awwwwwwwwww you didn't know she was preggers? How cute! And the dog trying to tell you something..lol. Must have been quiet a scene when that first kitteh came out. I imagine the dog was as surprised as you were!

jj

given that, i better get a slice now while the getting is good.

Good morning everyone

mornin Zee

charles...whats the new dvd's today?

I'm thankful for midol, air conditioning and strong effin coffee.

baby kittens....i want one!!!

AWWWWWWWWW 13.5 pounds!!! 25 inches yeahhhhhhhh he is growing so big!!! He is sooooo cute!!!!!!!!! I am interested in seeing how much Malek weighs, he will go next week to the doc. I say 14.5 but he is so long, was almost 25.5 at two months. That is great he had a good night I think the storm would have come by now!!!

Ohhhh baby kittens! I love them!! Hubby is wanting a hemilayan but I already feel like we have a zoo at home!

soon i can send 3 one for each of the babies in your cousins picture

kel....did you know your tax went up to 9.75% today? Glad I shop in Will County. Cook County went up to 11.25%...highest in the country.

doods, pass the midol and coffee...breakfast of Productive Biatches.

jj

Miminik; mi iw .
Jawenda. Goosiwin......... Apegesh kiji - manitoo jawenimig.

Good morning Tuesday people!!I will take a crack at this....haven't had my coffee yet but here it goes.

I am thankful to all of you here on VJ who keep spirits up and smiles on.

I am so grateful for all the health babies I see and for my 2 healthy ones too.

I am grateful for all of these marriages that live past problems, distance and trials.

I am grateful for life, sight, touch, the ability to walk and talk and all of those things we take for granted.

I am grateful for my mother who can't do alot of the above mentioned things, but does what she can and has taught me the value of love and life and support and also that sometimes smiles can heal.

Jackie... Thank you for starting this thread. Olivia..... we miss you when you are gone. Love the hair. And thank you for letting us have a little fun.

Ladies....and well Charles Have a wonderful week!

Ok I'll do a mushy one. Every night I make dinner, hubby makes the salad, we sit and eat, he says alhumdulilah and thanks me for another wonderful meal, gives me a nice kiss while the kids squeal "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwww", then he takes all the dishes into the kitchen and brings us both a cup of tea, then he goes for a "puff" (my kids' expression) while I do the dishes.

I'm thankful for our dinnertime routine.

mossy...wonderful things to be thankful for!


I'm thankful I get to go to a job today. (i'm putting on my 'thick skin' and going into the office. i figure his words cant hurt me) See ya'll tonight

Jackie

uh...amal...now it's my turn....WHERE R U ? Don't make me send out the posse

eta: doods...I just got all goosebumpy! I was thinking of your wait and how we all kept each other strong. That's what VJ is all about

Jackie, are u friggin kidding me? Seriously, i wont even grocery shop at my jewel, Ill go out to the one in frankfort where i work...Will county is sooo much cheaper....

Do u know a pack of cigs in my county is 7.00$ and in will county is 4.25$.....hmmm thats a problem ...effin ridiculous, i quit...im gonna boycot shopping here...

Good Morning MENA!! Hope your day will be filled with happiness...
We might have some rain beginning on Thursday!!

I'm thankful for everything!! God blesses me in many ways. Wishing
everyone a good day.

Good Morning all!

I am thankful for my healthy babies, one little and one big and my fabulous husband who has maintained his sense of humor for these sometimes difficult years and never fails to make me laugh.

Thankful for this VJ community, watching the families unite over the years (and sadly sometimes fall apart too) but look at all these beautiful couples and smiling babies we have here in MENA! YAY!

Thankful for my family spread out all over the place, particularly this morning for my sister who keeps me supplied with my absolute favorite delicious German coffee which is brewing right this minute

and for the so many other blessings both big and small in my life. I feel fortunate everyday and that in and of itself is something to be so grateful for.


Thanks for starting this Tuesday thread, jJ, what a nice way to begin the day.

oh, and I am also thankful for baby kitties, and big healthy babies, and safe trips to Morocco and Palestine and New York and Jackson Hole. Have a great time everyone!

Oh my goodness! Tax is that high where you live?????????????????????? I am sitting here in total shock at the cig prices! Is that county full of wealthy people? How in the world do you guys make it? It's bad enough here but nothing, absolutely nothing like that!

Just got a call from the realtor and somebody wants to see the house..say a little prayer for us that if its meant to sell we will.

Bridget...you always make me smile when you post You have the funniest sense of humor don't know if I ever told you or not!

morning all
THANKS Allah we are alive , Thanks Allah that we have foods and drinks, Thanks Allah to have wonderful wife and cute Son . thanks Allah for every thing

I have never heard of one county having more tax than another one. In Mass, afaik, every town/city is taxed the same for sales tax. On a side note, when hubby's stock of Cleopatra's run out we plan to take monthly trips to New Hampshire to buy his cigarettes. Then again, he promised my oldest that he'd quit when he finishes the last Egyptian cigarette but we'll see how that goes.

It doesn't get much better than this.

For everyone still waiting, this is clear proof, you do get through it and everything can work out just fine.

Ok slight mention see i missed alot late last night (sure glad i went to be early) anyway

back in the OLD days everyone used to post pictures of their SO town, scenery, etc...we all loved to see the different locations as im not experienced in this picture stuff but love the pictures would someone do that again.....we had the scenery and alot of times would do the foods of the area pls do again

yea. were in chicago suburbs, where county tax is vastly different from county to county...the county i live in is now highest in the country, jackie, who si 15 mins down the road from me, is like 3% lower. Across the border in indiana which is about 25 mins from me, there is NO sales tax...ridiculous...

Tasha, good luck on selling, where are u guys trying to move? Sofyan and I always talk about moving to ohio...my best friends fiance is from there and the two of them swear by it...they both say its a much better place to live and raise kids.

im thankful for my family , job and somtimes even my dog even though I think she is a devil in a cute little boxer body. I never knew one animal could destroy so much.

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

I'm thankful that I finally have an eye appt today and I can get some new contacts. I've been wearing my glasses for too long!

This pics are not that great but here goes nuttin:


view from the window of hubby's old bedroom at night:



khan el khali near his flat:



da pyramids:



the nile at night on new year's day 2007:



inside al ahzar near his flat:



yummie koshari

Im thankful my timeline just backed up to the middle of Oct now not Oct 31 as it was earlier today

I'm thankful I had pineapple, arugula, goat cheese and walnuts in the house.

that sounds like the makings of a lovely salad! what did you make with it?

I am thankful that I have the AC blasting and a huge glass of ice water although I may swap it out for some arizona green tea in a bit. damn its so hot here!

thanks doods now if the rest would do some also

I skipped breakfast so I decided an early lunch/brunch would work, but hungry and needed something quick. threw it all together with a little balasmic vinager with a bagel on the side. yummy salad and didn;t have to resort to the ice cream in the freezer

Can you believe it it's already the 1st of July!! We are headlong into summer so my question is... If you're residing in MENA or waiting for someone from MENA what special Summer plans do you have going on???

Why do I ask? Need ideas I can't seem to get away from the dang computer long enough to enjoy the summer.

I'll try and post some pics of my hubby's area later tonight. I thought I had them on my pc here at work but they are either gone or in never never file land.

Kelly....we are selling but staying either in the same area or in a nearby town. We live in Southwest Ohio about 20 minutes from the Indiana state line. I live in a small quiet country town that isn't even considered a city or town but a village. Where does your friends live?

I am thankful for an amazing husband , to be self-employed and successful, a beautiful home (& new furniture), well-behaved & precious dogs, a 17 y/o cat, a good car that gets us where we're going, parents to be alive & healthy, a loving family, ice cream, a gym next door to my office that I can walk the treadmill at anytime, and eggplant w/ tomatoes leftover....
there's so much more to be thankful for, but that sums it up for now!

Sara, I heard on the news that its gonna get worse for us this weekend....gonna be REALLY HOT!


Kelly, my family that lives in your area have the same problem. They drive to Michigan about once a month to buy cigarettes because its much cheaper there. You may want to try that.

Happy berfday to d berfday gurl

Bebbeh Kittehs?? i luv bebbeh kittehs

Sorry..its the first o the month at work so its busy busy busy

jax...posse arrived and threw a net over me and drug me to vj...my boss isn't gonna be pleased...but thx..i luv u 2

i can't remember anything else at the moment so i'll just say hi to everybody and hope u all have a good day...

i'm thankful for cheese, chocolate, ramen noodles, hubby (sometimes), my son, alllllll my girlfriends here in VJ (the menagirl guys too), and my most recent thing i'm thankful for is....................


My son finally learned to recite all of Al-Fatihah yesterday thanks to VP and her extremely adorable kiddlets. He recited it to me without even blushing and I admit, I got a bit teary-eyed. Thank you VP. You are a God-Send.

amal

I'm thankful for larger pants! who needs dieting when you can just go up a size?

I love the Oregon coast.. nothing like it anywhere... have fun!!

famous last words, but there does come a point................

I would like to add that I will be so thankful for 3pm to come today. This workplace is crazy

Love the pics!!!!!

I am TOTALLY grateful that I busted into VJ from the work computer bwahahaha can't keep me away!

Oh amal..I just have to hear Traven....call me tonight and him and I can say it together. goosebumpy again

Hi everybody! How's your Tuesday going?

Here are a couple pics while I was there...

Great pics Rajaa! I can't post any pics from work.

Jackie

we'll wait until you can.. I've got tons more but don't want to hijack it all with my pics.. where did everyone go???? go... go.. go.. go..... (crickets in the back ground)

It's funny you busted in the work computer... we are addictive aren't we???

CHICKEN DILEMMA:


Ok so I went to the butchery this past weekend and stocked up on marinated steak tips and chicken breasts since it's grillin season baby!

here's the dilemma - last night I made cajun marinated chicken and it was kind of weird 'cause hubby kept looking at me strange while I was cutting the chicken up and putting it on the grill. Then when it came time to eat he ate the rice, the salad and the green beans but didn't touch the chicken.

I said, "do you like the chicken?" and he had this weirdo look on his face and *gingerly* cut it up and put it in his mouth. I went back to watching the news and after a while he said, "honey I have to tell you something..............I donnot like this chicken".

Well this was suprising considering he puts 1/2 a bottle of tabasco sauce on all the other types of chicken I make so I figured cajun would be right up his alley. He went on and on about how he cannot get out of his head how big this chicken was and how much I had to cut it and what do they feed this chicken here and how do they get it so big, etc. etc. etc. He actually tried to visualize how big the actual chicken must have been in real life before it went to the butchery!!!

He did NOT eat the rest of it which soooo isn't like him since he believes it's sunnah to finish your plate. He's afraid of this leftover chicken because he thinks that it's like a super chicken or something...i dunno.


So..........I'll toss the leftovers...of which there's a LOT but now I'm freaked out about it and I have to wonder....what DO these butchery type places feed these freakin' chickens to make their breasts so HUGE?



Other thoughts I had last night since he got me thinking:

1) do people who work at restaurants for a living order take out?
2) are there turkeys in Turkey and are they like ours?
3) do the James Bond movies have the most number of sequels?

I had more but that's all I remember. I need a mountain dew refill.

I am so thankful for having a wonderful husband and for our little prince Amir! Also for my 4 other children which are always busy. Im so thankful for my mother that has accepted Mohamed and helps him look for jobs and helps us when we have problems. I never thought they would be close I always worried about this but thank Allah they are ! I pray that my other family will accept him and give Mohamed a chance.

Also im so glad Mohamed and I have found wonderful friends on vj!!!!!!!!!!!

EWveryone have a wonderful day!!

Wow that's some serious thinking going on there... ummmmm no answers here but. I did work at a restaurant when in college and I often brought hone food. but it was free lol

Everyone have a wonderful day!!

Tasha I'm Praying for you and Ayman on the house! Kelly Zaid is so cute and Malek and all Mena babies! Amir is so busy now walking everywhere and going up the steps now.He is a very independent baby!

Bridget..i think its possible that it has the most sequels but nightmare on elm street may give it a run for its money... weren't there like 13 or so of them?