Celina

Congratulations and welcome to the forum! Let us know how we can help! Sounds like you have a good handle on things already. Good for you! ~Celina

Congratulations and welcome to the forum! Let us know how we can help! ~Celina

I like the 3rd pic! LOVE that they are reversible! Very cute!

Yeah, we are doing the same. My FI keeps saying, "OMG - honey, you just keep adding more and more to these bags"! Like I told him - all of those people who offered to take stuff - I am totally taking them up on their offers! Our MOH, Groomsmen, his Grandmother, Aunts and us - we will be distributing the loads! Our two kids are coming so they have room for carry-ons as well! Hehe!

Maura - take some Aleve BEFORE you start moving that way you aren't too sore when you are done! Congrats on your new place and have a fun time with the move!

Oh my goodness Mel! That is bad! TGIF because come Monday - two days will pass and you can start next week with a clean slate! BTW...to be on the safe side, you may not want to try any of those April Fools Jokes next week Cheer up and don't be too hard on yourself! Better yet - all next week put post it's all over your office reminding yourself to pay people...do it as a joke and maybe your boss will lighten up!

It's very pretty! I am going to have to check with Oceaneasy for my veil!

Stephanie, The bags are so sweet I'm sure your sisters will love them. BUT - these books....OMG...I am tearing up as I read them! They are simply beautiful. These books are the sweetest things ever. How fortunate you are to have them be a part of your day. You did a wonderful and thoughtful job in making the books. ~Celina

We are getting married just before sunset in November (5:00-5:30pm). I hope we can get the ceremony done in time to get pics!

One word..... BEAUTIFUL!

Oh gosh Yari! That is awful. Let us take a look and see what can be done. I'll check back this evening...

I want to put something cutesy on the label of the first aid kits. I just don't have any good ideas. My ideas are SO lame...this is what I came up with..... "A little something in case you need it"... "For your bumps and bruises in Mexico" "Having too much of a good time? Try one of these" Any help out there??

What about Proactiv? I use it for my face and it has helped tremendously! They have a body wash too. You may need some help getting the toner on your back if you can't reach. I use their lightening lotion on spots that appear from an ocassional breakout. Their products work. One supply will last you for several months depending on how much you use it.

That's great to hear. Maybe once she got to know the others she feels closer to you and your whole day. That is great news! I am very happy it turned out as well as it did!

Where do you live? I know someone here in Denver who does this and would probably give you a good deal.

Quote: Originally Posted by twelve_piece Oh my, I hadn't even thought of this... I bought cheap match books from the $1 store. Wouldn't that be just great for my cheap-o-la matches to bring the plane down! I bet most resorts have match books at the bars anyway I know...but not with your name on them!! BOO-Hoo! Well - my MIL is the one who bought them and I'll just have her take them! HA! We are flying American. On our last flight on United I took a lighter in a checked bag and no one noticed. My FI also inadvertantly had a lighter in his pocket on a flight to Vegas and got it through. I'll let my MIL know and see what she says. If all else fails, we can just send them to the WC and have her hold them for us. If they get lost - it's not a lot of money to lose...we'll just have to ramsack the bars supply of matches - while were having margaritas!!

We are getting married at RIU Vallarta in November and to date the WC has continually stressed about the 80% rule. I know we are paying HUNDREDS in day passes! We have a lot of guests who have time shares and aren't staying with us there. I'm not too sure what they do if you go over. I don't know sorry!

Oh you poor girl! Weddings can bring out the designzilla's in all of us! I am the queen of indecisiveness! I can't decide on anything! After looking at your bags - in the whole scheme of things when it is all said and done, do you think it is going to make that big of a deal to have spent $1,000 on bags? I know you aren't happy with them, but honestly they look really good! Like everyone else said, YOU are the only one who will know that they aren't the right shade of blue. If it is something that you absolutely can not get past, then by all means get new bags. Otherwise, in the back of your head this will always linger. You can always complain to the company and have them re-do them or see what kind of deal you can work with them.

Aye...yi...yi...what a headache these men can be with their pride! Why don't you suggest that D come over and "Help" Everton paint the room so that he can get done quicker and still be able to possible squeeze in some family time? My FI is SO the opposite! I used to get mad at him because he would pay the guys who maintain the greenbelt areas around our house to mow and edge OUR lawn! I was like...why don't you get your ass out there and do it?? His reasoning was they had all the tools out and could get it done in 1/4 of the time. Which they did..they would come in like gangbusters and mow and trim the front and back yard in like less than 10 minutes!

Happy wedding day Rachel! Can't wait to hear how it all turned out!

Very cute! Love the frames and the ribbon on the flip flops! SO cute! I am horrible with presentation so that is a great idea and looks cute too !

Oh Abbie! I am SO FREAKIN HAPPY FOR YOU!!!:cheer2: That is awesome! How wonderful that you and Doug were thinking the same thing! That is great! YAY!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Maura hey, at least now, its all laid out on the table for your dad to know what really happened. you DONT have to forgive her though, and dont let anyone bully you into thinking you have to. what she did was hateful and downright malicious. just because you arent forgiving her though, doesnt mean that you have "hatred in your heart" for her. that is where your dad is wrong. i dont have hatred for my mom, i just know deep down she must me mentally ill to treat me the way she does. i cant have that kind of negativity in my life, and therefore i cant have a relationship with her. do i wish her ill will? no. but i also cannot let her keep railroading me the way she always has, and the same with you and your sister. OMG - that is the EXACT SAME THING my FI told my dad - almost word for word! You are right though...just because you DON'T forgive...does not mean that you have hatred in you towards them; and that is exactly how I feel. I love her and that is why it hurts so much. I just realize and can now truly see that she is a very sick person. In the past I used to ask her husband if she was PMS-ing because she has a history of totally going off the deep end like this. Saying horrible mean and nasty things and then a week later apologizing and acting like nothing ever happened. I have suggested in the past that she see a doctor because she may have a hormonal or some kind of chemical imbalance and she never took my advice (obviously) I printed out information for her and even mailed it to her house. She just doesn't see it and her husband finds it easier to lay down and get stomped on than to be a man and stand up to her. Personally - I had to go off of the pill because I was a raging loon when I took the pills. I tried different methods of birth control until I just quit it all together because I was out of control and FI threatened to leave because of my mood swings. After I quit the pills I totally became normal again. (I also got pregnant and now have a son who has a smile that would brighten anyone's day!) BUT - the mood swings and craziness is over for me and it took ME to realize it for myself before I could change. The thing is, I don't think she will ever see that she is the one with the problem. Unless and until she gets some serious help - and somehow convinces me and my FI that she is in some sort of therapy AND the therapy is working- I have to cut the ties because our relationship is toxic. I can only pray that she gets the help she needs and isn't doing any harm to her own family. She has three kids - 17, 15, and 9. She has already taken the backbone from her husband. What a shame.

Maybe take pics of ceremony, reception site, rooms? PU some maps??

Well...yesterday afternoon I got off work early and me, FI, dad and step mom had a sit down talk. I read out loud the e-mails that were sent back and forth. In the end both my FI and I said to my dad that we could not have her in our lives. My FI told my dad that he would leave me if it came to him losing our son over such accusations. As hard as that was to hear it is the truth and I don't blame him. We expressed to my dad that no abuse was going on and explained to him about all of the testing that our daughter went through before we decided to use medication for her ADD. In the end there were A LOT of tears - so many that at times I couldn't talk because I was so upset. My dad just asked that we forgive her so that we don't carry the burden of hatred in our hearts because then we would be just the same as her. We told him we can move on from this and even forgive her - but there will be NO relationship with her and that she could not be a part of our lives. I think as a parent it has to be a horrible feeling to see your children going through this. I told him we didn't expect him to take sides with anyone - we just wanted him to hear the truth and that it had to be out there so that we could move on. I must tell you all that I am totally drained! Hopefully in a few weeks I'll be back in wedding mode. I was telling FI this morning that dealing with her has taken all of the wind out of my sails in regards to wedding planning. Then, yesterday my MOH told me her husband hasn't been working in 5 weeks! He works for Sears as a siding installer. He used to have his own business but it was hard to get jobs because of the lack of new construction builds so he went to work for Sears but now....UGH! I tell you - if it ends up being me, FI, and our two kids on the beach - that's probably how it should have been in the first place! Thanks guys! ~Celina