~July 2007 K-1 Filers~

[Jeraly 4]

I don't mind doing the cleaning and things right now while I am not working, but it is the fact that he can't just pick up after himself - like if you use a dish, instead of leaving it festering in the sink for three days, just clean it!!! He had four empty cans on his bedside cabinet because he couldn't be bothered to move them and I am sure it isn't that hard to throw his dirty laundry across the room so it even lands vaguely near the basket so I know it is dirty!!! If he cooks then instead of putting things in the dishwasher as they are no longer needed, he lets it all pile up so we'll have a nice meal and then one of us (invariably me cause I can't stand to leave it) will have to tidy it all up - he's quite happy to just leave it there though!!Grr...

I think just the way he has grown up (in trailers with one bedroom despite having a brother and sister as well as his mom living there) has had a big impact on things and it is just breaking him out of bad habits. He doesn't want to live like it but he doesn't realise what a state it is until I point it out!!!

[English Muffin 59]

I don't mind doing the cleaning and things right now while I am not working, but it is the fact that he can't just pick up after himself - like if you use a dish, instead of leaving it festering in the sink for three days, just clean it!!! He had four empty cans on his bedside cabinet because he couldn't be bothered to move them and I am sure it isn't that hard to throw his dirty laundry across the room so it even lands vaguely near the basket so I know it is dirty!!! If he cooks then instead of putting things in the dishwasher as they are no longer needed, he lets it all pile up so we'll have a nice meal and then one of us (invariably me cause I can't stand to leave it) will have to tidy it all up - he's quite happy to just leave it there though!!Grr...

I think just the way he has grown up (in trailers with one bedroom despite having a brother and sister as well as his mom living there) has had a big impact on things and it is just breaking him out of bad habits. He doesn't want to live like it but he doesn't realise what a state it is until I point it out!!!

I hear ya!!

[English Muffin 59]

Whoo Hoooooooo!!! :dance:

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The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: MSC**********

Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Card production ordered.

On July 12, 2008, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

Don't have to deal with USCIS again for a couple of years.

[rae_and_scott 1]

My news of the week (aside from bank charges!) is that I should be able to get my SSN tomorrow/Tuesday!!! Is it exactly two weeks from entering the US or is it an inexact science?

It is not an exact science. We waited exactly 2 weeks just to find that Scott wasn't in the system and now we're waiting an additional 4-6 weeks on top of that.

For all you ladies with the housework complaints: I don't think it's *just* a cultural thing (although I'm sure that certainly can also play into it); I think it's largely just an old fashioned male / female thing. This is the number one complaint I know of among ALL of my female friends who are married or living with their partners. It was also my #1 complaint the first time I lived with Scott. It is supremely frustrating when you are the one working outside the home AND inside. I don't know what it is with most guys, that they've had their mothers pick up after them their whole lives, or what, but I just know that this is something almost all of us deal with and complain about. Personally, it's not something I'm willing to accept, so I say keep nagging. Scott used to tell me he hated me nagging him b/c it's behavior that reminded him of his mother, and I said, well that's easy, clean things, and I won't nag you. But I don't know how to fix the problem. I would just say, don't let it rest, and don't accept it. We've come a long way as women (not all the way, mind you, but our options are certainly better than our mother's or grandmother's), but then things can still be so imbalanced in this area, it's so messed up! It really peeves me.

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Whoo Hoooooooo!!!

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Fantastic news, Gillian!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Well I think it is stupid... I guess looking at the bright side at least you are together

Stupid it is, but that´s the way it is Luckily I have many many more other things to be happy about

Hey Lisa Stop by more often

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Agreed Suck it up Adriano and stop bothering our Susie Life´s a journey and it´s not like your life ended right there just cuz there isn´t enough Italian/Albanian speaking peoplein your area You might end up back in NY after Susie finishes her school

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Congratulations to the interview Agnes That´s great news

Same goes to Gillian It must be really nice to be finished with USCIS for a few years

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

We don´t seem to have any pet peeves. It´s probly cuz we have already worked them out. I am sure you´ll work it out too. I agree if something bothers you you shouldn´t just leave it or it will never stop. Unless you wanna get used to it. In that case you can leave it

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

My news of the week (aside from bank charges!) is that I should be able to get my SSN tomorrow/Tuesday!!! Is it exactly two weeks from entering the US or is it an inexact science?

It is not an exact science. We waited exactly 2 weeks just to find that Scott wasn't in the system and now we're waiting an additional 4-6 weeks on top of that.

Yeah it´s not an exact science. Our SS office told us after 2 weeks that the waiting period is 30 days...not 14

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

This weekend was lots of fun again. I went to a bridal shower and it was really nice. And I won something We also did some gardening with our cute nephews and looked at baby stuff in the baby store with the Auntie-to-be and with Granny and had yummy bbq

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

It looks like when I post something on this thread, it doesn´t appear on the recent posts page anymore. Why? I don´t know if it appears when someone else posts

[StillThePrettiest 4]

boys and dog went home yesterday so here I am, free as a little birdie

except the one downstairs in a cage...

some good news in this thread while I was gone! congrats you guys with good stuff happening

my news - filed for my SSN last week, which was a bit of an adventure (went COMPLETELY astray on my way there; I didn't ever get lost, exactly, but I just couldn't work out where to go, even though I had a map, and a journey of 20 min turned into an hour ) - but when it was finally my turn the girl was really friendly and helpful, gave me no hassles, and I should have the card within a fortnight

yes, late, I know, but it's done now

also - went to a training day for English volunteer tutors, and was VERY impressed by the organisation, and can't wait to start

it's reasonably close to home, and there's a good possibility that I can tutor even closer to home, so that's good... I can do small groups of ESL (4 - 5 adults), or one-to-one with English-speaking adults who need to improve their written literacy

I think I'd like to do a bit of both

and since I now know the way to Dave's work, I can drive him in the mornings if I want, and then have the car for the day

though I don't know that we'll make a habit of that as it doubles the petrol usage

but at least it's an option

and in more fun stuff - have been having a BLINDER with cooking; everything I try seems to come out wonderfully, which I'm still pinching myself over

did a fish thing on Friday night, with cous cous, which was the bees knees... and we got all adventurous yesterday evening, and made some Indian paratha bread using a recipe we found online, and it was bloody excellent, and we ate it with Indian dips while watching SeaChange, and told each other how very clever we are

as for the other stuff you've all been discussing -

we're really quite sickening, as we have no pet peeves either

give us time; we might develop some, but it's all been pretty plain sailing so far... we're both pretty good at communicating calmly, so any tiny things tend to stay tiny, and don't get all blown up into silliness

and at the moment, with me not working, I'm happy to do all the housework, and Dave is VERY appreciative of same... I quite enjoy most of it, and he doesn't, so it works that way too (and he's still raving about how great it is to have dirty laundry magically reappear, all washed and ironed, in his cupboard, so I feel quite valued )

plus, if I do a bit every day, I often end up with free time, like now, to chat to all you fine people

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

You have been here for almost two months now...time really flies

[rae_and_scott 1]

Congrats Gillian!

STP, you have a boy downstairs in a cage??

We had some good news today too. Got the NOA1s for all 3 AOS thingers. I was worrying (I'm sure for nothing) b/c it seemed people who filed on similar dates were getting things faster and nothing had shown up. So I was pretty happy to see those letters today. We also got the appointment letter for biometrics, and of course, it's scheduled for the time we'll be out of town next week, in Vegas at my friend's wedding. I hope it won't be a giant hassle to get it rescheduled, but I assume that as with most things in life, it probably will be. That's okay, still feels like forward progress. And I definitely like being able to check the status online again! Though it's weird, turns out our 129f had a touch in early February, which isn't around anything we were doing for it. I wonder what that was about.