yeah i know where you stand on things

good morning everyone else.

I'd rather have one Chips Ahoy cookie (which is approx 100 calories) than a bag of those...you are right they are quite awful.

C'mon I know you have it in you...I left it wide open :-p

We can have the dirty spa, with facials (self explanatory), ear candling (shinshi shinshi) and mud baths (not even going there).

i figured i'd pass, some aren't known for a sense of humor around here.

Hi Poiteen! I see you reading!! How's things going? Found a place to live yet?

It looks like Scott will be moving out of the house on Saturday. I'm not really sure how I feel about it. Part of me is relieved and part of me is very sad. I have a feeling that my Friday evening alone with Desperate Housewives and Gordon Ramsey will involve more wine than it usually does.

Oh, Gillian. *hugs* I'm sure the way you feel is totally normal, but that doesn't make it any easier for you to have to go through this. Now that he has made this decision, it must be a bit uncomfortable to be around him, and yet the sadness because this has not turned out the way you had hoped or wanted. Stay strong. You are doing amazingly well, even if you don't feel it.

Thanks Jules, you always make me feel much better.

Aww hun - it's got to be hard with that finality. Where is he moving to? I'll b e around Friday evening as Jeremy is working so lemme know if you want to chat

I have some good news! I got an offer today on my "old" house! A little low, so I made a counter offer. Now just waiting to hear back! Fingers crossed.

Oooh!! Good luck!!

I'm starting my AOS forms and I am confused already

What's an I-94#?????

I would ask in the AOS thread but I already asked a billion questions and I sound stupid already!!!

He's only moving about 4 miles away - back to his old apartment with his brother.

Thanks for the offer of a chat, I shall take you up on it. We'll have to work around the time difference though - I think you're 3 hours behind me.


It's the white card you filled in on the flight over and was stuck into your passport.



Good luck.

I'll keep everything crossed for you.

Aly -- I'm booking Pointy and my good self into the Palm Springs Hilton. (I have a super-duper rate from all the travelling... ) Not to disrespect your domestic goddess skills, but I can't do the desert. I'm a big old wuss.

Sounds good to me - you pick a time - I'll be around as Jeremy leaves for work at 3pm so whenever is good for you If anyone else wants to chat as well then we can use the chatroom on my website or the one on VJ (I've never tried the VJ one - what's it like?!?!!)


Thank you!!! I was looking at it and trying to figure it out but it just didn't click... Ok - back to the I-485 again Dang - and this is only the first form!!


I completely understand!!! I was talking to Jeremy about it last night and we checked the temperatures in Burbank... if you're burning up at around 90f then you need some serious air con!! We've invested in a mister thing for outside now - we just need to find a way to get water to it... Also our patio furniture we saw in World Market is gone So we are back to square one on that

For reference it was about 78f in the living room last night with the air con on... But my puter had also been running so maybe it could cool down more - it's only been getting to about 95-100 here the past couple of days though so that might have helped as well

What about 3.30pm your time, which is 6.30pm my time? If anyone else wants to join but can only make a different time then I can change with no problem, as long as it's not past my bedtime. I don't mind where we chat and I've never used the VJ one so no idea what it's like.

I would join your chat, but tomorrow we're going to a concert.

Just found out the accepted my counteroffer!!! Woooohoooo!!!!!

Gettin' rid of the albatross!!!

Yaaaay, congratulations!

Shame you can't join us tomorrow but I do hope you enjoy your concert.

Yay Julez!!! Fantastic!

Wish I could join in on the chat tomorrow too but I am Vegas-bound.

You're choosing Vegas over a chat with Aly and myself??

Thatnks, everyone!! I am soooooo happy!! I know its only been on the market a month, but its a huge relief to know its sold! Hopefully no major probs on the home inspection to interfere with the sale. I'm pretty sure we fixed all the major stuff.

Have fun on the chat tomorrow night! I will be a dancin' fool at the concert tomorrow!! For anyone who cares, I am going to see Great Big Sea - a Canadian Celtic rock band. They are a rollicking good time!!!

Depends on what time you're chatting -- we're heading out at 7pm LA time, so maybe I can join in for a bit. No wine for me though as I have to drive for 2 hours!

Sounds good to me!! Jeremy will have left for work so I can start on the wine early I'll prolly pass out by 7pm Just in time for Maven to head to Vegas!!!


That is great news Julez!! I know you have had so much stress with the move so now at last things can move forward again!! Yay!!


Ok - if you want to meet us then let's give my chatroom thing a go - if it mucks up too much then we can try the VJ one? Just go to http://www.jeraly.com/ and click on the chat link on the left - you don't have to register or anything just put in a username (no password) and you can just pop straight in

Excellent! I shall meet you at 3.30pm your time in the chat room on your website. Hopefully a few others will be able to join us too - including Maven.

Yay!! I'll go mention it in the July thread as well in case anyone else fancies joining us

congrats on the offer Julez - must be such a relief in this market

Muffin - hope the move/transition goes smoothly

maven - looks like we will be going NEXT weekend. Be sure to check the sigalert before heading out - Friday night traffic between here and the I-15 interchange can be a real killer. You gonna stay at the Golden Nugget? Be sure to have one of those footballed sized/shaped cocktails for me.

Ta, Robin. We were thinking about leaving around 7-8pm -- I think our route is something like the 134 to the 210 to the 15. But I will check the sigalert before going.

Not sure where we're staying yet -- our friend is a high-roller and is trying to bag us an extra comped room at the Pink Flamingo.

you are doing the right route! the 10 is to be avoided at all cost.

DEATH TO WRITER'S BLOCK!!!

I am trying everything to cure it. I am wearing my bridal tiara right now in some weird misguided belief that it might channel actual *thoughts* into my brain.

I am serious.

Now I like you more than I did before.

Writer's block does indeed suck... I take Creative Writing at university (alongside Psych) and sometimes when I have a deadline looming over, I find it hard to write something decent.

I usually try to come back to it after a break. The more I struggle, the less chance that I'll find that hook!

Oh dear!! But sometimes crazy things give us inspiration, right?? I am sure, as last time you will be able to pull something amazing out of the bag that will earn you adoration from fellow academics everywhere

Whoo! Congratulations on the house sale, Julez!

Jeraly & EnglishMuffin: I'll try to join you in chat tomorrow. May not be able to, though, because my husband will be home. I'm always free on Monday nights, though!

For all those going to Vegas: Stay safe and have fun! And remember.... when you win, walk away.

Aww Jeremy is off on Mondays Friday is still good though, right? Will keep fingers crossed you can make it Krikit

come on into jeraly's CHATROOM now!

Hehe - I went there but you left!!!

Sorry, trying to book a flight & somehow your site blocks other windows???

It was working ok for me in firefox and Robin said it was ok in ie as well... weird

Hello guys! Congratulations Julez!!! Hope the house sale is finalised with the minimum of fuss. The house must have been nice to go so quickly! Sorry I didn't post earlier, I read this thread now and again on the road, on my phone, but I'm too lazy to post on the small keyboard.

Aly and Muffin, I might be around tomorrow, though I'm not sure. We may be out looking for a new-old car, but if i'm here, I'll be chatting.

Well, you could say that we found a place to live. We'd been looking at tons of apartments, we found one we really liked on Tuesday, and we put in an application. They called us the next day, and said that our credit was fine, but since we don't have jobs, they would have to take a double deposit, and 2 months upfront, but that second month would be applied to our 4th month living there. Are you following this? Essentially they wanted a month upfront, and 3 months rent worth of deposit. We actually had an hour or two of being so shellshocked that we considered it.

We found another place, that I wasnt' so keen on but C really liked it, and they had a move in special of 2 months free (it was a new development they were trying to fill up). So we asked about the application procedure. It was very simple, credit check and our last 3 pay stubbs. Well, the last 3 pay stubbs we have are in GBP£. Hmmmm. If we couldn't show current employment, then we had to show that we could pay for at least the next 6 months of rent from our savings. They had a formula for this, rent x 3 x 6months. So for rent of $1850, that would be $33,300. Well, we have some savings, but nowhere near that much.

Soooooooo. We have come full circle, and decided to move in to the Archstone Los Feliz for 3 months. Get ourselves some jobs and a couple of cars, and hopefully settle in to the city, and try this again then. By then we will have a much better idea of where we want to live and what we can afford, so I think it's a good decision. I only wish we'd made it a month ago. Oh well. We're certainly getting to know our way around now.

Hope everyone else had a better week than me.

xxx Poit (aka Pointy )

ooooh that IS a lot of money... I really hope not all places are going to be like that. I'm quite happy paying the monthly rent each month, from paycheck to paycheck (once we get the income and place, that is!)

I'm glad you feel that you've learned a lesson though; getting a good idea of what's around and what you can afford etc.

My week has been OK... I can finally afford to pay my rent off, which is the reason I had to leave the US and come back to work. Such a good feeling to know I worked really hard to cover those outgoings and I get rewarded by a trip back to the US in a few weeks! I know I probably shouldn't go... we can barely afford anything at the moment, but you guys are a LOT stronger than me. I can't handle going until Christmas without seeing my fiancee. Luckily, I have a great best friend that is more than happy to loan me some money for a night out while all of mine goes towards visits!

good morning everyone.

Jeraly, good luck with the aos forms, they are more difficult imo than the i-129f package.

That sucks Pointy - if it makes you feel any better I got the same level of hassle and I had a job, though I guess my US credit was shot for being out of the country for 10 years. I finally printed out a copy of my UK credit report and started bringing it to show potential landlords. Thankfully my current lanlady, as incredibly stupid as she is, realized that it was a valid way to assess my credit-worthiness and let me have the place.


It's amazing how much money some landlords want up front or for depost. I imagine if most people had $30k liquid they would be looking to put a downpayment on their own place, not lining some greedy landlord's pocket.

we had a helluva time too. It sucks. Nothing as bad as NYC but still.

Speaking of, streetshot of where I'm working today (corp HQ) 13th floor.... :

It did suck, but the archstone was happy to let us stay for a few months, so that's what we're going to do. Hopefully by the time we're looking again, we can be in a better situation. But I'm glad to hear that it's not just us.

Now to cars, jobs and furniture. Man, this setting-up-a-new-life is getting old already.

Nice digs Dev!! That's a seriously cool view!

Crapsticks. Looks like I'm not going to Vegas after all -- the friend has flaked and hasn't gotten back in touch about any details of meeting up, so we're not going to travel all that way in hopes that she *might* find a few minutes to spare. This is not the first time she's done something like this to us. She's really Bruce's friend, not mine, and it breaks his heart when she doesn't think to tell him her plans have changed. I wish he'd just drop her.

LA (UK) girls trip to Vegas!!!

I'm sorry to hear that Maven. It's a pain to have people flake at the last minute. On the other hand, now you've got the weekend free to help me buy a car!!!!

Yes!



Well, I did offer, I s'pose...

Does this look too good to be true?

Vegas eh? Hmmm, now that's interesting....

According to Kelly Blue Book, that car is worth $12k in a private sale!


http://www.kbb.com/KBB/UsedCars/PricingRep...QuizConditions=

yes.