~Jess~

Hey charles!! lol not shocked that you are the only one that noticed me =)

Just figured Id say hello!! I am a lurker, old timer lol. I stopped posting here because George and I divorced -I filed in July 2010 and it was final in Jan 2011. He is still living in Saudi Arabia working. So far I have taken our son (Josh born in 08) to Lebanon peacefully without incident twice. We will be planning for our yearly trips around Easter time.

George likely will never get a visa to America and that makes me sad because we do have our son that I would love to know his dad. He is still holding out that eventually he can get a visa to go to Canada, which would be great so that way we are closer and can spend time with him.

Me --well Ive been in a serious relationship with a woman since May of 2008. We have been living together since Aug 2010. She is great and has even went with me on both my trips to Lebanon and her and George get along great, which is awesome. Makes for very peaceful trips lol.

I miss posting on here, I used to be here every single day ---even knowing my husband would never obtain a visa to America. I loved the life expireneces I had living with George overseas, but there was a lot of negative that came with it and I just didnt want my life to be there anymore, New York with my kiddos is where I belong.

Hope you are all doing well!! I have a few of the 'oldies' on my facebook page so I havent lost touch with everyone!

Hey Annie!! Nice to see you around. I still lurk around here even though I really have no reason to be here anymore.

Hope everyone is well! i miss seeing all the posts that used to be the mena board. sad.

Its been really quiet around here the past few weeks. Where is everyone??

Yayyy its december!!! ive been here for 5 years this month I do believe. granted i am almost divorced from my mena man, i will always have a part of him because i have Josh. this time of year is quite tough on me, tougher then i thought it would be actually.

I hope you are all well.

Congrats!! good news.

Hey Charles!!!

Just wanted to stop in and say HI I still stop by and read to see what everyone is up to.

Hope you are all well. Josh and I are doing amazing. Im on fb and Ill stop by here once in awhile.

Congrats!!!! thats amazing!! best wishes for your future.

Hey everyone.

I dont really post often anymore because I have made the decision to leave George and we are currently trying to work something out for a way George can still see Josh while in my sight so he doesnt try to kidnap him. I hope everyone is doing well and you all have wonderful lives. I will still post occasionally and Ill always be in the shadows.

money gram is cheaper then wu too.

I was watchin last night and I only started watching near the end but I assumed she was Arab-American before I saw this. Good for her.

My husband sends me money from saudi to ny and he has used western union and money gram. i dont know about sending from states to saudi. hopefully its the same.

Hey all.

Hope you all had a good weekend.

Still checking in here daily to read but really dont have much to post.

Thx Donna!

The interview came WAY too fast! We have to be in Chicago at 11am.

I took the day off work, either we will be celebrating or packing

Jackie

My thoughts are with you! Let me know when you finish. Will be waiting for an update. you have my number text me woman.

Just a question, is the retirement 500 dollars a mth for every month of the 12yrs he worked ... or 500 dollars a mth just for the remaining 3yrs? 72,000 dollars is a lot to let go of if it was the first. Is there any way that his wife could go be with him for the 3yrs and then move to the usa together after his contract is finished? JAT.

Hey everyone.

thought id stop by and say hey. hope everyone is doing well. nothing new here.

Yayyy!!! Aya, I was starting to worry about you. Glad you made it to USA. How did your family take it when you actually left? Im glad you are getting settled well here in America and that you and your inlaws are getting along well.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Happy St. Patricks day I dont have anything green to wear, ohhh well.

I miss the quick reply .... how can i get that back!

Mornin everyone hope everyone is fine

Found it .... just didnt scroll down far enough!!

Congrats!!!!

Checked Yes for this box.

Moved to Lebanon in Jan 2006, been a fly between ever since due to a lot of reasons but I have a home in Saudi Arabia right now.

Hope everyone had a great Monday.

Congrats on the visas in hand around here!!

Aya-do you have a travel date yet?? Wishing you all the best.

Kel: no luck here yet either... I am hoping for this month, otherwise I am taking a break, haha. It may sound weird, but I prefer to have the birthday parties in the summer/fall and that is now not an option anymore for this year. I think i have way too much stress in my life right now which is part of the reason why it hasn't worked yet. I am hoping that after I graduate in May it will be easier...

How come you paid so much for the cake? We got ours at the grocery store, it looked great, all I did was add a Pooh candle. I don't remember exactly how much it was, but I think we didn't spent more than $30 for the cake.

Vi: Ben started the tantrums around his first birthday too. i agree, ignoring and walking away works good, but it doesn't really prevent them from happening again. I really admire how my husband handles him so well when he throws a fit. The other day we were checking out at the supermarket and he wouldn't sit in the cart, or behave himself at all. He was running away and grabbing stuff from the shelves and then threw himself on the floor when he couldn't have a candy bar. My husband took a shopping basket, flipped it over and sat him in time out right there, and he was sitting there all quiet and good and all of a sudden he was in a good mood again and said "listen to daddy"

Jess: oh NY is so big . I go to school in Lake George. That's "the other upstate", I guess, haha.

Lol I guess we are called the 'Souther Tier' but usually when I say NY everyone assumes the city, so I just say upstate LOL

Jess: where in upstate NY?

Nessa: we had 50 people, and a BBQ party, we made the food ourselves (no catering) so that saved money. I think we spent close to $800 too for everything including the drinks. It was more a party for all the grown ups involved in his life, not too many kids yet. I agree, the decorations cost more for the 1st birthday, because of the 1st bithday theme everything was more expensive at the party store.

I mixed and matched. Ben wasn't really into anything special at his 1st birthday, we got him a TON of balloons (Pooh and Elmo) and he loved those more than his presents.

BTW I vote for Madagacar too! That looks cool!

Kelly: sorry, I know the feeling, I was miserable too. Fingers crossed for a 2010 baby!! haha, but I really don't want to have a baby near christmas.. we will see.

About an hour south of Syracuse on 81.