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CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (Krikit @ Jan 22 2008, 11:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I just ate a jelly belly that tasted exactly like throw-up.



Well, look on the bright side, Krikit. You've just eaten something that breaks one of the fundamental laws of nature---the one that says everything tastes better on the way down than it does on the way back up.

Bets the question, though, who thought a puke-flavored candy would be a good idea????
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2008-01-22 12:37:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (Delicia @ Jan 16 2008, 10:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am tired of waiting for my NOA-1. That's all.


*Sigh*

I know that feeling. Our estimated NOA2 date is now a full month later than it was the last time I looked.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2008-01-22 11:31:00
CanadaThe Vent
Haha, I saw the same joke a few months ago, only the little boy wanted to be placed with the St Louis Rams because they never beat anyone. I believed it until the last line too.

Returning a used toilet seat...that's just...well, eeeeuuuuww!!!
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2008-01-09 15:37:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (liz_legend @ Jan 7 2008, 05:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
SO WE WENT TO THE COURTHOUSE AND GOT WED SO NOW THEY CAN GO SUCK IT.


That made me snort coffee through my nose (an image I'm sure you all wanted to think about this early in the morning---or, not, as the case may be). Congratulations!

Here is my unrelated vent: I HAVE NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT DREAMT OF MY WEDDING DAY SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, DAMMIT!!! About the closest thing to a wedding I did dream of since fairly early in life was trekking through the Himelayas on my honeymoon. Of course, I have since learned that I am quite prone to altitude sickness from a trip through the Peruvian Andes 6 years ago, plus he won't have his AP yet, so we won't be doing that after all, but if I have to read that phrase one more time I may become psychotic.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2008-01-08 12:28:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (derekkj @ Dec 20 2007, 10:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
But I did get a little paranoid this morning when he didn't poop the way he normally does. Knowing Calvin though, he probably did it on purpose just to freak me out. cool.gif


Okay, that made me laugh. You're probably right---he probably pooped as soon as you left.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-20 11:59:00
CanadaThe Vent
Krikit posted 727 and Trailmix posted 728 at the same time based on the time stamps, that's why she did not see it.

About the kitty, KJ, did the vet tell you how long it would take for a problem to develop if he were going to have one? Saturday was 5 days ago. I would think that by now either he did not swallow it or he's already pooped it out. I would not get the x-ray unless absolutely necessary, either. It is not good for him to have the radiation and would likely scare the poop out of him.

I had a similar scare with my dog last week. I left her bowl of dog food for her breakfast on the counter when I went to get my coffee instead of setting it down for her. Well she NEVER grabs things off the counter, but she was hungry and she knew it was her breakfast, so when I got home, there was a broken dog dish on the floor and all of the dog food had been eaten. They said that dogs are usually pretty good at eating around the things they shouldn't have and just to watch her. She was fine, but I sure felt like a terrible dog mommy.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-20 11:22:00
CanadaThe Vent
Florida sounds really nice about now.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-20 10:45:00
CanadaThe Vent
This isn't a vent, but it is good for a laugh, so maybe some of you who have things to vent about today can use it. This is a spam email my fiance got that he forwarded to me:

QUOTE
Searching for a holiday present for your lady?

Trust us, she will appreciate it very much to discover
a massive one-eyed python in your trousers!

Even if you have no erection problems Viagra would help you to make better sex more often and to bring unimaginable pleasure to her.


Bwahahahahaha!!

Anyway, I think one of my best friends might be having a vent about me somewhere else on the net. She called me 5 minutes before my fiance did last night and, instead of calling him and telling him I'd call a little later and then talking to her first, I asked her if I could call her tonight. I just wasn't feeling well and wanted to talk to him really briefly and go to bed early (I'm okay, just had a migraine), but I didn't really think about it, and I think I came across as the ###### we all knew in high school who ditched her friends whenever she got a new boyfriend.

Spirit and Jun, it will work out.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-20 10:35:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (~Nini~ @ Dec 18 2007, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I might take a break. *sigh*
I just feel horrible because I know I haven't really posted anything other than vents and I wish there was something good I can talk about..


Don't worry about venting---that's what we are here for!

QUOTE (SpiritAlight @ Dec 18 2007, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Maybe you could ask your peops to simply ask you how you are. Job, no job, you are still lovable you.

With so much cool stuff to do, try to find something that makes you feel GREAT and you lose yourself in it.
Maybe you want to learn to play an instrument.
Maybe you want to learn to make sushi.
Maybe it's something really rad.

Sit still and go in...deep...the answers are there.

You have the luxury of time.
Do not spend it carelessly.

You can do anything your heart desires.

Find out what that is.

heart.gif rose.gif heart.gif


That is very good advice, IMO.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-18 17:44:00
CanadaThe Vent
Thank you, Carla. I am really looking forward to being with him again.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-18 15:32:00
CanadaThe Vent
Not only hilarious, it's a brilliant idea!

*Cogs start turning in evil brain of mine, wondering on whom I should play that trick...*
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-18 14:53:00
CanadaThe Vent
-4C is not bad. The site I checked gives a low of -18C and a high of -13C, not counting wind chill. Which is still a lot warmer than Minnesnowta, and not really cold enough for my fiance to have me wait in the departure area while he gets the car so I won't be cold (as he plans to do--- rolleyes.gif ), but I think I am going to go with your forecast. It makes me happier than weather.com's!
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-18 13:09:00
CanadaThe Vent
Every time I see a weather forecast for Edmonton, the predicted temps for the day I arrive get colder and colder!

That's my vent for the day.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-18 12:54:00
CanadaThe Vent
I have heard that really good fruitcake can be good --- as in moist and not so hard you need a chain saw to cut through it --- but I really do not like any kind of dried fruits at all because the texture of them just makes me gag. Even raisins.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-17 15:49:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (IR5FORMUMSIE @ Dec 17 2007, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (SonoranSongbird @ Dec 17 2007, 01:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You people are making me hungry!


Hungry enough to eat a piece of fruitcake? laughing.gif


Little known fact: Marie Antoinette really said "Let them eat fruitcake." Another little known fact: I am quite often full of b.s.

I had to go get lunch too.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-17 15:21:00
CanadaThe Vent
You people are making me hungry!
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-17 13:56:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (Carlawarla @ Dec 17 2007, 06:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You know us Canadians! We are always so pleasant! innocent.gif


Hehehe, my fiance HATES that stereotype!

I hate that "the" ####### too. Especially "the mrs." Gaaaaahhhh!! Granted, I think most people only use it when being facetious. If it is obviously a bit of a pisstake, it doesn't bother me.

Bird poo in my bird bath --- hehe, that's a new one for me. A friend of mine is a birder. I'm going to have to tell him about that one!


IR5, are you asking about buying a bread maker or whether to use one the next time you make bread? If the former, I say go for the bread maker. As you said, it is easier. Doesn't mean you can't bake bread the old fashioned way on occasion if you have time and want to blow off some steam by baking.

On a related note, should I register for wedding gifts? I and my fiance are both middle aged home owners combining two households, not young people starting out our adult lives from scratch, but there are some things I wouldn't mind getting for the house that I don't already have (like a bread maker, coffee machine, and waffle iron --- things I don't use now because it is only me --- and more sheets and towels for the guest room and dishwasher safe dishes with service for 8).
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-17 13:20:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (SpiritAlight @ Dec 12 2007, 01:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I like being forthcoming.
So here goes.

I asked my sweetie last night if he considers himself a feminist.
(Remember I introduced this concept to him earlier this year.)

He squirmed.
Said he totally believes in women's right etc etc...blah blah blah.
And I know he does.


I should try this with my fiance. I'm guessing he would react similarly.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-12 15:54:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (SpiritAlight @ Dec 11 2007, 04:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
OMG I am soooo curious:

Who here has heard of, or better yet met, a feminist man??


I had a prof in college (so flippin' long ago I can't even remember what class I was taking) who called himself a feminist. My fiance is more adamant than I am that the name-change thing is sexist.

To some extent, I think men are more constrained than we are by gender role expectations (just because we've done more to break out of them--men who are stay-at-home dads get more flack than women who work, for example), so male feminism makes sense to me.

Len is younger than me. How can she be superannuated, dammmmmmiiiiiitttt???

And our file has not been touched since October 24th! And I'm not even sure that was a real touch!!!!!!
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-12 14:42:00
CanadaThe Vent
Eeek, I sounded like I was criticising any woman who would change her last name. That was not what I meant.

I always thought I'd add his name and use both but I don't want to lose my middle name (I am named after my grandfather--his name was Irving and my middle name is Irene), I can't be bothered changing all my documents and such after also dealing with immigration for my honey, and I don't want to be known as Mrs [his first name] [his last name].

My name is boring as bat guano. If he had a really cool last name, I might get my first name legally changed and take his last name.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-11 17:22:00
CanadaThe Vent
Yeah, Nini, that is one of the reasons I am not planning to change my name. It's the Mrs His-first-name His-last-name bit that really irks me. It's one thing to change your last name, especially if you plan to have kids and/or don't particularly like the name you were born with to begin with, but to not even be allowed your own first name---what is that all about?
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-11 17:00:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (trailmix @ Dec 11 2007, 09:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You know, I understand the whole privacy thing, but I mean really - we have the same address and the thing is she would have bent the rule if we had the same last name.

Stupidity reigns.



Oh that is ridiculous!

Hehe, maybe this is why my mother is encouraging me to change my name.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-11 13:29:00
CanadaThe Vent
Wait a minute---all this talk of stinkiness and I can't smell anything!!! I have a cold!!!!

Len, my honey-man is in Edmonton. Does it help for me to tell you they've been having highs of -17C there for the past two weeks?
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-07 15:06:00
CanadaThe Vent
Girl Scout cookies are sooooooooo addictive!

I just ate half a box. I feel sick. Bleh!!
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-12-06 16:30:00
CanadaThe Vent
Grrrr! The main water line to our office needs to be repaired. So they cut the water off LAST WEDNESDAY (while I was in Washington State) and it is going to be off until they get around to sending out some people to jackhammer through our floors to fix it. This means we have to use the restroom in the office next door. Lovely and all, but there are two problems: (1) it is COLD out, so I have to put on a freaking coat just to go to the loo now, and (2) the people in that office all seem to hide, silently, in their own individual offices in the back. They have a receptionist desk at the front, but no one sits there, and when we walk in and say "Hello? Is anyone here?" no one answers or comes out of hiding the whole time we are in there. This makes me feel a bit like I am sneaking in and tresspassing just to use the toilet. It's really a bit creepy.

And there are still all the leaves in my yard and the endless waiting for my fiance's visa....

But the good news is we have booked a place for our wedding and they are willing to be flexible if we need to push the date back!
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-11-28 13:06:00
CanadaThe Vent
I'm going to take a wild guess here---Jenny has never actually had to pack for a long distance move, has she? Especially not while simultaneously dealing with immigration and wedding stuff. Yeah, okay, you were the one who was supposed to take the time to make sure she knew how absolutley much you valued her friendship, wanted her to come to your party, were going to miss her, and so on...while the van just packed itself!
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-11-15 17:32:00
CanadaThe Vent
I do too, Nini, and I like that song. I just don't understand the connection between zombies and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. This came up in a thread on another board where there is a lively debate going on over whether zombies can really be scary since they (apparently) move so slowly you can outrun them while sleepwalking.

Emancipation, sorry that situation sucks badly.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-11-14 17:07:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (PfcsBaby @ Nov 14 2007, 02:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Shes basically telling me she won't ever be coming to visit us. I don't know what to say to her anymore. I understand shes pretty much loosing her only child and grandchild, but I'm not putting my life on hold just cause she doesnt want us to leave and thats pretty much what it comes down too. Shes also not even going to come with me and my son to the airport to see us off. I'm doing everything possible not to gloat about us leaving Friday, yet shes just being negative in every way she can. Ok, I think I got it all out lol. I feel a bit better.

Mary


She can change her mind later on AND she might want to fly to Savannah when she does. Hmm, she is not making things easy though. Sorry to hear it.

Sorry, Krikit. Now that I've gotten the song stuck in your head, I've moved on to dissecting the Cranberries' song "Zombie" which has f^%* all to do with zombies.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-11-14 16:46:00
CanadaThe Vent
Oh well it isn't surprising they'd confuse Canada with California. Both have an Ontario, after all! Okay, I'm being facetious, but it really isn't entirely surprising. When I lived overseas, I had to write a letter explaining my address to the people at my student loan place so they would send things to me there ("Dear sir or madam, please process my change of address, which I sent you 5 months ago. On the second line, ul. is an abbreviation for ulica, the Polish word for street. That is my street address. The third line is the city I live in...." etc...). Yes, people, there IS a world beyond our borders, and shocking though it may sound, there are people who have lived in it!!

Here is my rant of the day. I keep checking USCIS site to see if we've been touched, not because I expect anything much to be happening with our petition yet, but because I'm pretty obsessive. I want a damn touch so I can update my damn signature. Here's the rant part. As I'm sitting there thinking how much I want to be touched the song from Rocky Horror Picture Show came to mind: "Touch-a, touch-a, toucha-, TOUCH ME!!" Worse yet, I'm now making up new lyrics to it:

Touch-a, touch-a, touch-a, touch me
I want my sweet, darling man here
Thrill us, chill us, approve us,
(I'm not sure what to say here instead of "creature of the night" though...)

Worse still, I will have a new version of the entire song by the time I'm back from Seattle. Heck, I may even rewrite the whole show.

Michael Rainey was ill the day the earth stood still
But he told us when we could wed...
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-11-14 15:59:00
CanadaThe Vent
If my fiance had proposed to me in front of my mother, that would have been a deal breaker.

The only proposal I can imagine being less romantic is the guy on "Overheard in New York" who apparently proposed to his girlfriend over the cell phone --- from a public restroom. With "biological sounds" in the background, including his own. Eeeeeeww! That one could only be worse if Larry Craig were in the next stall.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-10-22 09:59:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (bradcanuck @ Oct 19 2007, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am pretty tired of people making all these rules and opinions about people just because they live across an IMAGINARY LINE that means absolutely nothing.

Argh.


I guess that is one big advantage we have as the child and grandchild of immigrants who crossed an ocean to get (respectively) to Canada and the US.

QUOTE
You don't sound negative at all. I'd be upset if my friend couldn't set at least an hour of time aside for me especially if I hadn't seen them in two years.


Thank you, Sprailenes. I can't fault him for going to Ecuador, it's just that it might have been nice of him to let me know this. Basically, it came up sort of tangentially as an "I'm-going-to-Ecuador-in-5-weeks" kind of thing. Um, hello?

This is also about my third rant of the day. I wrote a diatribe about AT&T billing me for calls to Canada at the "basic overseas" rate on another board (a loooooong diatribe) and ranted to my coworker earlier about how hard it is to find jeans that fit. That's why I feel like I am being kind of negative. I mean really, it is a beautiful fall day out and (whenever USCIS gets around to adjuticating our petition) I'm marrying a wonderful man who adores me. What do I really have to complain about?
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-10-19 14:32:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (Sprailenes @ Oct 19 2007, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oh and my family has a divorce pool going. Isn't that nice? I have never been married before, and I have been with my fiance for over 4 years.
They're being complete ####### - pardon my language.


That is really atrocious of them!

My mom is being so annoying (although in a different way than that) that I'm considering telling her the wedding is off and not telling the truth until our 10th anniversary. She can't wait until we are married and can't we do something to make the process go faster---but she has not yet met my fiance and she hasn't really even asked me all that much about him as a person. It's like she just wants that MRS in front of my name for its own sake, which peeves me to no end. She also wants me to change my name, which I don't plan to do.

Non family-related peeve: A few people on here were very helpful giving me information on the stupidly long line-ups at the BC/Washington State border. There were two issues about this. One was we thought Westjet would offer him much lower fare to Vancouver than Horizon would to Seattle (my parents live in Bellingham, Washington). As it turns out, we will both fly to Sea Tac. The other issue (and here is my vent) is that a good friend of mine from Vancouver has recently returned from living overseas and I have not seen him in over two years, so I wanted to figure out when the border lineups would be least ridiculous so either we could go there to meet him for dinner or he could go to Bellingham to meet us. Turns out he's going to theGalapagos Islands and won't even be hom! Okay, that's the trip of a lifetime and it is expensive enough that you have to go when you can get a good deal, but FFS he knew I was coming. Would it have killed him to have told me he was going to be out of town? If he complains about being the last person in my circle of friends to meet my fiance, I will absolutely scream!

And CSC still hasn't cashed my check.

Dang, I sound like a really negative person, don't I?
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-10-19 13:05:00
CanadaThe Vent
QUOTE (bradcanuck @ Oct 18 2007, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Checking online 15 times a day is counter productive I know but I can't stop. I have an OCD personality and I let little things like this mess with me.
COME ON UPDATE MY CASE!!!


Yeah, I know that feeling. Except CSC hasn't even deposited my damn check so I can't check online 15 times a day and I feel like I am going through withdrawal symptoms here (I checked the USPS site 15 times a day while my petition was on its way out there....).

Nini, feel better soon!!

And a completely unrelated rant: Hotmail is totally f*cked this morning. I intensely dislike its new format to begin with but now it won't send my good morning email to my fiance. GRRRRRR!!!
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2007-10-19 10:43:00
CanadaA Stunning Senior moment
QUOTE (Ron/Sharon @ Mar 6 2009, 02:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (trailmix @ Mar 6 2009, 10:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think this is an unusual thread. We just agree and laugh...no comments.

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SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2009-03-06 15:20:00
CanadaCANADIAN HEALTHCARE vs. US MEDICAL COVERAGE
QUOTE (Gypsyangel @ Mar 8 2009, 01:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I got immigrant insurance from Seven Corners (you can google it ... they have inbound immigrant insurance).


That's the one my husband used. He also did not need to make a claim, but at least in terms of dealing with them getting coverage started and information on how to use it if he needed to, he was very happy with them. It also was not very expensive, and one nice feature is you can extend it if it turns out you need to later on.


SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2009-03-09 12:04:00
CanadaCANADIAN HEALTHCARE vs. US MEDICAL COVERAGE
Check this thread. There are a few links in it. I am not sure which is the one my husband got, but I'll ask him and get back to you. I checked both of the clickable links and both still work, but I couldn't tell just looking at their web pages which one we used. The people who posted them seemed happy enough with them.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2009-03-06 11:54:00
CanadaCANADIAN HEALTHCARE vs. US MEDICAL COVERAGE
Poprocks, your fiance should talk to the benefits coordinator to find out what he needs to do to add you to his insurance. Most likely, you can be added as soon as you are married.

You do not want to wait for AOS! For most employers, you will have a much more difficult time with this if you do are not added within a certain time (usually 60 days) of getting married. Adding a beneficiary is considered a change in benefits, and ordinarily that can only be done during "benefits choice periods." Your marriage is a change in circumstances that allows him to make the change outside of that period. People who come on spousal visas usually have to go through some additional hoops to be added because they want to be added when they move here, which is after the marriage (Mrs Cat had to show her husband's benefits coordinator that she needed to be added to his insurance because she no longer had other coverage).

My husband got private "inbound immigrant" health insurance to cover the gap. He never had to make a claim on it, but at least as far as them setting him up with coverage and providing information he needed, he was very pleased with it. I'll see if I can find the link for you. I am doing work in another window, so it might be a bit later.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2009-03-06 11:05:00
CanadaAfter it's all over question..
QUOTE (Peachey @ Mar 9 2009, 12:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
He didn't give the whole story. We're going to have a civil marriage not long after I enter the US (prob jan/feb 2010). Then we're having our Church wedding and reception in May and we're going on our honeymoon then.


That is more or less what we did, too. In our case, the date our venue was booked for turned out to be Day 87 after he entered. We did not know in advance whether we would have his AP by then, plus we had to travel for the wedding to begin with (since my father is not able to travel), so it was just easier to have the honeymoon in Seattle (90 miles from where our wedding was held) and wait for our anniversary to go overseas.

In your case, if you are able to enter the US and marry in January or EARLY February and apply for AOS immediately, you will most likely have your AP in time for an overseas honeymoon. The problem is, there are no guarantees of that with USCIS. I would say that your best option might be to plan on a mini-honeymoon closer to home right after your wedding and then book something bigger for later. If it turns out you are here and married sooner than you are estimating, then you might be able to plan an overseas honeymoon immediately after the wedding in May.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2009-03-09 12:19:00
CanadaAfter it's all over question..
It depends on when you want to take your honeymoon. As others have mentioned, because K1 is a single-entry 90-day visa, in order to leave and reenter the country, you need to wait for him to have either his green card or AP. It usually takes about 60 to 85 days after filing for AOS to get the AP, and of course you cannot file for AOS until you are legally married. If you want to go on your honeymoon right away, then you need to have one in the US. If you don't mind waiting, you can go anywhere you like.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2009-03-09 11:50:00
CanadaWhat could be better than 14 babies?
From the article:

QUOTE
"However, to make that work, that means someone is going to start deciding for other people how, when and why they can have children. That's a very big step and one that we might not be prepared to take."


She certainly would never in a million years be allowed to adopt a child. My husband and I would be rejected out of hand by many adoption agencies because he is over 50 and we have been married less than 5 years. Yet somehow it is problematic to stop someone like this from reproducing? The mind boggles.
SonoranSongbirdFemaleCanada2009-02-03 11:01:00