Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 4)

[*JG* 2]

Does it really take two weeks for the SSN card to come?

Ours came in less then a week. I guess it depends on how busy they are at the time.

[SweetSugahDumplin 0]

um i meant to say imagine how in the world did i type manage haha

Good Morning......How did the medical go......Andrew will be going for his soon and he doesn't have any immunization records.........Do you know how many shots had to be given? Thanks bunches!

Well im still waiting on the full details myself all i know he was there for like 8 hours and it cost about 150 US and he said they bored him up...im guessin that means he got lots of shots he said he felt sick and he was goin to go lay down. Ill let u know once i find more details

[SweetSugahDumplin 0]

im up here makin a list of all the stuff i want to do after all this just may be my last long trip there in a while im gonna really miss jamaica once he comes here wow the longest ive been away is one month for the past year. Ok here is my list thus far, margaritavill during the day for drinks, dead end bar, whitehouse for some fish!, drs cave beach, wexford to say hi to mr. brown the bartender, nyam n jam for a blended fruit punch and the list goes on!!! i cant wait im crossin off the days on that calendar!

Who do you go to in Whitehouse for the fish.....Sebil's (yellow restaurant) or Evelyn's (white)?

Where are those at !!! i need to find good fish that is close!!

ok i read that wrong i thought it said why im just seein it says WHO lol forgive me!! i thought u were tellin me other places to check. I only have been there once and all i remember is them running up to the car and we bought our fish from them

What are you talking about? I am confused now. Did you not say you were going to Whitehouse for fish?

Are you talking about buying fresh fish that you cook? Or cooked fish?

Sorry for the late reply! i was talkin about the cooked fish the escoveitch fish they have the peppers layin on top of all arranged nicely it all pretty look too pretty to eat

[BelwinMills 0]

Last year, Andre wanted only clothes and shoes. For his birthday he wanted a watch. This year for Christmas he wants a chain with some bling on it and one other thing that I can't quite remember right now.

That sounds a lot like Tony! Only he wanted so MUCH bling that I split it into 2 gifts! I got him the chain for x-mas and a pendant for the chain for his birthday. He bought his own watch a while back, but I think he wants a new one soon. Knowing him, it will be something really expensive

Question- My hubby is missing cornmeal porridge. Does anyone know how to make it or have a reciepe? Thanks

How come he doesn't know how to make this? Andre makes it for me all the time.

Tony hasn't made it in YEARS. He says he doesn't really remember how to make it either - that's probably why he keeps postponing it

My hubby know how to cook that is funny! LOL I usually cook everything. Wait he can cook me frozen pizza, ham and cheese sandwich and mac & cheese. Your husband cooks that is wonderful. I wish his cooking expertise could rub off on hubby

[BelwinMills 0]

She right on the mark, Rhonda. My son was almost 10 pounds at birth. I gave him cereal in his bottle at one month to enable him to sleep through the night.

Ok, so now I'm thinking you must make the cereal really thin to be able to put it in the bottle? I'm so overwhelmed I know my mom had really big babies - me and my sister both weighed over 10 pounds - and she said she gave us cereal really early on too. I'm gonna need a book on how to do this stuff

Feeding baby cereal? I saw my girlfriend do that so her baby would sleep. I won't be doing that because I don't believe in feeding food to early to my baby. Her baby was only 7 pounds at birth.

[BelwinMills 0]

Hello my lovely Yardie family! Hugs and love to you all

Well I have been trying to keep up/catch up on the reading but I give up

Congrats to everyone who has made steps forward in getting your visas and to those that got their visa and their SO here already!

Congrats to Jax and Shauna on the future bundles of joy...I am sure you will be great moms

Well things here are going good. I started taking another class to try and keep my foot in the door at college. It sure is hard to juggle it all - work and school and home life. A and I are still working on things and making progress. It is definitely encouraging to be making progress towards the better. We celebrated our 2 year anniversary last Thursday and it was great! Who would have ever guessed that 2 years has already flown by?!? I can still remember agonizing over those blasted forms and dialing a hundred numbers just to get to talk to A for a few minutes (yeah right like it ever only lasted a few minutes ) Glad that it is fall...I love fall and all the events and the weather and leaves changing. It is just a great overall feeling. Well anyways nothing else is new around here...living life and trying to survive. Hope y'all are doing well!

Much Love,

Jamie

Congrats Jamie on making it to your 2 year anniversary! All the best in the future! Much Love Jax

[JA Tam 7]

True Kimmy, I think I had to pay $5-10 more for my second suitcase w/Spirit!

But, lawd deh lass time mi fly 'Di Market Bus' (AJ). The flight attendant asked my 6 year old son..."Yuh waan pissa cyake" -Jus' so!! He said excuse me? She just repeated..."Yuh... waan... fi... nyam... pissa... cyake... or bun?" I swear I was looking around for the video camera...cause you couldn't tell me I wasn't in a 'Oliver' episode!! When I finally translated for my son (who understands patois- but hers was BAD!!!) He turned to the attendant and said "Ohh, pissa cyake puhlease" - My youngest one is so facety(but mi didda haffi laugh still) Dyam outta order ,ooman!

,Gill

(whoaaa, mi belly). I can't believe that happened, fi real it is a true market bus....

[JA Tam 7]

My last exam is the 14th so I was planning on hopping on a flight on the 16th but Air JA never has good fares for Christmas/New Years travel.

Has anyone ever flown Spirit?

I hear more and more people are using that airline to go to JA. I need to check out their fares.

Hey Marie, you seem to be in my neighborhood...I used Spirit a few years ago from FTL and I was scared out of my wits...the plane seemed a little old and rickety. I am sure they have improved since then, I heard they changed their planes. The biggest problem I have with them is the schedule (1 flight in and out of Kingston). In general I have been using Air J and last year, I ended up with a pretty cheap ticket going Dec. 23rd - Jan. 2nd. Unfortunately, it is not all the time that you will end up with deals with this kind of travel; I took a chance and won out in the end.

Good luck on your exams...my LAST exam will be Dec. 16th.

[JA Tam 7]

I forgot to share my good news...........

Andre's health, dental, and life insurance kicked in yesterday (Oct. 1st). He will now pay just under $50 a check for what I was paying $278 a check for, for the last 16 months. I'm nearly giddy with joy today!!!!!!

Congrats JG I know you are elated.

[Marlita 0]

ok ladies i just made some porridge incorporating marlitas idea! with the cream of wheat its very good i used cream of wheat, water, lasco vanilla soy milk powder, sprinkle of nutmeg, dash of vanilla and a few tablespoons of condensed milk its pretty good

See, easy as pie!

I like the cream of wheat version better than corn meal. Never really liked corn meal. Plus ladies, before you think about giving this to the babies, remember corn doesnt digest. You could have a contipated baby for real Thats why you should not use corn meal, but baby cereal for the little ones. Ever seen a baby poop out a whole kernal of corn.....cause they cant digest it. Actually corn is bad for you, but thats a whole nother story. Popcorn doesnt digest either!

[Marlita 0]

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My last exam is the 14th so I was planning on hopping on a flight on the 16th but Air JA never has good fares for Christmas/New Years travel.

Has anyone ever flown Spirit?

I hear more and more people are using that airline to go to JA. I need to check out their fares.

I used it to go to MoBay in February...they were really very good. The flight left from LGA ONTIME...got to Fort Lauderdale ON TIME...left FLL...ON-TIME and arrived in MoBay...ON-TIME! I also had all my bags and the flight is one of the earliest to get into MoBay so the crowds aren't too bad. But, someone told me they get frazzled around Christmas time and have an issue wid luggage arriving with the passenger. Plus, getting out of MoBay was a breeze. When everyone else was piled up by the AJ counters...spirit counters in MoBay were empty.

But, I tell you compared to AJ, I'm sorry to say, I will take my chances! I went down with them in June...can you say NIGHTMARE!!! First, we didn;t even use an AJ plane it was a charter North American plane...both going and coming back. Which left 1 and 1/2 late from JFK! They lost my son's suitcase...later found it in Miami and sent it down 2 days later! Then when it was time to go back. By the time we navigated deh HELL of a line to check-in, they were paging us to board the plane...oh and we got there 4 hours early. I would love to support my Country's Airline...but Customer Service is everything to me and AJ has ALOT to learn about Customer Service!!

Anyway...that's just my 2 cents!

,

Gill

True Kimmy, I think I had to pay $5-10 more for my second suitcase w/Spirit!

But, lawd deh lass time mi fly 'Di Market Bus' (AJ). The flight attendant asked my 6 year old son..."Yuh waan pissa cyake" -Jus' so!! He said excuse me? She just repeated..."Yuh... waan... fi... nyam... pissa... cyake... or bun?" I swear I was looking around for the video camera...cause you couldn't tell me I wasn't in a 'Oliver' episode!! When I finally translated for my son (who understands patois- but hers was BAD!!!) He turned to the attendant and said "Ohh, pissa cyake puhlease" - My youngest one is so facety(but mi didda haffi laugh still) Dyam outta order ,ooman!

,Gill

Just to let you know Spirit isnt really worth the money cause they are an "a la carte" airline. Back in May they started charging $10 for every piece of luggage you check, and you can only carry on 1 piece. They give no snacks, no movie, no blanket, no pillow. So if you are on a long flight traveling from a far location to stay in JA for awhile its not very good. I'd go American-Airlines. AirJ is horrible with customer service. My sisters used them when we were in JA for the hurricane. They were so un organized compared to other airlines. My sisters were dropped off in NYC when they were trying to get to LAX! AirJ had no flights to LAX for a week after the hurricane and they were not accommodating to the people who were stranded. No air vouchers, no meal tickets, no room rates NOTHING but attitude from the AirJ staff and when I say rude I mean straight STREET! Jamaica Street! These chicks were acting like they were up in the parking lot or something. These were the ticketing agents....it was horrible. I think AirJ just has NO idea how to deal with a crisis.

[nannygirl82 0]

She right on the mark, Rhonda. My son was almost 10 pounds at birth. I gave him cereal in his bottle at one month to enable him to sleep through the night.

Ok, so now I'm thinking you must make the cereal really thin to be able to put it in the bottle? I'm so overwhelmed I know my mom had really big babies - me and my sister both weighed over 10 pounds - and she said she gave us cereal really early on too. I'm gonna need a book on how to do this stuff

Feeding baby cereal? I saw my girlfriend do that so her baby would sleep. I won't be doing that because I don't believe in feeding food to early to my baby. Her baby was only 7 pounds at birth.

jax girl you say that now...trust me when your baby isn't sleeping through the night and you need those couple extra hours to sleep you will be doing the ceral shake combo.....trust me that is how i got both sets of twins to sleep and it was WONDERFUL!!!!!!!

[SupportOAFJF 0]

She right on the mark, Rhonda. My son was almost 10 pounds at birth. I gave him cereal in his bottle at one month to enable him to sleep through the night.

Ok, so now I'm thinking you must make the cereal really thin to be able to put it in the bottle? I'm so overwhelmed I know my mom had really big babies - me and my sister both weighed over 10 pounds - and she said she gave us cereal really early on too. I'm gonna need a book on how to do this stuff

Feeding baby cereal? I saw my girlfriend do that so her baby would sleep. I won't be doing that because I don't believe in feeding food to early to my baby. Her baby was only 7 pounds at birth.

ONLY ! that sounds above average or average birth weight

Agree ! Drs recommend cereal at a certain age

She right on the mark, Rhonda. My son was almost 10 pounds at birth. I gave him cereal in his bottle at one month to enable him to sleep through the night.

Ok, so now I'm thinking you must make the cereal really thin to be able to put it in the bottle? I'm so overwhelmed I know my mom had really big babies - me and my sister both weighed over 10 pounds - and she said she gave us cereal really early on too. I'm gonna need a book on how to do this stuff

Feeding baby cereal? I saw my girlfriend do that so her baby would sleep. I won't be doing that because I don't believe in feeding food to early to my baby. Her baby was only 7 pounds at birth.

jax girl you say that now...trust me when your baby isn't sleeping through the night and you need those couple extra hours to sleep you will be doing the ceral shake combo.....trust me that is how i got both sets of twins to sleep and it was WONDERFUL!!!!!!!

Edited October 3, 2007 by kimmykashi

[nannygirl82 0]

hello Jamie....how are things with you????

Kelly(JG)....i can't wait till mike gets on insurance through his job.....i bay a likkle less then what you pay per month...it sucks!!!!!!!

[SupportOAFJF 0]

ok ladies i just made some porridge incorporating marlitas idea! with the cream of wheat its very good i used cream of wheat, water, lasco vanilla soy milk powder, sprinkle of nutmeg, dash of vanilla and a few tablespoons of condensed milk its pretty good

See, easy as pie!

I like the cream of wheat version better than corn meal. Never really liked corn meal. Plus ladies, before you think about giving this to the babies, remember corn doesnt digest. You could have a contipated baby for real Thats why you should not use corn meal, but baby cereal for the little ones. Ever seen a baby poop out a whole kernal of corn.....cause they cant digest it. Actually corn is bad for you, but thats a whole nother story. Popcorn doesnt digest either!

Even adults don't digest corn..But know wahhht..MI WHOLE FAMILY LOVE !!!