StephanieMN

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Quote: Originally Posted by RiuORBride2B I did this in 6 weeks. I only work well under pressure. I think I did most of the crafty bits in 2 weeks, very sporadically. I didn't want to be planning and stressing over a wedding for months/years like some brides, so we decided on a quick turn around. Good thing you work well under pressure. I need a lot of time to get things planned. The work you did looks like it took a great deal of time to plan and I am beyond impressed with what you did.

Those look great!! Nice job.

Welcome! Make sure to let us all know your proposal story---we love that stuff.

Wow, everything looks so nice. Who said you are not craft?! You sure have some skill. Glad you got the photo thing figured out. How much time did you have to plan all this?

Wow, I have seen them before at stores and thought for sure they wouldn't look right but that looks really nice!

Congrat! We are in a similar situation in that we were going to do a DW but now are getting married at home. I just wrote you a msg in the shout box, let me know if you need more help. Can't wait to see photos!

We are taking ours here Stone Mountain Pet Lodge - Lodging, Dogs like your situation everyone who normally watches her will be with us. She will only be there the one day ( now we are not have a DW).

Yeah that is a little like a dead rabbit cooking on your stove top! Yikes. I suppose there really isn't much you can do. You will look odd if you try to give the stuff back and these are the people who are going to take care of you baby when it's born. I would just assume she went crazy and held up her local Target and got you all this stuff for free and one day the law will catch up with her. She really has some boundry issues but I guess, right now, it is to your advantage.

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyP That is cute. Did you think of the poem yourself Thanks. Yes I poured over it for about an hour yesterday trying to come up with a word that rhyms with "Tums" and ended up having to change it to "antacids" We seriously are going to set some tums up on the candy buffet! That and we are having Lasagna wich can give people problems. We are trying to keep the wedding sophisticated (sp?) but not stuffy so we have a few quirky little poems.

We can't afford to do appetizers at the wedding and the guests won't have too long to wait between the end of the ceremony and dinner so we are giving them a little snack or nosh. We are doing a candy buffet but most people won't want to eat that right away ( I sure would) so we are filling chinese take-out boxes up with popcorn and putting them at each seat. I made some business cards at Vistaprint.com and got a great deal! They are normally $20 but I found a code and got them for $4 ( plus shipping). with out much more ado here is what I did: I will tie them on to the handles of the containers.

Sorry to hear you won't be together. I second you on hating to split the holiday. Are you at least going to be with family?

You can not find the online ones in the stores. They only sell them on the website. I ordered one and returned it with no problems. Tip: Make sure your freaking MOA has clean hands BEFORE she helps you try on a dress that you may have to return. Mine left little chocolate stains on it that, thank baby Jesus, we got out with shampoo!

See now aren't you thrilled you decided to go? Welcome home and Merry getting ready for Christmas.

We are sending out Announcments to people who said no. I ordered them from Vistaprint.com .

You are my hero! We were actually just talking about needing to edit a`song for the cermony that has a super long intro and here you are tellling us about software that does it. Now we just have to hope I can figure it out

Those are beautiful!!! I love your hair and you tatto looks amazing.

That is really good advice. I think the culture we live in discourages us from asking for a deal/bartering but it is common practice in other parts of the world. No one HAS to agree to the terms.

We are doing this poem, I cry everytime I read it: The Invitation It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dream for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon... I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy mine or your own if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful to be realistic to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes.” It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children. It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments. My friend gave me the book and I love it

Welcome to the forum!

We ( FH and I ) were trying to loose weight but just yesterday decided to just try and maintain. I read somewhere that trying to loose this time of year is really hard.

It looks so fun AND warm..wish I were there. Thanks for sharing.

I guess I would send an RSVP postcard with the invite (cheaper postage) and also give people the option to rsvp on your website. You will find that you are going to get more "Maybe"s that you would like because most people don't plan that far in advance. We are finding this to be our issue right now. It would be great if you can get everyone to book by April but remember some people put things of until the last minute. We sent out our out of town invites and asked everyone to send them back by December 15th and we have 3 out of 13!

yeah I would say it is pretty normal. They make you sign papers, put down a deposit and you can't return it. That is very scary. There are so many dresses out there that there may be 50 or so that look great on you so it is hard to pick.

Those are so funny! GO TO BED!!