Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	What's For Dinner?	Pot roast, garlic Mash, and green beans,...simple, but hearty and satisfying,..	jodee	Female	Australia	2009-02-08 21:49:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	Spaghetti bolognese for us!..it was yummo!	jodee	Female	Australia	2009-01-28 21:03:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	chicken Noodle and vegetable soup......	jodee	Female	Australia	2009-01-27 19:54:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	QUOTE (JillA @ Jan 5 2009, 03:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (*Marilyn* @ Jan 5 2009, 06:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> tacos sounds like a good idea.. I have ground beef, I have cheese, I have lettuce, I have salsa, I have sour cream... Go for it! I bought the "Stand n Stuff" shells they are easier to load up than the ones that fall over! OMG,...Thats exactly what we are having for dinner!! Stand and Stuff. IN fact, I am watching hubby in the kitchen working his magic, as we speak!	jodee	Female	Australia	2009-01-05 19:43:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	Popcorn was dinner for me tonight,..i had class from 5 til 8,....so i just came home and made popcorn,...lol	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-12-11 23:56:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	Rib eye steaks, and garlic mash for dinner tonight,..and hubby's cooking,..that's a bonus!	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-12-06 20:32:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	We had home made chilli,..yummo,....hubbys mom is an awesome cook. Edited by jodee, 27 November 2008 - 12:45 AM.	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-11-27 00:44:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	chicken tenders, pan friend withy teriyaki noodles and vegies	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-11-15 19:33:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	QUOTE (Reba @ Oct 25 2008, 09:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm making beef stew in the slow cooker today yummy!!!	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-10-25 15:35:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	Thank you soooo Much Carla,..i am going to give it a try,..oh and Marilyn,..that recipe sounds divine. Tonight, I made beef stew,..slow cooked for 8 hours,...was yummy,...	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-10-16 21:20:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	QUOTE (Carlawarla @ Oct 10 2008, 04:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We were at Gene's work picnic yesterday. It was good. Lots of good salads. I made a tabouli salad...one guy said...is that tabouli yours? I said yes...he said, "ah! the tabouli queen is here!" I later said to Gene, that even if his co-workers liked it, maybe I should bring something else to a potluck? So, we weren't that hungry at suppertime. Just cleaned my fridge out, and heated up some leftovers. Tonight I think some rainbow trout. Oh Carla,..I have not had a good tabouli since I left Australia...do you have a recipe you could share for it? I am making shrimp Gumbo tonight,...yummy!!	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-10-11 16:20:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	I need me some red meat, so we are having Rib eye steaks for din dins,..	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-10-05 15:31:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	QUOTE (*Marilyn* @ Sep 21 2008, 03:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think we are having chili dogs tonight.. we actually haven't had those in awhile... Copy Cat!! We had those last night,..I mentioned it in the say anything thread...Chili dogs are da bomb!!	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-09-21 18:50:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	Spaghetti Bolognese for dinner tonight,..with home made garlic bread,..yummoooooooo Edited by jodee, 08 September 2008 - 06:05 PM.	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-09-08 16:53:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	Hubbys work is throwing a family afternoon evening,..with a BBQ. So, that's our dinner for tonight,....and its FREE so I am not complaining, plus we get to see what he does for work when he's out in the pretend Iraqi scenario cities, that are on base, when they train the troops.	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-09-04 18:40:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	brats, with Garlic mash,..and some sorta veggies,....	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-09-03 19:36:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	Just finished eatting Garlic shrimp, which was over a bed of a creamy herb angelhair pasta,..... Just finished eatting Garlic shrimp, which was over a bed of a creamy herb angelhair pasta,.....	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-08-12 21:27:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	I am cooking a roast chicken tonight,...that's what the kiddos wanted for their birthday dinner,...i also made a cake,...quite proud of how that turned out,...might post a pic later	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-07-24 19:01:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	Im Making a Shrimp Gumbo tonight,...yummieeeeeeeeeee..	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-07-22 18:25:00
Canada	What's For Dinner?	We are having breakfast for Dinner tonight,...hashbrowns, eggs, bacon,..yummmmmmmmmmmm!!	jodee	Female	Australia	2008-07-10 18:07:00
Canada	Military ID ...confused.	I got my MIL Id card before I got my SSN. YOu need to be registered in DEERS though before the card can be issued. Also now,..dependants cards, are now stating SSN ON FILE, the physical number no longer appears. Well let me expand on that. My children had their cards re-issued in January, because they got their ITIN replaced with a SSN. Their old cards just had their alien number on them. The new ones now have "SSN on FILe" on them. MyMIL ID still has my SSn on it, til the next time I replace it, then mine will say the same as the kids. Its a new process tahts being implemented slowly, and they have started with dependants. Edited by jodee, 16 July 2009 - 04:25 PM.	jodee	Female	Australia	2009-07-16 16:24:00
Canada	I-7501 form?	Moved to canada forum. Hopefully someone from canada has had similar experience	jodee	Female	Australia	2010-12-10 16:23:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Ok, the time has come for me to start my I-751	Ok,..Brief review of my story Moved to California thanks to K1 in Dec 03 Married February 04 Moved to Germany thanks to US military orders March 04. Returned to the US for 3 months in July 04 to do AOS,..all my mail was going to my In-laws.! Came back to Germany, made a few trips home to Australia, but always returned here. Its now time to start lifting conditions, and I start to panic, what the hell do I do?? After looking over paperwork it states that if your overseas due to US Government orders, you can simply apply to lift conditions upon return on orders to the US, as long as its within 90 days of return. Ok, so that was a relief, be it for all of 30 seconds. My CPR will still expire, and so will my Green card, which technically means I have abandoned my residency. What happens if I want to return to the States for a holiday to visit my hubbys family before we officially go home?? So, I ring the USCIS office in Frankfurt. Got a lovely man named Tom, who helped me incredibly. He advised me to still lodge the I-751, along with a copy of the mil orders, and all other relevant "proofs" , that go with it. He said that once they see the mil orders they will either process it and approve it straight away, or simply file it away till we return stateside. If the later is the case, they will send an acknowledgement saying the paperwork is on file, and to simply notify them once we return to the States. If I do want to return to the States in the interim, I can simply, once again, take my Military Id card, a copy of the orders, and a printout of 8 CFR 211-1 A6. he said if the guys at POE try to give me a hard time, throw the copy of the CFR at them, and they have to allow me in country. Got off the phone feeling a whole lot better, knowing my life wont be on hold again,.... Hope this helps some of the Military folk out there, who may face the same situation,... Jodee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-03-31 06:37:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Ok, the time has come for me to start my I-751	Ok,..Brief review of my story Moved to California thanks to K1 in Dec 03 Married February 04 Moved to Germany thanks to US military orders March 04. Returned to the US for 3 months in July 04 to do AOS,..all my mail was going to my In-laws.! Came back to Germany, made a few trips home to Australia, but always returned here. Its now time to start lifting conditions, and I start to panic, what the hell do I do?? After looking over paperwork it states that if your overseas due to US Government orders, you can simply apply to lift conditions upon return on orders to the US, as long as its within 90 days of return. Ok, so that was a relief, be it for all of 30 seconds. My CPR will still expire, and so will my Green card, which technically means I have abandoned my residency. What happens if I want to return to the States for a holiday to visit my hubbys family before we officially go home?? So, I ring the USCIS office in Frankfurt. Got a lovely man named Tom, who helped me incredibly. He advised me to still lodge the I-751, along with a copy of the mil orders, and all other relevant "proofs" , that go with it. He said that once they see the mil orders they will either process it and approve it straight away, or simply file it away till we return stateside. If the later is the case, they will send an acknowledgement saying the paperwork is on file, and to simply notify them once we return to the States. If I do want to return to the States in the interim, I can simply, once again, take my Military Id card, a copy of the orders, and a printout of 8 CFR 211-1 A6. he said if the guys at POE try to give me a hard time, throw the copy of the CFR at them, and they have to allow me in country. Got off the phone feeling a whole lot better, knowing my life wont be on hold again,.... Hope this helps some of the Military folk out there, who may face the same situation,... Jodee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-03-31 06:37:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Procrastination	Desert Fox,... I'm not in the country anyways, and can file within 90 days of returning Stateside if I really want to do it that way. It's called being on U.S Government orders. So really your point was mute. I was looking for some encouragement, not a wi$eA$$ comment,... Jodee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-05-14 13:36:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Procrastination	Hey Meauxna,... Thanks for the idea,...might actually take you up on the suggestion, of spoiling myself once its done,....your right though, once I actually type up the covering letter , Im 3/4 of the way there!! Will let you know, if I need the timed persuasion and nagging Jodee Editted for spelling Edited by jodee, 13 May 2006 - 04:27 AM.	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-05-13 04:27:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Procrastination	Ok,..as you may have read in my other post in this forum, Im due to start my I-751 stuff. well technically, I coulda started it a while ago, as my 90 day window for lodgement started on April 26. Here, I sit today, shuffling papers and not really motivated to start. My situation is a lil different. You see, my hubby is military and we have been overseas since a month after marrying. I got through the AOS ok, I guess because alot of the paperwork stuff was till fresh in my mind, and I was newly married, and totally motivated. I even travelled back to the States for my interview for it. Technically, I dont have to lodge the I-751 till within 90 days of returning stateside on military orders, But on good advice from the Consulate where I am located, they suggested I file anyways. It will either be approved without interview because we are Military, or it will be filed away in my file til I return. I have nothing to loose really. So, why am I so unmotivated to do this. I mean, I have actually completed the fillable form, and have plenty of evidence of support, thats not the problem. It's the whole putting it together and sorting through stuff thats getting to me. I should be feeling so excited that after this I wont have to worry about this sorta stuff for me again, (still have daughters I-130's to do). Any advice,...?? Jodee Edited by jodee, 12 May 2006 - 07:05 AM.	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-05-12 07:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Questions for I-751	Hey,... I was about to say the same thing as MDYoung,.... Who the money order or check is made payable to, is on Page 2 of the instructions for I-751. I sent mine in on 24 June,..and it arrived yesterday at Laguna NIguel, at 12:24pm,.....YAY!! Jodee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-06-30 10:50:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Jumps up and down,...	Ok,...Ive know I've been going on about it for weeks,...and now finally its done!! I posted the I-751 today, return receipted , certified mail,....YAY!! Finally, feels like a huge weight has been lifted!! Now, the waiting begins again.... Jodee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-06-24 09:42:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 letters from USCIS	No-one can help??... Ive checked the gallery, none in there! Jodee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-07-10 04:49:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 letters from USCIS	Just wondering if anyone was willing to scan, deleting personal info obviously, a copy of the letter stating that their CPR had been extended for the year whilst the I-751 was processed. Also a copy of the actual approval letter would be great too..... Just kinda curious as to what I should be expecting,... Thanks a bunch,.. Jodee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-07-09 16:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Where's everybody at.......	we married feb 04, CPR in july 04,..Am sending in I-751 packet this week... Jodee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-06-12 13:17:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	A lil update	yeah, a long wait it seems it will be,... But then again,..CSC tends to have longer waiting times then most, then all of a sudden, they speed right up again,....so who knows,....lol JOdee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-08-01 11:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	A lil update	Just me again with another little update,.... After all those dates were thrown around at the start of this thread, I finally have something to report,... I received my "Receipt Notice " I-797c today in the mail here in Germany. was posted from laguna Niguel on 17 July. The notice date on my paper says 06/29/06....so, there ya go...WOOOO HOOOOOO.... It says" Your alien card is extended one year employment and travel authorised. Processing your form will require a minimum of 330 days. If you have not heard from us within 11 months, then you may contact this office." Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,.....330days #######??...CSC says its processing receipt notices with a date of 16 January 2006, as at 19 July. Thats only like 184 days or close to it...so I hope they dont start slowing down now,.... Anyways,..Im just glad I have the one year extension letter in my hot lil hands,.... Jodee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-07-25 13:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	A lil update	OK,...I was calling from Germany,..... I sent my application to CSC on June 22 2006 from a US military base in Germany . JOdee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-07-21 16:35:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	A lil update	ok,.. I sent my application to CSC on June 22 2006 from a US military base in Germany. According to my return receipt mailing notification, USCIS received it 28 June 2006. According to Certified trackable mail, on the USPS site, they said they never delivered it til 29 June,.2006. I just rang the National Customer Service Number, and after explaining, The IO looked me up on the system, and said Ma'am, you were receipted into our System on July 15, which was last Saturday. Now, Im not complaining because now I know they definately received it, But I didnt think they could gimme that sort of info, according to all other reports the I-751 is untrackable, and no information about it available. Guess, it just goes to show, it really does depend on the IO, and how much they wanna help you. Make me feel better just knowing ya know,......lol Jodee Editted to add: Took me a total of 54 minutes to get through to an officer, that includes the 7 minutes of press 1, press 6, press this, press that, and other BS they felt the need to put right at the start of the call, to waste 7 minutes of out precious time and $$..... Edited by jodee, 21 July 2006 - 10:03 AM.	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-07-21 10:00:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Ok, Ive bitten the bullet	GOOD luck with it Mecca,... And BobKatz,.... Mine is sent, received, and I have the I-797c saying I've been extended another year etc etc, already. I had a lot more to prove than others,. 1. We moved Overseas a month after marrying. 2. I have no residency stateside except for that one month, and 3. We dont have lease agreements, or a mortgage, or a host if utilities bills to fall back on like many others stateside, so I compensated in other ways. That and the fact, that my hubby deployed a month after we got overseas, made it harder to prove co- habitation, and other things. He was gone for 12 months outta of the 21 months we had to prove a life together...... If you read up the list, my list of items was not that extreme. But, in the end, I was comfortable with what I sent... Cheers,....Jodee Editted for spelling Edited by jodee, 12 August 2006 - 03:56 PM.	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-08-12 15:55:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Ok, Ive bitten the bullet	I can understand your concern with the wills,..but the way we see it, he works for the military,and the Government already knows all about everything in our lives because of it so it wasnt going to really matter to us... Regards,.. Jodee	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-06-23 09:51:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Ok, Ive bitten the bullet	Ok,..a brief breakdown of what Im sending. Cover letter, and actually application copy of green card front and back, drivers licence, and military dependents card. copies of phone bills for every 4th month since we married. copies of titles to car jointly owned for 2004, 2005, 2006. copies of joint checking account, every 4th month since we married, even though we had the account joint for much longer. copies of car insurance for 2004,2005,2006 copies of federal and state tax returns 2005, 2006 copy of hubby military orders. copies of me as beneficiary of his life insurance copies of military health insurance and dental insurance with me on it... copies of wills, showing each other listed in each others wills. 2 or 3 copies of cards sent from people to us jointly Oh, and copies of boarding cards of joint trips together, as well as itineraries,... Umm, thats about it off the top of my head.... Jodee Edited by jodee, 23 June 2006 - 07:48 AM.	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-06-23 07:43:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Ok, Ive bitten the bullet	OK guys, as you all know from a post I made a few weeks ago, I was procrastinating about sending in my I-751. After much ado, and some 200 odd pages of photocopies, I have it ready to go...(dont panic, I did a duplicate copy, what Im sending is only about 110 pages,...lol). Always pays to have an exact copy of whats sent, so if any questions are asked, or it gets lost in the mail, you already have a head start,... I have to thank Meauxna for some words of encouragement, and logical answers to probably some stupid questions, but non the less, Thanks MEAUXNA!!! I have one last question, and my brain is fried,.....whats the best way to send this thing in, so I know it gets there. It was a just over two years ago I sent in my AOS and other stuff, but I honestly cant remember how I did it. Being overseas on a military base, we do have USPS facilities, though somewhat reduced in services offered. Can anyone refresh my memory as to how I send this thing,...so as I get a response that its been delivered to the PO Box at Laguna Niguel CA. and one more question,...Can it be tracked at USCIS online, or no??? Thank you guys,.... Jodee Edited by jodee, 23 June 2006 - 07:13 AM.	jodee	Female	Australia	2006-06-23 07:09:00