Good morning girls !!

it's 7:00am in Morocco

I woke up singing the refrain of the 80' hair band "Europe" ... it's the final countdown, lalalaaala, lalalal lalaaa

Less than 24 hours left

Good luck JP

Have a nice wednesday to ALL

Najia

Good Morning People!

My mood is not a good one this morning... something I just read urked me ...I need a break from this!

Good Luck JP and Najia! I pray you get approvals.

Anyway esalaam and a happy Eid to the rest of you... I think I am going to take a much needed break... I have to make preparations for the rest of week's sweets and cakes making for Eid (inchallah)...and stay as much time with my husband as I can.

Ramadan Kerim/Saha Ftourek!

Happy Wednesday, Najia, I see you are excited. You should be. Warning, today is going to just vanish on you so if theres anything you need to do, get it done early. You too, JP!
Yayyy how cool is this? this time tomorrow we will have results for you both.

Hope everyone has a good day!



What's urking you? I hope its nothing that the sweets can't take care of. I wanna come over and help, OKay?
Whatcha making?

Happy Wednesday everyone! JP & Najia, I'm so excited for you! Henia, I totally understand - I've been cutting back myself, and next week there will be 6 days I'll be so busy I won't have time to even check in and I'm kinda glad for that. Another day another dollar.....
Noura

still dark outside and i cant quite peel my eyes open...oh well...off to work...cant wait for najias and jps big day tomorrow!

Well tonight we are having a big break fast feast at our house. I am only cooking one thing though. Crepes! Yummy! Anyway, Adil is supposed to be doing some cooking and some buying for tonight. We are going to the mosque afterwards. I know I am going to be so tired tomorrow. It's not even 9:30 and I feel like it should be 11 or 12 already! I hate yucky weather. Well My birthday is in 13 days! Dinner and a haunted house is what I asked for. Well I think I am going to go find something more productive. Hope everyone has a good day.

Great, now that's in my head too! Too funny! You know, I had never heard that song until I went to Italy. They play it all the time there. I'd never heard it over here on the radio, so make sure you bring the CD with you!

Mornin. Don't feel so good today and it will be a miracle if I don't break my fast since I fell like I'm gonna keel over from dehydration.

Not much going on here. Hunting for a flat to stay in in Cairo that won't cost and arm and a leg and that won't have little critters as pets if ya know what I mean. lol. Other than that I'm gonna just try my best to get through this miserable day without passing out.

Do you think you're not feeling well because of the vaccinations you had? Just curious. I'm about to go get some myself and I'm a tad worried about it. Hope you feel better soon.

I never had any reactions to the vacs I got (except soreness @ the injection sites). I did Hep A&B and something else (?). When I travelled to Kenya, I also did the Malaria drugs. But everyone is different... I'm pretty hearty when it comes to this stuff! I know doodle has some other health issues which may affect how she feels the effects of these drugs....
In any case, I hope you feel better soon doodle!
Noura

You are hunting for a flat? Not staying with the fam?

What's urking you? I hope its nothing that the sweets can't take care of. I wanna come over and help, OKay?
Whatcha making? Well just this whole Ramadan has urked me...great to be with the husband...but I am soooooooooo tired of all the invites and unexcepted and unwelcomed guests. I just to do my little housework, work on buying some gifts for people in the US, buying things for the home here ans spending time with my man (when he gets home)... Why can't people understand 'no, I am tired!' ?

Well I got *invited* to 2 different family members's homes to make :

• baklava
• makrout

• kalbellouz
• khboz mbeses
• Doigts d'Amandes
• dziriate
• cornes de gazelles

Well I have some good news! Yesterday I got called about a full-time job I applied for and they wanted to offer me the position without having an interview!!!! They would like to start monday so alhamdulilah- we really needed this. We are moving into a 3 bdr. townhouse next month and this job will REALLY help pay off some bills. PLUS it has health insurance so my son and Youssef will be covered by me (my son is on state insurance now because his father is a deadbeat and feels no need to comply with the state). It feels so good to finally know that things are looking in the right direction. Unfortunately it also means he will have to go to daycare at least part of the time which sort of breaks my heart but I know he really likes it and it will help get him ready for preschool in a few months. (So hard to believe!).

I was just thinking I should start making cookies for Eid ---- recipes anyone? I know how to make the Gazelle's Horns and the cookies that are like Biscotti's BUT none of the other ones. So if you have some recipes throw them out to me

I had the cold from hell earlier this year - from March until June, constant coughing, the occasional sore throat and lots of nose blowing. The doctor did a chest xray, swabbed for strep throat, nothing.

Unfortunately, I think said cold is back, with a vengance. This time, it added a new feature - ear aches. I think it was triggered by the lady who sat by me on the bus 2 days ago, who smelling like she had just smoked an entire pack of cigarettes.

Urrrr...



Alhamdulilah! Is the job in the same place you're at now? Once you guys get financially on your feet and if you're not too tired from being pregnant, definately come to visit. We'll celebrate!

I wouldn't go by me. I have an autoimmune disease which is on and off depending on things like how stressed out I am, how much sleep I've gotten, etc. and I'm sure the Hep A shot is what triggered it. Yesterday she gave me the shot and a script for Thyphoid fever pills and after the reaction I'm having to the shot I'm thinking I may not do the whole pills since it involves taking them every other day for four times. I think I'll take my chances since most here say they never even did anything.

I'm just doing easy stuff today like going through my stacks of papers on my desk and filing some and shredding others. I"m an auditor and the shredder is my best friend.

AmeraMouttaki - Great news!!! It's so nice to start off a new job knowing it will help financially!!!! When I took this job it was a cut in pay but I knew it would be less hours and it means free college tuition for my kids so I was so excited!! I wish you all the best of luck in it!

Henia my hat's off to ya sista. I love to cook but really hate to bake. All that precise measuring just does me in not to mention I hate trying to wipe flour off a counter top 'cause it just makes my sponge all gooey and there are soooo many bowls, pans to clean after it all. I remember my first time cooking for my ex husband I actually lied and got take out from this awesome Italian restaurant and pawned it off as my own. No dishes and he LOOOOVED it. Only thing was I had to confess it 'cause I couldn't keep it up once we were married. lol.

As far as not staying with the family, there is no family to stay with. His mom died years ago, his father just died a week or so ago and his younger sisters (in their twenties) have moved out and into an older friend's house and completely deserted him. So...it's just him now in his little appt that his family used to live in. It's really sad. He is thinking of moving in with a friend of his though, upon my suggestion since I don't think he should be alone anymore. He is waiting for after Ramadan though 'cause he knows everyone in his neighborhood and doesn't want to celebrate in a place where he knows no one. Anyhoo that's why we're searching for a flat for us so we can just be alone and be together for the 12 days or so that I'll be there.

Ugh. it's only 11:19 and my mouth is soooooooooooooooo dry and my bones ache. I know we're not supposed to complain but I don't care today. I"m complaining. lol.



eeeew. i hate that smell!!! Well I hope you get better soon! Maybe you have an ear infection this time and can get some good drugs to get rid of it.

Good luck everyone who has interviews coming up.

My day sucks. I hate it here. I want to leave.

Where's "here"? Work?

Amreeka

I know how you feel, VP.

Ok so we had our final meeting last night. Do you guys remember when you were in high school and you had a study date planned? When the time came for the study date you didn't do any studying?

We got nothing accomplished yesterday. Oh well, I think he is ready anyway. I gave him a mock interview a few weeks ago and was just absoulutly amazed with how much he knew about me and my family. He is feeling pretty good about it all which I'm so grateful for. He only had one question for me. He said "Habibty, why did you wait so long for me?" My heart melted.

Najia...you ready??? C'monnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn VISA!

awwwwwwww

have a nice flight outta here

You offering to pay my expenses and talk the ex into allowing me to catch a plane with the kids???

is your broom broken?

Is that to shove up the ex's behind?

Hi everyone: Hope all of you are having a happy Wednesday. I certainly am. I am in the company of the best girls in the world and hope to on the cheerleading forum soon with an interview date...our package is off to Casa, and if I have not been led astray by a fellow MENA member, it is indeed already arrived!

See you tonight at the party. I'll be joining you after work...PST

Maggie

Am I the only one that doesn't like the sweets from the MENA?

congrats you suck up! hahaha just kidding.

pay no mind to Sarah, Maggie.... she's ornery!

Oh Noura stop being so stinkin' petite!

hahahahaha.

No, I don't care for them much either.

Hi everybody,

I'm online for only 5mn... wanna tell hi, and thanks for the encouragements

I want just to tell you that i feel kinda of dizzy i have so many things in mind !! i'm also exhausted!!
my husband called me to check up with me every paper in our long list !!

JP are you ready?? ... I'm ready ... I want to get the visa... My God help me plz... I need your prayers too

Good luck JP ... I'll check your post as soon as i'll be back from the interview... i'll post my news, too

Good night

Talk to YOU tomorrow

Najia

We are ready Najia....good luck habibty! Can't wait to hear your good news

Just thought it would be funny to have the Wednesday thread on top of the Thursday and Friday threads. LOL

shameless bumping to push the Wednesday thread ahead of the Thursday thread

I'm ready to accept my punishment.

Now that you learned your lesson here's a treat-

Thanks!

Here a toast to one clear princess

Make it a double...

oops...should have checked and edited it to say " one CLEVER princess" Drinks on the house for everyone!

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except for you guys....looks like you already had too much

my precious......

Finally got the internet fixed at home and it looks like I've got some serioous a$$ kicking to do...