the storm front

My lawyer emailed yesterday and Cuidad Juarez has received or found (whatever) Jose's paperwork so she just needs to send his I 230 to them and then he can go back....On line it says the turn around is 10 months right now..but National Visa Center promises to rush things for us (I will not hold my breath).. Of course he will probobly leave the first week of school...lovely. 10 months is out of control and I know I might last 3 or 4 but after that I will have to make a run for the border...being a American is so overrated.

My suggestion to the red necks who sit on the tailgates and shoot and border crossers is that they funnel their energies into a government system that is less expensive, time consumming, and altogether confusing. I wish we had just let Jose be illegal...hind sight is 20 20.

so I got tagged lets see if I can figure it out

8 things I look forward to:
1 school being out
2 my husband being able to fly home from mexico
3 dinner
4 cold beer
5 my 10 year anniversary next yr (vacation?)
6 bike rides with my kids
7 dancing
8 my husband getting off early all summer

8 things I did yesterday:
1 got promoted
2 read to my kids
3 made killer fried rice
4 was good on my diet
5 drank coffee for the first time in 2.5 weeks
6 got really buzzed from the coffee
7 cleaned the blinds
8 laundry

8 things I wish I could do
1 eat whatever i want
2 run without knee pain
3 slide into home plate
4 work less
5 get paid more
6 take vacations
7 not forget things
8 type really fast

8 tv shows i watch
(this will be a struggle)
1 greys
2 ugly betty
3 csi miami
4 csi new york
5 csi las vegas
6 espn sports
7 numbers
8 the mentalist

If you read this consider yourself tagged....

crazy times and it is not even summer yet

Eric totally has summer fever and Maya can't wait to spend more time with him. We went to the circus a couple weekends ago and the kids haven't stopped playing clowns since....The whole thing was in Spanish and Eric kept saying what did they say??? I figure he needs to speak more Spanish...
Dragged out the mini pool and we are officially the neighborhood hot spot! Any given day there are 4 or more kids running through the pool and front yard.
I got certified to be a training store so I am really excited...should be a partner by Friday....then I will realy dig into the sales building so I can retire in 5 years! lol

playing catch up

Easter was fun!!! Maya and Eric loved looking for Easter eggs. Maya did the toddler hunt inside with the other 3 yr olds but Eric had his own special hunt in Josh's backyard. He likes it better when things are hidden in plain sight but he managed to find all 20 eggs after 15 minutes or more. We had good food and even better chocolate. Jose had the whole week off before Easter but Eric had the week before that off...so no family vacation this yr. maybe next yr when they are both at Annie Wright. BTW Eric is in officially at Annie Wright next year; both scary and exciting. Exciting because Eric will be attending the most prestigious school in the Tacoma area and they have a God centered curriculum. Scary because his education will cost as much as a small foriegn car yearly. Lucky we get a healthy discount...I really thought it was still expensive even with the discount but hten I priced Cascade Heritage and TBS and then I loved my mother even more. Who knew she had spent so much on my education.
So is it worth it. Yes, I hope I am right but I think so. My mothers side of the family almost all did private school and it seems like my cousins all turned out "OK" (some are still turning out). Lets face it, working full time I need all the help I can get with my kids and Annie Wright is all inclusive...swimming, music you name it , you can get it.

What more...the date Jose was supposed to leave came and went and we are still here....for now...we'll see. I know nothing so nothing new to post.

it's about time

Yeah I know, my blog is a little dusty.  I have been so preoccupied with life.  We got a letter 3 weeks ago telling us Jose has to be in Cuidad Juarez by April 6th for his deportation.  I cannot believe after 9 years they havn't done another amnisty.  It is kindo surreal.  But I guess panic mode gets me moving some.  So the bad news really is that the National Visa Center misplaced or destroyed his file which takes about a year to create..so my attorney says we should sue them and then they won't be able to make him leave while wearein a active lawsuit.  Ugg.  

So I wrote Oprah, Norm Dicks, Obama, Maria Cantwell etc. and everyone is pretty much unable to help.  

I used to wonder why people snapped now I get it.  I think the worst part is this is a horrible market and it is not like I can sell my house and move to Mexico with him....I don't think I could even sell my house.

We will see how things go...Annie Wright has been great about it and there is even some talk of doing a fund raiser in Jose's name so we don't loose our home while he is gone......I am tired of fighting and ready to take a vacation somewhere other than the ocean.