The Vent Part Quatre

[Sprailenes 47]

Its just every single morning she feels the need to walk in and give me updates on her personal life. I don't care, most of the time I don't even respond - but she still stands there talking. Sometimes I'll even grab the phone and pick it up and pretend I'm talking to someone so she won't walk in and start talking to me. I shouldn't know the details that I do about her son's love life, but there they are, stuck in my brain, because she blabs about it every freaking day.

[Sprailenes 47]

I have even just got up and walked away and she still talks.

I am so annoyed right now just thinking about it.

Not only that but she has a strong Long Island accent, so she just sounds like a complete tool when she speaks.

Edited July 22, 2010 by Sprailenes

[Colleens 40]

grumble..getting irritated at uscis ..again..geez. still no biometrics appointment for my aos and ead. and no one can tell me whats going on. all they can say is dont ask for updates on your aos until DECEMBER, liek ####### is that? OH and dont call us back about your bio until the end of august, i cheated and used both receipt numbers to get two different service requests. one on the 6th when i gave my change of address and again today.

i mean seriously. ####### is with the delay. i mean other than receipt notices i have no proof of anything. i mean what would i do if i was stopped? my passport i-94 expired on july 5th..any joe blow sees that they think i'm here illegally...how would i prove otherwise? i mean they arrested some poor porto rican accusing him of being here illegally and held him and interogated him for two days in chicago...

I am still in the same boat...I still haven't even had a touch on my AP and EAD since I submitted it at the beginning of June. It has been 44 days and still not even an appt letter for biometrics....it seems most people recieve these within a couple of weeks of the NOA1!!!

I have copied my NOA1 for my I-485 and put it in with my passport....that is the best that we can do to prove legal presence.

[Pauley 2]

2) The cows....

I live in a country/rural area....

And yes, there are farm animals and other animals around here...

Don't get me wrong, I like animals....But...

Last night 3-4 of those cows end up on our front lawn (no joke...really)....

Mooing and mooing.....in the fog.....All night long....Between 1am-4am.....

While the farmers tried to chase them back onto their property....

Lol...I guess this is where homeowners insurance comes in handy....Does it cover for 'damage caused by cows'?.....

Lol..It could be worse...I could live in the city again...That would be a nightmare far worse than cows.....

I've experienced this firsthand, too, having grown up not far from where you guys are now... the farm across the road would occasionally have their cows jump the fence and wind up in our front yard in the morning!

[Hugglebuggles 60]

Ugh, Sprailenes, that sounds super annoying. Our window washer does the same thing to me. I made the mistake of being nice to him one day and and now he thinks we're best friends. I don't even know his name, but he sure knows mine. Pretty creepy actually. He looks like he might be homeless or something close to homeless.

[Ontarkie 14,143]

My hives are spreading they have covered me face neck shoulders and now moving down my arms. My earlobes a swollen and sore too. All triggered by me touching the tomato plants. And the worse part is I made it through my 3 days of fasting, and avoiding all corn and wheat products. Those are my biggest allergies acording to the test. The rash I had on my arms was going away, now it looks a bit more pinkish like it wants to come back. I have been taking benidryl and not getting better.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

This may sound strange, but have you tried applying ice?

[Ontarkie 14,143]

Well not ice cause I break out in hives if I get cold, and I have enough of them to not want more. But I have tried cold wash cloths it helps for a bit taking the itch out.

[antda 13]

I've experienced this firsthand, too, having grown up not far from where you guys are now... the farm across the road would occasionally have their cows jump the fence and wind up in our front yard in the morning!

Pauley-Ah yes, I remember you mentioned about that during the meetup too (and something about a yearbook too)...So yeah, you would understand here too...Lol...I'm sure it was quite a sight for you to see too when growing up...It's not too bad...But it is very funny to see...How did the cows eventually return to their farm? Did you have to chase them back?..

Ok...Everyone....Update on the cow situation...

So last evening the new neighbour with the bull cows explained the situation...There were 20 bull cows got loose in the middle of the night, and they were running wildly around the neighbourhood..And about 3-4 of them ran down the country road and ended up on our lawn....Apparently the cows were attracted to the our other neighbour's dairy cows and hence got loose and ran around in the fog...Moo!

So the new neighbour apologized...Brought over some homemade bread and vegetables...And we had a nice evening of conversation and chit-chat afterwards....And had a laugh about the cows and cow chasing too...lol....

Let's just hope that they are fenced in properly this time....Late night cow chasing is not a new activity we want to embark on anytime soon...

Not too amusing to find a few 'cow patties' (cow poop) spots on our lawn this morning either...But we got those cleaned up before the rain came in....Yuck.....Luckily that there wasn't any more damage than that.....

Though it's funny how throughout all that mooing and cow chasing in the middle of the night...We and the rest of the neighbourhood were wide awake, but Baby A slept through it all...Shrugs....

Lol..So now our street/neighbourhood consists of : 10 neighbours, 4 houses/cabins, 22 cows, 5 goats, 6 ducks, 2 roosters, 1 domesticated turkey, 5 pigs, 3 domesticated dogs, other countless wild animals (deer, birds, insects, frogs, cats, squirrels, etc.), and the animal population keeps on growing......blah....You get the point..

It's a crazy farm/zoo around here! ....But we love it anyways!...

Ant

[Tick Tock 3]

Sorry to hear about your hives, Ontarkie! :S

We have some tomato plants as well; I always wondered why whenever I touched them, my hands would retain the smell of the plant even after washing. I'll now remember that as a "warning, don't touch me too long".

I have a very bad reaction to poison ivy and running hot (borderline not-tolerable) water over the area tends to help me, but I have read that hot water can make hives worse. Would it be possible for you to get to the doctor? Corticosteriods are prescribed again for dealing with the swelling and itching from poison ivy, but I've read that it may help with hives. Prednisone is the one corticosteriod I see mentioned most.

In my world... Our dryer is broken. Specifically, the little dryer switch is snapped. It's a metal bar that gets pushed in (I think) whenever the dryer door is fully closed in order to act as a safety. Switch not pushed in? Dryer won't start. This wouldn't be so bad if...

1) I didn't have a wet load of clothes.

2) I had a washline outside (basement washline in smelly basement? No way!)

3) My husband's work was competent enough to give him his properly sized uniform... With more than 1 pairs of pants (cheap).

4) Sears' Parts & Accessories website decided to crash after I figured out the potential part number!

On the upside, I haven't heard from Passport Canada. So either they're backlogged and haven't even looked at my application, or my photo is usable and they had no problems whatsoever.

Ant, hehe - we've had cows cross into our property before too. However, there were only 2 or so and were taken care of within hours. I think there was a break in the fence and they just decided to come on over and munch on our tall field grass. We were not so fortunate to be treated with bread, veggies and conversation, but we at least got a chuckle.

Edited July 23, 2010 by Tick Tock

[antda 13]

Ontarkie-Hope you feel better soon...

Aww...Allergies are no fun either...

Maybe you should see your doctor again to see if there another solution to this problem....

Sprailenes-Not sure if this works for you (but it did work for my MIL in her apt.)...

Try cleaning up for the cleaning lady...That way they have no excuse to come to clean near your home...

"It's all been clean...What are you here for? Time to move on"....

Or better yet...Just tell the cleaning lady how you feel....Maybe she'll understand.....

Colleens-Don't worry, your case will get approved soon. But yes, in the meantime, you have your NOA...make sure you don't lose that! If it makes you feel any better...I had to use an NOA for 10 months while I was waiting for my 10yr gc...It got to be really annoying..And the NOA was damaged along the way while travelling with it too...But I had no other choice in the matter....Stupid USCIS delays!

If your case takes too long...By all means, inquire about such...And good luck on your case too...

Ant

[antda 13]

In my world... Our dryer is broken. Specifically, the little dryer switch is snapped. It's a metal bar that gets pushed in (I think) whenever the dryer door is fully closed in order to act as a safety. Switch not pushed in? Dryer won't start. This wouldn't be so bad if...

1) I didn't have a wet load of clothes.

2) I had a washline outside (basement washline in smelly basement? No way!)

3) My husband's work was competent enough to give him his properly sized uniform... With more than 1 pairs of pants (cheap).

4) Sears' Parts & Accessories website decided to crash after I figured out the potential part number!

On the upside, I haven't heard from Passport Canada. So either they're backlogged and haven't even looked at my application, or my photo is usable and they had no problems whatsoever.

Ant, hehe - we've had cows cross into our property before too. However, there were only 2 or so and were taken care of within hours. I think there was a break in the fence and they just decided to come on over and munch on our tall field grass. We were not so fortunate to be treated with bread, veggies and conversation, but we at least got a chuckle.

TickTock-Sorry to hear about your dryer....

Lol..I would lend you mine if you lived closer.....

Hope you get that fixed so that you can get your dryer working again soon....

Another solution would be to find a local laundrymat..And see if you can get your clothes dried there too....It might cost few quarters or so...But it will be nice and worth it to have dry and clean clothes...

Hope you hear from Passport Canada soon too...How long have you been waiting for them? If they take too long, then by all means, contact them to see what the problem is....

Lol about your cow situation too....And glad that you got a chuckle out of it and that they finally got rounded up back to their farm....Glad too, that they had a nice time munching on your tall field grass...Now wonder why they wanted to come over....

Ant

[Sprailenes 47]

Cleaning lady in my home? #######?

It's at my work you n00b.

Edited July 23, 2010 by Sprailenes

[lgg 2]

LAWLS!!!!!!!!

Nev, you owe me a new laptop as I just sprayed this one with coffee.

Cleaning lady in my home? #######?

It's at my work you n00b.

[OBX 51]

Sadly the turkey family I posted about yesterday is now down one member. Heard a thump outside this morning and found one dead wild turkey at the end of the driveway. Never a dull moment in NJ!