David and Pri

It arrived a week ago!

…. while I don’t have time to write in details about the other GREEN…..

Pri

Today, Fiona, Doug (friends from Indy), David and I bikerode 1.5hours here in Bloomington and it was VERY nice (even with Doug’s flat tire that was solved super fast with David’s little kit).
Yoo-hoo! First bikeride of the year!!!
The rout ended in our new house, when the ex-owner showed us the whole garden. Fiona wrote down, locating in a map (incredibly well done- THANKS!) the 35 plants/flowers that we have in the new house’s garden, and I am extremely excite to understand how they work and how to take good care of them. (by the way, sh said it won’t be as laborious as it seems).
Between the trees that I recognized names, I am delighted to announce: We have a (already blooming!!) tulip tree (actually coming from our neighbor’s lot), a dogwood, oak tree, redbud, mulberry tree(I know what a berry is!yammy…), and even (maybe) a maple tree! Yellow,white and red…Between the flowers, there are lilacs, roses, lilies, daffodils etc. By request, I might put the complete list here. Let me know!

Hoje, sabado, fizemos uma bikeride com a Fiona e Doug (amigos de Indy) e foi muito divertido(apesar do pneu furado que foi resolvido rapidamente com um kit do David). Ela anotou todas as 35 (!) diferentes plantas e flores que temos na casa nova, e ela disse que tudo sera simples de fazer manutencao.
Legal, ne? Estou super animada pra cuidar do nosso jardim!

So….

I’ll mix David’s text with mine.

P: I was a little bit anxious – I don’t like any situation where I have to answer questions…. My memory could make tricks on me…. BUT it was easy-peasy!

D: The interviewer asked a number of very simple questions, was pretty
formal, and then surprised us both (I think) by simply saying “I’ve
approved your application” just when I thought he was going to start
asking the hard stuff.  easy!  I think he was a bit worried when we
said that we weren’t living together, but when we produced the
paperwork for the house.
I think that went from questionable to case closed… I think…

P: I think this was also the main reason!

Anyway, yeah, it’s totally done.  I thought there’d be little question
at this point, but actually there’s no question at all.  He took her
current visa-type stuff, and once the green card arrives that’ll be
the everything card until it expires in two years.  At that point
(already on the calendar), we have to submit a (reportedly simple)
form to extend her into “[no longer Temporary ]Permanent Resident”
status.  And that’s that.

P: So, in Jan 2010 we’ll renew it. Easy like this.

We are very happy to end one more part of this laborious process!!