hi everybody,
well this is sweetee. i've been a member since 2004. haven't been here much lately, cos i've been real busy and don't have much time for vj anymore. but anyway, i still come and read the forums whenever i get some time. im still married to my nigerian hubby, he still getting on my nerve & vice versa, but we hanging in there. however, his job has relocated him to texas, since july and im still here in LA. we doing the back and forth visit things every other weekend. i'll be joining him at the end of the spring semester of school this may. i wanted to finish up my semester and also my daughter will be graduating from high school in may and she wanted to complete her high school years here with her best friends. besides, she also got like over 20 scholarship offers for basketball and she has finally signed her letter of intent. i also have a new grand baby...she is so beautiful...her name is Imari Nkechi, born Dec. 2, 2007. yeah, we decided to give a nigerian name as middle name. that is actually my favorite nijai name. all is well here. supposed to be visiting naija over the summer but our plans are still up in the air. filing N400 in March.

where are the old vj'ers? i hope all is well with everyone!!! Best o luck to all the new people going thru your visa journey!


SWEETEE

Hi Sweetee - I'm not sure if I'm considered an Old VJ'er or not. But it's nice to hear from you. Congratulations of the 'new addition'.

PS .... To this day I always try to keep in mind the quote you have as your signature.

Blessings!

Boaz

We've been on VJ since early 2004. Had our 4th anniversary back in October and, of course, have been blessed with our little angel on 11 September last year. Things are going great for us. After moving twice since Nani came over, we've finally settled down here in sunny Florida. Life could not be better.

Happy to hear from old VJ'ers and happy to hear that you're doing well and had a precious addition to the family recently.

Cheers!
Reinhard, Nani & Naomi

I feel old, does that count

Congrats on the grandbaby and thanks for sharing about your life reunited with hubby. I love your sig quote. I have to remember that. It's priceless!

Hi Sweetee,
I lurked here for about a year before I built up the nerve to post, only to change my screen name a year later. Ahhh those years were full of beautiful anticipation and sugar plums dancing in my head. Cough cough. Glad to read you again.

Hey Sweetee,

Yeah, you know all my drama. Awwww the baby is just precious!!!!!! SOOOO adorable. I prayerfully will be down that road of motherhood in January. I hear from a lot of the old gang. I'm sure you will want to hear their stories for yourself. It has been one hell of a baby boom though. I was like Damn!!!! I shoulda been drinking Ya'll's water cause our waster is sterile!!!!!!! I'll post some pics of my nursery so you can see them. Talk to you soon. Send my regards to Big Pimpin'!!! LOL!!!

Glad to hear from you and that all is well. Wow, you have alot of exciting news, a grandbaby and a young lady who will graduate and run off to college!!! That is awesome. Come on down to Texas for good, btw what parts are you coming to. Would love to meet you.

S, you're having a baby?! I didn't hear this news. I'm happy for you if you are. That's great news!

Huh?!?!?! Are you for real? Why did you not tell us? CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Has anyone heard from Molly and Stephen, Mandolinlv or Optimystic?

I tried contacting Optimystic when I moved to Portland but didn't get a response. Since I've been here since the beginning of '05, I guess I'm an old timer. I'm doing well. Going on our third year of marriage and everything is pretty good.

Stephen & I still pop into the forum once in awhile to see what's going on in here. We are enjoying our two year break from USCIS but that will end in April when we apply for conditions to be lifted. We are doing really well and are enjoying our lives together. We welcomed our first little one in November. Our little boy is so precious and has brought so much joy into our lives. Hope everyone else is doing well.

--Molly & Stephen

Good to hear from you. Beautiful picture!

Thank you for sharing. Your baby is beautiful!

OOOOOOOOOOOO. Ya'll so NOSEY!!!!!! I guess there was a little something I didn't mention. There was a very brief and I mean minute man brief a time that we had considered working things out. Well he couldn't resist the meow and one thing lead to another and BOOM!!!!! He of course thinks I just got fatter and I will let him think that until he puts 2+2 together. Ya'll are too smart for me!!!!!! So I guess you really gon' buy the book now HUH?!!!

OH CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I'm soooo happy for you and the coming baby. I pray your life is blessed sweetie. Enjoy every moment.

OMGOSH!! What a beautiful blessing! CONGRATULATIONS!!!




Molly! It's been forever! Congrats on the baby I'm so happy for you both! I hope to catch up with you very soon.

You make me s-i-c-k !!!!!!!!!! How could we be nosey when you put it out there?!?!? I can't believe you hid such a blessing all this time! Anyway .... "Ms. There was a little something I didn't mention" .... CONGRATULATIONS!

Are you expecting a boy or girl?

Ok my pics are to big to post. If you want to see my nursery photos send me your email address and I will send them via Kodak gallery.

A Girl!!!!

YEAH !!!!!! I will PM you my email address now.

What do Ya'll think this is? AS THE WORLD TURNS!!!!!! I am NOT PREGNANT!!!!!!!!! DIDn't you read my posts!!! I just couldn't resist messin' with ya'.!!!!!!!!!! HOWEVER!!!!! I am fostering to adopt a baby girl and she will be placed with me in January. Don't have an exact date yet, but yes I am going to be a Mommy God's other way!!! Thanks for all the warm wishes. I am very excited about it!!!!! Can you imagine a mini me?

Well, I thought you were adopting until you said you were preggers.....I'm still happy for ya! I love children. I wish I could have a house full. (well, I love my children....good children.....those temper tantrum brats drive me bonkers!)

CONGRATULATIONS BESANGIN !!!!! That's wonderful news!!!!!!! I thought we had truly missed something!!!!!

Girl I hope I don't get a BeBe!!!!!! I love them too. I didn't think I could adopt, but I'm already in love with her. We were trying to have our own, but he turned Houdini right in the middle of tryin'!!! Its all good God still heard my cries.

This is amazing!

I still have to put the crib and the dresser up. I'll do that this weekend.

By the way, what does 'fostering to adopt' mean? Does it mean you start off as a foster parent with the intentions of adoption?

You did a beautiful job with the nursery.

That's it. I went that route because it is faster than straight adoption. I'll get first chance to adopt as a foster mom. So my licensing worker knows I only want a child who is available for adoption. SOOOOO I am so ready to spoil!!!!!!

Bsingin.Im glad you were just playing around, cause I remember you mentioning that you are glad your union didnt create a child cause of all that happened, and for a minute I was like "huh? This girl is bi-polar and on the wrong meds or sumthin" and I was getting all indignant about it and ready to have you clarify it. hehe This forums are like soap operas and I get all involved and start talking to the computer monitor like I do my TV when there is a good movie on

Aha.....that was my guess, adoption. A big Congratulations to the new baby girl. We want to see pics soon !

I was kind of thinking the same thing. But I decided to keep my comments to myself, and be as supportive as possible. I did indeed wonder 'why would she give it up, after all she's been through?', but then I told myself 'the flesh is weak'.

Besangin - you are so funny! You really do need to hurry and publish your book.

You people always lookin' for drama!!!!!!!!!! But I love you DAMN IT!!!!

This is not right. I get my computer fixed today and Bensagnin throws a monkey wrench in the system. When I left off from reading she had gotten back with the husband for minute, sent him packing, expecting a baby in Jan. and all in a tizzy. Not funny girl. Not funny I am still excited for you and feel you are definitely a grounded sister who would be an awesome mother. You method of choosing a baby is ideal and keeps the child safe from bouncing around foster homes. Congrats. Now we can give you baby advice in addition to kicking who know who in the butt.

I couldn't resist girl!! I kept asking where are they gettin' that from. I already said we didn't have kids together, and he doesn't have enough money to get my SNACKS again. So I said, "I'm gonna get them!" I must've forget to mention that I'm quite the joker, and he probably got tired of my sense of humor. But it seemed to me like he never smiled or laughed until he met me which was cool. Yes bring on the baby advice. I want to raise my girl to be a trong confident woman like a lot of you I have met here with a hint of that international flavor!!!

Hi. Long time since I've been here. I never updated my signature. Watson and Sweetie came over on Oct 30 '06. W and I married on Dec. 9 '06 so we just had our anniversary. Watson is working on his CNA certificate and plans to go to school for an LPN next fall. Sweetie is in 7th grade. We're very happy. Hope all is well w all the old Ghana gang.

Peggy

Precious lil baby!! Congratulations!

Congratulations!!! I saw you mentiona nursery on another post (or maybe it was this one), but I didn't say anything, because I didn't know if it was set from a previous or anticipation.......

I am so happy to hear from so many of the "elder" journeymen / women. Optimystic and Mandolinlv.. where are you?

Good to hear from you! Glad to know that things are going well.

Take care,

Boaz

I forgot to tell you guys that I spoke to Mandolinv and her husband several weeks ago and they are doing VERY WELL!!!! They have a GORGEOUS little chunkster! " HE BE A BIGGGGGGGG BOY!!!!!! Hopefully they will come by for dinner soon. We live only 45 minutes away from each other. She picked very well for herself. I never met a man, American or foreign who is so focused on his family and so unconcerned with keeping up with the Jones' like a lot of people are. They are truly good friends to me and were a great support during my drama period. I'll tell them that you all asked about 'em.

I am so happy for her and I am sure her family is grateful too. Another former VJer who I would like to know about is Valentine. Do you all remember him? The last thing I heard about him was that he did return to Nigeria when his time here was up. Just curious

That is what I have heard too, that he is back in Nigeria. I think his last post was from there, not sure.

Hi Boaz. Your's is the only name I recognize here. Have had contact w African Queen--doing well. I hink Peter&Dana are doing well from one post I found. I email Raggae, but we haven't communicated in a long time. Wonder about All4K and Kanyiri (sp?).

Glad everyone is doing good, maybe it will add positivity to those who claim to only know a handful of successful marriages.
And it should rest the theory that people don't return to VJ out of fear to proclaim failure........people actually have a life after their SO gets here
and a life besides VJ.

I recognize reggaedancer and allforkweku or something like that. Hmm more names poppin' up



poor guy was just being his honest non slick self and got hammered.

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poor guy was just being his honest non slick self and got hammered.
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What do you mean he got hammered? did his interview go bad?

Hi! I count as an old-timer right?

Re and I are doing well. We've been married for over two years now and have a beautiful son who is almost 8 months old. Re worked enough hours so that we saved up enough money for him to go to school to become a nurse. Everything is going very well with us.

Molly, congratulations on the little one!

Peggy, I'm so glad Watson was able to get his visa and come to be with you. You had such a hard road and I'm glad it all worked out for you!

Yes girl you are an old-timer. Glad to know all is well. Shower that baby with tons of kisses!

don't really post much but spend a lot of time reading. I've also been around for a while. We are going on our third year of marriage and everything is going great! It's really nice to see all the updates from everyone as i had been wondering about a lot of the old timers.