Well,,,hot water heater is fixed, grass is still growing and I am doing laundry by myself now

Whats ya'll doin today?

Jackie
2am and I am still awake

work, work work, that is what i am doing today

2am jackie?? i hope you don't have to work today..lol

work...workworkwork

Really slow at work today....but having to "act" busy. Boss doesn't like us on the internet...Imagine that!

Guess I'll just sit at my desk and dream about my hot hubbie!!!!!!

Just housework today, tho I swear I would rather be at my job.

work

work

work

text hubbie


more work


hubbie's new concern: who will do his hair the same as his barber does it now once he gets here.

Me.....coffee, shower (thank god for new hot water heater!) phone calls (need to cancel Dish tv) measure a house then sit at my desk from 3-9pm. I really prefer the night shift now. I don't have to deal with the daytime people. Too damn cheery and positive. I'm turning into a night owl lately.


Jackie

Jackie-- pretty soon I'll be on at nights But no messenger of any kind at work. But just letting you know. I'm avoiding everyone and scheduling myself when i KNOW the corporate personsent here to watch us and "help" will be asleep.

Just work for me, too. I'd really rather be at home.

Have a good one, y'all.

Hi all, I have alot of running around and work tonight. Life is good and enjoying each and everyday as much as I can. I am trying to fill all aspects of my life and at present they are balanced, Thanks be to God! SO I am learning to enjoy each moment as that when it is not all balanced I can still be ok .

talk to my love...... walk the dog... call dos ....work ..... bills.. ......simpson movie

work, but really I'd rather be sleeping.

haha.. Mohamed said the same thing

So has he found a good barber yet?



You know what I hate? I hate when I get a sammich at the cafeteria here, I ask for a pickle, I smell the pickle the whole way back to my desk and it's soggy. I can't eat soggy pickles.

Whazzz up, Doodle????

I REALLY hate when I get a sammich and the pickle has been wrapped up with it and the pickle juice has gotten on the bread...cuz I HATE PICKLES!!!!

But I can understand where you are coming from. I hate when you are all jazzed up for a sammich and it's NOT what you expected!!!!

So we are ordering our furniture today, we finally agreed on something! Still can't find a place to live, I'm going to the SS office today to finally change my name. Worked on our wedding invitations last night until 2 am, so Im dead tired. Only 3 more nights of working on them and they should be done.

On the subject of finding a barber, it took him 3 months to find one he liked. Trial and error is basically what it took.

If your husband has "nappy" hair and there's no arab barber around, try looking for a barber with a large african american clientel.

The first time my husband got his hair cut, the poor barber couldn't make it lie flat, so he ended up almost shaving my husband bald. Needless to say, the husband wasn't happy.

My husband STILL hates the barbers here...the only reliable place to get a haircut for him is at a fancy salon for $60 + tip, which we can't afford.

The second best place is at a local Mexican mall...cheap ($12) but they don't speak English (or French or Arabic, obviously). Somehow through lots of laughs and gestures he managed to get a good haircut. Most American hair places (and a local Arabic barbershop) have done butcher jobs on his hair...he's so picky!!

Work, work work then go home to help mom with what ever she needs done around the house ie *my daily chorse. Then maybe do some hip hop abs work out then sit and eat a gallon of s"trawberry&cheese cake ice cream" and see my new favorite spanish soap at 8 pm LOL Jk about the ice cream part. I WISH.

Mine elected to shave his head and it looks awesome! It's about 1/2" now, and since it's so ioncredibly tightly curly, instead of poofing like a normal buzz cut, it just lays flat.

I found this Lebanese barber guy near me that cut the kids Hair... I will send him there.. He speaks Arabic... he did a good job.. for a cheap price

Yes his hair is wicked nappy. I told him I wanna see him in a huge fro!!

He really truly is scared about this. Good thinking on getting him to an african barber. We have a lot of those in a nearby town so I'll have to check it out.

Is it time to go home yet????? I think the time change has finally caught up with me today and has hit me like a lead baloon. I almost called in sick but my boss has cancer and NEVER takes any time off so I'd feel like a real dweeb for staying home just to catch some shut-eye.

Well the sammich itself was very good. Roast beef, roasted peppers, lettuce, onion, tomato, horshradish sauce on a roll up bread. YUM. I probably didn't need all that salt in the pickle anyhoo since my ankles are still swollen from the trip.




1) Can you show pics of the furniture?

2) If you're changing your name before the ceremony, what name will the invitations have on them?

I'm hungry

Mine shaves his head, too. I think it's HOT! Plus we don't have to worry about finding a barber. I shave for him every two weeks or so.

I wish I had pictures to show, but we found everything from a local place that has no website. We got a great deal though!

Sofa & Loveseat
Coffee Table & 2 End Tables
Dining room table w/ 6 chairs
King size bedroom set (Half sleigh bed, dresser, 2 nightstands)
Queen size sleigh bed
2 accent tables
Queen Mattress set
King Mattress set

$5500 including tax, setup, and delivery!

Well the invites don't have my last name on them anyway, they are done the traditional way with his parents names and my parents names. It only shows his first name and my first name. Even the response cards have my maiden name on them. I'm really not in a rush to change my name but my assistant got married 2 weeks ago and she is going today to change her name so I decided to tag along and get it out of the way.

Now i want a pickle...dammit.




Me too This darn slim fast shake ain't cutting it today!

I want a new bedroom set and mattress set! Mine's like 11 yrs old now and looking shabby.

I just want a place to put it all! We can't find a place to live!!!! And I can't bring myself to pay 2K a month for an apartment that doesn't even have a freaking washer/dryer inside the unit!!!!!

Yeah you have it kinda rough in Cali with the high prices for rent. Where I live (decent middle class neighborhood) I pay $615 a month for a nice sized 2 bedroom apt. (huge kitchen, huge master bed with walk in closet). Plus we have our own basement with our own washer and dryer (not the normal "cage" basements you find in apts.).

ME too after reading about Doodles sandwich!
Going to warm up my shorba. Any of you from countries other than morocco have shorba before?

It's gotten really bad in the last 6 months or so too. With all these forclosures on homes, everyone is moving into rentals! The rental market is out of control and there are hardly any areas around here with rent control. You can't even get a studio apartment here for $615!!!!

Shorba basically means "soup" in Arabic so yeah Egyptians eat shorba but prolly not the same kind as Moroccans. My favorite is shorbat el ads (lentil soup).

Hello everyone....work work work today...on lunch break now...and attempting to keep my positive outlook Despite the long wait ahead of me to be reunited w/my love...

anyways, going out w/some of the girls after work woohoo

I hope everyone is having a great day....

Our brand new red sectional was delivered yesterday. We had been shopping for something special and so glad he talked me into choosing the red fabric, I just love it. It actually reminds me a bit of the Moroccan furniture I saw when in Morocco.

It took him quite a few months to find the barber he really likes and he does do a good job. He even had me try shaving it close a few times but made me too nervous. Now his hair is a bit long but it is about time for him to be leaving for Morocco so he may have it cut there this time.

We are going to "our" first kind of rock concert tomorrow night. We are seeing Chris Daughtry or Daughtry. We are taking the day off and hoping to enjoy the night.

Doreen

That sounds fun! I love Daughtry Have fun!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! $615??!! I think I'm moving to where YOU Live!!!!!

Small silly thing that just put a huge smile on my face

My bridal shower is on Sept 2, and the invites went out last Thursday. I just too a peek at my registry and I can see which gifts have been purchased

Hope you got some sleep - I couldnt sleep at 2 am too - perhaps too much caffeine for me

Bad girl! That's cheating!

LOL I could be worse! If I go to Macy's they will tell who bought them too!

Hey does anyone know where I can buy some cheap galabias? I just bough 80 bellydance hipscarves from this guy in Egypt on Ebay and he gave me a really good deal but he didnt have any galabias.

Haha! It's actually a very nice area. It's a northeastern suburb of Detroit. Rent in Southeast Michigan generally varies between $500 and $800 a month. Our apt. complex kinda reminds me of the apts in Melrose Place with the pool in the middle of the complex. It's family owned and maintained. Honestly, it's THE nicest apt. I've ever lived in.

What kind of galabiyas are you looking for and how soon do you need them?

omg $615 that is sooo cheap!!!!!! I have often thought of selling my home and using the profit as the kids' tuition and just renting but I can't find anything less than $3,000 where I am for a 3 bedroom that is halfway decent! And that is more than I pay for my mortgage so I guess I'll stay put.


$5,500 for all that furniture is a good deal!!!! Have you thought of moving away from Cali or at least in a cheaper part of it? It's a huge state and there are parts that are cheaper than others, right? I know my brother used to live there ages ago and he rented a house for real cheap but it was in the boonies somewhere. He's a wicked hippie so it probably didnt' even have indoor plumbing knowing him. lol.

OMG will this day ever end???!?!?!?!?!

nope this day is dragging ONnnnnnnn and Onnnnn and ONnn

It way too hot to cook.. and I am starving... I'm gonna try and get take out from this Vegan Asian place "Grasshopper".. lets see how this goes with the hubby

Hey Dee, how's your husband doing with the vegetarian diet or are you cooking meat now for him? I know some of these guys would go nuts without meat in their diet.

I am so with you!

abdou needs to get his hair cut too. i worry because there are no black barbers around here and i'm not sure how to find a ME/NA one. he's got very african coarse hair!

today we cleaned house. poor guy only has a few outfits to wear since jetblue lost his bag. laundry is done often here. lol

i can't believe people pay $600 for a studio! i seriously need to move away and buy a house somewhere cheap! are there any areas of boston that are nice yet still affordable?? i'm kind of considering that area...maybe. i miss the east coast badly!!!

I;ve agreed I can cook him seafood - fish/ shrimp..(of course with out the heads attached )

I did take him to a Halal rest. last week.. but he didnt like it.. nothing compares to Mom's cooking

That sounds like a good compromise.

Of course nothing is like Mom's home cooking but what can ya do? Does he like any "American" foods?

i guess.. he is eatting the food I give him.. which is a good sign.. cause he wont even eat the food his Sisters cook..