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He does as long as it is hidden in high value food like cheese, otherwise good luck getting it down him. Pain meds were needed last night, he is super uncomfortable.

Let dog out last night. It was very cold but he was bundled up. Nevertheless the old guy was in a rush to get back inside and wasn't paying attention. I hear screaming and yelping, and I'm like what on earth? Oh my gosh, so much blood everywhere. He'd somehow managed to get his toe wedged into the deck and proceeded to rip his nail straight off. There's nothing left. Many panicked moments of trying to get the kwik-stop to slow the bleeding and wrapping it in a bandage. By this point the dog has just shut down and isn't making any more noise - like he's in shock or something. I'm really not sure what to do, so we head over to the emergency vet. After an hour a tech looks at the foot and seems in awe then tells us it will be many many hours to be seen properly. We wait three, and ask any closer? Nope. By this time the dog is exhausted and we're exhausted so we decide to rewrap the foot as best we can until I can ring our vet in the morning. And by the time we get back home it's 2am. Our vet says we did a great job and that's about all we can do for it. Sent us on our way with antibiotics and pain pills. Poor little guy still seems mortified.

There is only one Napoleon to me. But yes, I've read some really bad things about this film, which is a real disappointment. Still will probably see it eventually, I want to know how good the costuming is.

If some on-sale clothing bought on Thursday/Friday gets me a pile of free stuff on Sunday once I drop the Kohls cash and additional coupons I've been saving - the girl maths works for me every year. Trick is making a list and sticking with it. Kohls is counting on someone to come in and spend extra well over the amount of free cash they have. Plus you can do store pickup and travel over the state line to avoid shipping and tax.

I kind of feel like we keep giving more and more money to the USCIS and there are never any better results. Continued slowdowns are predictable with the way things have been going, and it's been like that for ages. Things were slow as heck during Obama, slow with Trump, and still slow now. Sure I still have no idea how our N400 got processed so quickly while people are still waiting at our field office - but I don't think Biden had anything to do with that. Immigrants and their families are nothing but a dollar sign and used for political fodder. No one actually cares to fix anything.

I have ordered from British Corner before... there's also British Food Depot.. those prices though lol. Thank goodness Jolly Posh exists too. The local grocery store does have a small British section so there are usually plenty of overpriced Cadbury, mushy peas, and Jacobs. Ribena is a favorite of mine but it all has artificial sweetener in it now unless you go over to the Asian grocer (the OG one I found imported from Malaysia). Some things we will never be able to get like Stotties and Greggs gingerbread men.

Thanksgiving was successful though extremely tiring. After making most of all the food with me, my husband put up the pre-lit tree. There were many bulbs to replace. By the time I got done doing all the dishes, I was tired but thought it important to get some exercise in so we went for a walk around the neighborhood. The smell of pot permeated (ugh) everywhere outside... I guess there were some 'interesting' Thanksgivings going on. On Friday, I had multiple errands to run - the brand new pot store in town was so overflowing with cars it caused a traffic jam - so was stuck in traffic some time just to get some groceries. In fact I'd say there were more people there than at the Walmart for Black Friday. Put decorations on the tree, and while my husband worked on the outside, I finished up the last minute gardening tasks before the cold front came in. On Sunday we went on our morning coffee and walk by the water, and stopped over at the department store to see how bad it was after Friday. Surprisingly hardly any one there, and was still well stocked. Everything is also self-checkout now, which I liked. But my real purpose was to get my husband into a fitting room to try on some pants because the man hasn't had anything new in about six years and they are falling off him/worn out. But some of the male species don't seem to like the fuss of trying things on and get very flustered. Out of 7 pairs he tried on, we only came home with 1. A small victory! At least it was a deep discount. I spent an hour trying to argue with mom about making sure she wears safe slippers on her feet. How it works is you buy mom slippers, she will say they are amazing, and then a few days later say they are terrible and go back to wearing slippers that are falling apart and dangerous to walk on. Almost all my xmas shopping is done online now, and about 60% is wrapped already. Deals were poor though.

Purchase eyed: a computer, but did not buy. Simply still too expensive this year even at the membership club. Large ticket items were a fitness watch which was on sale. A lego set I had purchased back in August on sale is still being sold at regular price so I'm glad I got that early. Sneakers were on sale so a few good deals there. Amazon had good deals on blu ray and books this year and most purchases came from there. A buy of sale items from Kohls on Friday got me enough cash to have nearly free bill on Sunday. Ultimately spending more this year but getting less. Inflation clearly or retailers being greedy.

On his first trip to Baltimore, I took my husband to the inner harbor (Baltimore makes #16 on the list) and there on the street corner was a single dead roach and an uneaten orange. It was so amusing to us at the time we took a photo.. I don't remember roaches being a big problem when I was in Baltimore.. rats and other odd creatures sure. I hear bedbugs are sweeping Europe now.

Scored the many free turkeys because of promotional member deals with multiple stores I shop at. Technically could have scored a 4th turkey but that would be excessive. Spend a certain amount since Sept/October and you'd get a free turkey in return is a popular deal here. My only complaint is the turkey is smaller this year 16-17 compared to the 25-28lb birds other times.

This week has been nuts: Three days devoted to medical appointments for my parents (two more next week as well), followed by a trip to the clinic myself. We have been having a heck of a time finding a post office to get the husband's passport done, but it was suggested to try a different office in another town and it looks like there's some appointments finally. Of course he's wary about sending the certificate off and it kind of coincided with his DL needing renewal soon. I had to dig around to find conflicting info of how early to renew and then ended up calling for clarification. Did not want to risk sending the certificate off with the passport and not getting it back in time for the new DL. Thankfully got that all done and registered to vote too. I told him welcome to the sweet fresh hell of jury duty, but he remained enthusiastic. Many hours of shopping for the Thanksgiving stuff was spent, and scored three free turkeys (one gets donated to the veterans hall). I then decided not to wait this year to decorate because after all the stress lately I needed something cheerful to do. So many more hours were spent getting all that done. That was followed by spending six hours grooming and bathing the dog, because it's a whole process with him, and I'm doing it myself now instead as it's less frightening for him when he's going blind. No sooner do I get all the dirty blankets and towels in a basket does he jump in and start rolling his sweet coconut smelling body (ugggghhhhh...). Next week it's two days of more parental medical appointments, a home health nurse visit, and an entire day devoted to pre-Thanksgiving baking.

I've been wondering that myself actually. We have boxes of the stuff that seems unnecessary to keep after everything is now all done. Kind of like a lead weight of what ifs we can't get rid of though, it's sometimes terrifying to think of shredding it all. I think maybe digitize everything multiple times and keep all official letters might be the way to go for now.

You're going to find dealing with the USCIS unpredictable. Sometimes I suspect RFEs are a stalling tactic, other times legit reasons, and still others possibly because the officer is new or lost some of the paperwork and they are never going to admit that. Ultimately a good statement of intent letters should be no problem along with evidence of relationship. Our RFE for medical evidence for AOS for example is common and we provided everything that was asked for. I'm confident the case really was the officer was new to handling AOS and was not aware of their own rules, or they simply lost the paperwork. When I responded to the RFE, I gave again what was asked for, and wrote a stern letter providing them their own rules in hopes that the officer would not do it to someone else ever again. For UK K1 couples, it is generally accepted that an extremely high burden of proof is not required. I understood that but front loaded what I could (as I did with every application), within reason. IIRC we included letter of intents and a signed statement detailing how we met as it was a very long relationship. Affidavits from friends and family (cannot recall if we did this for K1) but did for AOS, are considered weaker evidence, because anyone could say anything. LibertyBears will never know if any of the stuff they sent in actually helped or not (I suppose it would if documents had been lost), but the RFE was answered positively and quickly with no issues. RFEs are frustrating but generally can be answered quickly when they are simple.

OP: No it won't affect AOS, but it is good evidence of marriage, and the question is do you think that not having health insurance is ultimately wise? You may be young, seemingly healthy, and take no medications but having health insurance in the US is one of the most important things we pay for. For a part of my young 'healthy' life I also had no health insurance. I couldn't afford it, but a normal illness all the sudden turned into something serious and I ended up in the hospital. After that there was thousands of dollars in medical bills to pay, and being hounded and threatened by the hospital when I did not pay them fast enough. After that experience, I found a way to pay for it and I certainly would never have dreamed of not having my husband who was also healthy and took no medications on my plan. And that came in handy, because a year or so of him living here he ended up in the ER in terrible pain and needed a scan. A couple hours, a scan, and medication would have cost us thousands of dollars without insurance - instead all we paid was a copay. A few years after that, my gallbladder said "nope I'm done with life" without warning. I was very sick - a long hospital stay, surgery with complications, medications, anesthesia, follow-ups would have cost roughly $50,000. Our insurance covered most everything, and we only owed a few copays. No one ever plans on getting sick or injured, unfortunately medical costs in the US can break a person. Temporary insurances are junk coverage, they are not adequate for any sort of protection. Open enrollment is currently available in the US, I'd encourage you and your fiancé start looking into something for the future.

Well yes, that drive to London all the way from the northeast is a long one isn't it? My husband took his dad along and made a buddy roadtrip out of it. 😝 As far as pitfalls goes, well the number one thing is always going to be vaccinations. Can your wife get the ones required from the GP before having the medical? Get proof of all that is received. That's what my husband did. Otherwise you'll be at the mercy of Knightbridge's high prices. The summary is discussed toward the end of this thread

That's not really why she was tossed out. But they got David Cameron now which is hilarious, and the train wreck over there continues.

Ignorance in a population is a result of a bad education system. It should not be some sign that others should be happy with the status quo of ignorance. Many of the questions if not all of the questions, should be vital to know in real life to be any sort of productive citizen. It is not a difficult test, and the US citizen can help their immigrant spouse with studying.

Whenever dad gets swollen up, they have to quickly adjust the dosage. I had that issue with him this summer, and he's still on a higher dosage until the nephrologist confirms what she wants to do. Usually when he refuses to take his meds, drink/eat properly, exercise - he ends up in the hospital with a stint in rehab. In sibling news it seems she's finally listened and got herself a new apartment. My advice was to stop looking for rentals in upper class suburbia (the only reason she had a place there to begin with was the landlord was shady) and that there are plenty of city options with actual decent living commodities. She seems pleased for now, but I won't soon forget the stress this has caused. We tried probing deeper into my in-laws health situation over the weekend and could find no answers. There are medical appointments scheduled for concerning issues but neither one could actually tell us what they are for. We are told a diagnosis was deliberately withheld by the NHS for five months, a diagnosis that needs serious care, but that they couldn't understand the nature of the diagnosis because the doctor was in their words "a foreign gentleman". I don't think me blurting out "hey guys this is crazy!" on a phone call is helpful, but it's hard for me to hold my tongue when I see health deteriorating so badly. His parents deserve good care and they aren't getting it. Can none of my husband's siblings advocate and be there for their parents for appointments like I do I ask? Husband shrugs and shakes his head. His parents wouldn't want to burden anyone.

I can't imagine it either. My dad does the same thing with his medication and instructions... frustrating to no end, and it's put him in hospital a few times too! Can Mama T-B not be taken to the hospital? I have spent a few days running back and forth to various clinics and I have to say there's a lot of terribly sick people out there that are coming into clinics or trying to tough it out at home when they really sound like they need emergency care. I saw one child coughing and crying so hard he was nearly blue from gasping with air.

If your spouse has lived here for any reasonable number of time a good deal of these questions they should know already. The best way to remember them is to test your spouse every day, and go over the ones that they get stuck on the most. Eventually they will stick. A lawyer should not be needed for this. The spouse is asking to become the citizen and not the lawyer, it's their responsibility to complete the test. OP: good luck on it, and don't worry. If you guys spend a while studying together it will be okay!

I don't think there is conspiracy here other than a mentally ill person with hatred in his heart attacked a person he wanted to harm. His lawyer does not dispute it and I think as the case goes on in court will pretty much reflect that. My only question: Nothing the mentally ill do rarely make sense, but I'd like to know what these items were for out of pure curiosity.

These threads on the subject might be useful.

Congrats! Enjoy the ceremony

Going to rant. There is a lot going on in my household right now. I take care of both my elderly parents that are getting increasingly unwell - that is I take care of their physical needs - bathing, meds, food, cleaning, getting them to appointments. My sister takes care of the financial side of things - some time ago she discovered that my dad had created quite a large amount of debt and then dumped it on us to take care of and keep things afloat. ''Afloat'' is what we do, as best we can. That is not easy with rising interest rates and inflation. She works a high pressure job, often pulling OT. My husband has a very good job - his financials cover all our bills, but lately my sister has been relying on us to provide funds for things she can't cover. That's frustrating for both of us. A long time ago, before I met my husband, and when my parents were not in frail health, my other sister resided in the home. It was supposed to be a temporary thing and she was supposed to pay rent. It lasted about 4 years and rent was not paid. In addition there was at the time, many thousands that she took from my parents and grandparents and did not return. It was a very difficult time with constant arguments - she has mental health issues and I felt very unsafe living here. Eventually she left. Cue many many many months ago. She's being evicted. This is a person that has gone bankrupt several times, has poor credit, will lie, cheat, steal, gaslighting, and again mental health issues which can become violent. She has had some other severe losses in her life, for which I do feel terribly about but none of these things I can change. She continued partying and doing her thing. I advised that the housing/rental market is currently difficult and that she needed to take this seriously. This advice was not followed. My dad talks to her regularly - they have similar personalities minus the mental health - but he is often goaded and manipulated. Some months ago, he wanted her to come live here. All of us, the entire family, explained clearly that financially this was not possible, and physically we approach the boundaries of not having livable space for another person. I am often pushed to the end of my stress levels daily in caring for my parents, and while I feel for her, I cannot care for another person that has needs I cannot give her. I did make some suggestions, but they were not heeded. Once again the topic has come up. My dad says she will be homeless, and they have had many arguments and it's all the rest of the family's fault. He said he would never let me go live out on the street. I appreciate that, but I would never put myself into that situation nor would I ever expect or demand that of my family. He doesn't understand the reality of the financial situation nor does he care to. We all essentially pay his bills. At this point, I said that if she ever returned here, I would not feel safe and that me and my husband would leave because my priority is protecting my family. It would be difficult for us, but we'd certainly do it. My priority has always been my husband. He has accomplished so much in the US. I am in the process of making sure steps as a new citizen are completed like getting passports. That is extremely important because we recently were told his parents need care that the NHS isn't giving them, and we believe a situation will likely happen where we will need to return to the UK to sort out things. There is a lot on his plate, on both of our plates. All of us are trying to do the right thing, but the right thing here is getting murky and at times feels abusive emotionally and financially.

I can't say what the full facts are in this case, but it seems we have a very intelligent little boy that recently lost his father, a new school principle with a chip on her shoulder, and a justice system that went insane. The kid asks some questions of adults behaving badly, is accused without proof of 'terrorism', hauled off to jail for many days and put in solitary. Not sure what mom was doing to help her son that was clearly feeling troubled by the principle and sad at losing people close to him, but at least she's put him in a new school where he is happier. https://www.texasobserver.org/why-was-this-11-year-old-honor-roll-student-put-in-solitary/