Saturday

[Henia 11]

Wow Julianna always wanted an orchid but just not sure if I could handle taking care of one...is it hard?

Just depends on your conditions and which orchid., The easiest are phals or anything in that alliance, they require similar care to African violets.

Hmmm I will have to look into that, but I live in a really cold state so not sure without some hothouse type holding area if I would have an orchid.

[Nasturtium 500]

Hmmm I will have to look into that, but I live in a really cold state so not sure without some hothouse type holding area if I would have an orchid.

Unless you keep your house under 60* and only have north-facing windows, then I think you should be fine.

[~Jackie~ 30]

Happy Saturday everybody! Hope you all have a good one.

Ohare might have delays today. It has snowed all night and still snowing. Have a wonderful reunion with your man.

The only green thing I can keep alive is bamboo. Is that a weed? or a plant? I really envy you Julianna. I like plants. They just don't like living here.

Jackie

[cbd2cai 0]

Hmmm I will have to look into that, but I live in a really cold state so not sure without some hothouse type holding area if I would have an orchid.

Unless you keep your house under 60* and only have north-facing windows, then I think you should be fine.

I loooooooooooooooove orchids. There is a nursery in Dallas/Richardson that specializes in orchids and a wander thru their greenhouse is wonderful. I am afraid to buy something really fancy because I think it will just die or get knocked off the plant stand. Although, I think I might consider it again as the kitties are all past the kitten stage of pulling everything down. LOL, I bought myself flowers for Valentine's day and they are still OK. I do have a nice plant light that is going to waste right now. hmmmmm, do I have time to go to the nursery today??? It is not far from the grocery and on my way back from the pedicure/manicure lady, hehe!!!

[bostonparis 0]

Hello all.

Well Friday ended badly. I was leaving and some numbskull thought it was ok to hit my car right in front of me, nearly gassing me away aaaaaaand *tried* to drive off. O snaps Madame Henia was not having it. I throw my purse at their window trying to get them to stop. I should threw a rock. Cursing (astagfurullah) as mad as I was... the situation let's just say got sticky and the police were no help either. I am so pissed. Nice car blemished now.

I am starting to get sick too.

Well 2 threads closed, not sure why... but I am not even going there. I think I donnot really want to know.

Still did not buy a %*(&@ printer. Went to Best Buy, and hahaha seriously there are NOT the best buy. I found a nice printer that was a 3-n-1 copy scan and print for $50, saw it for $40 at Wal-mart...but ^(*^% you have to buy the USB cable and ink, so it comes out to be $90... ye right...no deal there. Going to Big Lots and all the $1 in my area to *try* a USB cable. I saw them several times at the $1 store...(stupid me never thought to buy one)... for sure I am NOT going to pay $40 for a ^%)(*^ cable.

And of course I ran off time and did not get my passport style photos (Doooh!) Snaps, I really need to send that visa app...I am really going OUT of time now.

But on a happier note: I bought my daughter a (cheapy) Mp3 player and some software to get her ready for 3rd grade (yea!)...

And for the person who asked about DHL: I have used DHL in the past and paid about 90$ for thin letter sized envelope to be delivered to Algerie. Arrived without any complications. Alos have used UPS, paid about $40 for the same sized letter and had no problems with delivery either!

OK, now I am going to bed.

Henia, I just bought that printer at Best Buy. You can get the same cable at Target for $10 - I did!

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Im just hoping he was hurrying to the gate and made his flight, but didnt have time to call. Its amazing, however, all the ridiculous incidents the female brain can think of LOL.

Psst, my irrational fear is my Dh will get lost in O'Hare and have to live there forever, eating fries out of the trashcan by McDonald's in terminal 5 and not be able to call me, and grow old and die and be burried in one of the planters. I KNOW this will never happen but I keep thinking about it LOLOL!

My DH did get lost in O'Hare. Luckly, he found an arabic speaking janitor to point him in the right direction. Make sure he has plenty of time to switch flights.

[maggieNomar 0]

That's right! We have a "sweetie watch" tonight!

Its comforting to be able to come here and know there are others watching our progress and ready to lend an ear(eye) when Im stressed. I appreciate it Im gonna try to hit the sack now, Its almost 230. Incha allah I will see my sweetie in a little over 12 hours.

We went to dinner at my daughter's last night. Going to seattle today. Sun is finally out. Ready to go eat breakfast now, which I hope my dear Omar is going to make.

Henia: I hope you are doing ok. I know even though you weren't physically hurt, it is an emotional ordeal to go through.

Gabi: Call me when you wake up..Omar and I are watching for your news.

Have a good Saturday everyone.

[doodlebug 3]

Oh how many hours now until he's here????????

Henia I am so sorry hon. I hate car accidents. $90 for a letter though???? That's a bit steep for me.

I'm so frustrated this morning. Last night I was trying to book my trip to Egypt on Alitalia and after I finally signed up for their frequent flyer plan and entered in all my info their website went down. Now all this morning I've been trying and I endter my info, agree to the terms, pick my seat and then BOOM it brings me to the first page again. It's like an infinite loop. I'm tempted to pay the $10 or so extra and book it through orbitz instead but I'm afraid that Alitalia will now mess it up and now I'm second guessing flying with them at all. Thing is it's just about the cheapest option. $1,300 round trip and the arrival times are wicked good with only a little under 3 hours layover each way. The other cheapo is Iberia but on the trip back there is less than an hour layover on one leg (two connections) and that's just not enough I don't think.

UGH. My oldest came home from a sleepover this morning and she is one cranky little ten year old.

On the bright side my belly dancing tape came in! :dance: The hubby keeps asking me to show him some moves so I'd best get cracking. lol

[UmmSqueakster 54]

When are you looking to go doodle? Even when I went in June and August, my ticket was always $1200 or less I think, and you should have it cheaper out there on the east coast.

[doodlebug 3]

When are you looking to go doodle? Even when I went in June and August, my ticket was always $1200 or less I think, and you should have it cheaper out there on the east coast.

July 20 to 29. The cheapest on all the sites I checked : cheaptickets.com, kayak.com, airgorilla.com, priceline.com (even tried bidding), hotwire.com, orbitz.com, hotels.com, expedia.com, was Iberia for $1,000 (9something but I can't remember so I rounded). The next is Alitalia at $1,300 (again rounded). After that is Air France at $1,300 but with less than 2 hour layovers so no way jose, then it jumps to about $1,500.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Oy. Maybe I won't be going with the DH back to Egypt when he goes to visit his family. There's a lot of things I could buy with $1000!

[doodlebug 3]

Oh btw I'm such a Rahma wanna be. lol.

I've started a blog of my own. It's soooo addicting but fun and I think more productive for me than living here all the time. I'll just live here 50% of the time now.

check out the cool name that was available too!

http://bostonmuslimah.blogspot.com/

Oy. Maybe I won't be going with the DH back to Egypt when he goes to visit his family. There's a lot of things I could buy with $1000!

yeah airfare is steadily on the rise. I listened to a special on NPR a few weeks ago and it's not going to get cheaper anytime soon if their predictions are correct.

Now if I could only get the Alitalia website to work!! Hope their planes are more reliable!!

[UmmSqueakster 54]

I was having a lot of fun with my blog, but now my work filters out blogger

[mybackpages 0]

When are you looking to go doodle? Even when I went in June and August, my ticket was always $1200 or less I think, and you should have it cheaper out there on the east coast.

July 20 to 29. The cheapest on all the sites I checked : cheaptickets.com, kayak.com, airgorilla.com, priceline.com (even tried bidding), hotwire.com, orbitz.com, hotels.com, expedia.com, was Iberia for $1,000 (9something but I can't remember so I rounded). The next is Alitalia at $1,300 (again rounded). After that is Air France at $1,300 but with less than 2 hour layovers so no way jose, then it jumps to about $1,500.

Did you try looking at the ads in the travel section in the local paper? Sometimes the local travel agents (owned by ME and others) that deal with the ME crowd have tickets that are very cheap. Would be worth calling a few local agents to find out.

[browneyez40 0]

I'm thinking about having this Sunday be an all Moroccan food day. My only problem is that I don't really know a typical meal plan in Morocco. I have dinner ideas, but I am completely lost on lunch and especially breakfast! Does anyone know of a place to find out about typical Arabic dishes for an entire day? I think any region would be good, not just Morocco.

Besides my Sunday idea, I'm just defrosting from the winter storm this week. It is finally above freezing!