StephanieMN

Quote: Originally Posted by Maura the rule in our house is that there is no usage of the gift until a thank you note is written. i have a stack of 20 thank you cards, stamped, return address written on them. so that whenever i get a gift, all i have to do it actually write the thank you in a few sentences, address the envelope and send it on its way. much easier that way i think. That is such a good idea! I was wondering about this too, we are getting checks in the mail and since I have already cashed them I thought I should write the note. I just found out a camera is on it's way to our house and I know I will be using it that day. How excited am I to be getting a new camera.

I am sorry to hear you are sad. Sometimes you just have to work through the sadness and other times you just have to go out and have fun. Not really sure which one will work for you right now. HUGS.

Former Lake Tahoe wanna-be bride here...does that even make sense? Anyway I have some info so ask away.

I am in the process of working on mine and thought I would share a few pre-wedding photos of it. Ignore the microwave and cat, they are not part of my grand vision. These are slowly sinking into the marshmallows so I will fix them up that day and just let gravity piss me off. Right now I am working on getting these tags done. The table I am using is 5 feet so things won't be as cramped as they are pictured.

I feel like a dumb dog chasing it's tail when I try to sit and get my last minute wedding stuff done. Before I work on project "a" I have to get the last party of project "b" done and before I can get the last part of "b" done I need to go to Michaels/Target/grocery store. Once I realize I need to go to a store it is like midnight so I have to wait until the next morning. I wait, get up and try to start project "a" again and before I do that I have to get the last part of project "b" done.... Here is what I am currently "working" on http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...4/P4190088.jpg set the whole thing up last night (yah I am a party animal) http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...4/P4190089.jpg we are renting container so ignore the bags sitting on top of bowls. I am going to put more stuff on the actual table like candles (battery ones cant have real) and puff up the table decor. note the cat starving for attention staring out window. http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...4/P4190091.jpg See my issue? I swear I am pretty well organized I just can't get these last few things done. Maybe I really don't want to because than all the fun stuff is done. I love creating stuff and I am going to go into some sort of crafting coma after the wedding. No joke- the second I found out my sister bought a house I starting thinking of how I could make her new home announcements with her address. Thank God she isn't crafty so she is letting me do them. Ok off, to Michaels, Target, or whatever!

Well it looks they have it worked out and he is driving out to MN and he will have a friend with him so one more person at the wedding...don't care about that part.

Alright! Have a wonderful time and make sure to hurry back to show us photos!

Hope it all happens for you. Wishing you bling, wishing you bling, wishing you bling!

YYYEAH! Happy wedding day! Hope it goes well.

So funny, my Future Father in law just called the school to find out when they scheduled the prom and they said they released the date in October. I LOVE that he called to check on it. Still no other news.

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine Stephanie don't print any programs until you absolutely have to and if something is off in them, o'well no one will really notice. Yep, I am waiting until the end of next week. We can't afford MORE toner.

You look beautiful!! Love that you all ran out.

So we still have not heard from them but we are stepping in to our new plan. We asked one of the ushers to step up to groomsman and if the nephew comes we will be uneven but I seriously don't care. I have a friend who I would ask to be a bridesmaid but I have no clue what she would wear and she is already my personal attendant and doing tons of stuff. So if he doesn't come we will be balanced. There is a slight chance if the nephew can't come than Chris' neices won't either. They are minors and my FIL's would have to pay a fee to have them travel alone. Future FIL is a pilot so we are working it out. So I am trying to find a new usher too. I really am not super stressed. I am off from school until after the wedding and I have tons of stuff done, I am just doing last minute things.Thank GOD I haven't printed the programs yet

Glad it went well! Can't wait for photos!

I can't even imagine! You really would think with digital photos it would be faster but now there is tons of cool software to mess with them so that make the process longer.

Now Chris feels like superman so he is going to try and make tons more $$ next week. He was afraid he was going to have to work the day before the wedding. That would have not worked well.

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine wow that stinks, I hope you can get it all worked out. And let me tell you teenagers don't think about these sorts of things at all...believe me we are in the prom season and my students could care less that AP Exams come before prom, and that they have a research paper due today, all they want to do is look online at dresses, figure out dinner plans, gossip about who is going with who, etc. Yeah I have been that way with the wedding, that last place I wanted to be was sitting in a classroom talking about anatomy. I would understand if we never asked when prom was, we knew it was a possibility so we checked and he never answered us. We even asked his mom but nothing. I swear they all have their heads up their butts.

Quote: Originally Posted by townie princess So this situation is making me feel more aprehensive and paranoid by the day. Today I asked my boss for a job description of this new position they're moving me to. He said he'd get me one by the end of the day today. So about 4pm he comes to me and says I have to send him an updated copy of my resume for him to email to this new dept, which will then be sent to another dept that keeps everyone's resume on file. I'm hightailing it outta there my first chance. This just doesn't feel right to me. I totally agree! That is very odd. I knew something was up at my old job when they put in new software and told the guy to not give me the password to my computer--WTF do I look dumb? Do you think I wouldn't catch on to that little detail? Turns out they decided to outsource my job and I was getting my hours cut and shoved in a new area at work. Hope you can find soemthing new and not feel so rocky.

That sounds wonderful! Have fun.

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa honestly, i can see how to an 18 year old they would not want to miss their senior prom for ANYONE but the real issue here is that the kid / parents / nobody told you about the date conflict until now ?? WTF? that sucks - that is the last thing you and Chris need to be dealing with 2 weeks before your wedding I agree, in this whole thing the person I would feel the most sorry for is the girl he is supposed to go to prom with! Can you imagine two weeks before prom having your date tell you he can't take you! uuugh! This isn't the first conflict that has come up with the family, his neice was upset because she is missing part of her camping trip, again, they asked if there were any conflicts before booking the trip and they all said no. I am waiting for Chris to get up so he can check his email. He told them he had to know today what was going on.

Ha! When I first looked I wondered why you also did blue tiles! Now I see they are wiring boxes. It looks great,nice job.

Very pretty! The can use them after too.

Chris and I have been struggling to come up with the last thousand for our wedding. We don't do credit cards (part of our situation right now) and we really didn't want to ask his folks for the money. He is self employed so if he doesn't sell than there just isn't the money. Yesterday he had a killer day and made that 1,000 bucks! I cried when I saw all the checks and knew we wouldn't have to worry anymore, it's all there. He normally makes about 50-150 a day but yesterday he sold more than he ever has so it really is a miracle. Ahhh breath a sigh of relief! I am such a dork because when I saw there was a little left over I asked if we could go to costco--I wanted some dried mango..mmm.

Two weeks before the wedding and poor FH is smacked with this situation. His BM is his nephew, his brother died when he was in college and FH wanted the next best thing-his brothers' son standing by him on our wedding day. Down side to this is his nephew is 18 and they live out of state. We asked SEVERAL times if our wedding was a conflict with prom and not once did anyone say yes. Well today my Future FIL gets an email asking if they can move the fight time (FIL are paying for him to fly out) because nephew has prom that weekend and he has a date! Apparently not once in the last year did it dawn on them that our wedding is 5/2 and prom is 5/3! In order to move it they have to pay several hundred dollars and one option has him leaving moments after the ceremony or at 4:00am the next day. I am so beyond pissed right now! So we are thinking there is an extreme possibility that FH is going to have to find a new best man.

That really sucks! Talk about nickle and diming people! It looks like you have a great TA who is going to help you through all this. Good luck.