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[Zen]

AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!
These sutures are driving me crazy and I'm this close to removing them myself!

[KnottedYet]

All I know in Norwegian is "ar du ok?" (sp?) Which I heard often from helpful and concerned Norwegians peering down at me as I lay flat on my back having once more fallen over backwards in the snow.

Thus armed with Norwegian I hope we get to visit again soon. Sorry to have missed this Big Day.

Now that the Federal gov't has so *graciously* decided to allow me to *perhaps* change my name on my passport so that it matches my driver's license, credit cards, medical records, etc., maybe we'll get to go. Of course, they still won't allow me to change my name on social security, which is just mind-bogglingly stupid. So my professional license and work records are under my old name. Sheesh.

I do want to go to Norway, soon!

Happy Birthday, Duck!

[lph]

Grattis med dagen Anda, håper den blir bra og involverer mye god kake

[Selkie]

Now that the Federal gov't has so *graciously* decided to allow me to *perhaps* change my name on my passport so that it matches my driver's license, credit cards, medical records, etc., maybe we'll get to go. Of course, they still won't allow me to change my name on social security, which is just mind-bogglingly stupid. So my professional license and work records are under my old name. Sheesh.

I do want to go to Norway, soon!

Happy Birthday, Duck!

Knot - Why not have a legal name change (court ordered)? Not sure what the process is like in your jurisdiction, but where I live it is very easy and can be done pretty much by mail (aside from notarizing the paperwork). Very nominal fee. The only bummer is going to social security in person, but if you get there early in the day, you can get in and out fairly quickly.

[crazycanuck]

Score! My dear loves his 40th birthday pressie *& have been told it's something he's been wishing for...

Jet Black wheels & tubeless tires all put together by our coolio bike shop guys

[TsPoet]

Now that the Federal gov't has so *graciously* decided to allow me to *perhaps* change my name on my passport so that it matches my driver's license, credit cards, medical records, etc., maybe we'll get to go. Of course, they still won't allow me to change my name on social security, which is just mind-bogglingly stupid. So my professional license and work records are under my old name. Sheesh.

that's kinda funny in a sad way - I work at a Nat'l Lab and we recently had to fill out paperwork showing what name is on our Passport and Driver's license. We'll my DL has my middle initial and my passport doesn't. So, I've been 'grounded' as far as work travel until they can figure out what to do with that!
That said, right after I was told I couldn't travel, I needed to make reservations to travel for work and did so without a hitch. So, they aren't backing up their threat.

[KnottedYet]

Knot - Why not have a legal name change (court ordered)? Not sure what the process is like in your jurisdiction, but where I live it is very easy and can be done pretty much by mail (aside from notarizing the paperwork). Very nominal fee. The only bummer is going to social security in person, but if you get there early in the day, you can get in and out fairly quickly.

It's $100 and an appearance before a judge. I can (and did) use my marriage license to legally change everything else, it makes me mad that I should have to go through an entirely separate process for the Federal stuff. And pay extra for it. "Please, sir, can I have some more [civil rights]?"

ETA: the "perhaps" part of the passport change is that the latest Federal ruling states they will acknowledge marriage licenses for name changes (and ONLY for name changes) only for folks who live in a state that issues them or recognizes them from other states. My state doesn't issue them, nor officially recognize them from other states, but it DID let me use my out-of-state marriage license to change my ID/DL. I guess that's unofficial recognition, so it is in a bit of limbo for the federal passport as far as all the legal research I've tried to do.

Being a flaming h0m0 takes so much extra work....

[Trek420]

Being a flaming h0m0 takes so much extra work....

Ah but I'm worth it, right?

What's funny is the first name on my birth certificate is not the one I go by, have any id under etc. I use a nickname, a Hebrew diminutive of my actual first name. It's what my family has always called me.

Anywho at some point I was renewing my passport. The form asks
"are there any other names you are known by?"
"sure, I'm known by this" by that time it was on my license etc.

It came back with that name. I just asked. But try to change your name because you're married that's a whole different thing.

[Reesha]

Woohoo!!!! Massive thunderstorm in St. Louis. My kitty is scared and is hiding under the bed!

I will go to comfort her now.

[Zen]

You're going under the bed too?
I'm avoiding work. About to set a table by the side of the road with a "Free" sign on it. I hope someone takes it.

[Reesha]

Hehe, I coaxed her out with treats and she forgot all about the thunder! (well, at least until I stopped giving her treats)

[Crankin]

We did a fast walk on the Battle Rd. trail today. What a resource to have in my own backyard. I have only been there once and my DH had never been. I am really stiff from my crash yesterday, but I knew I needed to move. We were going to ride on the trail, but being Sunday, I was wary of Sunday riders, tourists, and little kids.
There were a lot of families riding. One little girl had on a little Discovery Team jersey! It's nice that some adult cyclists take the time to do slower riding with their kids. Of course there were the "Sunday cyclists," there, too, some who scared me because of their shakiness on the bike and the fact I had to jump off of the trail twice because they were weaving. We decided to come back early morning, during the week and ride the trail on our hybrids and then head over to the start of the Minuteman trail and explore that. The Battle Rd. trail is packed dirt, so you could also ride a mountain bike on it and then ride some other close by mountain bike trails.
It's nice to find new things to do in your own backyard.

[lph]

Erk. I just found the mouse that found its way into our bedroom one night last week and drove my dh insane cos he couldn't catch it or kill it, and me insane cos my dh was playing Search and Destroy in the middle of the night when I wanted to sleep, and that then ignored the mousetrap and disappeared.

It had curled up in my woolwear drawer and died. Erk. It was still intact, but most of my wool smells like dead rodent.

I am so glad I discovered this now and not when I'm packing for the mountains in a week, or worse, after the summer vacation.

So where is my dh when he's supposed to be around helping me with stuff liek this?

[OakLeaf]

At least my DH has a very good reason why he wasn't here to help me with the chainsaw this morning.

I did fine (with the electric chainsaw, anyway - too scared to fire up the gas one). We do find our competence when we're alone.


ETA: actually (and he will deny it now, I'm sure), he didn't want me using the gas chainsaw when I asked, last time a tree came down when he was home. He's always going on about me "not wanting him to help." Why don't men understand that women need to be competent to take care of ourselves? Then, when they're not here, it's "I'm sure you'll be fine" doing whatever thing it was they didn't want us doing when they were around, so that we have no practice at it.

[lph]

Heh. I'm fine doing the manly things with my dh around, more than fine, because we actively encourage each other to master new things, especially the classic gender role activities, but I wimp out a bit sometimes when my FIL and BIL are there too. But last firewood session up at the cabin my dh and I were there early so I got to play with the chainsaw for one full day first, and by the time FIL and BIL got there I wasn't giving it up Cutting down trees is a lot more fun than all the hauling that follows.

But if he's home when I find a large spider inside I do ask him to please remove it for me. The big ones freak me out. And I think he likes it when I screech a little and go "I really need a man right now!"