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TBoneTX   45,591

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We hate cold weather slightly less when the orders for heated pre-owned toilet seats flood in, compen$ation man.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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10 minutes ago, Prawninator said:

Safe travels! Bring back Canuck snacks plz :D

Oh everyone at work gets to have ketchup and dill pickle chips, as well as good chocolate.  I may bring back some ice wine for special drs too. :)

Oooo hickory sticks!

Cheezies! Omg.. and smarties.  

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TBoneTX Grand Master

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Timbits, si Niki-B. ma'am.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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N-o-l-a   7,168

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50 minutes ago, SAT said:

Try nasal rinse?

 

Wotju guys doin for Little Trophie birthday?

 

I was flushing that sinus like mad, but it was so swollen.  

 

We were supposed to go to an indoor water park, but everyone is sick.  So, I'm making her a cake from scratch today, then making her dinner request.  We'll do the water park a different day.  Her birthday is a week after the Dane's, so there is a lot of cake eating going on.  I made him a Black Magic cake, but she's getting a homemade funfetti one with purple buttercream.  We'll see how that goes.

 

16 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

This is why we keep copious stashes of antibiotics available, nuke sinus infections before prolonged suffering man.

Fotos of throat, eyes, and crust now, see Nola-B. ma'am.

Happy Manycade of existence to mini-Nola-B.-ma'am, si ma'ams!

 

Only a small fraction of sinus infections and colds are bacterial.  They won't even give you antibiotics for them at our local doctors anymore.

 

Ewwww.  

3/2/18  E-filed N-400 under 5 year rule

3/26/18 Biometrics

7/2019-12/2019 (Yes, 16- 21 months) Estimated time to interview MSP office.

 

N-o-l-a Grand Master

N-o-l-a   7,168

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5 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

We hate cold weather slightly less when the orders for heated pre-owned toilet seats flood in, compen$ation man.

 

Last I looked at the thermometer it read 15°F.  Rejoice, for winter is upon us!

3/2/18  E-filed N-400 under 5 year rule

3/26/18 Biometrics

7/2019-12/2019 (Yes, 16- 21 months) Estimated time to interview MSP office.

 

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,591

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Fotos of birthday cakes now, see Nola-B. ma'am.

Antibiotics have always helped our sinus infections, Many% of the time man.

Foto of throat, eyes, & crust now, for diagnostic purposes, see Nola-B, ma'am.

17 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

Last I looked at the thermometer it read Many °F.

Well, it's Many F. here, too, so there ma'am.

The indignity of having to wear a windbreaker in Manyvember, egad man!

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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1 minute ago, TBoneTX said:

Didn't make sandwiches for either of them either, wager we man.

Heck yeah I did, but whether or not they were good remains to be seen.

 

2 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

You can, should, and must*, hop to it P ma'am.

 

*on general principles and to atone for absence of sandwiches, si P ma'am

More haikus plz

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28 minutes ago, NikLR said:

Oh everyone at work gets to have ketchup and dill pickle chips, as well as good chocolate.  I may bring back some ice wine for special drs too. :)

Oooo hickory sticks!

Cheezies! Omg.. and smarties.  

I've heard of these ketchup chips, but I've never had them. Consider me intrigued.

 

Do you guys have Violet Crumbles or Crunchie bars there too?

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N-o-l-a   7,168

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11 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Fotos of birthday cakes now, see Nola-B. ma'am.

Antibiotics have always helped our sinus infections, Many% of the time man.

Foto of throat, eyes, & crust now, for diagnostic purposes, see Nola-B, ma'am.

Well, it's Many F. here, too, so there ma'am.

The indignity of having to wear a windbreaker in Manyvember, egad man!

 

Unfortunately, as someone who was on antibiotics many times a year as a child for sinus infections, they don’t seem to work great for me. 

 

I even suspect this this might be allergy related. The Dane was playing around with the furnace last night to install a humidifier.  I stuck my head in the never been cleaned return duct that was full of decades of allergens. It will be getting cleaned tonight before he turns that thing on. 

3/2/18  E-filed N-400 under 5 year rule

3/26/18 Biometrics

7/2019-12/2019 (Yes, 16- 21 months) Estimated time to interview MSP office.

 

N-o-l-a Grand Master

N-o-l-a   7,168

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To clarify, my “sinus infections” as a child were more like just really bad rhinitis. We had a dog with fur, cats, and down everywhere. I’m allergic to all of it. 

3/2/18  E-filed N-400 under 5 year rule

3/26/18 Biometrics

7/2019-12/2019 (Yes, 16- 21 months) Estimated time to interview MSP office.

 

Ontarkie Grand Master

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3 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

I started feeling a little better yesterday.  Then, night came and I had the worst sinus pain of my life.  It felt like I had broken a bone in my face or been hit by a baseball bat.  It was even radiating down to all my teeth in quadrant.  600 mg of ibuprofen, flonase, and benadryl later and I got some sleep.  I hope this isn't what Ontarkie feels like with her sinus issues.

 

Woke up this morning to mostly just a sore throat and my eyes crusted over.  

 

In other news: It is the oldest one's celebration of her decade of life on earth today.

I feel your pain. Hopefully it will be short lived. That is my daily feeling. Sadly really after the surgery was short lived as the polyps started growing back weeks later. We are hoping these allergy shots help both. 

Happy birthday to the not so little one. Funfetti cupcakes with purple icing is great! 

1 hour ago, NikLR said:

Shhh so hungry right now.  Plane is late. STARVING!!

Oh not fun. First stop Timmies! 

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