LAND DOWNUNDER

[Lunamel 0]

Better make sure I watch my Ps and Qs too, Kath!

Hi Susan, yep, Kath is right -- I'll soon be living in New York again -- though New York City, not upstate. How far upstate are you? Hope you get used to the snow soon -- it's been four years for me, and I still hate the winters as much as ever... but at least most places do a good job of indoor heating. Just make sure you get a good coat and pair of boots!

[Poi_n_J 0]

Hello fellow Aussies!!!

Thought I'd make an appearance in here...I think this is where everyone was talking about.

Newbie here, so new our I-130 petition hasn't been filed yet..still waiting for my USC to arrive here in January...

Our wedding date has now been set - 21.01.07... So, much to plan/organise...

Susan: was wondering if that website pennytalk.com is good for calling mobiles...?

Priscilla

[Kath 0]

hi priscilla

welcome to the aussie thread mate...an so good to find another melbournian in the group...i lived on the west side...melton..where abouts are you

good luck with you petition an your up coming wedding..looking forward to talking to you on here more

take care

kath

[CarolineM 0]

we used pennytalk.

it's a GREAT card but nothing is going to be cheap to call mobiles.

[densusan 0]

Hi Priscilla,

Yes the pennytalk card is good for mobiles too at a rate of 27 cents a minute though and so far I haven't had any luck calling a mobile in australia. Like Kath said I seem to get a busy kind of signal. I still have an australian phone card with credit (Gotalk) to call my grandson but it costs a small fortune but thankfully he is only coming up 3 years old, so the conversations are short, LOL.

Oh by the way I did my driving test this afternoon and I PASSED

Lunamel we are between Lowville NY and Watertown NY, right on the edge of the Adirondack Park. Beautiful place but yes lots of snow! I spent 6 months here before we were married which was a whole winter so I pretty know what to expect. Friday when we had the snow storm was the first time my dog ( brought her here from OZ) had seen snow and she was quite entertaining.

Thats about it from me for now,

SUSAN

[mwfaith1971 0]

hi all,

seeing all this talk of phone cards, i thought i'd put in my 2c. go to this website masterbell and see what cards are available. we use the champion card as it is the cheapest for calling an australian landline that doesn't have a maintainence fee. if you don't mind the fee, one of the other cards is about 13c per minute to australian mobiles. also, most of the cards are rechargable with a credit card, so you don't have to run to the shop to get another one.

hope this helps you guys.

matt

[Poi_n_J 0]

Hi Kath,

Thanks, I'm in Elwood (next door to St Kilda). The weather's a gorgeous 29C today. (As I work indoors ) It's going to be a hot summer here, they say. Thanks for the well wishes.

What a shame about the phone cards. I thought as much, which is why I've been calling him instead of him calling me. My Ozecall card works out at about a dollar an hour...SAME RATE FOR MOBILES!!! Which is great cos we're usually on the phone hours at a time....I ask him why USA doesn't get with the rest of the world and produce decent phone rates...hehe....he says who'd want to call Australia...?....cheeky #######..lol.

Congrats on passing your driving test Susan...

[Kath 0]

well hello there Matt how are things going with you two...ltns...

hi ya prisicilla

yw ...ohh elwood is a nice place...ya know i use to say the same damm thing to robbie about the "get with the program" statement lol robbie use to say i guess its alllllllll squeezing money out of us dals..lol

we had a few more rain flurries here today not much didnt even make a mess on the ground lol...29c mmmmmmmm nice.....

no news here to report havent been touched since 16th oct...

ohh by the way i actually got through to my boys mobile to wish him happy birthday ... he lives in brisbane and he was going fishing ... so hopefully he will remember he promised to ring me when he got back..get this..with my phone card i had $21 or so ....to call a mobile i had 1hr 14mins of talk time..i nearly died cos 21min to land line gives me around 17 hours ....just shocked me lol

well hope all is well with everyone an ya all happy

kath

[mwfaith1971 0]

not much happening here...just working and watching chanin growing.

she had a doctors appoinment today and apparently everything is going well. not much more to add except it's already too bloody cold and i can't wait till spring!!

matt

[Kath 0]

well hey there matt

glad all is going well for you an your wife an the little one on the way...and yeah it chilly but not too bad.. your a softy mate..lol...i hate it when i see the aussie temps at the moment an were in the low numbers for our daytime temps lol

take care mate

kath

[girlfrmoz 1]

awesome!!!

[Kath 0]

hi girlfromoz

how are you welcome to the thread ...can i ask you what was awesome lol

whats ya story an where are you in oz an going to in the states..im in toledo doing my AOS at the moment

take care

kath

[Kath 0]

can i do the happy dance ....

I HAVE JUST HAD MY AOS APPROVED... !!!!!!

SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

ohh kaffy kat am i in for a spanking for beating you....

im happy but sad also..there are so many waiting for approval from CSC

im so glad i dont have to go for that long trip to cleveland for an interview...

talk to you all soon

kath

shame i cant ring robbie.. he asked me last night cos i was so rapt he came home early an he said you miss me ..i said yes he said ohh i thought u had news on your greencard for me ..will he be surprised tonight when he gets home...

[aussie angel 0]

wow congratulations to you both

being transfered to california was a good thing you must be so pleased not having to worry about an interview i know we were

angela

[flossiefus 0]

Congrats Kath now u can relax and forget USCIS (just for a while at least)

Cheers

can i do the happy dance ....

I HAVE JUST HAD MY AOS APPROVED... !!!!!!

SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

ohh kaffy kat am i in for a spanking for beating you....

im happy but sad also..there are so many waiting for approval from CSC

im so glad i dont have to go for that long trip to cleveland for an interview...

talk to you all soon

kath

shame i cant ring robbie.. he asked me last night cos i was so rapt he came home early an he said you miss me ..i said yes he said ohh i thought u had news on your greencard for me ..will he be surprised tonight when he gets home...