Thomas-n-Elena

It also depends on where you live in this country and whether you would more likely to run into an Iraqi or Iroquois.

In your neck of the woods you have a much better chance of runing into an Iraqi. The Iroquois are all down my way.

Actually a good friend of ours is Iranian which is pretty close, he makes a great sausage and gravy omlet.

I'm calling ewok!

Slim, you know you are at the top of Ewok's block list.

Is being on top of that list a good thing like selection list for Nobel prizes or bad thing like worst dressed?

Either way you can look at the bright side, somewhere someone has you ranked #1 slim

I dont think it is a red flag, this is just one of those funny things that couples do. I make little jokes about english and russian words with my wife and she makes fun of the way I pronounce russian. Sometimes I try to say things wrong on purpose. On of my favorites is the word spat(sp when we tell my son to go to sleep) I always repeat spot where who dropped something, she will laugh and tell me Im being silly.

Dont worry about any pronunciation issues everyone has them.

Forget good one. What we want to know is, who has the hottest one!

I do just ask her!!!

Dont assume that you got the only good woman from Russia, I have one, Mox has one, Slim has one.

You haven't met my wife yet, have you?

Im not allowed to tell you the answer to that, it is a matter of personal security. muhahahaha

hmm me thinks that shouldnt have been a problem here in grand rapids, there is hardly anyone in the support office and first time we went it took 15 min. Seems silly to have to reschedule but hey "Thats USCIS"

As always good advice slim. I concur.

On a side note

Chis_Janna have to tell you that my sister lived in columbia SC for about 5 years before she had to move back to michigan. My wife spent 10 days visiting her and they spent 2 days in charleston. Now my wife wants to live there one day or at least own a vacation spot. It is a beautiful city and I enjoyed my time there as well. I will be curious to see what a southern russian accent sounds like (ya'llivich?)

one of the first russian statements i learned was "ya hachoo peet piva." (p.s. i spelled it like it sounds)

That may be one of the first statements we all learned!

Not me I have never had piva but I did have some very good vodka

For all interested and im sure there is at least one out there, we got our new biometrics appt letter today it got bumped 2 weeks to july 22.

Mox hit the nail on the head.

My wife met a someone from Russia who turned out to not be very nice and said things to Lena that made her angry so we dont talk to her anymore.

Through a ESL class she met two women from the Ukraine and made friends with them. One is married to someone who is a bit controlling and the other is just 2 years ahead of my wife as far as the immigration process goes. I have spoken with both of their husbands and they are ok guys.

My best advice to see what kind of people your wife is getting to know is invite them and their american SO out for a meal. Use your radar to scope out the SO, a lot can be learned from watching the two of them interact with each other. The husband might be a control freak or just a regular guy who is struggling with the same questions you are.

Dont assume that you got the only good woman from Russia, I have one, Mox has one, Slim has one. We all have found happiness but it takes work.

The most important thing I can advise you is talk to your new wife about how she feels, encourage her to make your home hers as well(It may take some paint and carpet), get her involved in ESL classes so she doesnt feel so alone or trapped. And as always if you have questions ask us we are here to help both of you make this transition.

He's full of more chit than a Christmas turkey.

If your christmas turkey has chit in it you might want to do a better job of cleanin out that bird.

Seems to me that protesting is also exercising your right to free speech. If someone wants to exercise their freedom of speech by trying to shout down someone else's freedom of speech...well, that's protected by the Constitution, so more power to them. I personally like it when idiots are out in the open and running their mouths...makes them easier to spot.

Seems to me with all this exercising going on the US shouldnt be so obese

I need to ask the question,

Exactly what is a Commie 4 Christ?

How does the cover of a childrens book answer the question "What is a Commie 4 Christ"

Are they sneetches, zax or what?

If you dont know what you are can you still call yourself something?

I feel so sheltered I dont know any Iraqi or Iroquoisi(not sure the plural of Iroquois kind of like the plural of ####### or moose or moose #######).

It also depends on where you live in this country and whether you would more likely to run into an Iraqi or Iroquois.

Wow Neonred I think Im almost ready to take the boards myself. hehehe

J/K Dentist's are awesome thats why I married one.

I need to ask the question,

Exactly what is a Commie 4 Christ?

2159 will they have developed a viagra to make the whole body stand up erect cuz I think Bernie will need it. Of course after spending 150 yrs in prison he might not like girls anymore.

geez. I don't understand how people find the time to waste on 'protesting' freedom of speech, press, etc.

Gimme a freakin break.

Im always confused by that are they protesting that we have freedom of speech and dont want it or are they protesting that someone else exercised their right of free speech.

Like J Stalin once said " All the people that agree with me are right all the rest I will kill eventually!"

I've also made the drive to the ER with one leg. Luckily I had the right one good...... except I was driving a stick.

Is that a manual transmission or are you bragging again.

Is it bad I got fat before my skinny, hot, russian/ukrainian got here?

the women don't seem to mind so much...keep up the good work!

Hang on, what group of women are you talking about?

russian women. am i wrong? it seems that men can look however they want, but women have to stay slim, trim, and fully dressed and made up or else they're american. however, i did see a nice, large russian couple at the pool yesterday, so maybe if their both overweight, it's ok.

all jokes aside, my husband is way more vain than me. he's constantly checking his hair in anything reflective and complains about how fat he is when he weighs 166 at 6'1".

Is that 166 lbs or 166 kg? Just curious 166 lbs @ 6'1" is not bad but 166 kg @ 6'1" might be a little hefty.

Yes the frenetic line of thinking,

When are we going to the grocery store, are we going to paint the kitchen, I want to buy aleksandr's sandbox. Do you want to look at the tricycle?

Classic Whatever pops into the head comes right out the mouth. It is your job, as a man, to organize and keep track of all that stuff. Lord help you if you forget something that later proves to be important. Important is subjective (as we know) and will change with the mood.

My wife posted this big long list of things on our refrigerator. At the top it said - "VOZHNA!" in Russian. When I asked her what vozhna was, she said "It's means what's important. It's list of things in my life that I must be do and it's list of stuff you must take care about."

So, I guess not even she can keep them straight in her own head there's so many "important" things floating around in there.

I'm sticking to my nothing box. I have four days off for this holiday weekend and I'm going to do NOTHING!!!!

The list I give is on top of the normal things like she will send me to get the groceries, I buy everything on the list come home and she starts asking where things are, disappointed and angry look, you didnt buy bread or mushrooms or beef or cookies!!! Honey they werent on the list and you told me to buy only whats on the list( I get fascinated by glittering packages at the graocery store) so if its not on the list I dont buy. Her response you will have to go back, and I say make a list. Then we start the cycle all over again.

Thomas, you have forgotten basic American premiss: Man work, woman shop

She learned early on that I only shop for food(hunter gatherer primal thing).

I explained to her one night that the difference between the way men and women go to the store. Women shop - i.e. they look, try stuff on, go to more than one store. Men - Buy, one store, same thing I got last time and for the last 15 years, no trying stuff on, Im buying what I got last time so I know it fits.

My wife was always asking me where this "more sick and juicy, creamy milk" was here in the U.S. I had no idea what she was talking about and directed her to the dairy case and she tried buttermilk, 1/2 and 1/2, whole milk, yogurt drinks, all kinds of stuff before she finally found the Kefir. (And yes, it's ke-FEAR here also.)

I do not like this stuff. Although, with a little Nestle Quick and some Vodka - it's not half bad!

The other item that's a staple here (other than your standard beets and borsch BS) that we couldn't figure out was kind of like dulce de leche or boiled condensed milk. If you take a can of condensed milk and boil it for a few minutes, you basically get caramel and it's great for blini or whatever.

I do not like that stuff either, but it's not bad on blini or when mixed with chocolate. (and Vodka!)

As far as foods she's had me try that I liked - the only thing I really care for is the meat and potatoes stuff with the big ol' leaves in it. You can't go wrong with meat, potatoes, mayo, sour cream, etc. The only veggies I'll possibly eat are onions and garlic and I don't know if those are officially even veggies. So, the only "Russian" stuff that I eat that she makes is along the lines of pilmeni, bliini, that meat stuff, and chocolate vodka. Oh, and chicken. Everyone loves chicken!

I agree you can never get enough chicken. We cook a whole chicken slow on the grill with an herb rub, its awesome. Lena has discovered she loves anything on the grill, Im not sure if its because she likes the taste or doesnt have to cook, my dirty scrambled eggs(or broken omlet), homemade kielbasa, she loves the steak here, and her new favorite ice cream.

Yes the frenetic line of thinking,

When are we going to the grocery store, are we going to paint the kitchen, I want to buy aleksandr's sandbox. Do you want to look at the tricycle?

Classic Whatever pops into the head comes right out the mouth. It is your job, as a man, to organize and keep track of all that stuff. Lord help you if you forget something that later proves to be important. Important is subjective (as we know) and will change with the mood.

My wife posted this big long list of things on our refrigerator. At the top it said - "VOZHNA!" in Russian. When I asked her what vozhna was, she said "It's means what's important. It's list of things in my life that I must be do and it's list of stuff you must take care about."

So, I guess not even she can keep them straight in her own head there's so many "important" things floating around in there.

I'm sticking to my nothing box. I have four days off for this holiday weekend and I'm going to do NOTHING!!!!

The list I give is on top of the normal things like she will send me to get the groceries, I buy everything on the list come home and she starts asking where things are, disappointed and angry look, you didnt buy bread or mushrooms or beef or cookies!!! Honey they werent on the list and you told me to buy only whats on the list( I get fascinated by glittering packages at the graocery store) so if its not on the list I dont buy. Her response you will have to go back, and I say make a list. Then we start the cycle all over again.

I have enjoyed all of the requisite items like palmeny(sp), posni, borsch, cabbage rolls(not like my Polish grandmother made but similar).

Lena slices a beef roast and bakes it with slices of potatoes covered in mayo, sour cream and onion, very tasty. We have made variations with salmon and she tried to do it with my homemade kielbasa(but I told her my grandmother whos recipe it is would send me to hell if I did that to it) instead we cook them seperately.

Lena also discovered making cakes and breads which is why I cant seem to loose any weight.

Yes the frenetic line of thinking,

When are we going to the grocery store, are we going to paint the kitchen, I want to buy aleksandr's sandbox. Do you want to look at the tricycle?

Our case didnt get touched at all except when it was interview time. I saw cases all over the different forums that got touched all the time, I thought maybe it was me and my cows.

My wife is shocked at my refusal to take meditsin. She also doesn't understand how I can never be sick even though I eat lotta pizza and gamburger, don't have exercise, and always stay in wind. I drink super cold drinks, never wash my hands (I do, just not 299 times a day) and even used to wear my dirty shoes in the house.

How did I ever survive before she got here?

OH my god Slim, you are me! Until a couple days ago, I had not taken any medicine in years (after 8 days of diahierra I finally down part of bottle of the pink stuff-uuuggg). I consider Pizza fancy restaurant food, regular diet is whatever i shove in my gut, I keep my home at 68 degrees, drink a couple gallons of coke a day, I wash my hands if I ####### on them-otherwise they are clean enough, etc. I get sick once every 10 years.

My wife never seems to understand that unless Im bleeding or the swelling doesnt go down with 2 hours of ice I wont go to the doctor.(I broke my leg playing basketball and came home and told her all I had to do was ice it for awhile and it would be fine, after 2 hours I finally went to the med center driving left footed to find out it was broken)

Touches are always good things, except for touches in your naughty parts( but those can be good too)