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My life as a scrapbooking mother
Living in the USA
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I've been living in the USA for over 3 months now, but i still feel so lost in a supermarket! It's so easy to get fat here, everything looks sooooooo good, lol. I'm planning a party for my little girl, who's going to be one on the 6th, so i decided to go to a Super Walmart and a grocery store in Aberdeen (Peter had to go get new glasses and get his blood taken there), thinking i might have an easier time looking for things...I know now how NAIVE i am, lol! The places are HUGE, so finding something , reading the label (my new thing, trying to get healthy stuff for both Pete and Lara) and then getting in line to pay took me a really long time. My husband deserted me after about 2 hours, but i came out with all the stuff in my list :) I never felt so good about groceries before (by the way, why are peppers so expensive here??? 4 of them cost the same as a pound and a half of chicken- then they complain people don't eat enough veggies).
Anyway, i had fun, i love it here, and i'm looking forward to my baby's party.
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Mar 4, 2008
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Getting ready :)
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As you might have noticed, I'm not American, I'm Dominican, and for me to be able to live`and work in the US, i need a "green card". We applied for it about a year ago, thinking we'll be here a bit longer, but after my husband's kidney situation, our return became more of a necessity. Well, we've been busy trying to speed it up, with a lawyer in the States, letters to people that could do something, and lots of prayer...And it worked! now I'm getting ready for the interview...Which included a medical exam. I had heard that people that do the exam were very rude, but I'm happy to say that everyone that did stuff to me (I'm a pincushion) was very pleasant. I guess it depends on you, for people tend to mirror your attitude, so if you come expecting the worst, that's what you'll get. Being a Christian, we are called to love everyone, doesn't matter if they love us back, so i try to "get in their shoes" when someone is less than nice with me (it's not easy, let me tell you, but I'm getting better at it every day)...Anyway, after months of sending papers after papers, and filling out probably a thousand forms, we got a letter saying to go get some package at the Consulate in Santo Domingo...That was last week, and the medical thing was yesterday. I got two vaccines, an X-ray, a full physical, blood drawn. My right arm still hurts...I told my husband that if he ever doubted of my love for him, to think of this day...We got there at 7am, left at 12 noon...We'll be spending Thanksgiving here, it looks like,probably going to the interview on the 27th, to see if we can leave by the 3rd of December.We are still praying about it, so please do so too.
Blessings,
Julie
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Nov 14, 2007
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About me :)
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Today I'm not feeling very well, my allergies are really bad, and it's rainy and gray...To go with my mood, i guess :) I spent the day painting and scrapbooking, because these things along with playing with my baby, make me feel better. I think that as the day approaches for our move, i get more and more nervous, and that's what's getting my allergies so bad...Anyway, another week goes by, tomorrow i have the gruesome job of seeing all we have, assigning how much they are going to be sold for, and taking pictures to make a flyer. A couple people have already called me, interested in the furniture and other things, so i need to hurry up. It's just so hard to get rid of everything! my brother in law is going to come a week before we go, so we'll be able to take some more than we thought, but still...It's funny how things can get a hold of your life and you don't even notice...I keep reminding myself that when we moved here, we had NOTHING- just our clothes, and a couple paintings. And now, by the grace of God (he always provides) we have so much! a big bed (a blessing if you're married to a 6'5" man, lol), a microwave oven, a car, baby furniture, kitchen stuff, enough books to fill a room (really), two couches, a tv, a playstation2 and an Xbox, two computers, a videocamera, two regular cameras (one digital, the other conventional), several paintings, patio furniture, a fold up bed, a stove and refrigerator, an inverter (in this country, city power is not reliable, so you need backup energy or good old fashioned lamps- the kind that uses oil-)...So much stuff, in just 3 years and some...Most of it, given to us by kind people,some bought by us.If i ever doubt that God loves me,all I'll have to do is remember how he provided for us in such a way, that i can't say i ever had any need that wasn't fulfilled... Now i have to trust him,and sell everything,because he's giving me more :) easier said than done,because my inner pack rat keeps whispering in my ear that I'm completely insane.So keep praying that i get to have as much faith as my husband.
Blessings,
Julie
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Oct 27, 2007
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As I lay in bed tonite...
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I've been living very comfortably in my small apartment, in a small community up in the mountains of the Dominican Republic... It took me some time to get used to the slow pace, and the smell of the cows (i'm a city girl), but i got to really like it...Finally. And now that i feel content here, we have to move :) I guess God has a sense of humor-when i finally give up my fight, and accept his desire for my being here, he takes me out- I'm excited, and scared at the same time... We don't even know where exactly we are going, but by the end of the year we'll be somewhere in the Midwest, depending on where does my husband get a job...He needs to be back by the end of November, to start a treatment on his kidneys (that's the main reason why we're leaving) so i might be facing thanksgiving and christmas without my husband, because i can't leave yet. I trust in the Lord, but it's so hard for me to just get up and leave my friends, my house, my things... We are going to sell as much as we can, so we travel as light as possible, and the thought of having to start over again is overwhelming right now...To the point of tears as i pray for us.
I'm going to miss this place, the views, the smells...I'll miss my neighbors and friends...I won't have my mother and family one hour away from me anymore, and that's going to be hard for me. I know i'll be happy, i trust in God, and he only wants good things for me so i can prosper, but it's so hard to change.
So if you have some time, pray for this family of four (Peter-the husband-, Julie-me-,Lara-the baby- and Nina-the dog),
Thanks,
Julie
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Oct 4, 2007
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| Just random thoughts about my new life as a housewife and mother |
| Created: Oct 4, 2007 |
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