From the end.. spring new beginnings

[LolaL]

I have to change my name, but I did decide not to do it until after the cruise in August with the Tween. I dread the hassle.

[mishka422]

SS card will do nothing for you at the airport. It has to be government issued ID with your picture on it.

If you have the new DL and copy of your D decree that should suffice. Call your airline and advise them so they can document the record before you go to the airport. The less surprises they have, the better. And CHECK IN EARLY....minimum 1 hour, 1.5 hours at best.

[kat727]

I know when I changed my name to my married name I had an amendment attched to my passport. I wonder if it would be the same with a divorce. Check with the carrier asap so you won't have issues.

kat

[Bridgestone]

thanks eveyone for your input
I asked at the passport office when I was there getting the name change
I get the old one back. Their new way of dealing with the name change
is punching two holes in ith epps one ndicating it is no longer valid but it will suffice to demonstrtate name change when carried with the new one.

Quite the process of doing it in person... Our tax $ at work!

luck of the Irish to you all today!
Bridge

[antlers]

Hi Bridge. How are you?

[Bridgestone]

HI Antlers,
Today is a good day..

I have been pre-approved for a mortgage! And will be making an offer on a house probably sometime next week.. I am so excited.

I am 40+ (cough-cough) years old and have never been a home owner so I am struggling with some of the basic issues of offers, closing costs, interest rates, etc.. all compounded by the fact that I am a non-citizen buying in a foreign country.. thank goodness they are friendly up here!

I will need to be out of my current rental about 2 months before I can move into my new home (if I get the one i am bidding on), so I will need to find short term somewhere... but even that seems to be falling into place and just another opportunity to live in a different neighborhood with new neighbors for a bit.

I keep stepping out on faith & lo & behold, the next step rises to meet me.

2nd best thing today.. the NCAA basketball tournament started and my alma mater won their first round last night & advance, of course they play Kansas tomorrow, but at least they made it to the dance & did well last night!!

my brother went to the same college & played on the 1990 team that knocked off Missouri in the first round 20 years ago, so it was exciting to see history repeated last night.

Thankfully there is a channel or two that shows the games up here so I can watch most of it. I love the game of baseketball.

So tonight I have a date with my comfy sweats, some cheesy nachos, cold beer, and my big screen.
I probably could use the 60 mile rides that you do after that!

Happy Friday everyone!
Peace
Brige

[ClingingToHope]

Bridge, ahhh a basketball fan. I run all of the pools at my job so a lot of the month is filled with basketball stuff. That helps get you focused on other things.

Although I live in Illinois, I spent five years as a kid in Kentucky and picked Big Blue to win it all.

I won't even care if the NCAA takes it away in a few years because of this or that.

Excellent job on the house. I am praying I'll come out of my sitch in good enough shape to buy a home. With so many foreclosures on the market the opportunity has never been greater.

We'll see. I fear bankruptcy is in my future. Oh well, renting isn't bad.

You mentioned another country. Where are you? Canada?

[antlers]

Congratulations on the mortgage. I hope they take your offer.

It's a learning process. Are you in Canada now?

It's nice when things just seem to fall into place!

Sounds like you're doin' good!

How did your alma mater do against Kansas? We have a good women's basketball team here at the university.

Is he in the NBA now?

Maybe you'll learn to like hockey, or the CFL, or dog mushin', and the like.

Sounds like a nice, comfortable, no-pressure date! Hope you enjoy it.

PMA Bridge...I can 'hear' it in your post! Good on you!


antlers

[Bridgestone]

How did your alma mater do against Kansas?

giggle..

knocked them clean out of the tournament. Guessing it's the first time many people have even heard of them. That's ok...beating A number 1 seed (& #1 in the nation) in the 2nd round of the dance, will give them some national coverage for quite a while!

PMA.. yep, I am doing good.
A "friend" just emailed me & said "I hope you are happy where you are!??"

loved her question marks....

sure.. just peachy. Happy is not the destination, it's the journey.. and for many reasons (most of which she & many others will never know) it was time to move along on my journey to someplace & someday, hopefully someone, different.

I keep thinking, when I hear from people like her (friends who really weren't), that I have come a long ways baby.

Yes, I am now in the Great White North, eh.

Peace
Bridge

[goldeylox]

Hey Bridge...I'm lurking. Taking care of Goldey.