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    travel in jordan

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted · Edited by dawnnhatem

    Its true that Jordan is signed well in english, and lots of jordanians have at least rough english....There's no reason you couldn't get in and out safely but I wouldn't if I didn't have to. Let somebody show you Jordan. Seriously, if Jordanians are anything, they are hospitable and proud of Jordan. I know my husband and his family enjoyed showing me things that they were super proud of and I would have never found on my own, and if I did, I wouldn't have seen it the same way.

    Another consideration (would be for me anyway) is to consider how conservative your guy and his family are because theres lots of people that would not see your traveling alone as independent or adventurous....they would see a girl alone and think "if she were a good girl, her father or husband wouldn't let her run all wild like that". I don't think I would want his family to know you did that if you do go, but I don't know him or them. I think there are travel sites about groups you could go with.

    (On a side note, I wanna go too)

    edited to add that I am not sharing that "bad girl' view, I think you are cool as can be, Julianna.

    Monday!!

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted · Edited by dawnnhatem

    contractions have been 6 mins apart for almost 7 hours now, they just dont wanna get any closer!!! ahhh we will see how long this keeps up.,.if nothing happens i go to the docs office at 2...which is thankfully a block away from the hospital, Im crossing my fingers....IM SOO DONE!

    Ya know Kelly, the only reason I popped on was to see if you had your baby! Surely those contractions have been doing something and the doc will just send you to the hospital after your appointment today.

    Hope everyone has a great day! :star:

    I must confess, baby news brought me in too... you must be so exhausted! Today has to be the day, right? I hope you've got some rest. You're pretty baddass so I know better than to worry about you, but I'm gonna be thinking about you all day.

    Have a great Monday Everybody!

    dawn

    We got married

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    A late Congrats to you! Too bad your friend didn't use that time to enjoy seeing you happy. Oh well, some friends aren't into that. Hopefully out of sight is out of mind for both of you. You know my husband had stomach troubles when he got here too. We chalked it up to the differences in the coffee, and once he got used to the filtered stuff, the troubles just went away. I wasn't always so good at making his coffee, so he probably ate a lot of grounds til I got it right. Its all good now, hope yours is better soon too.

    Dawn

    Sure is a lot of newer Jordanian action here...

    Cooking with Wine ??

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted · Edited by dawnnhatem

    Well if it is cooked in a hot enough temp them the alcohol would burn off so it would not contain alcohol.

    I don't think that's true:

    Table from USDA Showing Percent of Alcohol Retained After Cooking

    Preparation Method Percent of Alcohol Retained

    alcohol added to boiling liquid & removed from heat 85%

    alcohol flamed 75%

    no heat, stored overnight 70%

    baked, 25 minutes, alcohol not stirred into mixture 45%

    baked/simmered, alcohol stirred into mixture:

    15 minutes 40%

    30 minutes 35%

    1 hour 25%

    1.5 hours 20%

    2 hours 10%

    2.5 hours 5%

    interesting data, Jenn

    (tho I kinda wish I didn't see this)

    So if I bake cookies containing alchol-based vanilla extract, I am indeed giving my husband alcohol. I have been believing that the alcohol is long gone. These numbers seem high to me. I think I am going to believe that the numbers are skewed by faulty detection methods that can't distinguish alcohol from sugar accurately. yeah. these numbers are way misleading.

    but interesting information :star:

    HUMP DAY....YAY!

    in Middle East and North Africa

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    Hi Everybody

    Happy Wednesday

    Its good to see you ladies still here. I feel bad for Amy an Jackie for not feeling well - I hope you are both better soon.

    Does anyone have a fresh and healthy dinner suggestion? I see everyone's on a diet now. I think I'm gonna join you guys if you'd let me. My husband took my diet pills away and my butt is bigger than ever. I shouldn't blame him but why not? He did take my pills away.

    I have a camel question. My husband once told me that camels are so shy that if someone sees the camels having sex, the male camel will kill the persn that saw them. Any of you ever that before?

    Sorry, the picture above made me remember that.

    Dawn

    I need Your Help

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Petition problem for the K-1 Fiancee Visa it was approved the USCIS last March 25, 2007 and send back from the state department to request the USCIS we review it.. it take 180 days the USCIS receive last April 25, 2007, will 180 days is over until now I not hear anything else. I hope you can help this problem I hope I can hear you soon..

    I don't know anything about returned petitions, but I do wish you luck. Since its still in the hands of uscis, are you able to check with them about its status? Was there any information given to you when it was being returned? I hope you find the help you need.

    Wife is in Jail w/ misdemeanor

    in Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits

    Posted

    This is so sad. If she is dangerous and you really fear for your safety, then I guess behind bars is the only place for her....but between this and your other post I'm really seeing that you are more mad at her than scared of her...I don't know either one of you but she is alone in a strange country, now stuck in a strange jail and a system that she probably doesn't understand...I just can't imagine how scary that is and its soooo wrong if you are putting her through this and letting it continue just to win your argument or say f-u louder. I mean, you won. You got to document being the victim first. Ok, she'll have a hell of a time staying legal. She knows that if she tries to hold you to support you've prepared to fight that. By now she's been briefed on what happens to her if she touches you again. If you are really afraid of her hurting you, don't do anything, but if you are just making sure you"win", you gotta make this stop. Get her out. Divorce her if you are going to. Move on. Let her worry about her status. Maybe the 864 will come back at you, maybe it won't but you signed it. With your head on straight you said you loved her and you signed it. Might have been a mistake, but you knew what you were signing. You have to move on. I'm sure this isn't going to be a popular position to take, but I'm feeling bad for her (well, both of you, actually) Obvioulsly, you are both hurting, so start making the hurting stop. I hope you guys can find a way to stop hurting each other. Neither one of you really wins til you do.

    Thank you for your comment.

    I am both mad and somewhat scared. But not scared for my life. More like scared of the legal consequences I will have with her. I'm being honest here.

    She is still in JAIL for that??? Why shouldn't you have consequenses?? This is your mess too.

    Here is how I feel. I did EVERYTHING for my wife. Dated her for 2 years, visited her every 2 - 3 months, spent thousands on phone calls, brought her here, married her and have done absolutley everything for her. Paid for English

    Why is my gut telling me that if her english was better she wouldn't be locked up alone?classes, bought furniture. etc....etc....etc.....

    Now our marriage is practically finished because of her violent behavior and now I'm going to have to MAINTAIN HER and PAY FOR EVERYTHING else she decides to do here in the US, just because I signed an Affidavit of Support!!!????

    Hello, you knew what the 864 was when you signed it, and I think you know that it doesn't entitle her to "everything else she wants in the US"

    In other words not only did I bring her here with my money and effort, but I"m going to have to maintain her economically after marriage (that she ruined) while she lives here comfortably as if NOTHING happened all with my hard earned money???? I"m sorry but NO.

    Put yourself in my shoes and lets see how any of you would feel.

    What makes you think noones ever worn those shoes? I know exactly what its like to have a situation deteriorate while anger escalates to the point of doing crazy crazy things to each other. I understand wanting the bigger f-u in a fight. So I can see getting her arrested and maybe an overnight to cool off. But to let it continue, oh my god....how do you sleep? I'm postig because I DO know that at some point you have to stand back and see if what you are doing to someone is right. She is in jail because you don't want to face consequenses of your decisions and actions. You want her to swallow all the consequences of a failed marriage and that is not right. This is your mess too.

    Wife is in Jail w/ misdemeanor

    in Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits

    Posted

    This is so sad. If she is dangerous and you really fear for your safety, then I guess behind bars is the only place for her....but between this and your other post I'm really seeing that you are more mad at her than scared of her...I don't know either one of you but she is alone in a strange country, now stuck in a strange jail and a system that she probably doesn't understand...I just can't imagine how scary that is and its soooo wrong if you are putting her through this and letting it continue just to win your argument or say f-u louder. I mean, you won. You got to document being the victim first. Ok, she'll have a hell of a time staying legal. She knows that if she tries to hold you to support you've prepared to fight that. By now she's been briefed on what happens to her if she touches you again. If you are really afraid of her hurting you, don't do anything, but if you are just making sure you"win", you gotta make this stop. Get her out. Divorce her if you are going to. Move on. Let her worry about her status. Maybe the 864 will come back at you, maybe it won't but you signed it. With your head on straight you said you loved her and you signed it. Might have been a mistake, but you knew what you were signing. You have to move on. I'm sure this isn't going to be a popular position to take, but I'm feeling bad for her (well, both of you, actually) Obvioulsly, you are both hurting, so start making the hurting stop. I hope you guys can find a way to stop hurting each other. Neither one of you really wins til you do.

    Happy Monday MENA

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    I am trying to stay strong a keep my faith strong to get through another trying time. Last month I lost my mom on the 17th and this 17th I lost the lady that I call grandma and loved as if she was my real grandma.

    http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/78361.html

    We just left the baby shower a little after 9pm and she and my God son where driving home when this accident happend. We truely believe that she had to have a heart attack or something, Jacob said that he was talking to her and she wouldn't say anything then the train hit them, so we know that something had to happen. Jacob has a very small cut on his forehead and a bruised elbow so I truely believe that he was protected by Angel wings, had to of been since it took them over an hour to cut her out of what was left of a twisted mangle of what was her car. It is so hard to beleive that he made it out and the emergency crews have no clue as to how he could survive. IT is truley a devine blessing.

    If you can prayer for all that are feeling such a great loss I would really appreciate it so very much.

    How terrible

    I'm so sorry to read this. My heart goes out to you and your family. Keep staying strong, your godson and your family will need you to be. (F)

    Happy Tuesday

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Good Morning

    No news from me, just sayin Hi

    Huge congrats to Allousa, prince of Egypt, Terik and nutty, anybody ese that saw some progress this week. I see its been very busy in here.

    Our Sparrow is married, I cant wait to see her come back, maybe she'll post some pics.

    Welcome back Melly

    Come back Doodle! What happened?

    I feel caught up except I don't know what happened to Doodle.....

    Jackie, call me when you get up

    Have a great day everybody

    past relationships?

    in Middle East and North Africa

    Posted

    Just a quick flashback I thought I'd share...it stays here, right? haha

    Anyway, there was a moment when we were way on top of one of the stone colleseum bleachers looking over Jerash. We could see so much, so far it was like being on top of the world and I started giggling to myself because all I could think was "Wowwww, I am the biggest ####### for miles and miles and miles and miles..." I am certainly not at all (by local standards :innocent: ) so I don't know why I was thinking that. When he asked what I was laughing about I just said we should get down now.

    Do I have to support my ex-husband AND our child if we get divorced?

    in Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits

    Posted

    Another thing about applying for the Jordanian Passport, You will know if your child has been issued one already. If your other half ever did think about taking off off with the baby, he would have certainly picked up a passport for him before leaving Jordan. (I think its like $15 there, easy, one trip and its normal for dad to apply solo...To get it while in the US its over $200 and theres a lot of waiting, and they look out for custody things more.) If no passport has ever been applied for, you probably don't have as much to worry about as you think.

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