Bonjour,
How is everyone doing? It's almost Tuesday here. I'm gonna go to bed now.

Have a great day everyone!

Kisses,
Sarah

hello everyone. its tuesday afternoon here.....yippy. ill be buying my plane ticket by sunday so i will have for sure details to post sunday nite lol. between 20-32 days left.

hope everyone has a better day then yesterday!

Ditto!


Put some oil into my car and was able to get it to start this morning. It's only been 4,000 miles since my last oil change, but I guess old cars have to get it done more often??? Anyway, I'll be taking it to Jiffy Lube during my lunch hour.

That's about it from me. Just work. Have a super Tuesday!

every 3,000 miles jenn

I was always told that it is 5,000. They tell you 3 to get you to pay more often....

it varies, nowadays my truck tells me when it needs new oil. the car i've always done at about 2500 miles. if you run synthetic oil it's even longer on the oil changes

Yeah, my car tells me too and I used to get well over 5,000. Either the gauge is broken or I've been even more unobservant than usual. Or it's another problem entirely, but I'm guessing that since it started when I put in some oil that must be the problem.

Oh well, next time I will not pretend that the little sticker that they give me is just a ploy to get my money.

It also deends on howlong it takes you to drive 3000 miles and how much of that is just sitting in traffic- stop and go driving. I put 3000 miles in 6 months so I change it every 3-4 months instead. My dad swears its the cheapest way to keep a car running forever

Can you believe I actually googled Yadseut to see what language that was. What a dumbass!

on my truck, one time it took me a year to put 3000 miles on it

You need to get out more often

I put at least 1,000 a month on my car. I guess there's really nowhere to go in Kansas.

Jenn, Click & Clack (from Car Talk) say 3000-5000 depending on the variables - maybe your old car needs it sooner!

Sarah, I'm staying away from the french so as to not get blasted by you!

Jess, hope you have good luck w/ a ticket purchase.

Morning everyone! I have a metallic (yuk!) taste in my mouth.......... made my cheese grits taste a little odd!

Gotta get to work soon!
Laters..........
Noura

Noura, can you send me some cheese grits? That sounds really good right now.

sure hon.... send me the addy and i'll have 'em fedex'd - should still be warm when you get them!
then you can *kiss my grits*!
ps... they were yummy, even w/ the metallic taste!

Is anyone having trouble w/ this new (blasted $@%^&**!#) format in accessing the pinned threads? Most of the time I get an error msg and it's too much dang trouble to access......
I'm officially registering my vote that this new format mostly sux!!!

What new format? I think I missed something.

i no see any new format either lol

i try not to drive it much, i got it primarily for when it snows. that and the gas milage on it sucks, so i drive the car usually to go to work.


since i've been back from germany in spring 02, i've driven about 50k on the car and 20k on the truck, so i do go places

Have you been to Topeka?

been by it a few dozen times, does that count?

Nope, I haven't notice a new format either. So I guess you are on your own on that one, Noura!

Reminds me . . . I need to change my oil too! The date on my sticker is about 3 months gone . . . but I put that down to . . . working out of town or working from home!! LOL, I have not driven out to the office in 3 weeks since my latest client is located in Colorado and they wont pay for travel (boo!!! one trip might have been fun to pick up the free beer everyone says to bring them, hehe) so I get to do it all remotely (yeah!!!).

Soooooooooo, when someone gets in my car and notices it is 5 years old and the mileage is less than 50,000 miles . . . they are like, WOW, don't you every go anywhere??? hehehe, I take road trips a few times a year but I get to skip the daily commute lots of times (hey, several weeks a year out of town using a rental car does save on your own car).

Update coming today . . . stay tuned.

No.

What about Wichita?

update?? why u leave us hangin?? thats not nice

Yeah, and I don't see her typing up the update down below either. What gives?

It's been 12 days since my fiance's interview and 7 days since he finally gave them the rest of the things that they wanted. They told him he will get the call in 1-2 weeks. Everytime the phone rings, I get all excited because it may be 'the call'. I want him here for Thanksgiving. This whole process is about waiting, then getting exicted about each step along the way-waiting for the NOA1, more waiting, RFE, more waiting, NOA2, more waiting, NVC, more waiting, Packet 3, more waiting, Interview, more waiting. And of course, that is only the first part of this process-we get to start it all again when he does eventually get here. Not that I have to reiterate this for all of you. We're all in the same boat.

Waiting for this call seems to be the hardest part so far. We are so close to being together again, but knowing how unpredictable Casa is, 'close' could be anywhere from a week to months.

I try to keep myself busy so I don't think about it. When I do think about it, it just drives me crazy!

I need to find a place to go scream here at work. I think the only option available is to go to my car.

same thing. i just drive by it

My cousin is moving to Kansas City. But I think in MO. What's up with that anyway?



I know exactly what you're talking about. The two weeks (yes I know it was quick) of AP were the hardest. But it is so amazing when you finally get that call from him and he tells you he has good news!

ask him, he's the one moving

btw, kc is split by a river, if you're on the eastern side you're in missouri, on the western side you're in kansas

i see u down there writing......................or so it says... are u just teasing us?

I will ask her!

But is it one city? Or two separate cities - KC of KS and KC of MO? Is there one mayor? And why the heck did they do that? Crazy!

who?

me??

Are you talking about me???

it's referred to as kcmo and kck. kcmo = kc missouri and kck = kc kansas. it has a mayor for each side of the river too

that's what happens when someone starts a town on a river that also serves as the state boundary.

next up, why start a city next to the ocean when parts of it are below sea level?

KCMO or KCK-I lived on both sides. Kansas City is a great city. I also lived in Manhattan, KS. Made many trips back and forth to see my now ex-husband. KCK is better IMO than the MO side. Just tell him to stay clear of Prospect Ave.

YEAAAA! i was talkin bout you!

now tell her why

Sorry.


Just trying not to get TOO excited.


Checking on Flights from Cairo to DFW now for the hubster. . . well, I am sending him off to a travel agent in Cairo that is used by my friends to see what flights are available on Lufthansa (I want him to go thru immigrations in DFW) . . . so I told him to think about Tues or Wed next week. Gets too expensive over the weekend.


INSHA'ALLAH!!!


I'll have an update on impending arrival . . . but it looks like we won't have this pinned down for another couple of days PLUS he has a long list of things that he is going to get for me before coming, LOL!!

I have a long list of things to do before he gets here. . . . let's see now . . . CLEAN the house (can I twist someone's arm to come help me, hehe??), buy some new pillows (silly I know, but I threw out old ones), hang those new vertical blinds in the bedroom, go get a facial and maybe a massage (ok, that's for me . . . i need to relax!!).


INSHA'ALLAH.

BTW, by special request he is going to find me the song where the woman (or is it a man???) sings Insha'allah all the time. Insha'allah, he will remember that one, hehe!

chk out rates on uflyonline.com

That's where I go when I need a little alone time during working hours.

Don't *even* get me started!


Catherine - I'm so excited for you! He'll be home for Thanksgiving!

Insha'allah.




Haven't seen that one . . . I'll go take a look!

yikes looks expensive......................hopefully u can find somethin cheaper then that.. goin from beirut to jfk ive found good flights...but to dfw from cairo not sure what the normal is

He/she may not make it out alive. Take your pick: random bullets, carjackings, rape, murder, crack addicts-any of which is reason enough to not take a cruise down Prospect.

On a happier note, Westport is a must to frequent! It's like it's own little town of drinking establishments, night clubs and a great place to people watch!

Oh-and the Plaza. Definitely a must to visit too. Especially at Christmas time. It is decorated soooooooo beautifully. And it's a great place to go shopping.

KC is known as the City of Fountains as well. There are a lot of beautiful things there. Not to mention home of the KC Chiefs!!!!!!!!! Go Chiefs!

This is the time to splurge, hire someone to come in and clean, get the groceries delivered, and anything else that can make the next several days/week less stressful.

Congrats to you!!!

Why didn't I think of that before?

Yep, that is expensive. I found some cheaper airfares on lufthansa's website, so I know we can get it cheaper than 17,777 EGP, LOL . . . more like 7700 to 7000 EGP . . . but it has gotten a bit higher than it used to be.

nowadays, westport is getting a reputation for a place the police visit quite often due to something going on there.

I should have put a disclaimer that I haven't lived there since 1994! I'm sure a lot has changed. Does Prospect still have the same reputation?

pretty much

I know what it is.... nanananana!