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It is Sunday, and therefore time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== THE SILENT FART An old couple was sitting in church, and the wife noticed that people were staring at her. She leaned across to her husband and whispered, "I just let go a silent fart. What do you think I should do?" He said, "I think you should put fresh batteries in your hearing aid."

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Sunday & Casa-Repair report, see man: Awoke long before alarm, this is getting quite old man. Breakfast was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man. Ecu handyman showed up 2 minutes early, always-punctual he man. In Many-plus hours, he did the following, see man: -- covered our downstairs storage bookcases with improvised curtains, all covered man -- replaced aerators on both master-bath faucets, what a difference man -- changed a (high) light bulb in master bedroom, thin air up there man -- carried our ES ottoman up to master bedroom, both pieces at once man -- carried mini-fridge up to our office, amazing strength man -- carried heavy wooden unit downstairs, gravity helps man -- tightened all Allen connections on miu-tree, miu won't shake them loose for a while man -- reattached backyard downspout with use of flexible plastic tubing, inventive man -- repaired/caulked back door, caulk he man -- reattached electric meter to side of casa with flex tubing + caulk, inventive man -- removed Many-inch ([2+2+1]-inch) tree stump with use of hammer & chisel, inventive man -- carried 2 filing-fixtures to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, so much of our casa space freed up man Total charge was $Many ($2x2x2x2x2x2x2 - 2x2x2) -- si man, only $Many ($2x2x2x2x2x2x2 - 2x2x2) -- amazing man. The only thing he wouldn't/couldn't do was try to paint our siding, beyond hope man. We were very well-pleased, couple of items done that we hadn't planned on being completed man. Miu viewed all indoor operations with great interest, interested miu man. We did have to run to Home Despot to buy caulk and another curtain for the bookcase, buy we man. The rest of Uncle T-B.'s old HD gift card covered half of that purchase, financially savvy we man. After paying Ecu handyman, we gave him the remaining tubes of caulk plus a bottle of Bana-nina, generous we man. Immediately after he left, Mama T-B. called, si man. She wanted us to pick up stuff and talk about Mini-B., si man. She gave us a rose for ex-Mrs.-T-B., cake for Mini-B., & lunch for us, si man. She wanted to know why Mini-B. is upset and no longer wants to live with us, si man. We explained as best we could, presumably correctable man. Mama T-B. quite upset about this situation, sigh man. Delivered stuff to ex-Mrs.-T-B., deliver we man. During up-cleaning, we had found an old necklace that she had bought at one point, return we man to ex-she man man. She paid us $Many ($2x2x2 +2) for the 2 filing-fixtures brought earlier, financially savvy we man. We returned the Target.com purchase for refund, no longer needed after curtain installation man. Lunch was salad, baked potato, dinner roll, & sliced brisket, ingest we man. A major siesta was then taken, zzz we man. Much casa-decluttering then occurred, declutter we man. The downstairs sofa is now cleared of all extraneous stuff, now sittable man. Many-year-old phone books behind an end-table are now in recycle bin, recycle we man. Various collected items of unclear use are now trashed, never miss them we man man. A heavy CD rack (?) from upstairs is now curbsided, should've had Ecu handyman lug it down man. Din-din was toucans of Chef B. Beefaroni, ingest we man. Our one LL is warshed & baked & to be folded, fold we man. Warsher is dished, must de-dish later we man. No formal plans for Monday other than chauffeuring Mama T-B. to doctor, chauffeur we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Thread is moved from the "AOS from K Visas" Case Progress subforum to the Removing Conditions forum -- OP is at that stage.

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And eat any that they find, too!

I've been pretty lucky with all my renewals and those of my family. Have never been free from being nervous, however.

This is indeed generous of you to say for those here who are currently discouraged. --- Thread is moved from the "AOS from K Visas" Case Progress subforum to the Site Discussion forum.

Edward is precisely correct. You can relax.

Try to avoid overcomplicating things and confusing airline staff. "Here's my valid U.S. visa, and here's my valid current passport." And yes, your experience will be valuable to others here.

She should tell the CBP agent, "This visit is intended to generate evidence of a bona fide relationship for the filing of the I-130 and the subsequent CR-1 visa interview at the embassy in Tokyo. My good travel history from my January visit is in your records." If the agent remains dubious, especially regarding her unemployment, she should say, "This break between jobs is ideal for generating evidence of a bona fide relationship for the filing of the I-130 and the subsequent CR-1 visa interview at the embassy in Tokyo. My good travel history from my January visit is in your records." If she's asked why she's marrying in the U.S., say, "It's difficult and time-consuming to obtain marriage certificates in Japan, and translations of them, for the filing of the I-130 and the subsequent CR-1 visa interview at the embassy in Tokyo. My good travel history from my January visit is in your records." It's crucial to hammer these points incessantly. If the agent is in a bad mood (many of them are typically in a foul mood and looking to nail somebody), she should say, "Sir/ma'am, may we please involve a supervisor at this point?" If her English is too weak for the above, she should ask for a Japanese translator or recruit a strongly bilingual seatmate from her flight.

Good attitude. Good plan. Good luck, and be sure to report back to us!

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man: Lunch was at Popeye's*, ingest we man *WUOC, financially savvy we man Went from ES-ing to hardware store, investigate bookcase-coverings we man. Young salesman talked us out of hinged screen doors, honest and perceptive man man. He recommended a retractable shade-type covering, resolve to investigate we man. Went from hardware store to Home Despot, investigatory we man. Caucused for a long time with store's #1 assistant manager, very nice managerial he man man. He showed us what HD had, not really optimal or that cheap man. He recommended curtains, interesting man. He sold us Many feet of coated wire and a curtain that can be sliced, we'll consult Ecu handyman man man. We paid for it with 2-Manycade-old gift card salvaged from Uncle T-B.'s old jalopy, financially savvy we man. Siesta'd in well-deserved fashion, zzz we man. Researched retractable coverings on Walmart.com, nothing quite right man. Researched same on Target.com, found very cheap possibility man. Ordered online and picked up within 2 hours, really good service man. Din-din was onejar of gefilte fish**, ingest we man. **bought on supermarket closeout, financially savvy we man Finished out-clearing downstairs bookcases, jumble of misplaced stuff man. One pile for garage, one for office, one for bathroom, and one for ex-Mrs.-T-B., case of the piles we man. Found one NIP feather-roller for miu, excited miu man. Went through the shelf of stacked papers, analyze we man. Created small pile of filing, continued case of the piles we man. Sealed staggering amount of recycling inside scrap envelopes, good Lord man. Miu was quite involved during this process, excited miu and Man's Best Paperweight man. We have done just about all that we can with the bookcases, downstairs still a disaster man. We must compile the list of what Ecu handyman needs to do, arrive far too early Sunday Ecu he man man. We do think that this disastrous casa will look a lot better when all is done, still more to tackle we man. At least we are no longer moping in torpor, feel productive we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Ecu handyman arrives Sunday morn, must be coherent we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Saturday GS/ES report, see man: The 2 GSs and first ES were busts, skunked we man. The second ES yielded the take, see man: -- smallish American flag = $1, deal man Total = $1 This ottoman is gigantic, amazing man. The tub part is lighter in weight than the cover, barely could handle the latter by ourself we man. We will have Ecu handyman remove it from the T-B.-mobile and carry it upstairs, conclude wisely we man. This thing should solve our problem of having clothes stacked all over the bedroom, whee and glee man. Miu will also certainly enjoy sitting atop it, something new for miu man.

Captain Ewok = hero again.

Quill pens and carrier pigeon Tie tin cans together on a string

Some self-impressed judge in Seattle or Hawaii will put a stop to it, never fear! Too bad HC isn't suspended in regard to these judges themselves...

100% Central Chimpanzee, actually, H ma'am. Celebrants in Vatican Square would be required to fling poo at me and each other.

Oh, but Juarez is a garden spot!

Yee-HAAAAA!

I tell ya what! Happy birthday to Ana.

Today, May 9, is the 13th anniversary of our having to euthanize Cat T-B. #1. Had her for 10 years. Match made in Heaven. Still miss her. Brushed the daylights out of current Cat T-B. tonight.

Thrilling Friday report, see man: Awoke 2 hours before alarm, and we didn't go to Walmart so shaddap Bro G man. Breakfast was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man. We curbsided an incredible binful of garbage, unused cat beds Mini-B.'s old karate gear etc. man. After first ES, went to hospital lab, submit to vampires man. Got there at noon and results were posted within an hour, very good man. A1c unchanged, man. Glucose and other metabolic panel stuff normal, man. Will caucus with doc next week, caucus we man with MD man man. After the GS, we stopped at an old-fashioned hardware store for items, stop we man. We mentioned the above issue to the cashieress, mention we man to cashieress man. She said that they can construct screens (solar-type or regular) if we provide measurements, wow man. They can probably put hinges and a magnetic or swing-hook closure, too, imagine we man. The job would take about a week, excellent man. We rarely get what we want without asking, glad we did man. Got our hairs cut, hair today gone tomorrow man. Lunch (at 2 p.m.) was onebag of nuked mixed vegetables, ingest we man. A siesta was taken thereafter, zzz we man. Today, May Many'th (2x2x2 +1th), is the Many'th (2x2x2 +2+2+1th) anniversary of euthanizing Miu T-B. #1, sigh man. We still miss her, match made in Heaven for Many (2x2x2 +2) years man. We just brushed the dickens out of current miu, dickensless miu man. We have set miu's fizzicle/manicure visit for next Friday, way past time for both actions man. Had early Mother's Day din-din visit with Mama T-B., we man visit senior she man man. We brought Subway*, bring we man. *WUOC + gift card, financially savvy we man We consumed a footlong Philly Cheesesteak, ingest we man. Mama T-B. consumed half a footlong of Cold Cut Combo fully loaded, ingest senior she man. We brought our and miu's Mother's Day cards, card we man senior she man. We had also found a foto book from Mini-B.'s preskool, spiral-bound man. Mama T-B. loved it, accurately intuit this outcome we man. Nice visit until Mama T-B. began lecturing us about the usual topics, man. We politely extricated ourself, extricate we man man. We shall now resume decluttering the downstairs, resume we man. We did win the ES auction item, round leatherette ottoman man. It is Many" ([2x2x2x2x2]") in diameter and a foot tall, can't wait to see it man. With Many% buyer's premium, it cost $Many-&-a-half ($2+2+2 + half a buck), financially savvy we man. We shall up-pick our ES steal on Saturday amidst 2 GSs and 2 ESs, itinerary we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Activities per above, q.v. man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.