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this is such an awesome gift!!! is it bad karma to buy yourself one?

Karen, I'm so glad to hear that he is doing well. Big hugs to both of you!

What a cute story! For your pictures, do you have a photobucket account? Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket you can upload your pictures there, and then copy the IMG code into the reply text box.

we are flying in our own photog. after getting quotes from local people, we found it was much more cost effective to fly in our own photographer. we ended up getting SOOO much more with a Minnesota photographer, than we would have gotten with a PV photog.

Yeay Martha!! Have an awesome time!

omg my mouth is watering! joe is really having a tough time with me being on alli. and i just started today!!! we usually go out to dinner once a weekend, but now that i'm eating very cautiously, i have no desire to go out to eat. i know i can't order what i'd really want to order, so why go? Poor Joe is craving going out to dinner like no tomorrow. And he tries to sneak in extra cheese into recipies, and I'm like "NO!!! Do you seriously want to see me poop myself?"

you can get a heart rate monitor with a watch at target for 60ish bucks. it's pretty cool actually. i found my target heart rate a long time ago, but cannot remember what it is. anyone know where to find out? i just found this online Tool: Target heart rate calculator - MayoClinic.com

Quote: Originally Posted by Maura awesome, thanks for the recipe tara, im going to go buy the ingredients at the store tomorrow to try that out! I just realized I didn't write "LOW FAT" for all the milks, sour cream, etc. But I'm sure you know this by now. But just wanted to throw it out there in case anyone else trys it. Hope you like it!

VIP is at 2,000 posts. Not sure what elite is. So this weekend, I decided to make my wedding party some tank tops with iron on rhinestones. I bought a couple sheets of alpabet letters and cut out letters and made Maid of Honor, Bride and Flower Girl. They turned out pretty good, I think. But looking back I would have just ordered the iron on that says "bride" "maid of honor" and "flower girl" because it would have saved me a lot of time trying to get them all lined up nicely. I am going to redo the flower girl one. I like how the silver looks better than the pink... but Joann didn't have 2 sheets of silver letters at the time. I also put our initials on the back of the tanks. FYI in case you are wondering why the flower girl shirt is much larger than an actual flower girl, it is because it is a semi joke. My good friend is doing my flowers, so I made her a flower girl tank. Here they are: (tanks from Old Navy, on sale 2 for 15)

congrats Maura! That is great news!! You are proof that dedication can definitely pay off! I started my pills today. Nothing to report really. But we did make an awesome recipe from the alli website tonight and it was so great. Here is the recipe, for 2 servings Oven Baked Chicken with Cheese Potato Casserole Makes 2 servings 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts 2 teaspoons margarine 6 tablespoons milk 4 tablespoons sour cream 4 tablespoons cream of chicken 4 tablespoons cheddar cheese 1 cup hash browns paprika Preheat oven to 350 Melt margaine in microwave, allow to slightly cool In a medium bowl, combine melted margarine, milk, sour cream, soup and cheese. Stir to combine Add potatoes and mix to thoroughly coat. Place potato mixture in a small baking dish lightly coated with cooking spray Bake potatos 25-30 minutes until potatoes start to brown While casserole is baking, place chicken in another small baking dish lightly coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle on paprika When casserole has 20 minutes left to bake, put the chicken in the oven. Bake for 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. FYI we baked our potato mixture for much longer than 30 mintues... ours baked for almost 55. 300 calories/serving 10g fat/serving

I just fixed my elliptical... which was broken since Jan, so now that I'm starting on it again, I'm starting at 20 minutes. And I do the interval program, low resistance building up to harder, and then back down to easy again. My latest SELF magazine said that these types of programs are the best for weight loss. Have fun!!

I had the same problem. I went dress shopping... hmm.. probably 20 times. No joke. I started in MN (Macy's and some place down town that was horrid) then moved to AZ, and I had decided that all of the AZ bridal stores didn't have anything I wanted. I went to them all, and they all had the same dresses. I went home for easter, and my mom thought we should go out shopping again. We went to a store in Stillwater, called Raffine Bridal. I would HIGHLY suggest you go there. They have all sorts of dresses. Simple, intricate, mermaid, strapless, etc. They will also pin the dresses for you so you can get a really good idea of what it really looks like. Raffine Bridal

this is such a good idea. my veil is pretty long too. i would think you could have the weights in for the ceremony and them clip them out for pictures - for that veil in the wind look. thanks for posting this. i would have never, ever, ever thought of this!

Erin, I love these pictures!! I love the one of you looking to the side in the hammock, and the one where you can see the sand in your hair, and especially the one of you and your guests in the background sitting at the pool bar fully clothed! that is sooo awesome!!!

i can't wait to see it!! how about a self portriat until Andy can take a picture?

cute cute cute! i love it! nice job!

I ordered our cups from Vendo Direct. here is a link to their koozies Drink Coolers the min says 150, but i know they will do smaller amounts on some items, just need to call and see if this is one of them.

I got The Newlywed game for an engagement present. it has been a lot of fun - get to learn new stuff about the other person. i also got some wedding planning books. I think some wedding magazines would be cool in there too. I know I was super excited to star looking through those as soon as we got engaged. In fact I bought one the very next day! Also, have liked everything with my new initials on it.

congrats!!!!!!! i can't believe you didn't take a picture! Does it feel any different now?

oh I'm so sorry! Losing a pet is so hard. His picture is very cute.

looks like it was a fun time! those kids are way too cute!

I just got my hair done today and I was telling my hair girl that I want to cut it to shoulder length after the wedding, and she said that soooo many brides chop their hair off after the wedding, or change the color. funny! must be something about weddings? who knows, but I think you'll look awesome with Nicole Richie's hair cut!

I like that dress a lot!!!

wow i can't believe you're doing beading on your dress! That is awesome! Of course, we will need pictures I can't imagine doing that, mine would turn out so bad!

those are very fun!