NYJen

Just wanted to let you know the beach towels are sold.

If anyone is interested in buying some inexpensive beach towels for your OOT bags, I have some that I'm selling. When I bought my towels, I bought WAY TOO many and now have 30 left over that I want to get rid of. Here's what I have: 13 - yellow and white striped 17 - blue and white striped I paid $6 per towel but would be willing to sell the whole 30 for $100 plus shipping. If you're interested, PM me.

OMG!!! He's adorable and you look FANTASTIC for just having had a baby. Wow!!! Congratulations!!!!

We're still up for it if you guys are. But if you want to move it to another weekend, that's fine too. Just let me know what you want to do.

Oh Courtney, you look BEAUTIFUL and the pics are FANTASTIC!!! Leigh - I LOVE your work. I'm so happy for you!!!!

Hey, you got engaged on my wedding day. Welcome to the forum. We have lots of information here. Let us know if we can help you with anything.

Oh Michelle, I'm sooooo happy and excited for you. (And a little jealous because you're in Cabo and I'm not - LOL!!!) I'm DYING to hear how your day was and see all your pics. Enjoy your honeymooon and hurry back with pics.

Ooooh, these pics are great!!!! More please!!!!

Oh Lizz, everything looks beautiful. You look gorgeous!!! I can't wait to see more and see other threads/posts you've added since you've been back. I'm going to go search now.

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek Don't be checking out my Chase! I'm going to a phillies mets game in Sept, but it's at the Mets stadium. There is a whole bus load of us going. I guess i'll get to see what it feels like to wear all my phillies gear there. Should be interesting. Be careful - we Mets fans HATE Phillies fans. (But have fun.)

Does Fresh Direct deliver in your area? Maybe you should try them.

Ok, JM you need to ask her where she got those shoes and then report back to me immediately!!! I MUST have them!!! LOL!!! Oh, and great pics!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by AnnR ladies and gents - i have received the gift and you have no idea how blown away by your thoughtfulness and generosity. i plan on posting and doing something more "official" when i get a moment, but i just had to pop in here and say something. i am truely honored to call all of you friends, and hope that I can repay you all somehow! paul and i are going to stay at a hotel tonight, and maybe tomorrow. we're looking at a couple of corporate/extended stay type places in the next day or so in hopes of getting something like that secured. we'll also probably look at a short term lease for a car. not idea - but all worth it for a new little girl! again, thank you all ... from the bottom of my heart. your gift, and more importantly the thoughts and wishes behind it is amazing. Ann, let me know if I can research anything for you (extended hotel stay, car rentals, etc.)

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa seriously if they screw you over we are coming after them - it will NOT BE PRETTY! I'm telling you, between me, Alyssa, Jamy, Glenda and Rachel - they'll be so sorry they messed with you.

Quote: Originally Posted by jamisoncollette Oh girls, I am so upset! There is no fine print stating the terms could change. I'm afraid to threaten them because I don't want the wedding ruined by a jilted owner. I work with several lawyers and they also said my original contract is valid. I sent an email (so its in writing) to the owner explaining my heartbreak and that we can no longer afford them. So far she has not responded but I am hoping we can remedy this. If not, then beware the fury of BDW and a bride scorned! We had requested an amended contract based on the final head count. Originally we reserved for 50 but have only 30 confirmed guests at the final count. The coordinator said no problem.... According to FI, the coordinator ran off with one of the musicians. Coordinator was the owner's niece and the musician is married. Owner is angry and has banned them. Do you have all your coorespondence with the coordinator via email If so, have you shown it to the owner? They need to make good on this. Don't take this lying down. Can you have one of the lawyers you work with write something up on letterhead to scare them a little?

I really want to change my title on here to something other than "Senior Member." I tried to change it to The "Don't Mess With Me" Bride, but I was told that was too long. Anyone have any suggestions

If you're worried about your budget, you can send a STD that has your website address on it and then have all the info on the website. You can even make the website the invitation and have your guests RSVP right on the website so you can avoid mailing separate invitations.

Thank you Christine (and all the mods) for doing this. Giving them the donations is PERFECT!!! Having to live in CA for a month is going to be expensive so I'm glad we're able to help them with some of the costs. Honestly, I would have been very against wasting the money on a care package. I'm sure it still would have been nice, but I'm sure Ann and Paul will appreciate the cash more than candles and massage oil (you know what I mean. LOL!!!)

Um, this sounds really fishy to me. I think you need to get on the phone with them and make it really clear that with your wedding a month away, they can't make any changes to your contract. The fact that the person who sent you the contract originally is no longer with them, is not your issue. She was there at the time and that is what you signed. I had similar issues with the Hilton and they honored everything. Worse case, put all charges on your credit card and then fight the charges so they don't get the money. If they're trying to screw with you, screw them. Do you want me to call them for you?

Ooooh, ooooh - can I play on this thread too Actually I have to say, Brendan is pretty good when it comes to keeping the house clean and neat. I'm an OCD freak about the house. EVERYTHING has it's place and it's ALWAYS in it's place. I swear, people must think we live in a museum. And Brendan is VERY good about never leaving anything around and he cleans up after himself. He does his own laundry. He loads his dishes (and mine) in the dishwasher. And he will even run it and empty it if it's been awhile or if I'm too busy. We also have a cleaning lady so we never have to worry about dusting or deep cleaning. We also agreed that if one of us cooks, the other cleans and he's good at both of those. My vent is that certain things in the house will NEVER get done unless I ask him to do it. A long time ago we decided that since Brendan doesn't think about the things that need to get done, but I do, then I will just tell him when something needs to get done and he will do it. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, I get home tonight and one of the light bulbs are burnt out. And I KNOW, if I don't ask him to change it, it's not going to get done. He just doesn't think that way. Last week was his Brother-in-laws birthday and I had to remind him FOUR times to get and send a gift. It's STILL not done. This frustrates me more than anything. We agreed that since he knows he's not good at knowing what needs to get done, he's ok with me just telling him what to do and he'll do it. But that's just it, if he doesn't do it right away (and GOD forbid he should write something down) then he forgets and it doesn't get done. And then I have to remind him 10 times. DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!!

WOW, what a great story. Thanks for sharing. I am sooooo relieved that you are doing well and baby Gwendolyn is doing well. Thank goodness!!!! And you're right, she is beautiful. You all look great. Congratulations!!!!

Ok girl, you've been engaged long enough - where are your planning threads I want to hear about everything. Let's go already!!!!

*** DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT SEASON*** Season 5 spoilers The show will be back in the fall (probably September). Season 5 will have 24 episodes. Cast members known to be returning include Teri Hatcher (Susan); Felicity Huffman (Lynette); Marcia Cross (Bree); Eva Longoria Parker (Gabrielle); Nicollette Sheridan (Edie); Brenda Strong (Mary Alice); Doug Savant (Tom); Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Carlos); Shawn Pyfrom (Andrew); Kyle MacLachlan (Orson); and Dana Delany (Katherine). As revealed in the season finale, next season takes us FIVE years into the future and stays there. Flashbacks may be used to fill viewers in on what's happened. Lynette's kids will be recast; Porter and Preston are juvenile delinquents. Mrs. McCluskey's hard of hearing. Bree's well on her way to becoming the next Martha Stewart. Carlos remains blind. Katherine is still living on Wisteria Lane and is closer to the other women now. Edie returns to Wisteria Lane, having also gone through significant change as well. Susan has a new husband, played by Gale Harold. Mike may or may not be back. (They've played the "James-Denton-won't-know-if-he's-back-til-June" card after season 1 and 2, so best bet is that he will, in fact, return.) Many have already emailed wondering if Susan's new husband is Adam; no, he's not, though I guess Gale Harold and Nathan Fillion look a bit alike. Oh, and Susan's son may go by "M.J." so we probably won't have to hear "Maynard" a lot. Gone from the show: Julie, Danielle, Dylan, and the actors playing Lynette's kids. the kids who've played Lynette's kids til now may or may not be back for a few flashbacks next season. Say hello to Kaila Say and Danielle Baltodano, who are playing Gabrielle's daughters Juanita and Celia. Gabrielle will be frustrated her kids don't live up to her standards of beauty. Gabrielle's hardly living up to her own standards of beauty either, as the stress of living with a blind husband and two kids is hard on her. Other spoilers As Marc Cherry's been saying since November of 2004, he plans on ending the show with season 7. After that, he hopes to follow up with a spin-off entitled Vicious Cheerleaders. (Please, make that happen!! I've been itching for more on the show since he first mentioned it 3 years ago.) DH creator Marc Cherry is considering setting the seventh and final season in the year BEFORE DH began, when Mary Alice and Mrs. Huber, among others, still lived on Wisteria Lane.

Ok, so here's what I know - two weeks ago, after Edie left (after the ladies confronted her on the street) I read an article where the producer talked about Edie coming back in "5 years." The journalist of the article added that what's going to happen is that they're going to fast forwarded 5 years now and next year they'll do flash backs over the past 5 years in order to get us up to speed. Not sure how I'm going to like that. Also, that wasn't Adam that Susan was kissing. I don't know who that was - some new character. You should have heard me last night. I made up all these crazy scenarios in my head. Maybe that guy is really Mike but had to have his face reconstructed because he joined the CIA or something. Then I was upset thinking they killed him off. But honestly, I think he's too good of a guy to have the writers say he and Susan broke up. Where is he What did they do with him?

Holy Crap!!! That's so great!!! I LOVE her name - it's perfect!!! I'm so happy for you guys. And I have to say, I'm actually really relieved this all happened kinda quickly. I really want you to be able to leave CA and get home already. God's blessing Baby Gwendolyn.