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Well we have celebrated our first wedding anniversary, and it was WONDERFUL! I feel very fortunate to have met and married such a wonderful, loving, caring man. We had a great weekend, we had a blast on Saturday night (Halloween), Zed dressed up as a scarecrow, and sat on the front porch with the pumpkin and the lil trick or treaters LOVED him! It was so cute. He did manage to scare a few kids, but he was very kind to the lil itty bitty ones! We had lots of kids too, probably 30 or more. Then Sunday we had a wonderful morning got some lovely cards from our family (in the US and AU) and some lovely messages from friends and family. Mom came and picked nana up for the day so we could have some time to ourselves. We went to dinner at mom & dads at 4pm and were welcomed by the most lovely surprise! They had turned their house into “Chez Flaussies” for the evening. There was a adorable little table set for two in the living room, the fireplace was lit (well the little log that holds about 12 tea lights was lit, its still WAY to warm here for a real fire, but it was a nice touch), good dishes, wine glasses, and we were served by the “Chez Flaussies” staff. Nana was the Matre D (I am sure my wonderful husband will correct that if I spelled it wrong LOL), mom was the waitress, and of course my dad was Chef Bob! We had home-made french onion soup with the bread and delicious cheese, steak, baked potatoes with sour cream and fresh chives from “Chez Flaussies” herb garden, Black Berry merlot wine, and some lovely starters to the meal, relish tray, some smoked meats. We had such a good time, and so much love and thought went into it, and it meant even more because I know how much love Zed and I put into things and to see our family go to the effort to make our evening a memorable one, was just amazing. I will have Zed post some photos later so everyone can see, it was truly magical, and our anniversary was amazing.

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We had a lovely time last weekend.
Bobby, His Brother Pat, Pat’s son-in-law Eric and I all went camping on an Island in the Indian River and had heaps of fun. We left Friday and came home Monday afternoon so we could have dinner with the family. Lots of fishing to be had but not too many fish caught, enough to eat though.

On The Menu

Fri Night: Fish fry samwiches
Sat Morn: Coffee, Bloody Mary’s, Morgans
Sat lunch: Salami bagels, Cajun boiled peanuts, Smoked baby mullet
Sat Night: Chicken, onion & potato kebabs, Chicken legs terryaki, BBQ quail
Sun Brunch: Coffee, Bloody Mary’s, Bacon, Eggs, Sausage, Bagels
Sun Night: Fish Soup
Monday Morn: Coffee
Monday Evening: Corned Beef and Braised vegetable, Asparagus with Bearnaise Sauce

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Tomorrow marks the 1 year anniversary of my arrival into the USA. Kimmi and I are going to go to the airport at Orlando which is where we met in person for the 1st time, a momentous occasion for us both. We plan to have lunch there and watch the other luvvy dovvies meeting for the 1st time. Afterwords we are going out to dinner and dinner is on the Boss (Kimmi’s Boss) Peg, stay tuned for what we got up to afterwords.

Zed’s green card came in the mail today!!!!!! Needless to say I am THRILLED and to just be able to enjoy being married to such a wonderful man with no immigration worries for 1 year and 9 months. . . . ahhhhh its the best feeling ever! What a wonderful Monday! Thanks to my incredible husband for being so supportive and loving and keeping me grounded when I otherwise would have lost my mind, and to our families for all their love and support! KISSES & HUGS TO EVERYONE!

This has been the best week ever! As I see my wonderful husband has already posted about how excited we are about the immigration process being done for now. It has been such a smooth ride for us, we feel very fortunate that all has gone so well, so smooth and so fast! I am so proud of him and how strong he has been through this process, he has been my rock! I love him with all my heart, and am so glad to know that he is here to stay, we can travel when we are ready to travel, and hopefully this will also make getting work easier for him being a permanent resident! I also want to thank both of our families for all their love and support because without them, we could never have gotten this far. We are very lucky to have each other and the support of our family.

We just received the most awesome news since I have come to the USA.
It has been 139 days since we filled our immigration papers and I have been granted permanent residency status in the USA and my Greencard has been ordered, should receive it in the mail shortly.
Our immigration interview went really well yesterday and all the staff there were fabulous and very friendly. The whole immigration process has been very smooth for us and couldn’t have done it without my superwife’s help. The lady that interviewed us was very nice and laughed and joked around with us and made us feel very good about the whole ordeal.
We are both very glad the process is over for now, we don’t have to do anything now for the next year and a half. After that time I can apply to have any conditions lifted on my residency status.
What this all means for us:

• If we were to travel back to Australia or visit another country I am automatically granted access to re-enter the USA.
• If I were stupid enough to do something silly in USA I would no longer be deported back to Australia.
• I have a much higher chance of finding employment being that I am now a permanent resident of USA.

We all went to play mini golf this Saturday just passed and had a wonderful time. The place is called ‘Congo River Mini Golf‘ and is such a beautiful place and very pretty. It was a very very hot day and after golf we all headed off to ‘Steak ‘N Shake‘ for burgers and milkshakes, they do make very nice burgers and milkshakes (thick ones too). We played some moonlight bowling on the wii and stayed the night at Pam & Bobby’s. Sunday was just as hot so we lazed about the pool and swam to cool off until dinner was ready. Bobby did a terrific job as usual, he is getting to be a better cook all the time and really does enjoy it too. You can taste the love he puts into his food! We had BBQ ribs, BBQ quail, BBQ chicken wings, beans and  fresh corn. Of cause I got to play with the electronic fly zapper tennis racket, it takes 2 x AA batteries and produces 15,000 Volts of bug zapping power, oh and by the way, It hurts like hell if you ACCIDENTALLY touch it. My younger brother Evan had one confiscated by customs coming into Australia.

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A panormaic of the Island

I had an awesome time this Memorial Weekend just gone. It was a beautiful island we went camping on just off the coast of Florida near Mims. There was heaps of fishing to be done and lots of drinking and fun times had by all. Kimmi’s father (Bobby) took me there and Bobby’s brother Pat came too they go every year Memorial weekend. Sunday, Pat’s Son-In-Law Eric came out for the day along with Eric’s son Bradley. We drove to Mims and boated out to the island. We left very early Friday Morning and got back home Monday morning around 10-11am.

The first night there was a loo loo of a storm but we managed to stay dry mostly. The wind howled and pissed down rain nearly all the first day but we had fun all the same, heaps fun. Setting up a tarp in the wind was an effort but it kept us dry while we drank and laughed. The storm cam from all four directions of the compass in a very short period of time.

Bobby did the cooking with my help and supervision of cause, we both love to cook a real lot.

Our Menu

Breakfast:
Fresh percolated coffee
Bloody Marys
Beer

Lunch:
Bologna sandwiches
Leftovers
Beer

Dinner:
BBQ pork ribs
BBQ split chicken
Corn on the cob
Beans
Steamed onion
Fresh made hamburgers
Fish Soup (red fish, ocean trout, skate, vegetables, mushrooms and secret herbs and spices)
Fish Fry (red fish and ocean trout) served with special mayo.
Beer
Captain Morgan & Coke
Phantom Morgans (Secret New Invention)

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Video of a lap around the island.

The same video in iPod format.

Mims, Florida USA

Mims, Florida USA

Howdy folks,

I am going camping/fishing for 4 days this Memorial Weekend, it’s a ‘Boys’ wekend so i’m sure we will get in all sorts of strife. No doubt I will have plenty of pics when we get back Monday night or Tuesday morning, that is if i have any battery power left in either of my phones to take pics. There is always the possiblity that I will upload them here while i’m there, battery power permiting. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend as I am certain I will. I will miss my wife terrible as we have not spent a night apart for the eight months I have been here, it will be a struggle but I will have plenty to keep me ocupied.

I received a letter yesterday from immigration regarding our application for my permenent residency status asking us to come in for an interview. This is absolutely fantastic news. The appointment is for July 20th, 2 months away. After that as I’m certain it will all go just fine I should be granted permenent residency status an allowed to stay in the USA indefinately an come and go as we please. I can hardly wait and am not the least bit anxious. I’ll keep y’all posted as to the result, we are nearing the end of my immigration journey.
Wish me luck!