Hello MENA population on VJ - it's finally Friday - we all have made it!!!!!!!!!!

I am enjoying one of my sleepless nights with great techno in the background and a game of solitary wondering where the hell my H. is - who knows, who cares...at this point I don't... too tired of caring and worrying - life is too short for this crap...

Anyhow, it is Friday and I am a changed woman!

So what else is happening???

Lola

It's good to know you're feeling better. :smile:

It's FRIDAY The city I live in has all the x-mas decorations up. It seems each year it gets earlier and earlier. I get a letter in the mail for my Maytag dishwasher that i purchased 6 years ago saying its on the recall list that it could cause a fire

I hope everybody has a great day!!!!

I can't sleep!!! I keep trying but it's uselessssssss.

Add to the excitement: remember when my grandmother was having surgery around the time Ramy got his visa? Well she's coming HOME from the nursing home today . She hasn't been home in over 2 months!

Today is pizza day in the office! We have a new employee but I realized today I forgot her name. Pretty sad when there's only like 10 of us and only 3 of us are women. hahaha.

This is the most accurate picture for me right now:

I woke up glad it's Friday but sad I had to get up. My ears and head feel like they have explosives in them from congestion. I wish you the best tomorrow Sparrow on your arrival of your man. I hope he finds himself home safe and uneventful. I can't wait until Ayman gets here but I will see him next month to help break up this terrible wiat. Glad to hear your grandma is coming home, two blessings this week for you.
I think you made me crave pizza even though I can't taste anything..all a pregnant woman has to hear is a name of a food and it is on her thoughts all day
Everybody have a great weekend!!!

Tasha

Hi everyone! Well today is day ten since my husband arrived, so far everything is SO good that I just can't believe it. My kids are crazy about him and he seems to feel the same about them. We like to cook together, and I have learned to make magloob<sp? I am learning so much more about him than I knew before, he is kind and caring, likes to make jokes and goof around, he keeps me laughing so much. My family all have approved of him so far and seem to really like him. The other day we drove into Chicago looking for the arab community there, unfortunately we didn't find it, but we did get a good tour of the city.
I thought it would be harder to get used to sharing my "SPACE" with another person again, so far everything just seems to be fitting into place. It is so good to have him here with me, my lover, my best friend. He may have a small line of odd jobs for cash in the near future that don't require him to have the EAD, anything to get him out of the house so he doesn't go crazy just sitting here. We are hoping to file for AOS this week so that he can be legal for work and get a steady job at the hospital where I work.

Hope to see some others that have been waiting get some good news soon. Something good has to be in the air, that time of year is coming soon!

yay friday!
and the yes votes have it in the jp poll

Heyyyy I can feel your happiness all the way over here!! LOL Time flew by quickly, and now it's just a day away inshaAllah. And that's great! I'm truly happy for you.

And, to put some icing on the cake, your grandmother is going home today . May you continue to feel blessed and to be blessed throughout your whole life inshaAllah and Ameen!

Hugs,

Ayesha

The beginning of my four-day weekend

sparrow sidetracked me ....Forgot to say good morning everyone!

I fed my cat "Egypt" (7 years old), Friskey's , I usually give her 9lives, and I can't believe it!! She's been running around the house like crazy, JUMPING on the bed! meowing while RUNNING, and just acting silly! I'll warm up some milk in a little while to see if that turns her down one notch!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Hugs,

Ayesha

Thanks so much for your warm wishes

My cat (also 7) acts like that almost all the time! She's insane!!!! I love it when she gets all crazy. I don't know about your cat, but my cat LOVES men...so you know what's going to happen tomorrow. She's going to fall in love and run all over the house!

Good Friday everyone!!!!!!!

Maureen - All I can say is "OH CRAP!!!"

Sparrow - I can't believe Ramy is FINALLY coming home. I am so very excited for you and just send you so many warm wishes of happiness. (P.S. I am really going to try and log in and write "our" story in the next few days. ) OH...and so very glad that your grandmother is coming home!

Tasha - I'm sorry that you are feeling so bad. I remember having a couple of colds when I was pregnant and it was H-E-L-L!!!!!! I think the Pizza would definitely help!

Ayesha - "KITTY ON CRACK".....Just say "NO!"

JP? and pregnancy? Well if she wants it! But I see her point of the fact it's only been 6 weeks I, on the other hand, would gladly step into her place (but with my own husband, which does in fact not really make it her place).

I just want to go HOME. I have had the most "The Office"-like week here as of yet, and while it is great fun, it is also kind of stressful. Ammar takes his TOEFL today 9right now actually) and then starting tonight he'll begin studying for the GRE.

Mine loves men too. She is such a sweetie with my dad when my parents come to visit. Once he leaves, she takes one look at me and starts acting like...well let's say she has multiple personalities and one of them is garfield another is cujo (although cujo was a dog , but she sure can be mean when she wants to). My kids say i spoil her too much and she knows she can get away with practically anything. LOL

Here's a pic i took from her the other day, her expression seems to be warning me to get the camera out of her face! She's very much loved and she knows it!

Goodmorning all
I woke up and tryied to get online. And my computer started to beep at me. Then the monitor wont turn on. And the computer sounds like a airplane is inside. I think it is the fan. And it won't do any thing. And I know nothing about computers. So I hooked up the laptop to get online. But I hate this thing. I told my hubby that I need that book computers for dummies. He says he is not married to a dummie
Hey you all have a great day.

hi

j

Happy Friday


I came across this 36 hours in Marrakesh, Morocco in the NYTimes this morning and thought I'd share .

Hi Jackie ... you are in my thoughs!!!

Lola

We have a very bizzare past!

Hey Sparrow I what a wonderful start to your holiday season! I hope everything goes well with Remy's arrival and I wish you much happiness.

So glad that it is Friday and a 3 day weekend. Still waiting to hear if Hasan is going to get Saturday and Monday off, if not I will still get Sunday with him all day.

Sparrow I am so happy that G'Ma is coming home and that your Honey will be here tomorrow. God is so great and I pray that he will continue to bless you abundately.

Hope everyone has a great day!

hi everyone! i've been so sick lately too with a nasty head cold. last night my husband insisted i drink hot milk infused with a TON of powdered ginger. it was so spicy and burned my throat! i could barely suffer it down... but i woke up feeling (slightly) better. its the thought that counts anyway, right?

things here are okay. i've been lagging badly on sending in our AOS but will do it in the next few days. i didn't realize how many small things were necessary to send in i had to call and gather from various places and wait on them! i should have begun it ages ago! i just haven't felt on top of things like i used to be. maybe its a combination of being with a man almost 24/7 (which i'm SO NOT used to!), working full-time again, and the pressures and comments from my family! i haven't spoken to my brother and his wife, or my dad since before we were married! *sigh*
anyway, congrats to you, sparrow, on the arrival of your man soon!
and good luck to those of you who are still waiting! *hug*

sparrow - can't even imagine how happpy your feeling... so exciting
cheryl - sorry about your computer but at least soon you won't need it

I saw tragic sights this morning, when I took my dog on her morning walk there has been a terriblle oil spill in th SF bay... I saw a bird covered with oil...... the whole surface of the bay in a rainbow sheen with big globs of floating oil..... the birds were all shaking there heads as if trying to get somthig out of there ears.... Somtimes our world just seems so messed up omg.. to wake a to the most beautiful morning and to see the devastation in the soft morning light it just seemed surreal. our gov. is flying in to declare it a diasaster area....

It was not the most pleasant of mornings - thinking of the seperation, the lonely holidays, the whole freaking visa process (the one email I sent to check on the case in a month has not been answered in over a week), and watcing the birds being poisioned by our way of life --- I just feel depressed like really whats going on that this is my life and our times--- and what keeps coming back to me , is what a beautiful fall morning it is - the light here is incredible - but it alll feels surreal

hope everyone has a good day ...

Thanks so much for sharing this. Hicham and I have had two very wonderful trips to Marrakesh and this article brought back some great memories.

I am completely enraptured by El Badi Palace. I have told Hicham that anytime we go back To Marrakesh, we MUST go there. I just think it's one of the most beautifully haunting places I have ever been.

Yay Friday!

Jasman- where do you play golf down there? Are you a member at Santa Ana country club? I love that course!

Well Hicham and fulfilled his birthday wish last night and saw Ben Harper at the Orpheum theater in Los Angeles. We didn't get home until 1 but it was worth it. That place is amazing! I felt like I was at a small, private concert. It was a great show.

Have a good day everyone!

Happy Birthday to Hicham! Glad you two had a good time.

Happy Birthday to Hicham -- is he an 11/8er too ?

It's official, we are trying.


Hey I live in the bay area too!

Oops, sorry. I should have mentioned that his birthday was in September and I got him concert tickets and the concert was last night. I'll send him the belated birthday wishes.

MK, was it your birthday?

Ohhhh LOL okk.

Yeah it was but we're celebrating ALL WEEEEEEK, babyyyyy !!!!

Happy Birthday MK! I love those weeklong celebrations! What'd you do on your birthday?

Thanks ! Well I worked late again so I didn't get home until after 7:30.... kinda too tired to go out.... but bless his heart Mahmoud had dinner ready and waiting when I got there We'll kick out the stops this weekend.....

Good.....because I voted yes.

hey Doodle- Did you ever find that one smiley that is barfing?

Best I can do....

checkin in. Hi all. Hope everyone has a great day.

amal

Thank you.



And you.

I love puking smileys!

Oh man, I love it, and I love you.

hi

hi

Hola! What's up?

YESSS! The weekend! It's not a business day! That means I don't need to do normal business activities and .... uh-oh ... that means there's more time to test & work & prepare & research & .... .... ....

T_T

NOOOOOOOO!

( Note from the "wise": Tech = BAD. BRB - going to grab a lunch that I can eat while I work. )

I need a massage.

nuttin. work work work.

I hear ya, it's almost over though.

What are you doin' this weekend?

That had to have been THE most persuasive poll ever

Im gearing up for an exciting weekend with Mr. Nephew. Tomorrow we're going to explore the Japanese Botanical Gardens (aka scare all the koi) and toodle downtown to Zippy's for a Junkyard (hot)dog. And I found the little monkey backpack/leash/harness thingy at Target last night! Wooot!