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[Kath 0]

big congrats to Kym ...thats great news and now time to breathe and wait for your guy to come over the pond.. whoo hoo

hi jodee

thats great news that tomorrow he will be home with you and your girls...and im hoping those 3 weeks go sooooo slow for you two and also those 5 months go fast so he can be with you always..

well i got the news that i go into k-mart on thursday to start orientation whoo hooo....i cant believe i havent been officially working for a year ..i will be rusty as lol

take care

kath

[jezz85 0]

:dance: CONGRATULATIONS on your visa approval Kym! :dance:

Thanks for the congrats and best wishes Vylex! Good luck planning your second wedding!

Kym, thank you for the congratulations too. I absolutely fell in love with my dress when I found it, it is knee length and straight lined and suited me well, unlike a lot of other things I tried on. Tony and I were going for a more casual look hence the short skirt and 'working whites' which are less formal than the dress whites. I found it in Myer I believe if you like it a lot you could always have a look.

The bouquet was a surprise gift from my Mum. She found it online in a store in my husbands hometown in LA and purchased it over the phone, conspiring with Tony to have us pick it up on the day. I loved it and it smelled absolutely beautiful too! I'm not sure what type of flower they are. Can anyone help out? It was nice to have something from my Mum on the day since she wasn't there.

Thank you Kath, Moonie, meowgirl, Sharyna,Poi n J (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!),tristessa, jodee (Less than two days to go till R&R! I'm so happy for you!)

What a lovely photo Rings & Loke. So romantic Thanks for the congrats Rings! How long was Robert "in" for Kath? Gotta love the Navy whites

Congratulations Moonie for getting a great full time job! It must be such a great feeling! Great wedding photos you two! Thank you for sharing!

Thanks Katz! I see you got you NOA1 and you're getting some touches! Yay!

Oh, I see some late breaking news! Congratulations Kath on picking up a job at K-Mart! Great news!

Now... a little update...

Today Tony & I drove up to the SS office. First of all, we waited for over an hour and a half and were there for 2 hours in total. According to the woman processing my SSN people actually arrive an hour and more before opening time (at 9am) in a bid not to have to wait around all day. Apparently a 1 1/2 hour wait is not so bad.

Anyway, it went okay, although not exactly to plan. I had to get my maiden name not my married name since they couldn't accept the marriage certificate we had (The notorised/sealed version of our marriage certificate won't be coming in the mail for another 4 or 5 weeks or more since it has a 6 week delay on it for some inane reason.)

Well, that was okay, we figure we'll just change it later when marriage certificate arrives. The other frustrating part was that they couldn't give me the number on the day. Apparently I will have to wait 10 or so days for the thing to come in the mail. Anyway, it is done now, I'm happy now even though it was a pain in the ### (the Social Security office is about an hour to an hour and a halfs drive north so it was a full day expedition).

Today we also picked up a driving hand book from the Maryland version of the DMV. For some reason MD has the MVA instead. *shrug*. I'll read it and then take the driving test, and hopefully have a license to drive around now!

Ironically, getting my miltary ID and all that stuff has been the EASIEST process of this whole thing. What a relief!

Lots of love to everyone!

Jess

[valkyrieshewee 0]

Congrats everyone! Looks like good news for so many ^^ That's wonderful!

My fiance now has his visa in possession ^^ He was asked 2 questions and out of the Consulate by 9.30 am. We've got a wedding date set and his tickets booked and we couldn't be happier

[SharynY 2]

congrats Valkyrie!!!! ............

i was asked about 5 questions and had to hand over photos....

our new wedding date is 15th December........ yay!!!

[tonyr7 0]

congrats everyone

hurry the hell up bangkok

[Kelli 0]

Thats great news Kath!

Even though it is the opposition! (just joking!)

I love your dress Jezz, I just got mine from Noni B, it's just a really nice simple black dress, as I too am going for the casual look. So is it best that I wait until I am married to go for my SSN? I am not looking forward to all the paperwork when I get there, but I suppose it will give me something to do.

We finally got an apartment, Kevin moves in on the weekend, and I can't wait to get there and put a womans touch to the decor side of things!

I hope that everyone is doing well!

Take care,

Kell

[Moonie 0]

kath-

good luck with the job! Let us know how it goes.

[Niphredil 0]

CONGRATULATIONS! time for me soon enough!

My anxiety has relieved - just a little.

Apparently, there was a snag at NVC with my husband's AoS papers, in regards to joint sponsorship. Basically, they didn't put in 'N/A' where applicable, and just left it blank. *rolls eyes* Nit picky, but I guess anyone could come in afterwards and put in anything if they were devious enough.

So here I am, waiting to find out if they've sent the paperwork back yet or what, so I give him a call, and get his mother instead. She's sending it back tomorrow, but needs to call NVC again just to make sure thats all (because both herself, and her husband sent JS in, but they only sent back his, not hers, and hers has the same mistakes too. *shrugs*)

I blab too much

Anyway, so I'm thinking they send it in, 14 days to process, finally gets sent to Sydney. Till I call my husband. Apparently, it's processed!! It just needs this last paper, and then it's off to Sydney!!~ *dancetime*

*phew* And I need my Rubella shot and chicken pox, but thats easy enough *well, cept Chicken pox as it's a 6 week vaccine x.X* and well, even if they aren't required for the medical, I'd still rather have it. No problems with needles here... it's the getting nekkid part I don't like

[Loke 0]

Congrats to everyone who has seen movement in their journey over the last couple of weeks.

Kym - its wonderful to see you so happy, approval makes all the difference in the world I found...like a great weight is suddenly lifted and to you Valkyrie, congrats on yoru fiance getting through that final interview unscathed.

Kath - congrats on your job! I am trying to enjoy my enforced vacation but I am already looking forward to getting that EAD - I bet I will long for holidays again when I start working though lol

Jodee, hope your time together with yourh hubby goes slowly and blissfully for you. I'm sure you know already that every moment counts and I hope every single one of them is magical.

Good luck Niph, I am sure everything will go smoothly for you...I found shots were an easy thing to do too, and most of the time relatively painless.

Tony - keeping our fingers crossed for you that Bangkok looks favourably and that you finally get that visa in hand.

And for both the recent and impending weddings (first or second), my fondest wishes to you all, I hope your days have been/will be as perfect as ours was.

[Rings 10]

Enforced vacation lol ... the poor man. I do find that I feel pretty bad when I get home and he is all amp'd up and I am dead tired

Hopefully things will get better soon and he can at least drive places for fun

[Kym 0]

Thank you everyone for the well wishes, it really does mean so much. I feel like this huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders now. And it is awesome to actually be able to make some concrete plans for our wedding. We had planned one wedding before everything got screwed up with our I-129F petition and had to cancel so there was no way I was going to make all those plans again without knowing for sure he would be here on the designated day!

Jodee – just want to say enjoy your time with your hubby!!! We probably will not be hearing from you for 3 weeks. I can’t imagine how hard it would be going through those long deployments.

Jess – We do not have a Myers where I live, never even heard of it. So I googled it and I see it is an Aussie store…no wonder! lol But I must be retarded because I couldn’t even find a women’s clothing section for dresses. Is this the same store you are referring to? I plan on going out this weekend and looking around at Dillards, Nordstrom’s and Macy’s. I too want something casual but a little wedding like (if that makes any sense). I already have a formal wedding dress that I bought back at the beginning of the year for the first planned wedding. But now we are going much more casual and I do not want to wear it. I sure wish I could sell it to get some of my money back...UGH!!! As for your flowers, they are lilies. From what I can tell, I’d say they are trumpet lilies. That was such a nice surprise that your Mom (Mum) did for you. Lilies are one of my FAVS! Especially white. That is why when I saw your pics, I thought they were bea-u-ti-ful!

Kath – Congrats on getting a job! That is one thing that Darryl is worried about but I have all the confidence in the world. He is smart, charming and a hard worker (yes, I’m partial). Do you mind me asking how long it took you to get your EAD card. Isn’t it about 3 months from the time you apply?

Rings/Loke – that was a great wedding pic..very romantic looking. Although I had already peeked into your photos and seen some of your wedding pics.

Did anyone come over with an international drivers license and drive (legally) before they got their American license? I know I have asked about this before so I apologize. I have tried looking on the Missouri DMV site and it sucks. I need to just call them but have been putting it off because you normally have to wait forever before getting through to anyone with answers.

Best wishes to EVERYONE, wherever you are at in your jouney. This is certainly some ride!!!

[tonyr7 0]

hey kim

my first time in florida i was told i could drive on my valid aussie licence

as long as i had my passport with me at all times

i know it varies from state to state, but it seems to be that as long as you have authorisation from uscis to show that your in the country legally,they should issue a drivers licence

[Poi_n_J 0]

I SOLD MY CAR !!!!

[SharynY 2]

congrats on the selling of your car!!!

[Rings 10]

I SOLD MY CAR !!!!

WHEW HEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!