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[Breezie54 2]

Hi Everyone.. finally found the new thread... Sorry I have not been posting much, but work has been hectic, plus wanted to get the I-129F documentation completed and sent off to Leonard, sent the documents back to him and he completed and added his stuff and he told me yesterday he had posted them off to the Vermont Service Centre MONDAY 20TH APRIL 2009.. so now we wait for our NOA1 i guess..

My Blood Pressure went up im sure when he told me that he had been to the Post Office first thing Monday, he was sitting in his truck waiting for them to open hehehe.. bless his heart..

So our Journey has begun for real, please add us to your prayers that all goes smoothly and look forward to hearing from others that have submitted in March - April, perhaps we can compare notes on time spans etc..

A Special thanks to Kath for finding me in the masses of posts and directing me to the Aussie Thread some time ago, and for all the help she has given us.. Love ya Kath..

Enjoy your week everyone..

Cheers Kaye

[kat loves matt 0]

Grats Kat So when are the planes to fly????

Thanks. I'm probably flying out around the end of May.

[MzMo1102 0]

@Breezie54 - welcome to the thread and hope you have a smooth journey!!! Keep us updated on the progress.

@Kat - Congrats!!!!!!!!! Cant wait to hear about the reviews on the interview. I will be sending off packet 3 next Monday.

[Matt-and-Annie 0]

Congrats Kat!!!

:dance:

Hope all of you are doing well!

I haven't been on for a while, wedding planning has me pretty bussy, so soon before Matt gets here, I can't wait!! Hoping and just praying time flies!!

How is the rest of the crew doing?

Mz how is the baby?

[kat loves matt 0]

@Kat - Congrats!!!!!!!!! Cant wait to hear about the reviews on the interview. I will be sending off packet 3 next Monday.

Thank you! You're almost there yourself...not long to wait now.

Congrats Kat!!!

:dance:

Thanks so much.

[MzMo1102 0]

Congrats Kat!!!

:dance:

Hope all of you are doing well!

I haven't been on for a while, wedding planning has me pretty bussy, so soon before Matt gets here, I can't wait!! Hoping and just praying time flies!!

How is the rest of the crew doing?

Mz how is the baby?

wedding plans- how exciting!!! I love wedding planning although it can get a little stressful

As for the baby, he's doing well..sooooo active, always moving around and kicking...its always a good sign of him moving around while in there but once out I hope he's not gonna be too hyper ..just a few more weeks left before I hit the last trimester - time flies! I've only got three more months of work left before I go on maternity leave and once baby's two months old, we're off to move to the states (Oct 31st). So much to look forward to!!

@Kat - Congrats!!!!!!!!! Cant wait to hear about the reviews on the interview. I will be sending off packet 3 next Monday.

Thank you! You're almost there yourself...not long to wait now.

Congrats Kat!!!

:dance:

Thanks so much.

You're welcome!

I know, Im waiting to get interviewed around May because my flight out is Oct 31st so still within the 6 month validity period.

[Pinto Pony 0]

Hello,

I have been lurking awhile Want to know if there are any other Aussie filing for CR1 Visas? My case was completed at the NVC on the 22nd of April and want to get some kind of indication as to when I will get an interview date in Sydney? But it seems all the Aussies are doing a K3 visa, so nothing for me to really go by cause it is a little different...

Jaimie

[Breezie54 2]

@Breezie54 - welcome to the thread and hope you have a smooth journey!!! Keep us updated on the progress.

Hi MzMo and thanks for the welcome, have not posted in here in some time as have just been so busy finalising the documentation, work and life etc.. Hope your journey is going well...

Cheers Breeziee

[Cham 3]

WIsh us luck tomorrow is the BIG DAY *takes a huge gulp and grins...YEP nervous BUT hella excited

[AnnexoxShay 1]

Hi Guys! Sorry I havent had a chance to pop in earlier but its sure been crazy around here!

The trip went ok ... I nearly missed the flight from Sydney to San Francisco and was the last to board!!!! mainly because I had 2hours connecting and they loaded the plan way to early .. thank goodness I was to lazy to go hunting for the train and ended up catching a taxi!

The flight itself was ok and met a nice lady to keep me company and yap to in San Francisco for the 4.5 hour wait ... her flight was a couple hours after mine and she gave me a hug and wished me well when I caught my next flight to Boise....

Getting thru immigration was a total breeze .. it took no more then 10-15minutes and it almost felt like something wasnt right but I got my I-whatever so no drama ....

The flight to Boise was on a tiny little flight and the woman sitting next to me was a crabby cow that pretended was asleep and wouldnt even look at me ... to that point everyone was very friendly but honestly I was so nackered by then I really didnt care if she wanted to talk or not .... LOL Shay was already there and waiting for me but I was in such a daze I clear missed me and he had to walk right up to me before I saw him ....

The couple day stay in Boise was really nice ... Thats until I discovered my luggage I had sent ahead with Jetta hadnt arrived! United Airlines apparently kept my luggage in the Sydney Airport for an entire week and so we had to head home and then do the 3 hour drive back to Boise to pick it up!!! as you can imagine I wasnt impressed!

Anyway a week later I was able to get it and the customs guy is like put down the value is $200 soo I didnt have to pay the customs fee soo I was happy about that ... I still had to pay the $25 handling fee for United though, which I thought was rude since they misplaced my stuff to start off with .. Arrrgh.

Apart from that, I get on with Shays family and theyve all been nice .... the people around town that I met are also nice... the country side is gorgeous! and I keep meaning to go out and take some pics before the snow melts ... The weathers been gorgeous at around 30 degrees except yesterday and today which is 13 degrees and Im freezing my tooshy off!!! Qld winters average around 15-18 ... Ive also been having trouble with my Astma and have been nasally and congested .... Im not sure whats causing it but I think its from the wood heating around town and theyve had a couple fires and been also burning off some another thing is the food colourings ... I need to take a bit more careful not what Im eating me thinks .... The supermarkets are amazing ... I cant get over how cheap things are in comparison ... Selections and options are 10 fold .... Cable drives me nuts, I cant believe you can have so much channels and have nothing to watch LOL .... I have however been watching My big fat redneck wedding as an incentive of what not to do LOL ...

Annie Ive missed you too darls, things must be getting close for you guys?

Cham good luck with the big day ... we still have a ways to go with the plans ... we have our marriage licence and have ordered the wedding cake soo far ...

Anyway must head off and do something .... Im still trying to organise my rubbish, the garage is stilll full of house stuff and Shays books ... I dont know where its all going to go but I've been working on organising the walking bedroom closet since yesterday and Im nearly done ... Still have a box of my Miscellaneous to sort thru ... Arrrgh ...

[kaffy 2]

Hi Anne! Glad to hear you arrived safely & are settling in well. I can't believe it's still in the 30s there.. brrr. Spring's finally here in western Washington so we are having nice 60 degree-ish days. I was down in Portland/Vancouver a few times last month and it'####### 70 there already.. yay bring on summer

Good luck with the wedding planning!

[Matt-and-Annie 0]

Hi Guys! Sorry I havent had a chance to pop in earlier but its sure been crazy around here!

The trip went ok ... I nearly missed the flight from Sydney to San Francisco and was the last to board!!!! mainly because I had 2hours connecting and they loaded the plan way to early .. thank goodness I was to lazy to go hunting for the train and ended up catching a taxi!

The flight itself was ok and met a nice lady to keep me company and yap to in San Francisco for the 4.5 hour wait ... her flight was a couple hours after mine and she gave me a hug and wished me well when I caught my next flight to Boise....

Getting thru immigration was a total breeze .. it took no more then 10-15minutes and it almost felt like something wasnt right but I got my I-whatever so no drama ....

The flight to Boise was on a tiny little flight and the woman sitting next to me was a crabby cow that pretended was asleep and wouldnt even look at me ... to that point everyone was very friendly but honestly I was so nackered by then I really didnt care if she wanted to talk or not .... LOL Shay was already there and waiting for me but I was in such a daze I clear missed me and he had to walk right up to me before I saw him ....

The couple day stay in Boise was really nice ... Thats until I discovered my luggage I had sent ahead with Jetta hadnt arrived! United Airlines apparently kept my luggage in the Sydney Airport for an entire week and so we had to head home and then do the 3 hour drive back to Boise to pick it up!!! as you can imagine I wasnt impressed!

Anyway a week later I was able to get it and the customs guy is like put down the value is $200 soo I didnt have to pay the customs fee soo I was happy about that ... I still had to pay the $25 handling fee for United though, which I thought was rude since they misplaced my stuff to start off with .. Arrrgh.

Apart from that, I get on with Shays family and theyve all been nice .... the people around town that I met are also nice... the country side is gorgeous! and I keep meaning to go out and take some pics before the snow melts ... The weathers been gorgeous at around 30 degrees except yesterday and today which is 13 degrees and Im freezing my tooshy off!!! Qld winters average around 15-18 ... Ive also been having trouble with my Astma and have been nasally and congested .... Im not sure whats causing it but I think its from the wood heating around town and theyve had a couple fires and been also burning off some another thing is the food colourings ... I need to take a bit more careful not what Im eating me thinks .... The supermarkets are amazing ... I cant get over how cheap things are in comparison ... Selections and options are 10 fold .... Cable drives me nuts, I cant believe you can have so much channels and have nothing to watch LOL .... I have however been watching My big fat redneck wedding as an incentive of what not to do LOL ...

Annie Ive missed you too darls, things must be getting close for you guys?

Cham good luck with the big day ... we still have a ways to go with the plans ... we have our marriage licence and have ordered the wedding cake soo far ...

Anyway must head off and do something .... Im still trying to organise my rubbish, the garage is stilll full of house stuff and Shays books ... I dont know where its all going to go but I've been working on organising the walking bedroom closet since yesterday and Im nearly done ... Still have a box of my Miscellaneous to sort thru ... Arrrgh ...

Anne!!! I was sooo glad when I saw you posted!! We absolutely missed you! So glad it went well for you! Although I am sorry for all those little mishaps! Well the wedding date is getting close so I bet you are a bussy bee! Matt is flying out tomorrow (Sunday his time) Saturday my time and I will be seeing him on Sunday! I can't wait!!! I am so exicited... I already made up my mind and it's only one day till I see him again since the night is over! So saturday and that is it!!! Oh my I am so excited!!!

I hope everyone is doing well!!!

[densusan 0]

All the best for your wedding day tommorrow Cham & Kai........I'm sure it will be wonderful!

Anne, Glad to hear you made it ok and without too many problems and hope all your wedding plans are coming together.

We've been back from our trip to Australia for almost a week now and I have only just recovered from the jet lag.....must be getting old.....mind you going back to work tuesday didn't help much. It was a great trip and wonderful to spend time with my kids, grandkids, family and friends but I wish it had have been longer. The weather was perfect and walking on the beach every morning was soooooooooo great.......I miss the ocean!

Take care everyone,

Susan

[MzMo1102 0]

Hi Guys! Sorry I havent had a chance to pop in earlier but its sure been crazy around here!

The trip went ok ... I nearly missed the flight from Sydney to San Francisco and was the last to board!!!! mainly because I had 2hours connecting and they loaded the plan way to early .. thank goodness I was to lazy to go hunting for the train and ended up catching a taxi!

The flight itself was ok and met a nice lady to keep me company and yap to in San Francisco for the 4.5 hour wait ... her flight was a couple hours after mine and she gave me a hug and wished me well when I caught my next flight to Boise....

Getting thru immigration was a total breeze .. it took no more then 10-15minutes and it almost felt like something wasnt right but I got my I-whatever so no drama ....

The flight to Boise was on a tiny little flight and the woman sitting next to me was a crabby cow that pretended was asleep and wouldnt even look at me ... to that point everyone was very friendly but honestly I was so nackered by then I really didnt care if she wanted to talk or not .... LOL Shay was already there and waiting for me but I was in such a daze I clear missed me and he had to walk right up to me before I saw him ....

The couple day stay in Boise was really nice ... Thats until I discovered my luggage I had sent ahead with Jetta hadnt arrived! United Airlines apparently kept my luggage in the Sydney Airport for an entire week and so we had to head home and then do the 3 hour drive back to Boise to pick it up!!! as you can imagine I wasnt impressed!

Anyway a week later I was able to get it and the customs guy is like put down the value is $200 soo I didnt have to pay the customs fee soo I was happy about that ... I still had to pay the $25 handling fee for United though, which I thought was rude since they misplaced my stuff to start off with .. Arrrgh.

Apart from that, I get on with Shays family and theyve all been nice .... the people around town that I met are also nice... the country side is gorgeous! and I keep meaning to go out and take some pics before the snow melts ... The weathers been gorgeous at around 30 degrees except yesterday and today which is 13 degrees and Im freezing my tooshy off!!! Qld winters average around 15-18 ... Ive also been having trouble with my Astma and have been nasally and congested .... Im not sure whats causing it but I think its from the wood heating around town and theyve had a couple fires and been also burning off some another thing is the food colourings ... I need to take a bit more careful not what Im eating me thinks .... The supermarkets are amazing ... I cant get over how cheap things are in comparison ... Selections and options are 10 fold .... Cable drives me nuts, I cant believe you can have so much channels and have nothing to watch LOL .... I have however been watching My big fat redneck wedding as an incentive of what not to do LOL ...

Annie Ive missed you too darls, things must be getting close for you guys?

Cham good luck with the big day ... we still have a ways to go with the plans ... we have our marriage licence and have ordered the wedding cake soo far ...

Anyway must head off and do something .... Im still trying to organise my rubbish, the garage is stilll full of house stuff and Shays books ... I dont know where its all going to go but I've been working on organising the walking bedroom closet since yesterday and Im nearly done ... Still have a box of my Miscellaneous to sort thru ... Arrrgh ...

Anne - so glad to hear from you..been waiting in anticipation to see how everything's going. It's so funny to hear about the little things you've experienced so far with regards to the supermarkets, cable tv and all that lol...that was my reaction when I first got there! Im glad you made it safe and that the POE was a breeze for you...looking forward to hear about wedding - its just around the corner!!! All the best!

WIsh us luck tomorrow is the BIG DAY *takes a huge gulp and grins...YEP nervous BUT hella excited

Good luck and best wishes for your BIG DAY!!!!! When you've settled in, please give us reviews and pics!

[MzMo1102 0]

Anne!!! I was sooo glad when I saw you posted!! We absolutely missed you! So glad it went well for you! Although I am sorry for all those little mishaps! Well the wedding date is getting close so I bet you are a bussy bee! Matt is flying out tomorrow (Sunday his time) Saturday my time and I will be seeing him on Sunday! I can't wait!!! I am so exicited... I already made up my mind and it's only one day till I see him again since the night is over! So saturday and that is it!!! Oh my I am so excited!!!

I hope everyone is doing well!!!

Glad to hear Matt is finally flying to be home with you today (sydney time)..I can only imagine how excited you are!!