~July 2007 K-1 Filers~

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

We only submitted a handful of new photos. My camera had broken so we actually had very few new ones. I really think it's practically unimportant.

I'm not sending any photos as evidence as they don't require it - it is just the passport ones they are after and I am not sure if we only need two or if we need two each for AOS/EAD/AP so six in total...

I think I sent 2 for each

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I got a letter from you know who today concerning the EAD service request and it says that the card production was ordered on 08-09 so I went and checked their website and there it says it was done on 08-14. Well in any case I guess I should receive it soon. So we will see.

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Sorry guys I wasn´t able to attend on Friday. I swear I hd a bottle of water ready to bring But time is running against me these days. I have a lot of thingsto finish before the trip

[StillThePrettiest 4]

hi all, sorry I've been away for a bit... been really busy

the place where I volunteered to tutor English asked if I could do some more hours - general office work, admin, assisting a program director, and helping co-ordinate a symposium coming up in September... all pretty simple, and pretty close to what I was doing in my last job (well, one of my last jobs ) in London, so it's been good, and great to be doing something and meeting people and all that

as well as teaching ESL to people who need it and are motivated enough to come to classes; it's great

still haven't filed for EAD

feeling really stupid about that now... at first it was because we were getting the cash together, but now it's just me dealing with things the way I sometimes do when I feel overwhelmed by them - by ignoring them and pretending that by so doing, they will go away... it's dumb of me, and just delaying when I can start actually earning some money (which is even dumber, cos we're starting to need it) so I'll make the effort in the next couple of days

if anyone wants to help me out in any way...

[rae_and_scott 1]

still haven't filed for EAD

feeling really stupid about that now... at first it was because we were getting the cash together, but now it's just me dealing with things the way I sometimes do when I feel overwhelmed by them - by ignoring them and pretending that by so doing, they will go away... it's dumb of me, and just delaying when I can start actually earning some money (which is even dumber, cos we're starting to need it) so I'll make the effort in the next couple of days

if anyone wants to help me out in any way...

omg, I totally do this too!

Want me to fill out your papers for ya? I charge waaaaay less than my lawyer! heh heh.

[weedebz 0]

Just as I needed it...more stress. Had to rush my kitty Oscar to vet this morning for emergency appointment. He had a very bad and smelly case of the double buckets (stuff gushing out both ends). Now I have a grumpy biting kitty at the best of times. I now have to medicate him twice a day for the next 10 or so days. It took 2 vets 45 mins to get the first doses into him so I'm thinking it's going to be a 3 person job. He looks funny as he had to get his fur shaved off his butt where it was matted with yuck so he's a long haired cat with a baldy butt just to add kitty indignation to his already grumpy demeanor.

[rae_and_scott 1]

Debz, I feel bad for your kitty, but that description was quite funny.

So, I went wedding dress shopping today. For those of you who didn't know or had forgotten, Scott and I will be having our "real" (real to me anyway, though non-legal) wedding sometime next year in Montreal, after he has AP of course. So I went to the new Pronovias flagship store here in NYC and ooooh... it was fun. I consider myself to be extremely picky; most things I've looked at in magazines I just don't like for one reason or another. But actually putting the dresses on, feeling their weight and beautiful material... wow! I really enjoyed myself. The first thing I did when I got there was flip through their beautiful books of pictures, and I didn't realize they pretty much had them from most expensive to least expensive. So I'm looking at all these $10k & $8k dresses & kind of freaking out! That's way out of my budget. Most people's, I'm sure! But I was good and didn't try on anything out of my reach and it was awesome.

[tucson_chick 0]

haha! i can TOTALLY relate to this wedding-dress problem. i got a really nice dress from davids bridal because the dress that i REALLY wanted was 6k and i realized that it wouldn't be my dream-dress anyway.

I just couldn't possibly kill my savings for the dress, knowing that we would need that money for the first months of living together. sometimes I regret not having my dream gown and a slightly fancier wedding, but - I am unfortunately not cinderella......

oh, we have our greencard interview tomorrow and i really don't feel quite prepared......

[rae_and_scott 1]

Actually I think even if we could afford my "dream wedding" I would actually feel like I was being really wasteful & throwing $$ away. The only thing I wish I could have unlimited resources for are to make it as green and eco-friendly as possible. It kills me that soy candles are like a billion times more expensive than regular ones! Ah well.

Best of luck on your interview tomorrow. I'm sure it will go totally smoothly! So just get a good night's sleep.

[tucson_chick 0]

Actually I think even if we could afford my "dream wedding" I would actually feel like I was being really wasteful & throwing $$ away. The only thing I wish I could have unlimited resources for are to make it as green and eco-friendly as possible. It kills me that soy candles are like a billion times more expensive than regular ones! Ah well.

Best of luck on your interview tomorrow. I'm sure it will go totally smoothly! So just get a good night's sleep.

Well, our church ceremony in germany and the reception was really really beautiful, i guess i just really really would have needed more time planning and more time for us as a couple. Erics family was staying at my parents house for 2 weeks and we took them on trips around the country until the evening before the wedding.

it is such a sweet and smart idea of yours to have your wedding eco-friendly!

we just tried to have not-wasteful wedding and to have a great time with everybody.

[bakofoil 27]

hi all, sorry I've been away for a bit... been really busy

the place where I volunteered to tutor English asked if I could do some more hours - general office work, admin, assisting a program director, and helping co-ordinate a symposium coming up in September... all pretty simple, and pretty close to what I was doing in my last job (well, one of my last jobs ) in London, so it's been good, and great to be doing something and meeting people and all that

as well as teaching ESL to people who need it and are motivated enough to come to classes; it's great

still haven't filed for EAD

feeling really stupid about that now... at first it was because we were getting the cash together, but now it's just me dealing with things the way I sometimes do when I feel overwhelmed by them - by ignoring them and pretending that by so doing, they will go away... it's dumb of me, and just delaying when I can start actually earning some money (which is even dumber, cos we're starting to need it) so I'll make the effort in the next couple of days

if anyone wants to help me out in any way...

Hey StP, good news on the volunteer job. We were struggling for cash too, and I was panicking about the cost of AOS, then I got overwhelmed and now I feel stupid because a friend has offered me a really good job and whilst he could probably wait on me for 6 weeks it's unlikely my EAD will come through in time. I am still working on the final bits of the AOS package and feeling really despondent about being so ridiculous about it.

oh, we have our greencard interview tomorrow and i really don't feel quite prepared......

Good luck with that!

[Jeraly 4]

i don't want to go to work tomorrow......the weekend was over WAYYYYYYYYYY tooo fast.

dang!

Awww - My weekends are filled with cleaning so that we can enjoy Jeremy's days off on Mondays and Tuesdays... thing is, I get back online and everyone is overjoyed at "hump" day and to me it is just like Monday

Sorry guys I wasn´t able to attend on Friday. I swear I hd a bottle of water ready to bring But time is running against me these days. I have a lot of thingsto finish before the trip

Aww Marta - when is it you leave? You must be sooo excited

hi all, sorry I've been away for a bit... been really busy

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still haven't filed for EAD

feeling really stupid about that now... at first it was because we were getting the cash together, but now it's just me dealing with things the way I sometimes do when I feel overwhelmed by them - by ignoring them and pretending that by so doing, they will go away... it's dumb of me, and just delaying when I can start actually earning some money (which is even dumber, cos we're starting to need it) so I'll make the effort in the next couple of days

if anyone wants to help me out in any way...

I wondered what had happened to you!! I am hoping to get all my forms off today (I have everything I am going to send here - I just need to put it together and hope Jeremy gets home before 5pm...) so if you have any questions then give me a shout - I have had bunches of questions and feel like a complete n00b all over again so it has been pretty funny You can be an August filer too if you get your finger out - there are bunches of us July-ers there

Debz, I feel bad for your kitty, but that description was quite funny.

So, I went wedding dress shopping today. For those of you who didn't know or had forgotten, Scott and I will be having our "real" (real to me anyway, though non-legal) wedding sometime next year in Montreal, after he has AP of course. So I went to the new Pronovias flagship store here in NYC and ooooh... it was fun. I consider myself to be extremely picky; most things I've looked at in magazines I just don't like for one reason or another. But actually putting the dresses on, feeling their weight and beautiful material... wow! I really enjoyed myself. The first thing I did when I got there was flip through their beautiful books of pictures, and I didn't realize they pretty much had them from most expensive to least expensive. So I'm looking at all these $10k & $8k dresses & kind of freaking out! That's way out of my budget. Most people's, I'm sure! But I was good and didn't try on anything out of my reach and it was awesome.

Seconded!!! I was giggling at the poor little kitty's misfortune!

As for dresses - why not try them all on? Even the expensive ones!! I mean you don't have to buy them and it is fun - I tried on this nasty looking pink sparkly thing with feathers and it didn't look too bad on if you were going for a Katie Price-esque wedding I tried a fishtail one on too and looked like I had tried to cram two oversized sausages into a sock - so not a good look for a wedding!! Heheh I should really post some piccies of our wedding up now that it is all official

oh, we have our greencard interview tomorrow and i really don't feel quite prepared......

YAY!! Good luck! I've been keeping an eye on the date because I knew you had it on the 20th Let us know how it goes!!!

[weedebz 0]

I loved the dress shopping too. It was so nice to be able to wear such beautiful dresses. We had a fairly small wedding as my family didn't come over for it so it was just 45 of Nick's family (he has a huge family). We had it in a lovely old church (stuhr museum) and had a small understated buffet reception in a function room of a bar in the oldest part of downtown Grand Island that my mother in law knows the owner of. Everything was kept simple. I made my own invites and reception flower displays. My cake was amazing and only $200 from Hy-vee. I loved it all and it cost less than $4K for everything. At the end of the day, we wanted everything to be nice but didn't want to turn the wedding into a show that distracted from the real meaning of the day.

[Jeraly 4]

Totally agree Debz - ours prolly cost a little more than yours (not including my family flying over) but what really killed us was the honeymoon in Hawaii we're still suffering the credit card bills for that but it was so worth it as we had such an amazing time

I think smaller is better - I see some of these HUGE weddings and have to wonder sometimes if it is a bit of a popularity contest My cousin had a huge church wedding and there were prolly people there she hadn't seen in years. To me I find it a bit weird - I just wanted the people I cared about around

So Debz - any news on the net yet?!

[Jeraly 4]

Hehe - look what I found in our local news:

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...ce=nletter-news

Now I want to get the book!!