Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	WAITING and waiting	Well, Cowgirl...looks like it's just you and me waiting. They received my documents almost 7 weeks ago and I have no word yet, either. They just told me that they received my documents and nothing else. I am so disappointed in this country's immigration - it really shouldn't take someone over a year and a half to get their spouse to live here. This whole thing is emotionally draining and it makes me want to cry on a daily basis. I feel like it's just never going to happen and while I try to stay positive, it's really hard when you have no idea if/when they will approve. I sent in additional documents to prove domicile for the 2nd time for my husband's IR-1 visa over a month ago and nothing yet. DOS keeps stating that its under review and I've received email letters from DOS stating the same thing. I have gotten my Senator involved and they also received the same answer by Visanet that the processing can take up to 90 days, months or even years depending on the case. They just wanted some specific documents to prove domicile which I sent exactly what they had asked for. I'm getting really frustrated and upset and feel so helpless at this point. I already did all that I could do..I got the Senator involved....I emailed Montreal...is there something else that I can do??????? My husband and I have been away from each other for months and months now...Please help...	Lenie7	Female	Canada	2010-05-03 22:18:00
Canada	USC importing car from Canada to USA	Thanks for the advice...doing ANYTHING with the DMV can be a hassle. Nope, the odometer in km is fine, just ensure when you register it in the U.S. that they note it is in km's or do the conversion. Krikit had a lot of hassle with that. Edited by Lenie7, 24 May 2010 - 10:39 AM.	Lenie7	Female	Canada	2010-05-24 10:38:00
Canada	USC importing car from Canada to USA	Hi TM, The car does have both on the speedometer, but the odometer is in KM AND electronic. I would prefer not to change it out if possible, but wasn't sure if it was needed. We plan to cross a couple of times back and forth (to bring our stuff over) before finally settling in the U.S. so I guess we could find out at the initial crossing. I think someone here did do that, but don't quote me, can't remember the details. Most cars have km and miles on them, yours doesn't?	Lenie7	Female	Canada	2010-05-24 10:34:00
Canada	USC importing car from Canada to USA	Does the U.S. make you change out the speedometer and/or odometer to miles? I looked at the NTSA paperwork and it seemed like you would, but then I don't see anyone mentioning that it the forums. Does anyone know?	Lenie7	Female	Canada	2010-05-24 10:27:00
Canada	Questioning my Proof of Domicile-	TM's advice is good. I had only stayed in Canada part-time for a year and a half before our interview and we were denied based on domicile. I owned a house, had bank accounts, cars, license, etc. in the U.S. and they still refused that as proof. It seems that the people who have breezed through the interview had the USC spouse living in the U.S. That doesn't mean it's impossible any other way, but it does make things a whole lot easier! Hi Lily, Well, this is just my opinion. Experience has shown that you must be clear on what you are trying to prove. You may have read the 'proving domicile' thread, pinned at the top of the Canada forum, however you might have missed a key point. For U.S. immigration purposes there are three types of 'domicile' and there is reestablishing domicile. Ok so the three: 1. You physically live in the U.S. 2. You are employed by a U.S. government agency 3. You have left the U.S. temporarily (think holiday - even of a few months) but your primary residence is in the U.S. You do not fit in to any of these categories, you are not domiciled in the U.S. so cannot prove that. Therefore you are left with reestablishing domicile. Proving that you are moving back to the U.S. no later than the intending immigrant. If you don't read any further, please take that to heart. Many have been caught out trying to prove domicile that they do not have. If you go to your interview with that mindset, it is almost guaranteed you will be denied and sent away for further proof. That said, everything on your list above "a lease agreement between my sister and us" is very much secondary evidence. Everything below and including the lease can be primary evidence. The primary evidence looks good in terms of leaving Canada, but you have virtually nothing showing you are relocating to the U.S., except the lease with your Sister. I personally think you need to look at getting more. How about applying for some jobs, see if you get any replies to those. How about emailing an inquiry to the local city office to see what you have to do to license your cat in that city, or if you even need to. Anyway, those are just a couple of things I thought of, i'm sure you will think of more. You are moving to the U.S. - what do you need to organize to live there? Whatever that is, start making some enquiries, start doing those things. Do you need a cell phone when you get there? Why not get that a month before his interview. How about Health insurance and car insurance - make some inquiries via email, get some quotes mailed to you if need be. (oh - and to answer your question - moving back ahead of the interview date is always more concrete). Edited by Lenie7, 24 May 2010 - 05:29 PM.	Lenie7	Female	Canada	2010-05-24 17:29:00
Canada	WAITING and waiting	I know what you are going through. My husband and I (the Canadian) got very frustrated at one point as our application went missing after it was processed by the California processing office. For 90 days we were not able to find out where our file went as it never arrived the NVC. We contacted the Senator's office for help but I don't think they can do much except to follow up on your behalf. Thankfully it has worked itself out but we are about 3 months behind our estimated timeline. Basically you just have to be patient because there's not much you can do if you're within the 90-day period. Hang in there..... Edited by heljan, 03 May 2010 - 01:46 PM.	heljan	Female	Canada	2010-05-03 13:43:00
Canada	APPROVED - Montreal Interview Review	Congratulations Beantown 79! mooshoo and mtlgato, if you went through the electronic processing route then original documents have to be presented at your interview. Since you mailed in the original documents then you don't need to worry about it. The visa officer should be giving back your original birth certificate, marriage certificate and divorce decree at the end of the interview. If you are applying for a CR-1 or IR-1 visa, a fee doesn't need to be paid at the Consulate. You already paid the fees when you submitted the application.	heljan	Female	Canada	2010-06-24 12:19:00
Canada	APPROVED - Montreal Interview Review	I took telephone bills, wedding photos and my husband's boarding passes from his visits to see me in Toronto. The visa officer didn't ask to see any of it. To be on the safe side, if you have it, take it with you.	heljan	Female	Canada	2010-06-19 20:51:00
Canada	APPROVED - Montreal Interview Review	APPROVED! Wow, it took 14 months from NOA1 to finally get approved. Reading this forum helped me tremendously in my preparation for the interview. Thanks VJers! I arrived at the Consulate at 6.25am and was second in line. Remember to form a line on the left side (the side where the yellow steel poles are) of the consulate doors. The guard opened the door at 7.00am. Have your passport and letter ready for the guard to look at. Once I was in the first set of doors, I had to wait for another guard to call me in. I stood in front of him and he asked why I was there, he then clipped letter B to my letter and gave me a laminated sheet (outlining what will be happening) for reading later in the waiting room. I sent my files in a bag through x-ray and then walked through the scanner. I then headed downstairs to the waiting area. At 7.50am a guard came down in the elevator and called people with letters clipped to their letter to go in the elevator with him. We proceeded to the 18th floor and were told to sit in the front row of the far section of the waiting room. There were five of us. At 8.15am, letter C was the first to be called to a window to submit his documents. I, letter B, was the third to be called. A very nice black lady collected my documents. She said I was very organised as it helped save her a lot of time and I would go also go through the process faster. She asked for (cannot remember the order): 1 - Sealed medical report (without the x-ray) 2 - Xpress Post Envelope (remember to note down the tracking no. which I had already done) - 12"x15" (largest) - fill in your name and tel. no. in the "To" section. 3 - Original DS-230 4 - Original and photocopy of marriage certificate 5 - Divorce decree (if you and/or your spouse were previously married) 5 - Original police certificate 6 - Original and photocopy of birth certificate 7 - Passport and photocopy of biographic page 8 - Recent financial documents (I-864 + tax return + employment letter + paystubs) 9 - Two 2"x2" passport size photos - print your name on the back She told me to take a seat in the same room while she put my papers in order. That took about 5-10 minutes. She then motioned for me to go back to get fingerprinted. When that was completed, I went back to the main waiting room and waited to be called for my interview. A nice male officer interviewed me. I first had to take the oath and sign the DS-230. He then proceeded to ask me 1 - When and how did you meet your husband? 2 - What does your husband do? 3 - Where does your husband live? 4 - What was your previous job? 5 - Where did you get married? 6 - Where did I grow up? He then told me that I was approved. He said my green card and social security number would be mailed to me two weeks after activating my visa. He handed back my original birth certificate, marriage certificate and divorce decree. The interview took 5 minutes or less. I walked out of the consulate at 9.15am. I recommend going to see where the US Consulate is located the day prior to your interview. Rue Saint Alexandre is not a major street and the consulate`s signage is above the door so it is easy to walk by the place.	heljan	Female	Canada	2010-06-18 16:00:00
Canada	Montreal Interview	I had to submit: 1 - Sealed medical report (without the x-ray) 2 - Xpress Post Envelope (remember to note down the tracking no.) - 12"x15" (largest) - fill in your name and tel. no. in the "To" section. 3 - Original DS-230 4 - Original and photocopy of marriage certificate 5 - Original and photocopy of divorce decree (if you and/or your spouse were previously married) 5 - Original police certificate 6 - Original and photocopy of birth certificate 7 - Passport and photocopy of biographic page 8 - Recent financial documents (I-864 + tax return + employment letter + paystubs) 9 - Two 2"x2" passport size photos - print your name on the back	heljan	Female	Canada	2010-07-04 09:58:00
Canada	Visa from US Consuate in Montreal	I was approved last Friday, mailed by the Consulate on Wednesday and received my passport today (Thursday). I live in Toronto. Edited by heljan, 24 June 2010 - 11:57 AM.	heljan	Female	Canada	2010-06-24 11:56:00
Canada	Three months and still no welcome letter and green card yet	My POE was at Pearson three months ago. I haven't received the Welcome Letter yet nor the green card. The POE immigration officer did say to me that it could take up to 8 months. I thought he was pulling my leg because after reading this forum, people were receiving their card in about 4-6 weeks. Should I be worried? BTW, I applied for my SSN during my fourth week in the US and it arrived in less than a week.	heljan	Female	Canada	2010-10-05 17:01:00
Canada	Montreal Storage Lockers	Hello fellow Londoner! Most hotels will store your luggage in their luggage room. Ask at the front desk. When I went for my interview in June, I stayed at Hotel le Dauphin which is an easy walk, about 5 minutes or less, to the Consulate. Great place and can highly recommend it. I walked out of the consulate at 9.30am. Just make sure you are standing in line at the consulate by no later than 6.45am. Good luck!	heljan	Female	Canada	2010-10-19 16:11:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	My husband told his mum to tell the WIL that she cannot spend more than 1k for the rehearsal dinner because she needs to save up for BIL's next wedding Sad to say that she is making as big of a mistake as he is making, because if she is so miserable now even before walking down the aisle... well "forever" is a long time... and ending forever is very $$$... I dont know if St. John's Wort will work on her though... unless she can get in a truckload Peachey -- one night I was reading about seating charts from a bridal magazine, and how one should try to really seat people who like each other, etc. I asked hubby, "how do we seat WIL outside the hall???"	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-14 11:54:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Do you have any clue at all what her issue is? Someone should just call her out on it. In the last 3 years of our relationship, Ive rationalized why she doesn't like me. She is very shy and very insecure of herself and I'm super bubbly so I thought maybe I intimidate her. She has had very little interaction with non-white people, and I'm not white so maybe she doesn't know what to do with me. She is a super healthy, exercising, organic eating person and I'm fat, and she does not like fat people. I also thought maybe she is jealous that I have a great relationship with my MIL and pretty much my entire husband's family, but I dont want to feel bad about that. I have been told many times (by hubby's family members) that she is jealous of my relationship with my husband, but that's her fault for being in a relationship with a man who does not love her. Anyway this year, after one final attempt to try to be her friend, and getting shot down for it, I said #### it. I think I vented about her last time and some VJ buddies PM'd me and told me what I needed to hear: that she doesn't like me. And I realize that there's no need to find a reason why, and since I don't like her either, I am okay with it. It does make a lot of family events uncomfortable bec she is all mopey when I am there. And it pains me to watch my MIL try to be so nice to her even when the witch is treating MIL poorly. You are right, someone definitely needs to call her out on it, but they won't let me do it. My husband asked me not to confront her... and I promised him I won't unless she does something really bad to me directly. It is a tough position to be in because my hubby's family is really close, and we both know that by purposely avoiding her, we would be asking his parents to choose between us or her (them). And Sprailenes, in a non-freaky, non-weird, non-homosexual, and non-perverted way, I find you really pretty. I dont know what your in-laws are seeing. Good for you, Peachey-girl! Dont let the extended family bully you to how you and Varba want to celebrate your marriage.	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-14 11:25:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Yea my husbands family will go to a wedding even if they don't like someone. They'll complain all the way, and get up and leave early and then complain afterwards, judging everyone who was there... I really don't get that. If I don't like someone, I won't go. Why go and be miserable? I can't put on that fake front of "Aww I'm so happy for you" if I'm not. You know, you have a really good point. My husband and I have an agreement that we will never go to her house if she or his brother invites us, and that she is never invited to our house, ever. We've also agreed that we won't go out with them to hockey games or restaurants like we used to. And unless it's a big family event, we're going to avoid any contact with her, period. We did not want her at our wedding, so we did not invite her. She showed up anyway and was completely miserable and that made me angry. I don't have a problem going to her wedding because my presence will make her miserable. I am a b*tch too, but after reading your post, I will make a better attempt to be an honest b*tch.	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-14 10:00:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	If I don't like someone, I just wouldn't show up to their wedding. I don't care if it's family. It's so much simpler to just not show up than to worry about it. Who's saying I'm worried about it. I couldn't pull that off, not with my family, at least not without a well thought out lie. Drama at family events like weddings is only fun when you can make things even worse. If it's just going to be irritating and annoying, why go? Haaaa choooo, I think I hear someone coming down with a really bad flu. Right on.	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-14 09:39:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Oh oh. Now you're doomed! Good morning, everyone. I guess I have things to do today. Maybe go to the post office to see if they have started forwarding my mail from Florida yet. I freaking love the US postal system. I have no idea why people complain! lol. I also need to find a hairdresser and a nail salon. I stopped by a couple of places for a price list. They're so expensive here. They are if you are looking in the DC area... but they get cheaper as you go to the suburbs	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-14 08:49:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	You should totally wear the dress you got married in back in November I was actually thinking that... and if she is far worse to me at the end of May, I might just do it	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-14 08:46:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Rhiann -- red is a big thing in Chinese culture. During weddings, everyone wears red or gold, as its lucky/money color. The WIL has one bridesmaid and she is wearing kelly green. Apparently the color theme is kelly green and coral... reminds me of the Irish flag	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-13 18:49:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	LOL!!! Thanks guys for the advice Huggles -- I think it's ok to wear black now... the WIL DID dress in all black at my wedding, which I did not mind... but I did mind that she LOOKED like she was going to a funeral rather than a wedding (she was gloomy, did not smile except for the 4 times her picture was taken, did not talk to me or congratulate me, and pouted all night long). I can't wear black to hers because... but as Rob suggested, I might wear red... with a tiara Aww Minnew, with the WIL, the wedding hasn't started and she is already a whiny b*tch. There is no way to upstage such b*tchiness, but I might consider what Rob is suggesting... after all, she cannot hate me more than she hates me now	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-13 16:14:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	If your brother in law ends up going through with this marriage. The ultimate "F$*# You" to a bridezilla is to wear a red dress to her wedding. She'll hate you til the day she dies. Hmm... why red dress? Is there some kind of hidden code about wearing a red dress in one's wedding? I debated on finding a white dress at some point	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-13 11:01:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Gosh lots of buzz on the OT thread! Krikit -- sorry to hear about the upped "budget"! Hope you will find your home soon *big hug* You can also look close to Baltimore *winknudge* OMG Kimbear, I thought you were getting married!!! OMG Congratulations! Sounds like your reception dinner was fantastic and the menu is definitely better than my chicken or beef meal OH, have you tried onion rings in tacos? There's a local Mexican place that does that, and though it sounds gross, its really good! The WIL is a b*tch. I feel so vindicated now that her true colors are out, and people are noticing. I thought it was just me at first, and now everyone sees it (probably even the BIL). My husband told his mom to tell the WIL that she cant spend that much money because she needs to save for her son's (BIL's) next marriage. Lgg, the witch's photographer costs -1.6k- -- and he's only taking still shots for 5 hours. She's flying him from TN on top of his rate. I dont think the BIL knows any of this... Hope your Telus dude gets there TM!	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-13 09:53:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Now, I thought it was the groom's family who made all of the decisions about the Rehearsal dinner as well as footing the bill. The bride takes care of the wedding. I know! What upsets the MIL most is that of the 33 guests, the only members of her family are herself, her husband, hubby and I, the BIL (groom) and BIL's son. Everyone else is either her family and her friends. MIL can't even invite her dad to the event. MIL also offered to have the event catered at her house because it will still be cheaper than taking 30+ people to the restaurant. But WIL is having none of that. Oh and the MIL has already given money to contribute to the wedding! My husband is so furious. We didn't even have one..we quickly went over vows where ppl will stand and went out to dinner..Parent in laws brought us to Olive Garden ( was my choice) and we had a nice dinner. On the night of our wedding, my mom took us all to dinner to a local grill where hubby and I had our first date. There were maybe 20 people there but it was such an inexpensive place that the bill was not much at all! It was all about the company, the intimate post-wedding moment and not about the $$$ dinner. For our rehearsal dinner in '11, we've decided on a local Chinese joint that holds a lot of good memories for us... and even with a wedding party of 15+, we can still have 3 or 4 rehearsal dinners in the WIL's 1k tab Edited by darkchilde794, 12 April 2010 - 07:13 PM.	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-12 19:13:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	This may be more appropriate for the vent post but I'm not venting, just off-topic sharing... My MIL informed me earlier that the WIL has announced that there will be 33 people in the rehearsal dinner. The witch-bridal party is only 2 people, her sister and my husband, and my husband might defect after he hears this story. Between her family and my BIL's family, there are 10 people. All the other guests are out-of-towners, and some friends who want to come. The witch wants the dinner at some fancy bar downtown where the menu is around 20-25 dollars per person just for the entrees. That does not include appetizers, alcohol, tips and if any desserts. My jaw dropped. I think I might have 10 people in my bridal party, but we've decided we will go to my favorite Chinese restaurant where it's like 10-15 dollars per person. And apparently, when my MIL said that she wants to limit the rehearsal dinner cost to 1k, the WIL got upset and pouty. And what I find the funniest of all is that the WIL is trying to keep HER wedding cheap, cheap, cheap -- it will be in a park with no coverage, and they are serving BBQ. She doesn't want to spend money on a cake and favors. Yet, she thinks she is entitled to $$$$ from others	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-12 14:57:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	The driving test is more aggravating than difficult. I had no problems driving until I got in the car with the super duper mean examiner, who basically barked orders. Anyway glad it's over and done with for me! So today is my last day of spring break/reading week. Of all the years I've been in school, I've never had a much more relaxing week of vacation from school than now. I think I've gained at least 5 pounds eating nonstop all day and not working out at all! And I've slept more in the last week than in the past few months! Im ready to go back in class and get my booty back in the gym for sure	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-11 15:37:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Lgg, where did your hubby take you? Frederick is my most favorite MVA as most of the folks there are pretty decent. And the road test in MD is not really a road test, but a little obstacle course You won't be leaving the premises. I failed the test thrice because of a stop sign!!!! It was a super duper uber sharp turn and if you are even an inch over the white line, they fail you! But the rest of the test is easy Huggles I hear you about leaving the house, it sucks being at home all the time especially if your hubby works long hours! Just keep at the job search. Its a tough economy, lots of people are having a tough time, but hopefully the economy will start picking up *cross fingers*	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-11 10:56:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Tim&Joyce -- wow thats some professional grade art material you have there! That would be awesome if you can figure out how to make a small business out of your artsy hobby! Rhiann -- some of my friends pursued cake decorating and have now gone on to selling their masterpieces. Anyway I just ate my easter bunny. He was one dang good chocolate.	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-10 13:12:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	It was suggested to me once to put together a scrap book for Tim of our relationship. I had never done it before. Even though the first few pages were obviously done by a beginner, the other pages came out quite well! I love it now. It is a lot of work, but so rewarding. I want to get into making home made cards soon now too. I made a scrapbook of the first years of our relationship and gave it as my wedding gift to my hubby. It was nothing fancy -- I just bought a plain scrapbook cover and the extra pages to go with it. I saved all our movie stubs, all the hotel keys we stayed in during our travels, all our cards to each other and all the letters we wrote each other while we were apart. I just put them all together, put a little note describing what was in the picture and the year that we took it. My husband loves it, I think he got teary reading the book I completed the project while waiting for my interview date. It was very therapeutic and kept me sane. And best of all, I probably just spent 30 dollars getting all the materials and I have 4 years worth of memories saved in the book	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-10 09:58:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Well, technically I've been "volunteering" since like September, in helping my husband and his family business, but It's not on my resume. I figured that since my last name is in the title of the company, and the reference from the company would either be my husband or my MIL, it really wouldn't be much of an asset. I actually have tons of volunteer experience from high school and college, and I have a lot of them listed on my resume... Actually, the last interview I went to was more interested in my volunteer experience than work experience, so you may have a point. I think they liked the fact I like doing that kind of stuff. But, I'm also only 22 and just graduated from college recently, so I think that no matter where I go or what I try to do, that is going to be a little bit of a barrier. But, most people go through that right? Just starting out is hard. I had an interview on Tuesday at a different company than the one I didn't get the job with, and I actually would prefer this job, so you never know. Maybe the other job just wasn't meant to be? And if I don't get this other job, than maybe there is something better out there for me, who knows. It is tough I got my work because of connections but I have also been teaching for the last 5 years... but as for a science job, which I probably should go back to because that is where my degrees are in AND because I don't think Ill find a ft-teaching job, I am having a hard time because of "inexperience". Not sure what jobs you are applying to but if it's more related to your degree than to your work experience with your hubby's company, that might pose as a challenge. Also, when my hubby was looking for work right after college, he had a hard time getting his foot in so he worked part time for maybe 6-8 months, and that helped a lot as his work experience. Good luck! Rhiann -- why not cook as a hobby? You seem to love it and it will keep you busy.	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-10 07:17:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	And the baseball season is officially in full swing! I love this time of year Ugh, I know. We could not find parking tonight with all the folks watching baseball today! Sorry to hear about the job, Huggles. But just keep searching, cast a wider net, and something will come through. Have you considered doing volunteer work (if possible in your career) to bump up experience? I have a hard time getting in lab work because of that too Grats Marilyn!!! Edited by darkchilde794, 09 April 2010 - 07:21 PM.	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-09 19:18:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	I just made avocado shake and Im in avocado heaven.	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-09 11:53:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Ahhhhh mkay, so you know the movies i'm talking about Edited by darkchilde794, 08 April 2010 - 05:48 PM.	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-08 17:48:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	LoL, you watching those cinemax movies after midnight? LOL! They only show it on the weekends, I think Pauley: Yeppers! We are removing it after the year is over -- I know I should not get too attached to it	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-08 17:24:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	We have Dish Network and because it was our first time signing up, they threw in Cinemax for free. I have watched more movies in the last 3 months than in the last 5 years!	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-08 15:21:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Made cupcakes and a pound cake. Just thought to share!	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-07 12:09:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	I got caught driving through it THREE TIMES. Seriously...tourists are great for the economy etc., but damn they can be oblivious sometimes! There were packs of them crossing intersections when they had a red light...some that were walking down the street, BESIDE the sidewalk, basically turning the street into one lane. Sheesh! They're trees, dammit! Excuse me Wyatt, but they are PINK trees. Hehehehe. I wanted to see them because they were pink basically. But after battling people who don't know how to cross the street, I think I am done with them (cherry blossom) for a while I think it doesnt help that the museums and other tourist spots are in the area too, so everyone walks to those places. The Smithsonian station was PACKED. And as Wyatt said, driving condition is horrible at best with the festival -- taking the Metro sucks (it is soo dirty and SLOOOW) but it will probably minimize headaches!	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-05 18:57:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Krikit -- the tidal basin where the cherry blossoms were planted was beautiful. It was a sea of pink trees And a sea of tourists I really had fun, but it was crowded, I dont think I will want to go back unless it is on a weekday It is definitely worth visiting if you have not done that... but I wont suggest doing it at 4 pm on a Saturday when it is 28 degrees out And dont wear flip flops! LOL!	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-05 18:38:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	lol sex me up turned into "Paul" LMAO! I am going to tell MY Paul that	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-05 06:02:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Quatre	Got back from celebrating Easter at my PIL's house. It was wonderful! We have food good enough for another week -- she sent me home with HALF a turkey breast Really awesome day, played with the kids and ate lots of candies. The only crutch to the day is the future WIL. Man, I dont know what I did to her, but she was a complete b*tch to me. But I took everyone's advice and remained super sweet and friendly to everyone, ignored her, didnt even try to talk to her at all (just to BIL and my nephew). And she got even madder. It was awesome I think Im going to do this all the time now!	darkchilde794	Female	Canada	2010-04-04 19:50:00