**~Jenn~**

Quote: Originally Posted by JT3 I am unsure how long you get him for but it says you get 50 photos.... I think I have his packages if you are interested... We are going with an outside Photographer and using the Dreams photgrapher for the day before hopefully... Cecilia told us if we dont use the Dreams resort photgrapher she will charge us 100 dollars... So I'll use him for a differnet day and save 110 bucks You are suppose to get him for 90 min...However...We had him for little bit longer because he wanted to get all different shots. We weren't charged any extra..Probably because it was his fault

YAY! I am so glad this thread was started! I am a Reality Show Junkie, & not afraid to admit it (those who know me from the Big Brother thread can back me up on that! hahahaha) I love the Bachelor and I though last night was good, but why oh why were the other girls crying when Roz got the boot? lol Cheer up girls, one of you just got her spot instead of going home lol The whole "they kicked me out because of my son" thing sounds like something she started so she wouldn't look like a big hoe bag on national TV. It makes no sense when other people have kids and talk about them. That one chick when Jason was the Bachelor got to have her Daughter come and visit on one of their dates! I don't think the bachelor prod. care. I liked Jake last season, but I always felt like he only went on Jillian's season so he can be the Bachelor eventually. Either way, he's hot and I think he's a little more likable so far personality wise (IMO) Oh & My Fav since she stepped out of the limo is Ali

Great review!! You looked amazing Congrats

Wow...Thanks Morgan! I never thought of getting a Mortgages for Dummies book! Thank you for all the info, I do understand things a little more. We are getting together with our broker in the next few weeks, so hopefully between talking to him and also reading the book & website you clued me into, I will feel more confortable. Congrats on being a home owner!

I just wanted to Bump this thread, Rather than start a new one I am in the begining process of being a First time home buyer and I feel like an idiot! I don't understand half of the crap that I am reading. We originally went through a broker to get Pre-Approved, and we did (yay) But I was wondering....Is it better to go through the lender directly or a broker? I don't have alot of money saved, we are hoping to get the FHA first time Home buyer loan and then combine that with a PA grant (still in the process of reading up on all of this though) I know it's a long shot, but I don't have thousands in the bank saved up ready to put down on a house (unfortunately) We are going to try our best. I am hoping to have a house by the summer...If it doesn't work out, we may just rent for a while longer. Either way, I need to move. I am currently renting from my cousin. It's good a thing money wise since we didn't need a security deposit & etc...But bad because it's like pulling teeth to get in touch with him to fix anything!! Basically I just want to know some opinions on buying a house without a lot of money saved up. Is it possible? Am I just kidding myself?? Help!

I actually heard that she is going to split that last book up into two movies. That would be pretty cool I got the whole book set of the Twilight Saga for Christmas and I was so excited. I borrowed all 4 of the books when I read them, so now I can read them again anytime I want and believe me, I will!! LOL It's funny because I am a big reader..I go from book to book and its been really ahrd for me to get into another "normal" book, now that I still have Twilight on my brain I guess I need more time for it to wear off! LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by JuneWeddingDreams I have a question for any brides who had their reception on the beach. I am having my reception on the beach and want to put small candles around the tables that people are eating at. Did you put candles out? If so did you do real candles or the fake ones that run on batteries? Would you suggest one over the other due to wind and them blowing out? I'm looking for some thoughts. Also, is anyone willing to share their programs for those that did the legal ceremony there. I want to put my programs together but don't know how the ceremony is structured to get started. Thanks in advance for anyone who can help My Reception wasn't on the beach....It was on the terrace and I can tell you this..not ONE of my candles stayed lit :-( I was upset because they were the main focus of my centerpieces that I made. So if your not going to have them in one of those Hurricane vase's, then I would go with the Fake candles Lots of luck

ok..So I Finally Watched Twilight on DVD (Didn't see New Moon Yet) and you are all right. If I didn't read the book and know the Passion & love these two have for each other, I would have thought this was just another teen romance. They Left so much out and although I will probably watch it again (just because) I am glad I didn't see the movie first They also changed the story too much. I was mad! I finished Breaking Dawn last night and here is my weigh in: 1. It was really crazy..LOL & I think they spent way too much time on her being pregnant. It was half the book! 2. I did like getting to read from Jacobs Perspective & I didn't realize he was going to be imprinting on Nessie until he saw her for the first time. I had no clue before that. 3. WTF was up with all the preparation for the Volturi & the fighting & in the end, no one fought? I think this could have went a different way and I was a little dissapointed :-( 4. I agree that Edward had no bonding time with his daughter. There should have been a chapter at least about the 3 of them bonding as a family. 5. I am happy that Charlie is still in the picture and he knows something. However, I think they had him take the news about Jacob WAY too well..LOL It was like "ok, that's weird, I don't want to talk about it anymore"..LOL 6. Although Bella was able to control her "thirst" better than most new vampires...They just let her meet too many humans after that, without even touching on the fact that the smell of their blood was probably hurting her. Like when she went to meet with that lawyer guy. It was just weird. 7. All in all...I Loved this series. The first book still & always will be my favorite. New Moon was a little boring, but that is because I totally love Edward and he was gone :-(...Eclipse pissed me off when her & jake kiss and she realizes she is in ":ove" with him too..WTF?? I thought you had the love of your life? You have two? It just anoyed me and it made me more mad that Edward was kind of understanding about it & Breaking Dawn was ok...I am glad it was long, but I feel like if this was really the end, I wouldn;t feel so dissapointed..LOL. I totally think she can get another book or two out of this. We can follow the cullens and see what happens to Nessie and Jake and see if that other Half Vamp/Half Human tries to fight Jake for her when she grows up. I really think she shouldn't have ended this & I'm upset..LOL I want more! I guess I can still look froward to seeing New Moon and the rest of the movies, but Stephenie Meyer wasn't kidding when she said Breaking Dawn is going to be a tricky movie to make! OMG..Can't wait to see how they do that Ok..I am done. I plan to go back & read through this thread for the names of the other Vampire books you girls have recommended. I am totally hooked now

I am honestly just happy that they brought this season back to life. I was getting annoyed with the whole Dixon/Annie hostility and Annie being the outcast...It just went on way too long. And why are we still waiting to find out what happens to Annie after hitting the Homeless guy, when it was last season's Finale! I like this show..Alot, but it's dragging a little. I have a bit of a spoiler, which some of you may know and some of you may not..so I will give alot of space if you don't want to read it................................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .... ***SPOILER ALERT***** Ok, So I am sure you all of seen Rumor Willis on the show. She has a small part right now. She is on the Newpaper crew right now. But her part is about to get a litle bit bigger. She is going to have a Female love interest And the love interest is..... Adrianna! (I think that's her name..LOL Navid's EX) Forgive me if this was already talked about..LOL I read about it a while ago, after I saw Rumor Willis on Ellen, BUt it was never happening. I am excited to see where that story line goes.

So...Better late than never right? I have been hearing about Twilight forever...And I really never understood the hype. I remember I asked a friend about it, when the first movie came out, and they said, "Oh it's for kids"..So I dropped it. Then the more I saw Kristen Stewart on award shows & what not the more I really hated her..lol She seems miserable or high all the time and she just rubs me the wrong way...So again, I had no interest in the movies. I am a BIG reader...My mom & me trade books back and fourth daily. So I happen to be in between books and My 12 year old neice mentioned that she had Twilight & New Moon. Well last wednesday, I went & got them from her. Let me just say, I was done Twilight in LESS than 24 hours time. I was so hooked. I was drawn in and I just don't know how to put it into words....LOL Then my friend told me about Midnight Sun being on the internet, so I went to the Authors website and there it was...All 264pgs of it. So I read that in about 5 hours or less (Can't remember), even though it's unfinished & it's just Twilight from Edwards mind, I loved it just the same. Then I started New Moon. I tried to make it last..I really did, but I was done that in two days (Not straight reading). This series has taken over, I can't think of anything else, I had to make myself go right to bed last night and not continue reading Eclipse (which I just started yesterday morning) because I will read until I can't stay awake any longer & then I am late for work! :-) Someone loaned me the Twilight movie (didn't watch it yet) and my best friend promised to go see New Moon with me, even though she has never read the books or seen the first movie. I just can't believe I have waited this long to get into this series. Had I known it was this good & I would get this drawn into it, I would have never waited. I am not even halfway through eclipse & I already am having urges to keep reading and not put it down (I almost missed my stop on the subway this morning!) The bad thing is, my brother in law & his family are coming in from out of town this weekend until tuesday and I am wondering if it would be rude to read my book while they are there?..LOL probably so...That wouldn't make me a very good host. Not sure that I will be able to refrain :-( I just wish the next book wasn't the last :-( Anyway, I have read some other posts on here and I know alot of you feel the same, so i thought since I am new to this craziness I would weigh in. I am completely & uutterly Addicted & although I am not attracted to Robert Pattinson in the least, I am so in love with Edward Cullen hahaha

It turns out, my links no longer work anyway...not really sure why, but either way..You can find my review in the Wedding Reviews section of this forum and Just do a Juan Navarro search and I am sure my pics will come up

Quote: Originally Posted by JuneWeddingDreams Philly - I wish I could see your pics but I don't have enough posts to open it up yet. I'm sure they are beautiful! I think if you do a search on here and put in Juan Navarro, my post will pop up. That link goes to anotehr post on here, so you can probably find it I'm glad I can help! It wasn't that long ago that I was in your shoes

Quote: Originally Posted by JuneWeddingDreams Any past Dreams brides that used the in house photographer? I'm contemplating whether or not to use him or go with an outside photographer. I'm not sure what photgraphy package the Ultimate Wedding Package covers. I know the number of photos but don't know the cost of it if I do choose to go with an outside vendor I want to get the appropriate credit towards something else on my list. If anyone has insight on the in house photographer please send my way. I used him...& I was really happy with the outcome There is a link to my Picture post in my signature if you want to check them out. I also know that Stacy used him..If you search this thread you'll see her link as well. They told me that with the package I would have him 1.5 hours...Which is basically a half hour for the ceremony and an hour for the after cermeony pics. I was EXTREMELY nervous that we wouldn't get done all the pics I wanted in an hour and I would have to pay for his time & Etc. But everything worked out. We were longer than an hour after the ceremony, but that was his fault..LOL he wanted us to go over to the light house and take some awsome pics, which took up alot of time. Walking up those rocks barefoot in my huge dress wasn't fun, but I loved my pictures so it was worth it. 2days later he sent his assistant to come meet us and he gave us a leather Photo album with about 60 pictures (the package comes with 50, he gave us a few more) He picked out the best ones, which was fine because we also thought theyw ere the best ones. His assistant also dropped off our Video from the Videographer which I loved! Then he gave us a CD with the 60 pictures that were in the album, and he also had the CD of ALL the pictures that were take that day (over 600)...He had a laptop with him and we saw ALL of those pics. He told us if we wanted to buy it it would be 350.00...Which was a little high in my opinion, but I wanted those pictures! So we bought it. I'm so happy we did. There aren't any copyrights on them so you can get them printed & get books made & etc and that is what we are in the process of doing now. I am happy I went with Juan, I was on a really tight budget and I was a little depressed that I couldn't afford another Photographer, but in the end, I was so happy!! Good luck P.S. Wow, sorry this is sooo long..LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by meldal101010 Ughhh....still no word from Claudia on our wedding contract yet!! I've written her another email so HOPEFULLY i hear back in the next couple of days or i think i will be switching venues... I really don't want it to come to that but its been a month and no word. I've called & emailed after giving her basically a full month to get it together. If it is this hard to get in touch with her to GIVE her money to get this ball rolling, then i can't imagine it would be any better throughout the planning of everything... Aww Don't give up! We all had to go through it..Believe me. I spent alot of time freaking out in the begining. Getting your contract is really important, so I would take the advice from Carolina above me Call the main number. Once you have that contract.....Use this forum for Questions and save the rest for when you are sitting with your Wedding Co-Ordinator. You will plan your wedding in 10 minutes and Dreams is SOOO worth it Hang in there..I know this part is rough, but once you have that date set & contract in hand, you will be well on your way!: )

What a great review! It made me miss Dreams and my wedding week! LOL I am so glad that you had a great time and I am so glad to hear how hard they worked to make sure you had the wedding of your dreams. Your dress was Beautiful & I loved your Bm's Dresses too! But most of all...CONGRATS MRS!! Quote: Originally Posted by Tifuhhknee Thank you so much for the review! The more I read, the more I am leaning toward Dreams Cancun. Only thing is I want a ceremony on the beach and have had no luck finding a review of a beach ceremony there. We will see! But you wedding was gorgeous, love the colors and your bouquets were WOW. Looks like you had a great time, can't wait for my turn. I think that there aren't many girls who have had Beach Weddings at Dreams Cancun, and I think that once you see the view from the gazebo for yourself, you'll know why!! That has to truly be one of the best spots in Mexico to get married. All you can see is ocean and all you can hear are the waves hitting the rocks below...So awesome

Quote: Originally Posted by mc5363 Hi girls! I am back from the best wedding EVER!!! I will try to work on my review ASAP but trust me when I tell you that you won't be disappointed. Dreams was a dream come true:) Congrats!! I am so glad you had a good time..I can't wait to read your review :-) Even though it makes me wish I was still there..LOL Quote: Originally Posted by cougs congrats! so happy for you!!! ahhhhh i miss dreams! Me too Lisa!! Are you going back for your anniversary? We are thinking about it...But I kind of want to go somewhere else I think..I dunno....

Quote: Originally Posted by aimee&ted here's a little book update for you guys. This is just going to be easiest for me to list them by how many stars I gave them on goodreads.com (it's awesome! check it out) Keep in mind I rarely give a book 5 stars. 5 STARS the host - stephenie meyer summer sisters - judy blume the book thief - markus zusak 4 STARS prep - curtis sittenfeld (the beginning of this book gets 5 stars!) the sweetness at the bottom of the pie - alan bradley garden spells - sarah addison allen the thirteenth tale - diane setterfield sarah's key - tatiana de rosnay Okay, what have you been reading lately? Summer Sisters by Judy Blume is awesome!! I read that a while ago and I loved it I like Susan Mallery and her "Titan Family" series...& Carly Phillips "Corwin Family" Series I read alot so I can go on & on, but I am finally getting ready to start the Time travelers wife & I can't wait!

Wow that is so amazing! Lisa, I am truly sorry to hear about your Dad's illness. I had no Idea. I am not on here as much as before, but please know that you and your family will be in my thoughts & Prayers. I'm right over the Bridge girl, So call me if you ever wanna get together :-) The Love & Support on this forum is Fabulous

Quote: Originally Posted by mc5363 Thanks Ladies! The last thing I need is to bring 40 people on a rained out vacation. I am getting so excited. It's down to the wire...just hope I remember everything:) I wish you lots of luck! Your going to have soo much funn!! Don't worry about the rain or anything, everything will work out I am excited for you!! P.S. Hi everyone!! I am always on but I hardley ever check in Sorry!

I think this may be the most boring season ever! LOL Jake was an early Fav for me, but quickly became, 'Eh' :-(

I love the show, But I am really hating Annie's storyline so far! UGH...Although I LOVED when she told Naomi that everyone who loves her always loves Annie more...LOL too Funny. I feel like its becoming more "90210" like this year. I didn't think they could pull it off, but it's a good show. Melrose place is even growing on me

I love the show, But I am really hating Annie's storyline so far! UGH...Although I LOVED when she told Naomi that everyone who loves her always loves Annie more...LOL too Funny. I feel like its becoming more "90210" like this year. I didn't think they could pull it off, but it's a good show. Melrose place is even growing on me

YAY tonight is the night! Is anyone watching the new show that comes on before Greys? Flash Forward? I think it will be interesting. I can't wait for Greys though, it's going to be so sad to see George go

Quote: Originally Posted by *Heather* Oooh ya, post links to pics! I want to see! Thanks for all the info You're amazing! Quote: Originally Posted by *Nadine* whaaat i love this shyte!!! Thanks for the info, share the links please! Thanks! :-) I love this stuff too, I am such a BB addict..LOL Here is a link to some pics...You will see ALOT of BB Alumni in these...Some look different like Libra (BB10) & Nakomis (BB?)...Others look exactly the same...Enjoy!! This is from Jokers Facebook pics Joker's Updates's Photos - Big Brother Vegas Bash 2009 | Facebook And here are some from Laura's (BB11) facebook Login | Facebook Here is a link to Jokers Updates Media Section. This is where I get all my info and it;s a good source of all things Big Brother Here are some of Lydia's Pictures from her Facebook page JokersUpdates.com: BB Media - Vegas Party pics from Lydia's Facebook I will post more stuff later Enjoy this for now I'll keep you updated on all of the info.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mel&B Hey PhillyBride, Do you have the wrap party gossip/video for us?! I do have some gossip, so here it goes.... For whatever reason, There was no Official Wrap party this year! (WTF?) However, There was a Big Reality TV bash in Vegas Friday & Saturday night. Not only were TONS of BB alumni there from all prev seasons, but all of Big Brother 11 went, With the the exception of Kevin & Natalie. Real Player, which is the site that gives us the live feeds, showed live footage from both party's in Vegas on Friday & Saturday night. If you had the superpass (which you needed to see the feeds) then you could watch. I watched what I could on friday night, but they were having technical difficuties for a while and it was annoying. But it was also cool to see the party in full swing. Jodan came over and thanked her fans, she also started talking to Chelsia (BB9) and was saying how this woman came up to Jeff in the airport and was about to faint at the site of him. It was a pretty funny story. You can tell that Jordan & Jeff are really surprised at how much they are loved. Jeff also came up and Howie (BB6 & Allstars) came over and gave him a Big kiss on the cheek..LOL I love Howie! I didn't watch on Saturday night, but Apparantly,James Rhine (BB6 & Allstars)saved the night when he took over doing the interviews (I have no idea who was doing them before him, but they were apparently horrible) Anyway, it was here that Jordan & Jeff came out & said that Yes, they are officially a couple now and are going to see what happens. YAY Everyone was in good sprits. Even Danielle Donato (Evil Dicks Daughter) and Jen from BB8 were hangin out and there is one pic of them hugging and having a good time. For those of you who don't know, on BB 8, Evil Dick HATED Jen and Danielle wasn't too fond of her either, especially because they both had an interest in Nick. After that season ended, Nick & Danielle went out for like a month , then broke up. Not long after that, Nick & Jen wound up in a serious relationship for about 2 years. They recently broke up a couple months ago. (I have no idea where I store all of this useless information in my brain..LOL) I have seen alot of the pictures from everyone's twitter accounts. Apparently Jessie & Lydia are still together and they may even be a little serious. They both posted pictures of a little trip they took to Disney land, while they were still in California. They genuinely looked happy. Hmmm. It was said though, for those who watched the WHOLE live feeds of those parties, that Jessie isn't liked very much from the past BB houseguests so it was a little tense for those around him during the events in vegas. Ronnie & His wife were there. She is cute, but she looks a little weird, almost like a female "Geek". I guess her & Ronnie are a match made in heaven! :-) I also seen some of Laura's pics and there is one of BB10's April (remember her and Ollie had sex all of last season..LOL every chance they got. They were together for about 6 months or so after the show, then they broke up) well at one point, april took a pic with laura, but she had Russell's hat on...Hmmmmm...LOL Anyway..I can try to post links to some pictures when I get home. There is an interview on Real Player tomorrow night with Jordan & Jeff and a couple "Surprise" guests. The interview is in Seattle and being done by Chelsia (BB9) If you want to know anything just ask, I have read tons of interviews and ETC :-)