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Ban Hammer   13,419

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16 minutes ago, laylalex said:

What's everyone doing tonight to ring in the new year? I'm going out in a bit for a boring trip to Target (mini-trash bags for the bathroom) but later I'll be on Zoom with some friends and my husband. I've never been one for big NYE celebrations anyway so I'm sort of not too bothered? 

having the last bit of egg nog tonight.  and wargaming on the pc (no, that is not code for suspending people on vj)

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58 minutes ago, laylalex said:

What's everyone doing tonight to ring in the new year? I'm going out in a bit for a boring trip to Target (mini-trash bags for the bathroom) but later I'll be on Zoom with some friends and my husband. I've never been one for big NYE celebrations anyway so I'm sort of not too bothered? 

Not much, some gaming most likely and nice snack food. Later we get to guess if it's explosions or bullets. They started early this morning which usually means it'll be eventful.

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1 hour ago, laylalex said:

What's everyone doing tonight to ring in the new year? I'm going out in a bit for a boring trip to Target (mini-trash bags for the bathroom) but later I'll be on Zoom with some friends and my husband. I've never been one for big NYE celebrations anyway so I'm sort of not too bothered? 

probably some games, some wine, some homemade treats that my wife loves to make, maybe start some packing since we are moving to a bigger apt next week

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nykolos   711

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I'll be celebrating the end of 2020 with my kids, I think were having Sushi tonight :)

 

I'd like to chat with my Fiance, but I cant because the connection sucks so bad, I want to fly to see her but I cant because of the travel ban, And her petition remains stuck at NVC,  Aside from my fiance saying "Yes" when I proposed to her, 2020 has to be the year from hell, and I'm glad to see it go.

 

 

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3 hours ago, laylalex said:

I'm going out in a bit for a boring trip to Target (mini-trash bags for the bathroom) but later I'll be on Zoom with some friends and my husband.

You've got no self-control, and you don't WANT any, no LL ma'am!

Bad, BAD LL 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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TBoneTX   45,571

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2 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

wargaming on the pc (no, that is not code for suspending people on vj)

You're a disappointment to the industry, sigh 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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TBoneTX   45,571

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3 hours ago, laylalex said:

What's everyone doing tonight to ring in the new year?

Already napped on rainy day; always the prospect of another nap.

 

Got Mini-Bone off his tablet and went to the (packed!) Mexican supermarket for some Bana-nina, which we'd long ago run out of, as a special treat.

 

read about (scroll down quite a way):

https://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/cruising-houston-grocery-store-aisles-looking-for-exotic-drinks-8280150

 

foto (Spanish spelling) of:

https://dev.cbicorporate.com/product-category/bananina/

 

Also got Mini-B. some flaming Cheetos, as a rare treat.

 

Then, we came home, and we're staying here.  New Year's Eve is amateur night, and the police are eager to nail people for any reason.

 

Mini-B. wants to stay up till midnight, but I doubt that he'll make it (at all, or in coherent shape).

 

Fortunately, it's too wet for the illegal-fireworks idiots to set anyone's house on fire, and we have no known such idiots on our street.  Be interesting to see how Cat T-B. reacts to the firework noises, if at all.

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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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4 hours ago, laylalex said:

What's everyone doing tonight to ring in the new year? I'm going out in a bit for a boring trip to Target (mini-trash bags for the bathroom) but later I'll be on Zoom with some friends and my husband. I've never been one for big NYE celebrations anyway so I'm sort of not too bothered? 

Stay at Home raclette with guyere (couldn't find real raclette cheese) , Snake River wagu NY steak, with Veuve/cider. 

 

It's a tradition we started years ago. Here is the general idea:

raclette-7.jpg

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TBoneTX   45,571

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Mini-Bone says that, at midnight, we're supposed* to go outside and yell, "Jumonji!"

          *according to someone on TikTok

Why we're to advertise an enzyme encoded by the JARID2 gene escapes me.

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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3 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

You've got no self-control, and you don't WANT any, no LL ma'am!

Bad, BAD LL ma'am!

It was very eventful! I not only got the trash bags, I also picked up some razor blades. Scintillating! :lol:

 

I also got a message before I left from Al to swing by his office, he'd been told there was something waiting for him that couldn't wait until he gets back on the 9th. Now I thought: hmmmmmm, maybe it's his bonus? But that would be too early, and it may not be by check anyway. It was a holiday tin of chocolate chip cookies sent by a client. :) Now I have a dozen cookies which have to be eaten well before he returns. Sorry, make that 10 cookies now. :P 

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Laying on the bed watching TV whilst dinner is cooked for me.

 

I did buy the Champagne.

 

Patriarchy going out in style.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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laylalex   7,293

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21 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Laying on the bed watching TV whilst dinner is cooked for me.

 

I did buy the Champagne.

 

Patriarchy going out in style.

I bought my own champagne.

 

Laying on the bed watching TV and will have dinner delivered to me.

 

Viva la matriarchy!

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TBoneTX   45,571

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Awaiting imminent arrival of harem of 6 blondes.

(Uh, oh yeah... they're imaginary...)

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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When the clock struck 12:00, I was inside a MRI machine having a CT Scan, no kidding, Followed by blood work and a chest x-ray, Thank God it was nothing too serious, the good part it is, the diagnosis provides me a valid reason to send NVC a expedite request :) 

 

I'm hoping it's a blessing in disguise.

 

 

 

 
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