Just wondering....

[sweetee 0]

well i was just wondering if anybody has heard from optymistic. hubby is here now & she has seem 2 disappear from VJ.

sweetee

[agsoba83 0]

i was wondering so too, but i guess she's busy working on married life. lets all wish her d best.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Most people leave VJ once what they came here for is done. Some will return when they get back into filing for some other benefit. Not at all unusual.

[Optimystic 0]

Hello fellow VJer's,

Some of my close buddies here laughed (But probably didn't take me seriously ) when I mentioned the fact that I would be MIA after my hubby & I finally permanently reunited. Interesting, my sole reason for stopping by VJ today was infact to share a couple of web links regarding a breaking news story out of Naija, when I noticed this topic, which of course, pertains to myself...

Wow! Let me tell you, we are purely & simply enjoying our married life!!! (Praying to God that the marital bliss we share never fades away ). As a select few of you already know, hubby had two job prospects lined up, one at the our local health sciences university and another at a research lab. Well, he received an interview date with the first, later this month!!!

Thats probably the most exciting and encouraging news thus far. Other than that, we have been taking weekend excursions to hot get away spots. The most exciting trip was when we hit the slopes at Mt. Hood ski lodge. Neither of us know how to ski, however I wanted him to experience SNOW , so we purchased an afternoon ski lesson (which was another funny story within itself ) and just went for it! When my honey's legs did a 180 degree split, we both burst into deep belly laughter!!!! It was a very nice experience because we had our little cabin w/fireplace (I won't go any further, you all are smart enough to figure out the rest! ).

On his arrival date, we made it to the casino (Another new experience for hubby). I don't know what I enjoyed more, the sounds & sights the atmosphere offered, or the shiny, wide eyed expression on hubby's face as his eyes perused the casino in utter amazement We didn't have any winnings worth mentioning, but the fun that we had was priceless!

The day following his arrival we had scenic carriage ride, which toured the historical downtown vicinity as well as the shopping district. It was cold and sunny, but we were bundled up and snuggled together, so it wasn't so bad. After the ride, we visited the major department stores, and a candy store (talk about a kid in the candy store, hubby was the biggest kid of them all)! We grabbed a couple of corn dogs along the way and a Starbucks caffine treat (that had my honey so energized that he didn't want to retire for the day!)

Everything on the homefront is going well-NO ARGUMENTS TO DATE! (Not to say they are not going to surface, because they will, but for now it's all good. Besides, I think we can leave the arguing in the cooler for now, because I tell you I have done enough screaming, yelling, ranting & raving with him over the past 3 years to last a lifetime.

I've been taking on the role of chef Emeril Lagasse these days and I LOVE IT! Basically, just teaching hubby how to prepare breakfast. He really enjoys using the juicer to make my fruit/veggie elixir. He brought me breakfast in bed this morning! My favorite whole wheat bagel, yogurt, pear, topped off with a freshly made glass of juice (I guess he was feeling pretty brave & creative because he informed me that he decided to add an additional 'surprise' veggie this morning. Rhubarb perhaps? Top secret info that I'm not privy to...LOL Whewwww!! I could only smile and laugh at all the prep and cook time involved to fix my meal Ahhhh shucks, I gotta him!)

This morning we are on our way to the gym to work out. He really looks forward to going every morning and he really is great work out partner. I thought he would be overwhelmed and/or intimidated by the 24 hour fitness center, but to my surprise he transitioned well.

Now, that the 16th annual Cascade Festival of African Films is upon us, we have decided to see all 30. Last Friday, we viewed HERITAGE, in which hubby enjoyed since it is was based out of Nigeria. So, we basically our engaging in free movie dates on Thurs-Sat. (A nice way to spend time together on rainy afternoons/evenings.

We have been kicking around the idea of having a private wedding ceremony, but for now, thats just an idea-only a brainstorm. At this point, we have decided that neither of us want to plan & tackle the third ceremony. Instead, we desire to continue our trend of living our moments together to the fullest! NO HOLDS BARRED!!!

It seems like my life is just beginning. We can now breathe a deep breath of fresh air now that the immigration process is long behind us.

No promises, but periodically I will try to make it a point to stop by, but I pretty much converse via phone w/my buddies. Life is just changing so rapidly for us. Now, I have to factor my hubby and our social/personal life into the equation of school and work (which is pretty time consuming). There just isn't much time left for anything else with all that we have on my plate.

I can honestly say that I managed to take advantage of sharing in the camaraderie here at VJ for well over 7 months(seemed like eternity). I always looked forward to the day in which I could refrain from spending so much time here, and return to the board to give an informative update, after life as I know it was restored to a state of normalcy. These days, my efforts & attention are spent focusing on what I deem paramount, finishing school & building a strong married/family life. In the future, after the smoke clears, my sincere intentions are to come on board and offer my assistance to others. But for now, first things first.

Much thanks and hugs & smooches to everyone for your support in such trying times. My best wishes to those of you that have been victoriously reunited and best of luck to those of you whom are yet on your visa journey! (

[mandolinv 0]

Thanks for the update. I'm glad things are going so well!

[IndianVisa 0]

Hi Girl,

I was thinking about you. You definitely disappeared off the face of the earth, but I don't blame you---I did to when my husband arrived here. Now, I must say your husband is pretty cool to go snow skiing and being in the cold weather. Well, unfortunately my hubby has been complaining about the weather. He constantly keeps this heat on in the house and it is just about hot as Nigeria. He will turn it up an 10 extra degrees behind my back or when I am sleeping or when I am away from home. Anyway, your husband needs to convience my husband that hanging out in the cold weather is not that bad, especially when you snuggle up! I feel your joy all the way over here. I am so happy for you!!!!

Hello fellow VJer's,

Some of my close buddies here laughed (But probably didn't take me seriously ) when I mentioned the fact that I would be MIA after my hubby & I finally permanently reunited. Interesting, my sole reason for stopping by VJ today was infact to share a couple of web links regarding a breaking news story out of Naija, when I noticed this topic, which of course, pertains to myself...

Wow! Let me tell you, we are purely & simply enjoying our married life!!! (Praying to God that the marital bliss we share never fades away ). As a select few of you already know, hubby had two job prospects lined up, one at the our local health sciences university and another at a research lab. Well, he received an interview date with the first, later this month!!!

Thats probably the most exciting and encouraging news thus far. Other than that, we have been taking weekend excursions to hot get away spots. The most exciting trip was when we hit the slopes at Mt. Hood ski lodge. Neither of us know how to ski, however I wanted him to experience SNOW , so we purchased an afternoon ski lesson (which was another funny story within itself ) and just went for it! When my honey's legs did a 180 degree split, we both burst into deep belly laughter!!!! It was a very nice experience because we had our little cabin w/fireplace (I won't go any further, you all are smart enough to figure out the rest! ).

On his arrival date, we made it to the casino (Another new experience for hubby). I don't know what I enjoyed more, the sounds & sights the atmosphere offered, or the shiny, wide eyed expression on hubby's face as his eyes perused the casino in utter amazement We didn't have any winnings worth mentioning, but the fun that we had was priceless!

The day following his arrival we had scenic carriage ride, which toured the historical downtown vicinity as well as the shopping district. It was cold and sunny, but we were bundled up and snuggled together, so it wasn't so bad. After the ride, we visited the major department stores, and a candy store (talk about a kid in the candy store, hubby was the biggest kid of them all)! We grabbed a couple of corn dogs along the way and a Starbucks caffine treat (that had my honey so energized that he didn't want to retire for the day!)

Everything on the homefront is going well-NO ARGUMENTS TO DATE! (Not to say they are not going to surface, because they will, but for now it's all good. Besides, I think we can leave the arguing in the cooler for now, because I tell you I have done enough screaming, yelling, ranting & raving with him over the past 3 years to last a lifetime.

I've been taking on the role of chef Emeril Lagasse these days and I LOVE IT! Basically, just teaching hubby how to prepare breakfast. He really enjoys using the juicer to make my fruit/veggie elixir. He brought me breakfast in bed this morning! My favorite whole wheat bagel, yogurt, pear, topped off with a freshly made glass of juice (I guess he was feeling pretty brave & creative because he informed me that he decided to add an additional 'surprise' veggie this morning. Rhubarb perhaps? Top secret info that I'm not privy to...LOL Whewwww!! I could only smile and laugh at all the prep and cook time involved to fix my meal Ahhhh shucks, I gotta him!)

This morning we are on our way to the gym to work out. He really looks forward to going every morning and he really is great work out partner. I thought he would be overwhelmed and/or intimidated by the 24 hour fitness center, but to my surprise he transitioned well.

Now, that the 16th annual Cascade Festival of African Films is upon us, we have decided to see all 30. Last Friday, we viewed HERITAGE, in which hubby enjoyed since it is was based out of Nigeria. So, we basically our engaging in free movie dates on Thurs-Sat. (A nice way to spend time together on rainy afternoons/evenings.

We have been kicking around the idea of having a private wedding ceremony, but for now, thats just an idea-only a brainstorm. At this point, we have decided that neither of us want to plan & tackle the third ceremony. Instead, we desire to continue our trend of living our moments together to the fullest! NO HOLDS BARRED!!!

It seems like my life is just beginning. We can now breathe a deep breath of fresh air now that the immigration process is long behind us.

No promises, but periodically I will try to make it a point to stop by, but I pretty much converse via phone w/my buddies. Life is just changing so rapidly for us. Now, I have to factor my hubby and our social/personal life into the equation of school and work (which is pretty time consuming). There just isn't much time left for anything else with all that we have on my plate.

I can honestly say that I managed to take advantage of sharing in the camaraderie here at VJ for well over 7 months(seemed like eternity). I always looked forward to the day in which I could refrain from spending so much time here, and return to the board to give an informative update, after life as I know it was restored to a state of normalcy. These days, my efforts & attention are spent focusing on what I deem paramount, finishing school & building a strong married/family life. In the future, after the smoke clears, my sincere intentions are to come on board and offer my assistance to others. But for now, first things first.

Much thanks and hugs & smooches to everyone for your support in such trying times. My best wishes to those of you that have been victoriously reunited and best of luck to those of you whom are yet on your visa journey! (

[joej 0]

Hello fellow VJer's,

Some of my close buddies here laughed (But probably didn't take me seriously ) when I mentioned the fact that I would be MIA after my hubby & I finally permanently reunited. Interesting, my sole reason for stopping by VJ today was infact to share a couple of web links regarding a breaking news story out of Naija, when I noticed this topic, which of course, pertains to myself...

Wow! Let me tell you, we are purely & simply enjoying our married life!!! (Praying to God that the marital bliss we share never fades away ). As a select few of you already know, hubby had two job prospects lined up, one at the our local health sciences university and another at a research lab. Well, he received an interview date with the first, later this month!!!

Thats probably the most exciting and encouraging news thus far. Other than that, we have been taking weekend excursions to hot get away spots. The most exciting trip was when we hit the slopes at Mt. Hood ski lodge. Neither of us know how to ski, however I wanted him to experience SNOW , so we purchased an afternoon ski lesson (which was another funny story within itself ) and just went for it! When my honey's legs did a 180 degree split, we both burst into deep belly laughter!!!! It was a very nice experience because we had our little cabin w/fireplace (I won't go any further, you all are smart enough to figure out the rest! ).

On his arrival date, we made it to the casino (Another new experience for hubby). I don't know what I enjoyed more, the sounds & sights the atmosphere offered, or the shiny, wide eyed expression on hubby's face as his eyes perused the casino in utter amazement We didn't have any winnings worth mentioning, but the fun that we had was priceless!

The day following his arrival we had scenic carriage ride, which toured the historical downtown vicinity as well as the shopping district. It was cold and sunny, but we were bundled up and snuggled together, so it wasn't so bad. After the ride, we visited the major department stores, and a candy store (talk about a kid in the candy store, hubby was the biggest kid of them all)! We grabbed a couple of corn dogs along the way and a Starbucks caffine treat (that had my honey so energized that he didn't want to retire for the day!)

Everything on the homefront is going well-NO ARGUMENTS TO DATE! (Not to say they are not going to surface, because they will, but for now it's all good. Besides, I think we can leave the arguing in the cooler for now, because I tell you I have done enough screaming, yelling, ranting & raving with him over the past 3 years to last a lifetime.

I've been taking on the role of chef Emeril Lagasse these days and I LOVE IT! Basically, just teaching hubby how to prepare breakfast. He really enjoys using the juicer to make my fruit/veggie elixir. He brought me breakfast in bed this morning! My favorite whole wheat bagel, yogurt, pear, topped off with a freshly made glass of juice (I guess he was feeling pretty brave & creative because he informed me that he decided to add an additional 'surprise' veggie this morning. Rhubarb perhaps? Top secret info that I'm not privy to...LOL Whewwww!! I could only smile and laugh at all the prep and cook time involved to fix my meal Ahhhh shucks, I gotta him!)

This morning we are on our way to the gym to work out. He really looks forward to going every morning and he really is great work out partner. I thought he would be overwhelmed and/or intimidated by the 24 hour fitness center, but to my surprise he transitioned well.

Now, that the 16th annual Cascade Festival of African Films is upon us, we have decided to see all 30. Last Friday, we viewed HERITAGE, in which hubby enjoyed since it is was based out of Nigeria. So, we basically our engaging in free movie dates on Thurs-Sat. (A nice way to spend time together on rainy afternoons/evenings.

We have been kicking around the idea of having a private wedding ceremony, but for now, thats just an idea-only a brainstorm. At this point, we have decided that neither of us want to plan & tackle the third ceremony. Instead, we desire to continue our trend of living our moments together to the fullest! NO HOLDS BARRED!!!

It seems like my life is just beginning. We can now breathe a deep breath of fresh air now that the immigration process is long behind us.

No promises, but periodically I will try to make it a point to stop by, but I pretty much converse via phone w/my buddies. Life is just changing so rapidly for us. Now, I have to factor my hubby and our social/personal life into the equation of school and work (which is pretty time consuming). There just isn't much time left for anything else with all that we have on my plate.

I can honestly say that I managed to take advantage of sharing in the camaraderie here at VJ for well over 7 months(seemed like eternity). I always looked forward to the day in which I could refrain from spending so much time here, and return to the board to give an informative update, after life as I know it was restored to a state of normalcy. These days, my efforts & attention are spent focusing on what I deem paramount, finishing school & building a strong married/family life. In the future, after the smoke clears, my sincere intentions are to come on board and offer my assistance to others. But for now, first things first.

Much thanks and hugs & smooches to everyone for your support in such trying times. My best wishes to those of you that have been victoriously reunited and best of luck to those of you whom are yet on your visa journey! (

It is great to hear from you. Glad things are moving along well.

[Peggy 1]

So happy for you and your hubby

Sounds like your having a wonderful time.