I think Jen (nenner1), who works for USPS, has said they're taking at least 4 weeks, but I should let her speak to that. I had my passport renewal done in (I think) October, and it took less than 2 weeks from the time I mailed it to the time the new one was in my mailbox.
I'm going to have to try that quiz sometime this week! I'm usually so bad that those!
Hi everyone...
Yes the regular passports are taking 4-6 weeks. That is the "standardized answer", anyway. They may come quicker, as Kimberly experienced. I haven't heard any complaints of them taking longer. Expedited ones are taking 3 weeks. We have really seen an upturn in passport applications recently...the phone rings off the hook. Also I don't know how many people are aware, but the new Passport card will be available to apply for Feb.1. It is the wallet card that you can use for the carribbean, Mexico, and Canada. It is wayyyyyy cheaper (less than half the price...at $45/adult, $35/child) of a regular passport book...and the fees (on the books) are also going up in Feb. to $100/adult and $85/child. So if you only plan on needing a passport for cruising you may want to consider just getting the card. That's what we are doing!
Oh, and yes, we know that when a child's passport is issued that they will likely not resemble the picture any more once time passes. It is not a problem, so don't worry!
That Quiz was awesome..though I didn't do so good. I scored an 81. Its funny how you think you know the words to those songs until you really have to sit and think about it. For example, how my eight-year-old-brain turned "You spin me right round, like a record baby" into "You spin me rice round, like b-read and gravy"...
And Brandie..Holy crap! I'll bet you looked HOT!
Don't forget those Coca-Cola shirts! I never had guess, or palmetto jeans, I had some acid wash Bongo jeans though. I couldn't afford Esprit either...though I did have that Forenza t-shirt every other girl had...the one with the bright colors and the palm tree...
Sadly, I pegged my jeans (what I called pinch rolling), until 1993. Not cause I was a dork, but cause I had skinny ankles......
And I still wear Liz Claiborne perfume to this day, I don't care what anyone says!!!
Congrats Marika on your brown belt! Way to go!!
Drea & E, so sorry to hear of your loss. Thinking of you.....
I will have to stay on your good side
*glare*
Of the 7 kids testing (at a variety of levels) she was one of only two who will not have to re-take any portion of it (she never does, she is a total perfectionist and woudl not test if she were not more than ready). We are very proud of her
Wow...that's the quietest 15 hours this thread has seen in a LONG time! 
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That haircut/color did not flatter me! 
