

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~~~water~~~   0

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had the interview , he said he will review the file and we should expect the conditional greencard in the month :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: I can't wait to be done with this chapter (AOS)and just enjoy our life together....

K1 process

10/05/2006 filled :)

05/03/2007 interview -> AP -> hell -> AP -> 9 months of AP Hell - 2 home visits :(

01/26/2008 visa in hand with a typo :(

02/03/2008 2 weeks more of waiting.... Visa in hand...... :)

2/20/2008 on US soil :)

2/21/2008 marriage :)

AOS

03/12/2008 Sent AOS/Work/Travel

03/16/2008 shows delivered chicago

4/12/2008 check cashed :)

4/13/2008 NOA's for all 3

4/18/2008 bio letter

4/29/2008 bio appt.

5/06/2008 RFE 2007 tax return

5/07/2008 returned RFE overnight

5/08/2008 received-lees summit

5/12/08 case updated online/RFE received

5/27/08 checked the website for the third time today -says AP and EAD approval letter sent 5/24- it was not updated online till today - and no e-mail update either

5/27/08 emails sent in afternoon AP and EAD approvals

5/29/08 AP touch

5/29/08 email EAD card production ordered

6/02/08 AP in hand

6/03/08 email EAD card mailed

6/05/08 EAD card in hand :)

7/28/08 AOS letter received

9/02/08 AOS interview

9/10/08 card production ordered email :)

9/17/08 welcome letter email and snail mail arrive same day

9/19/08 Greencard in hand :)

Muh and me Experienced

Muh and me   18

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had the interview , he said he will review the file and we should expect the conditional greencard in the month :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: I can't wait to be done with this chapter (AOS)and just enjoy our life together....

congrats!!! :dance::dance::dance:

07/21/11 filed AOS off tourist visa

07/28/11 USCIS cashed check

07/30/11 Recieved NOA1 and Biometrics letter

08/24/2011 Biometrics

08/25/2011 RFE sent to us for some info we've already sent in

08/30/2011 sent in the rest of info USCIS asked for

09/13/2011 went to congressman's office to sign papers for expedite of work permit, due to financial hardship

09/15/2011 Work permit expedite approved!! He can finally find a job!

09/24/2011 work permit arrives

09/26/2011 Apply for social security number!

09/30/2011 Letter is sent for interview

11/07/2011 INTERVIEW!!!

Its 2012 and still no approval! Still waiting

01/27/2012 Letter sent stating that file was sent on for more review :(

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maggieNomar Experienced

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Did anyone see the link that Jenn! posted in "Off Topic" about the Yearbook Yourself?

It's hella funny! I'd love to see some of your faces ... Come on MENA girls...

I'm going to do it when I get home...its blocked at work :( Grrr Work! :angry:

Dont you hate that they don't support our priorities??? :blink:

had the interview , he said he will review the file and we should expect the conditional greencard in the month :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs: I can't wait to be done with this chapter (AOS)and just enjoy our life together....

i was wondering what had happened to you. Guess I wasn't reading your full timeline. :blush: Glad you are almost done for now. I must say this year of not having to deal with govt stuff has been nice. Still almost another year before I have to worry about them again. :dance:

Maggie

08-07-06 I129 NOA1

02-05-07 Visa in Hand

02-13-07 POE JFK w/temp EAD

02-23-07 Civil Marriage

06-17-07 Wedding

08-13-07 Card received in mail

04-14-09 Trip to Maui for Anniversary

06-04-09 Filed to lift conditions

08-13-09 Perm Card received

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~~~water~~~   0

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Im guilty of the "my man is here disappearance trick".... But i'm back posting .... I am so thankful for all the support...

K1 process

10/05/2006 filled :)

05/03/2007 interview -> AP -> hell -> AP -> 9 months of AP Hell - 2 home visits :(

01/26/2008 visa in hand with a typo :(

02/03/2008 2 weeks more of waiting.... Visa in hand...... :)

2/20/2008 on US soil :)

2/21/2008 marriage :)

AOS

03/12/2008 Sent AOS/Work/Travel

03/16/2008 shows delivered chicago

4/12/2008 check cashed :)

4/13/2008 NOA's for all 3

4/18/2008 bio letter

4/29/2008 bio appt.

5/06/2008 RFE 2007 tax return

5/07/2008 returned RFE overnight

5/08/2008 received-lees summit

5/12/08 case updated online/RFE received

5/27/08 checked the website for the third time today -says AP and EAD approval letter sent 5/24- it was not updated online till today - and no e-mail update either

5/27/08 emails sent in afternoon AP and EAD approvals

5/29/08 AP touch

5/29/08 email EAD card production ordered

6/02/08 AP in hand

6/03/08 email EAD card mailed

6/05/08 EAD card in hand :)

7/28/08 AOS letter received

9/02/08 AOS interview

9/10/08 card production ordered email :)

9/17/08 welcome letter email and snail mail arrive same day

9/19/08 Greencard in hand :)

S and S Proficient

S and S   12

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I have less than an hour to go before I can break my fast. There is no one here but me and I forgot to put any meat out for tonight, so I decided chinese food would do. I stopped at a good take out restaurant and picked up some sweet and sour shrimp, crab rangun and egg drop soup. I will not be able to eat all this, but I will have it for later and I can always eat some more tommorow night, lol.

My husband called me today. He said that he talked to some people and found out most of the Iraqi refugees he did all his appointments with are already in the United States or leaving in the next day or two. It makes no sense that they left my husband out :( This made me call my congresswoman's office to see if she ever got through to DOS. She said that they acknowledged they have my husband's case, but they don't have a status for it. She told me these things take years and I should be patient! I was like "What?" every other Iraqi refugee is not waiting like this, it makes no sense. I feel so frustrated and i am starting to resign myself to the fact he may never get here. For now I just keep praying for a miracle.

Married: May 28th, 2007

Arrived in the US: December 10th, 2008

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My funny of the day - no maybe MONTH. OMG. I'm chatting with my hunny with the webcam and I went to get my shisha to be all cool and stuff and show him, cause he was smoking his shisha there. I dropped mine on the carpet and it managed to shatter. So I try to get over to the kitchen to get stuff to clean it and i'm barefoot and he tells me to be careful. Well, the first "careful" step I take I feel glass go into my foot. And I cried out and saw blood and freaked out more (blood phobia). So I drop to the floor and hold my bleeding foot while crying and he's seeing all this on the webcam horrified saying "Oh my god...hunny!"......

I'm SUCH a doofus. All this drama and he got to see the whole thing. And I broke the shisha I brought from Morocco. :crying:

I'm kinda laughing about it now. And he was too by the time we finished talking. I'm more embarrassed! :blush:

:rofl:

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2009-07-11 AOS packet mailed (and supposedly delivered the same day)

2009-07-15 NOA1 for I-485, I-131, I-765 (USCIS rec'd date is 07-12)

2009-08-05 Case transferred to CSC

2009-08-12 no biometrics yet.......called on 30 day mark to report no biometrics, a service inquiry has been made on the case.....

2009-08-25 - received Biometrics appointment letter!

2009-08-27 I-131 (AP) approved

2009-09-15 Biometrics appointment

2009-09-15 EAD Card production ordered!

2009-09-23 EAD Card received

2009-10-06 GC approved/card production ordered

2009-10-13 GC received in the mail!

nunyab Experienced

nunyab   0

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Stashi.... i am almost there!!! just an hour and 33 min to go lol... i was a touch on the "*itchy" side today.. tomorrow I go back to work but tonight i have to go in to work for 3 hours yeah during fast breaking time

I am cooking chicken and brown rice to take with me and my prayer rug... that's what they get! lol. oh and coffee!!!! love my cup o jo no matter what the time

I think the second day is harder than the first and curious to see how fasting at work will be like tomorrow. I told my employees NO Teryaki for the whole month i am there. We'll see if they follow directions

How is everyone else....??? ARe you on the second section of the Qu'ran?

 
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