I'm frugal and a bargain hunter! Not too mention that Marlon and I don't feel the need to talk so often, sometimes we go a couple of weeks but we ALWAYS text each other. We also mail stuff to each other.

A couple of weeks?? Whoa...I can't even go a couple of days!!! But then, I am a talker

Oh my...My fiance calls and wakes me up every morning. I just don't feel the same if we don't talk everyday. Megafons helps a lot.

I love the megaphone, even though it is a pain sometimes when it drops the calls or he can't get through or get a signal. I feel disconnected when we don't talk, so he calls me every morning so I can wake up to the roosters crowing in the back yard. He calls me sometimes at night before we go to bed to say goodnight. I work three days per week and gets up around the same time he does since we have a one hour time difference. On the days that I am off from work, I just roll over and go back to sleep with a big smile on my face thinking about him. LOL

days weeks nope i call or talk to him at least 3 times a day at the least two! the longest has been three days i didnt talk to him

no way i could go weeks without talking to my sweetie i told him we was only going to talk once a weeks he was no way cant work we must talk everyday and nite he have the megaphone so that help a lot but i still dont think i could go weeks without talking to him if he didnt have the phone

What is Devon Stout ice cream? I've never heard of it. Why can't I have it when I'm pregnant?

Same here. I spent that much every 2 months while I was dating Tony Sarah - how many times have you been to Jamaica? Where do you stay when you go down there? I always stayed in a hotel - Tony's family didn't have room and he shared a 1 bedroom apt. with his cousin and I need my privacy!! So if I added up all 6 of my trips plus the visa fees plus phone bills ---- on my gosh, I don't even want to think about it!!


Same here. We talked EVERY day - usually a few times a day

Oh my...My fiance calls and wakes me up every morning. I just don't feel the same if we don't talk everyday. Megafons helps a lot.
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I love the megaphone, even though it is a pain sometimes when it drops the calls or he can't get through or get a signal. I feel disconnected when we don't talk, so he calls me every morning so I can wake up to the roosters crowing in the back yard. He calls me sometimes at night before we go to bed to say goodnight. I work three days per week and gets up around the same time he does since we have a one hour time difference. On the days that I am off from work, I just roll over and go back to sleep with a big smile on my face thinking about him. LOL
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Craig would wake me up several mornings as well, but we ALWAYS said goodnight to each other. We sometimes talked at least 3 times a day.

I TOTALLY don't miss those bills that's for sure !!!!!

I don't know how you can go weeks. I went on a cruise for 7 days and that was the longest we didn't talk!

Beenie man is getting a divorce..wow..! i too wanted them to make it..( )..

Weeks w/o talking was not an option...what, i would go crazy if I call and it goes to voicemail or he told that the phone was being charged or something ...and I am NOT gonna miss spending and budgeting like a mad woman Still have to budget but a have a little more flexibilty.

You know we have been discussin how he was going to say goodbye for now to his kids, and I am kinda closed mouth b/c it's gonna be very hard for him. What r ur opinion on this ?

Kimmy




U can't eat it cause it has Guiness in it...So it's liquor ice-cream ...

Yes, I agree that is wayyy to little. My niece is in 5th grade and her books are like $9000 JA alone..thats only some of what she needs right NOW..High school is way expensive in JA especially if u go to a prominent HS

kimmy i dont know what he can say to the kids thats a hard one how old are they

9, 4 and 8

HE JUST HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW DADDY IS GOING AWAY TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR HIS SELF SO THAT HE CAN BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM BETTER BUT HE WILL TALK TO THEM OFTEN AS HE CAN AND WILL BE BACK SOON TO SEE THEM

Ladies? Am I the only guy on the Yardie post at this time? Just kidding. I do have a question. How do you plan on getting an airline ticket to your Jamaican SO? I know at the Kingston airport a person can't enter the building without a ticket or boarding pass. Donna is not that proficient on the computer. Should she go to a travel agent there in Kingston to purchase her ticket?

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that for all the books you will pay $1000. I meant to state that for one book you will pay that price. My apologies. The popular bookstores in JA have websites but unfortunately they do not list prices for all the books.

Jay, I am not the travel expert, but she doesn't need the paper ticket to fly. If she has a printed copy of the itinerary it will get her into the airport and to the check in counter. They will check her in based on the confirmation code for the reservation.

So funny, i was just there a couple months ago and I can't remember showing my ticket...I just showed my passport I think I maybe losing my mind

When I left in January Donna was not allowed to walk in with me even to the ticket counter which is just inside the door. I'll ask next week when I arrive. My concern with printing an itinerary out is getting it to Donna. I don't want to spend $30 to FedEx it to her.

I know..my husband was allowed cause I had the baby..and someone had to carry the bags ..so they let him in...

I think if you have an online reservation they really only need the reservation number for the flight. Sometimes they look it up by your destination and your name. I only gave my passport last time and stated that I was going to Baltimore. That's it.

They won't let you in without your passport and an itinerary showing that you are the one traveling. I certainly wouldn't send it Fedex to her. Does she have access to the internet? I have bought tickets for my father to visit me and emailed the itinerary to him; as long as he has his itinerary, he is good to go. I am not sure if she can have the itinerary printed for her at a travel agency.

I wouldn't either cause it would just make me cry. It's over a year after arrival and we are no where near dug out of that hole.

Worth it, of course.

A couple of weeks? A couple of days? Are you both crazy? We used to talk for hours a day.

You could fax it, Jay. Andre went to some place in Montego Bay and picked up faxes I sent to him. It cost him like $1.50 a page.

Thanks for all the good suggestions. So it sounds like it is less expensive to buy tickets on-line here in the States. Are tickets purchased in Jamaica that much more in cost?

Hahahaaa..ahahaaaa

JAY

once she has a passport they'll allow her in. I rarely print my itinerary ( I don't like wasting paper.) Sometimes they make me sign a log other times they just let me in. She'll be fine trust me. Nonetheless I would still fax it to her just so she can feel secure. Nothing beats having it in front of her, for whatever reason. Maybe she has a friend who works where there is a fax machine and can receive two pages for her.

And I'm sorry I called you a lady (I'm still new here and there are significantly more women on this forum) my bad

Good Morning TGIF!

Jay ~ sorry to call you a woman as well It usually is just us ladies.

I can't believe you don't talk for weeks. Whoa! I don't know if there was ever a day we didn't talk and sometimes we talked all day. There was once a glitch with the phone card and it didn't cost us any minutes so we stayed on the phone for 8+ hours. Who wouldn't take advantage of free minutes?

Just for curiosity sake I mentally tallied what I must have spent...made me want to cry as well.

Something like (and these are low estimates):

Phone cards - $3,500+

Plane Tickets - $4,800+

Lodging - $1,200+ I didn't have to pay for as I stayed with our pastors family or his family but I always helped contribute to the household

Then you add in food, entertainment, visa fees, sending packages, renting cars, etc.

Tons of money but well worth it in the end

With the phone card we used you could only add minutes to it every 24 hours. I remember adding a $20 credit and using it all up and impatiently waiting for my 24 hours to be up to add more minutes. I knew some of the phone center people by name I even called once and they told me "Jamie call back in 38 minutes" and started laughing. It always sucked when things were getting heated (good or bad ) and the credit would run out. I don't know how many times I cussed out those phone card people

That is too funny. My best friend also got lucky with the phone card going beyond the allotted minutes. They did not get off the phone until the next morning when they had to go to work and school. They went to sleep and woke up to start their day off right.

would love to see the paper you　did if you still have it!

AlienUK,

Are you counting down due date yet..It drove me nuts waiting for her arrival

I'd Like to know as well.

I am sure the school fees vary by thousands in regards to what school you attend and where it is located. I found this little bit of info from a website.

Education is expensive in Jamaica. For instance, to have their child attend a Jamaican high school, the family must pay tuition (“school fees”); plus, the family must bear the full cost of transportation, books, uniforms, and school supplies. Depending upon which high school a student attends (determined by the results of the GSAT—Sixth Grade Achievement Test), the cost for one year of high school (including school lunches) ranges from about $1,250 to $2,750 (U.S.).

Link

I know to the SECOND when this baby should be evicted

We are crossing our fingers for a August baby, my husband and son are both August!

Mi nuh feel mi can telk much more, foot dem swell, finga swell, mi tiyad like dawg...cha

Jay I apologize for not getting back to you this morning, I'm out of the office until 5pm-ish. I'll email you when I get in.....

Airfare, from my travel agent experience, has never been "cheaper" buying in Jamaica instead of here in the US.

Airlines do not issue "paper tickets"....haven't for quite some time. A very few will still do it, but for a fee....can be anywhere from $50 to $100.

She will not need anything to travel..ie - itinerary or "tickets" to travel. Just will just show her passport (and other paperwork for immigration). Craig did not have anything---thank god, because I know for sure he would have lost or misplaced it!!

Airline tickets are "electronic". For international flights you won't have a boarding pass ahead of time because you have to show proof of citizenship, etc.

I haven't flown to Jamaica since last May, but can't you still go into the airport.....to the ticket counter section, shops, etc, but of course can't get through the doors to the right (inside)???

Hope that helps...

Girl I hear yah..Kimora was turned b4 she was 5ths and from then on it was pain every step i made..was so happy when she was born

No sorry. My computer crashed on me and I had to get another one.

Hubby was just called to come pick up his PASSPORT !! ) hurraaaayyyy !!

Thank you God!!!!

Kimmy, I'm so happy for you.

Wow...that's kinda expensive. Thanks for all your responses.

My "adopted" daughter in JA wants to finish high school. She's 17 with an one year-old daughter. I was wondering if we could help her financially. I spoke with her briefly last night and she said it will cost around $900 (US) and one math book cost $5800 We got disconnected so I'll more info this weekend. Thanks again.

Is there an area on VJ where I can read stores about peoples experience at the interview? I thought I read that there is such a link but I cant find it.

They are talking about the Kingston airport. Anyone can walk in MoBay's airport. I was there two weeks ago. We didn't have to show anything but our passports at the ticket counter.

I love the "new side" of Mobay's airport but still miss the pretty ladies singing "Welcome to Jamaica".

Congrats Kimmy

So soon! I'm am cheesin' over here. Only a few more days now

up top ^^^ on the light blue menu bar you''ll find a link that says Reviews: Embassy/USCIS . POE. click on Embassy/USCIS and then in the consulate drop menu scroll for Jamaica

I took me a while to notice that too. someone was kind enough to give me the link

CONGRATS

WOW that was fast You two must be jumping for joy So when will the Mr. be coming to America?

I think the Embassy finally deserves a five high on this one

Wow that was quick!!! Congratulations

Okay. Kinda of like Rum -n- raisin. I don't think there's enough alcohol in there to hurt anything. The doctor said it was fine for me to have a glass of wine. That's more alcohol than an ice-cream cone

Me too!! And I still have 4 months to go


That didn't take long at all!! Yippee!!

Only 80 more posts to go until I have TWO

Yippee