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Hi Lisa, Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum!! Congrats on the upcomng wedding!

Welcome to the forum.... congrats on FINALLY making it official ;o)

Welcome both of you to the forum! And congrats on the upcoming wedding.

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum Jaymie!!

Those are adorable!!!!

Welcome to the forum Vivian, thats awesome of you to help your sister out. Im sure you will find tons of stuff on here that will help you out tons!

You could do a sticker with your logo on it names.

Im sorry!!! Im sure the little guys will be okay... Sorry!

HAHA those are awesome, thanks for the tips!!!

Everyone has the cutest ideas.... now just need to make my decision!

I just found the cutest song I think were going to dance to Jason Mraz-Im yours

Great job everyone!!! Cessy- more weight, were not going to be able to see you by the end of this!! Ann- Great job the baby needs a little work out too... plus you need some gifts too wouldnt be fair if the baby got it all! Yari-Better go to the gym... will be checking with you later to make sure you went!!! Aylssa- Your doning wonderful!! Keep up all the good work even if you weekend wasnt so wonderful, must be nice to have a lot of friends ;o) Glenda-Yup todays a new days... you have done soooooo good so far so keep it up and stay away from that greasy food and alcohol! Jill-An hour?? Thats awesome drink that water up! Well think thats everyone.... Yeah AF is here for me too UGHHH so hopefully it wont be up too much. But had the flu past four days so that has affected the scale so we will see wed keep it up girls your doing sooooo goood!!!!!

I dont know how much help/unhelp I will be. But we pretty much did everything into buying a new home and got out of it three months before it was done... so heres what I got from it. Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak Frank and I are starting to research home building in anticipation of actually beginning the process later fall/winter. Even tho I've been a homeowner before, I've never built, and I'd like to "smarten up" about this and see what this has been like for other people. 1) Whom did you choose for your home builder and why? We used trend homes because at the time many of our friends bought homes from them. SOme of them bought multiple for the investment. We loved the style and at the time thought it was a great deal and in th price range of what we were looking for in a new home. 2) Did you finance using your home builders mortgage company? Any pros/cons to using theirs instead of your own? We went to get out "quote" or whatever you wanna call it and they were giving us a HORRIBLE deal. My aunt was a mortgage broker at the time and because of that we were going to get a great deal through her. She also said NOT to go through them. This was just rend homes mind you, many new home builders offer great ones. Just not ours. 3) What do you know now (that the building is finished), that you wished you knew then (before starting the building process)? Hmmm never moved in.... 4) What didn't you expect in the process? (or, what "surprises" did you have in the process- both good and/or bad) The whole process was very easy, almost too easy I felt like I should have been doing something/signing papers/ something but we just waited and did nothing 5) What advice would you give to someone starting the process? Definietely research around as much as you can. I know thats a given, but seriously I feel like my FI and I kinda jumped into it because of the price and the market at the time andwere afraid we couldnt find anything else. Also the reason why we did not get the house was because of the market. At the time here it was at a point were people thought the prices were going to get higher (mind you it took 9 month to build the house) since the market here was soooo crazy it ended up dropping and the builder would not negotiated a price with us. If we would have moved into the house we would have been down about 40k. I know ridiculus. It ended up the builder is now out of business. So I guess what I am trying to tell you in this long drawn out story is try to predict the market. If it is crazy there like it was here you will have to really consider if it is a good idea or not. 6) What would you have done differently if you did it all over again? Not done it. LOL 7) What did your builder consider "standard" options? And what did you choose for "upgrades"? That was the other issue. NOTHING was standard... we didnt ever get doornobs I mean WTF! What percentage of your final price was due to upgrades? (example: if the home was $200,000 and you spent $25K on upgrades...) Our base price was aroun $200k and $40k in upgrades (we did the BARE MINIMUM in upgrades too... crazy) 9) What kind of timeframe did you have for this---- from starting to research, making a decision, then actually building and finally moving in? It was about nine months (we told them we didnt want to do it about 6 months into is. 10) What was the easiest decisions you had to make? What were the hardest things to decide on? Easiest would be the upgrades, the funnest part picking it all out.... hardest the upgrades figuring out how much everything is you want LOL Any input you feel like sharing is definitely appreciated!!! This is new, exciting, but also where I have a huge learning curve to address and your input will definitely help us!

yeah no rice.... dont want hurt birdy's

My top ones are Collide- Howie Day Cowboy take me away- Dixie Chicks Into the Mystic- Van Morrison Fools rush in-UB 40

Oh thats awesome, would be a lot cheaper than to give everyone rose petals.

Its ok we are all going to have our up and downs.... as long as we stay focused. You will drive yourself completely insane if you dont treat yourself every once in a while. Like teh girls said earlier, this is a "lifestyle" change not a "diet". And lord knows there arent going to be nights in the future when you arent going to drink a glass of wine or two. Well tomorrow is a new day and only a couple more days until the weigh in so stay focused... WE CAN DO IT!!!

Yeah I would rather do rose petals anyways just wondering what else there is.... CUTE beach ball idea!!!!

Have a Happy happy Birthday!

I am going to have guests do the whole throwing thing once we walk down the aisle. But I was just wondering if anyone is doing anything other than rose petals. I have heard of lavender, rice, and bird seed.. any other suggestions of pics?

Welcome to the forum Margie!

How was everyones second weekend of healthiness

Hi ANgela! Welcome to the forum, Im sure you will find and abundunce of ideas on here!