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Wednesday culinary report, see man:

 

Mini-B. breakfasted on corn dogs, Major Food Group man.

Miu breakfasted on Fancy Feast Petites whitefish glop, insistent miu man.

 

Lunch was the remaining Many (2x2x2x2) verrrrry mature Costco meatballs, had forgotten about them man.

We bifurcated them and thus had Many (2x2x2x2x2) half-meatballs, ingest we man.

 

Din-din was a whole package of breaded chicken fingers, ingest Two Guys man.

We WAY over-air-fried them but it didn't bother Mini-B., ravenous wee man.

Mini-B. had honey mustard and we had BBQ sauce, respective dips man.

Mini-B. was quite pleased, pleased wee man 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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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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Eventful Thursday report, egad man:

 

Midnight Wed.-into-Thurs., we get a phone call, never good man.

It was Mama T-B., uh-oh man.

"What's wrong, huh man?" asked we of senior she man.

"I fell and hit my head, and there's blood everywhere, si man," said senior she to we man.

"We'll take you to the hospital, si man," said we to senior she man.

"No man; you can't leave Mini-B., no man, and I've called an ambulance, si man," said senior she to we man.

We reluctantly acquiesced, no gainsay we senior she man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. was still up and was willing to help, but no sense in it, no man.

 

At Many:Many a.m., we hear a text, awaken we man.

It was Many (2+1) fotos from and of Mama T-B., send senior she to we man with titles as follows man:

   "Fall BLOOD," very prolific man.

   "In ER," don't know how she got this or who took it man.

   "Staples," Many (2+2) staples in scalp man.

 

After we got Mini-B. to skool and caffeinated ourself, we called Mama T-B., call we senior she man.

 

"The transport ambulance brought me back at Many:Many, and I cleaned up most of the blood from the carpet," groggily stated senior she to we man.

It is this that relaxed us, typical obsessive-compulsive senior-she-man behavior and priorities man.

 

The story was that Mama T-B. had fallen asleep on the couch, zzz senior she man.

She awoke and tried carrying newspapers and her phone to the kitchen counter, no cane man.

The stuff started to slip, and trying to save it caused the fall, unbalanced senior she man.

She got "bonkus of the conkus" on the coffee table, much blood lost man.

 

The horse-stable ER saw her right away, triage ER senior she man.

They x-rayed her head and found nothing, no surprise there man.

They CT'd her head and found nothing, no surprise there man.

She didn't break anything else, boon there man.

They didn't see fit to admit her to the horse-stable, fix-and-release man.

 

Mama T-B. then lectured us about the Many (2+2+1) administrative things with which to help Uncle T-B., previously planned man.

She then told us to stop by after we'd finished with him, visit senior he then senior she we man.

 

We notified the POTS executive office of our pending absence, keep things shipshape man.

We helped Uncle T-B., 2+ hours' worth man.

 

We visited the groggy Mama T-B. thereafter, no zzz yet for senior she man.

"Did you do this & this & this & this & this for Uncle T-B., huh man?" inquired senior she of we man.

"Si & si & si & si & si, man," responded we to senior she man.

"You'll have to take him for his doctor appointment on Monday, si man!" ordered senior she man.

"Si, man," acquiesced we to senior she man.

"And when you leave, take that bloody newspaper to the garbage, si man!" ordered senior she man.

"Si, man," acquiesced we to senior she man.

 

Breakfast/lunch/din-din (at 2 p.m.) was Many (2+1) full plates at Chinese buffet, ravenous we man.

 

Finally returned to casa, out for Many hours we man.

Miu demanded and received miu-treats, expectant miu man.

 

This was Ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s eve with Mini-B., enabling nap for we man.

During nap, phone and doorbell never stopped ringing, ignore but spoiled zzz we man.

 

Later, Mama T-B. called us, better-sounding senior she man.

"Pay attention to these instructions for parking at Uncle T-B.'s appointment, si man!" ordered senior she man.

"Si, man," acquiesced we to senior she man even though instructions could have waited till Sunday man.

 

We apprised Ex-Mrs.-T-B. of Mama T-B.'s condition, worried ex-she about senior she man.

When Mini-B. returned, we told him the full story, apprise wee man we man.

"Old people fall down a lot and can really hurt themselves, si man," circumspected Mini-B. to we man.

 

We are exhausted, need much zzz we man.

By the way, Uncle T-B. has a home health nurse, big relief for wound care and hygiene man.

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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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If there is still blood in the carpet, hydrogen peroxide will take it out.  Cheap cleaning solution! 

 

Happy to hear Uncle has home nursing care, even if it's temporary.  That might help to build a case for further nursing care or assisted living if he or she figures more assistance and supervision is needed.  

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Gracias and true, mam 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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Friday culinary, etc. report, see man:

 

Today's drop-off & retrieval of Mini-B. as a Many'th-grader was the last time we will do so, up-growing wee man.

 

During the course of run-erranding, we visited Arby's, 2+2 gut-bombs* man.

     *bought WUOC, financially savvy we man

 

Friday is Movie Night with Costco hamburgers for din-din, Two Guys tradition man.

However, we were full from lunch, overeat we man.

Two patties remained in hamburger box, gave both to Mini-B. man.

We ingested onecan of Costco chunk chicken, right amount for we man.

 

Movie night was Journey to the Center of the Earth, unrealistic but not bad man.

A mere Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were ingested, overstuffed Two Guys man.

 

Mama T-B. is "better than yesterday" and proved it by thoroughly lecturing us about multiple topics, all is nearly well man.

 

We have Many (2+2+2+1) ESs and no GSs itineraried for Saturday, stack the odds man.

 

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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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On 5/19/2022 at 11:28 PM, TBoneTX said:

Eventful Thursday report, egad man:

 

Midnight Wed.-into-Thurs., we get a phone call, never good man.

It was Mama T-B., uh-oh man.

"What's wrong, huh man?" asked we of senior she man.

"I fell and hit my head, and there's blood everywhere, si man," said senior she to we man.

"We'll take you to the hospital, si man," said we to senior she man.

"No man; you can't leave Mini-B., no man, and I've called an ambulance, si man," said senior she to we man.

We reluctantly acquiesced, no gainsay we senior she man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. was still up and was willing to help, but no sense in it, no man.

 

At Many:Many a.m., we hear a text, awaken we man.

It was Many (2+1) fotos from and of Mama T-B., send senior she to we man with titles as follows man:

   "Fall BLOOD," very prolific man.

   "In ER," don't know how she got this or who took it man.

   "Staples," Many (2+2) staples in scalp man.

 

After we got Mini-B. to skool and caffeinated ourself, we called Mama T-B., call we senior she man.

 

"The transport ambulance brought me back at Many:Many, and I cleaned up most of the blood from the carpet," groggily stated senior she to we man.

It is this that relaxed us, typical obsessive-compulsive senior-she-man behavior and priorities man.

 

The story was that Mama T-B. had fallen asleep on the couch, zzz senior she man.

She awoke and tried carrying newspapers and her phone to the kitchen counter, no cane man.

The stuff started to slip, and trying to save it caused the fall, unbalanced senior she man.

She got "bonkus of the conkus" on the coffee table, much blood lost man.

 

The horse-stable ER saw her right away, triage ER senior she man.

They x-rayed her head and found nothing, no surprise there man.

They CT'd her head and found nothing, no surprise there man.

She didn't break anything else, boon there man.

They didn't see fit to admit her to the horse-stable, fix-and-release man.

 

Mama T-B. then lectured us about the Many (2+2+1) administrative things with which to help Uncle T-B., previously planned man.

She then told us to stop by after we'd finished with him, visit senior he then senior she we man.

 

We notified the POTS executive office of our pending absence, keep things shipshape man.

We helped Uncle T-B., 2+ hours' worth man.

 

We visited the groggy Mama T-B. thereafter, no zzz yet for senior she man.

"Did you do this & this & this & this & this for Uncle T-B., huh man?" inquired senior she of we man.

"Si & si & si & si & si, man," responded we to senior she man.

"You'll have to take him for his doctor appointment on Monday, si man!" ordered senior she man.

"Si, man," acquiesced we to senior she man.

"And when you leave, take that bloody newspaper to the garbage, si man!" ordered senior she man.

"Si, man," acquiesced we to senior she man.

 

Breakfast/lunch/din-din (at 2 p.m.) was Many (2+1) full plates at Chinese buffet, ravenous we man.

 

Finally returned to casa, out for Many hours we man.

Miu demanded and received miu-treats, expectant miu man.

 

This was Ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s eve with Mini-B., enabling nap for we man.

During nap, phone and doorbell never stopped ringing, ignore but spoiled zzz we man.

 

Later, Mama T-B. called us, better-sounding senior she man.

"Pay attention to these instructions for parking at Uncle T-B.'s appointment, si man!" ordered senior she man.

"Si, man," acquiesced we to senior she man even though instructions could have waited till Sunday man.

 

We apprised Ex-Mrs.-T-B. of Mama T-B.'s condition, worried ex-she about senior she man.

When Mini-B. returned, we told him the full story, apprise wee man we man.

"Old people fall down a lot and can really hurt themselves, si man," circumspected Mini-B. to we man.

 

We are exhausted, need much zzz we man.

By the way, Uncle T-B. has a home health nurse, big relief for wound care and hygiene man.

I gave a heart for this, I wish there was a hug option on there. I'm glad your mom is ok and how terrifying all of it must have been. 

Yay for home nurse. 

 

 

Ok we just got a Costco card what are the good deals to get there? 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Ontarkie said:

Ok we just got a Costco card what are the good deals to get there? 

 

 

 

The meat is typically really good. Cleaning products, laundry detergent. Cat litter (if you have a kitty). Produce is typically quite good. Large quantity items like rice and some basic spices.

 

I buy my contact solution and allergy meds there. I will be getting kitty’s insulin there, too. 
 

We’ve also used the Optical part for glasses and they were great. 
 

The Tire center is good, too.

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1 hour ago, mam521 said:

The meat is typically really good. Cleaning products, laundry detergent. Cat litter (if you have a kitty). Produce is typically quite good. Large quantity items like rice and some basic spices.

 

I buy my contact solution and allergy meds there. I will be getting kitty’s insulin there, too. 
 

We’ve also used the Optical part for glasses and they were great. 
 

The Tire center is good, too.

Thanks, I looked for cat litter today and didn't find where they kept the cat stuff. I would have thought it was right next to the dog stuff. 

Laundry soap looked to be better priced, the meats I'm not sure on as I usually let the Hillbilly go wild in the meat department so he would know the prices for that. He picked up a brisket for tomorrow. 

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K-1 & 4 K-2'S
Filed 05-09-07
Interview 03-12-08
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Married 06-21-08
AOS X5
Filed 07-08-08
Cards Received01-22-09
Roc X5
Filed 10-17-10
Cards Received02-22-11
Citizenship
Filed 10-17-11
Interview 01-12-12
Oath 06-29-12

Citizenship for older 2 boys

Filed 03/08/2014

NOA/fee waiver 03/19/2014

Biometrics 04/15/14

Interview 05/29/14

In line for Oath 06/20/14

Oath 09/19/2014 We are all done! All USC no more USCIS

 

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9 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

we just got a Costco card what are the good deals to get there?

Wait until their monthly ad flyer comes out with the sales, is what we do D ma'am.

 

We typically get the Many-pack ([2+1]-pack) of lactose-free milk, decent deal man.

We like the big boxes of nuke popcorn, Major Food Group man.

Some of the breakfast products (muffin-shaped egg, breakfast burritos) aren't bad man.

The big bottles of vitamins are magnificent, especially when on sale which they often are man.

The shampoos, etc. are great when on sale, consider them man.

The paper towels are the highest-quality anywhere, prefer them we man.

 

We typically stay away from the canned goods, cheaper at Aldi and other stores man.

We also stay away from their toilet paper, too clothlike and plug up pipes man.

Their produce is far more expensive than elsewhere, avoid it we man.

 

Costco was described to us as "somewhere for large middle-class families that are too busy to shop," accurate man.  We are impressed with the very high quality of everything there, albeit expensive man.

 

Most definitely get the Costco Visa card and use it for everything, si D ma'am.

We end up with a $Many00 credit every February, either cash it out as many do or go bananas in the store like we do man.

Edited by TBoneTX

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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Saturday ES report, see man:

 

More than half of the Many (2+2+2+1) ESs yielded the take, see man:

  -- matted photo of desert scene = $Many ($2x2x2 +2), deal man

  -- carpenter's level = $Many ($2+2+1), OK man

  -- bandage variety pack, NIP unexpired Vitamin C, picture-hangers, painter's trowel, 

        Many-pack ([2+2]-pack) Schick razors, Many-outlet ([2+2+2]-outlet) anti-surge tap 

        = $Many ($2x2x2 +2), steal man

  -- set of dominoes, NIP Pert shampoo/conditioner, 2 large packs cocktail napkins 

        = $Many ($2+2+2), deal man

Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 -1)

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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6 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

I looked for cat litter today and didn't find where they kept the cat stuff.

Look across aisle or in next aisle, typical man.

6 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

Laundry soap looked to be better priced

We can't readily handle those monster-sized jugs, get ours elsewhere man.

6 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

I usually let the Hillbilly go wild in the meat department

Uninhibited carnivorous Hillbilly!  Uninhibited, UNINHIBITED carnivorous CARNIVOROUS Hillbilly!

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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Mama T-B. thinks that she may have a concussion, bonkus of the conkus senior she man.

She wants to see Mini-B. for just an hour on Sunday, hedge bets senior she 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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Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man.

 

We decided to charge our computer mouse, but apparently it got fried, disaster man.

Fortunately (?), we kept an old mouse whose cursor jumps all around, no control man.

We ordered two new mice for arrival early Monday morning, not a moment too soon man.

 

Mini-B. back with Ex-Mrs.-T-B., we miss wee man man.

As always, miu doesn't understand what happened, where is Big Brudduh man.

We always try to explain, but fruitlessly, no comprendo miu man.

 

On Monday, we take Uncle T-B. for his wound-care appointment, we take senior he man.

Simultaneously, an amiga will take Mama T-B. for de-scalp-stapling, amiga take senior she man.

It's hell being old, obviously 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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Me: I'm #1 popular contributors today on VJ!

My husband: That's not good... you need to get off VJ. 

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Need ideas on how to convince the husband my activity on this site is 100% for the common good. 

 

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