THANKS! Its kind of funny that now curiosity gets to him and now he only stays on the home computer a little while ...then he comes and sits next to me on the couch lol .. he's so cute sometimes

I remember when I first got my lap top. I wouldn't let my hubby touch it I gave him my other computer so if he wanted to download a virus by accident(haha yeah) then it's his fault and my computer would be safe. Well now he'll rather come sit in front of my computer and the other computer he hardly uses. I told him you can use my computer but you can't download anything on to it.

lol that is about where we are at too... at least i know that the new one is free from excess things . when he got here he put a ton of files and programs on the other one and I have this "thing" about knowing exactly what has been put on my computer so it has been driving me nuts ... now I have this one and it is off limits!!! no dl'ing allowed!!!!!! *sigh of relief* hehehehehe

I think if I told my hunny not to touch my PC he would tell me to go hit my head on a wall. (in arabic)

i haven't exactly told him it is off limits but I keep my eyes open when he comes near lol... I also turn it off when i'm done coz he won't wait for it to load..he'd rather just go the home pc coz it is always on and ready. hehehe .. so no, i haven't been mean about it, i promise

I could be nice about and he would still tell me to hit my head on the wall, thats just the way he is.

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this is what i'd rather be doing today instead of working....*sigh* I can't wait until saturday .. coz directly after I get off work...VACATION HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok so..new laptop..almost returned it.. it kept shutting off and beeping and wouldn't start..etc etc...seriously frustratiing....i spent 2 days trying to get it fixed..calling the computer company .. they made ti worse... finally, when noor was trying to use it and it did it to him..HE called the company and YELLED OH SO LOUDLY at the guy... (guy was from india by the way...really nice guy..i liked him) anyway..guy had us on the phone for more than an hour but finally said..ok, 1 last option...take off the back cover..remove the ram....re-insert the ram...close cover...turn on and pray.......... IT WORKED
What relevance does this have to visa journey you may ask??? well.. after they got all done (and my computer runs like a dream) he said to me....ok, now I feel American.. LOL He really enjoyed getting his point accross and talking to the guy and when it all worked..he was so proud! I just wanted to share that with you all

amal

I didn't want to say anything but I had a compaq and it was a piece of trash. It was huge and bulky and loud and the keyboard sucked it hurt my fingers so bad. Then it kept overheating and just turning it off. I had to set it on a pile of books so air could circulate under it. So I sent it in and they fixed it and 4 months later it had the same problem again, this time they wanted minimum of 300 to fix it- no way! Finally I got a new Dell and it's heaven, phew!

If anyone likes foreign movies. Here's a good French movie to see on DVD.
"He loves me, He loves me not"

We just watched it this morning good movie!

Thanks! I'll add it to the list we're going to order whenever I finish my stupid homework. I hate homework!

didn't have anything to say so I figured i'd stick my tongue out hehehehehe

How's vacation? Did you get lost?

Jackie

YEP we sure did! We made it to Oklahoma ok but got lost in Fort worth Texas. NOT MY FAULT, MIGHT I ADD. Then we made a wrong turn in Dallas! Nothing like downtown Dallas at 2am! Finally stumbled upon a childrens hospital and located a security guard. He told us how to get outta there alhamdulillah. Then we get to Houston and let me tell you what!!! The road system here sucks! big time!!! He finally called his friend and he took us on some side roads. After about 10 minutes of hearing them say one of the street names over and over again, I said...we passed that road..were we supposed to turn there? YEP so get turned around and on the right track. We finally reached our destination at around 5:30am. It has been less than comfortable since arriving. My son is picky about the food he eats..(goes back to when he was so sick) they serve an entire meal of arabian food. Fine for me and Noor but traven was so upset. He was hungry and all of the food was so strange to him. Quite honestly, I didn't like it much either but I choked down as much as I could, smiled, and prayed they didn't force me to eat more... The boys left around 11am and left me with the wife...her smaller kids don't speak english so lil'man had nobody to play with and was bored stiff. She took us to a neighbors house and I got to listen to them talk in arabic for about an hour. FUN FUN.... i was so bored and lil'man was begging me to go home. We went to get the kids from school and they have one the same age as my son so that was cool. She speaks great english so he finally started to have a good time. What is it with arabians and feeding their guests? I swear if I was forced to eat any more food, I was going to puke. I had to tell her at one point, please , I don't want to be rude but I feel I will blow up if I eat one more thing. She said..oh, but you didn't eat..just hamburgers, chicken, and pancakes..nothing. Luckily it was dropped after that and Noor told them that I am not used to eating all the time like that and to let me be. It got better around bedtime when everything was quiet and we could just lay down and talk about everything. I really hope that today is a better day enshallah.

amal

Oh Amal, that's no vacation! You're going to need a vacation to recover from it! How much longer are you staying?

Hope your vacation gets better! I remember my son not liking arabian food and still doesn't also remember sitting there and everyone was talking arabic and remembered what fun that was. The first time I was like cool they are talking arabic and I am in a foreign country. Second time I was like ok this is really fun to be sitting here not knowing what they were saying. hahahaha

So I am on my way to buying a house signed some papers today and my husband will go after work to sign his name so he can be the loan too. It's a 4 bedroom, 2 baths, eat in kitchen, dining room, living room, family room, laundry room, enclosed porch, and a 1 car garage. Has a huge back yard. Ready to be moved into with no fixing up. We are closing in the middle of december! So that's my good news!!

Wow that's really exciting! Congratulations!

I felt really lucky around Abdel's family. They always tried to find something to keep me happy while they talked, like when they brought two baby chicks for me to play with. It's strange how you can communicate so much without words. The smiles on their faces meant a lot to me.

That house sounds like a house to raise a family in - a big family. You planning on having a bunch of kids Angel? That's awesome news though, congratulations.

Post piccies of the house if ya got em!

Way to go Angel, that great news! You two should be very excited.
Amal, I hope your vacation isn't as rough as I'm imaginig...hopefully you are relaxing some and enjoying things too.

yeah i may tell them at work that i need another week to recoup... rest, what the heck is that... and..sorry to say, today was about equal to yesterday... I can't wait to get home...

mabrook on the house angel... it sounds super fantastic! I wanna move n with you :D:D

Amal what a bummer vacation, hopefully you find something exciting to do or to see. You are always welcome to come and visit

Liz not that big I just wanted a lot of space a cramped two bedroom is too small. I am glad we waited until we found what we wanted.

Thanks everyone!

Rahma when I get to go back inside and look around I'll snap some pictures and post them. There is one on the net but it shows the address and you can't right click and save the picture. it's a two level house top and basement. I had to have a basement because we live in tornado alley

well, the next trip we plan to take will be to Chicago ... but maybe after that we'll come see you all.... hey..come on over to Missouri!!! you are welcome anytime!!!

Hope your vacation is going well. When will you be back home? Can't wait til your Chicago trip!

Jackie

glad to meet everyone here...i hope that every one visa is going smoothly

i go to missouri on average once a week

Welcome to the Yallah Middle East Thread and VJ. Hope your journey also goes smoothly and quickly!

Angel

so you are a kansas city Kansas person... I am in Kansas city missouri....

my condolences

My husband went to work at 2:30pm to 3:00am he's now working three 12 hour days saturday thru monday was weird to say to him see ya tomorrow. So today I'll be watching movies. I just watched La Mujer de mi Hermano (the wife of my brother) It was ok. The actress Barbara Mori is a beautiful woman. Next on the list Novo with Eduardo Noriega. I just got that one cuz he's cute and a good actor I liked him in Burnt Money.

Amal did the trip get any better? Hope you had a safe trip home.

Do you get the Spanish channels free, or are you watching DVDs? We have to pay extra for the Spanish channels here, which sucks because it would be a great way for me to practice listening to Spanish for class. Do you speak Spanish too?

I rent dvds and yes I speak spanish I also took two years in college to speak formal spanish had a teacher who grew up in Argentina and she spoke spanish like they do in Argentina it almost sounded Italian. The only bad thing is if you don't practice and use it all the time you forget a lot.

ok, so this is my 3rd time to try to post a reply here...the other 2 times I tried to reply with quotes but i give up now... We made it home safely today alhamdulillah!!! Never been so happy to be home!!!

Jackie..after the trouble we had with getting lost so many times...I dunno when the next trip will take place but I'll definitely let you know!!

I think the trip got better..either that or I just got better at dealing with it. My son finally ate the food...didn't like it but he was starving so he had no choice.. poor lil' guy.

yemenslove, welcome to our lil' space here on VJ!! this is a great bunch of ppl here!!!

Glad you made it home safely. Mohammed and I are just sitting here drinking chai.

You are not gonna believe what we did today! We went to the Nissan dealer and I bought a 2007 Nissan Sentra! OH MY you should see what this car does! I am so in love with this new body style. It tells me the outside temp, oh oh oh and it has bluetooth in the steering wheel! I just say, 'call Mohammed' and it dials for me! How cool is that?

Jackie
edited for bad grammar I typed 'me and mohammed..lol'

oh, and, I'm from Central Missouri and have never been to Kansas City (neither MO or KS) and again...I dunno when I'll gather up enough courage to make another trip... But we always happy to have visitors at our home!!!!!:)

ooooooooooooo jackie mabrookulations .......you will have to come down for a vacation and show it off a lil'bit!!!! come on..you know you wanna come over.....

Congrats on the new car Jackie!

Yay! Congrats on the car, Jackie! Sounds like a sweet ride!

Now it has 68 miles on it. I will post a pic tommorrow. If I could drive it inside at night I would and park it in the living room.


Jackie

congrats on the new car girl! sounds fabulos!!!! wanna take it for test drive to ny in dec to see me lol

on your way to go see her in NY, stop by MO and pick me up...ROAD TRIP! ROAD TRIP!

LOL i loveeeeeeeeee road trips!!! if i drove id be up to start the trip hehe

I don't mind road trips if other ppl are the ones doing all the driving...I get lost too easily and it just unnerves me to not know where I am.....It will be ok though I'm sure Jackie will be just fine being the chauffer!!! hehehe

lol wait til Jackie comes and sees us plannin a road trip with her drivin her new car HAHA

Ahhhhhhhhhhh my car. It is sitting in the garage waiting for me. Amal, I don't think MO is on the way to NY. No wonder you get so lost!

Jackie

lol Jackie does that mean ull come to ny to see me? hehe

it isn't on the way but it could be a fun detour! I KNOW you wanna come see me!!! Cmmon girls...help me convince this woman to gather her husband up and come visit me!!!...no pressure jackie

lol come visit me jackie!!!!

maybe if we beg enough......???whadda ya think??? hehehe

I wish I could get Mohammed to go places. He is a work-aholic. It was hard enough to get him to go to AlBasha to meet Andrea and Faisal.

Jackie
happy thanksgiving everybody!