Modern day Bonnie and Clyde....

[reecey]

Michael and I met after we had "worked together" for about 6 months. He was a field tech for the cable company and I was a phone tech for the field techs. So I had talked to him and his business partner, and now my best friend Lori a million times but I had never met either of them.
Anyway, on his birthday, he and Lori got fired - the story that was told to all of us in the office is that they had all of their coworkers lined up execution style on the floor of the house that they all lived in together (NONE OF THIS WAS TRUE) - anyway, so a coworker called me and asked me if I wanted to meet them out for dinner (she, Lori and Michael) and I asked if I should come armed? We got a good laugh out of that :)

I walked in the restaurant and my first impression of him was "****!" - we hung out for a while then lost touch for a bit. He moved back to the area and we worked together a bit more, then I was getting ready to leave to move back down south so I got him to take over my office tech job - my job down south fell through and I stayed in town a few more months while waiting for something to come along -we hung out quite a bit. Even talked about dating a few times. Nothing happened though. I moved away and so did he - he was leaving to join the Marines. Anyway, I moved back a few months later and we had lost touch - then we got back in touch (he ended up not going into the Marines - he got sick and couldn't go, then he was too old to go by the time they gave him a start date) Anyway, so we chatted and I went downstate to visit him and we had a good time. He was supposed to come visit me later but it fell through, so I went back to visit him and we've been together ever since :)

[reecey]

Our first date was a hiking trip out to a ***psite to hang out with a couple of his friends. He got us lost in the woods - it was so cute :) Just adored him from the moment I saw him. Still do - and will forever :)

[reecey]

Okay, things are getting a bit confusing due to the date of the wedding. Its not set yet - I was aiming for Sept 24th - because its before hunting season (most of my family has hunting trips already planned, bought and paid for - so I have to work around that) Anyway - my photographer is booked on Sept 24th. Normally this would just mean to get a different photographer, but she's a dear dear friend and I want her at the wedding.
So I thought about October 1st - but that's when typically everyone leaves on their hunting excursions. I may actually have to move things to November. Which wouldn't necessarily break my heart because it would give me a bit more time and the weather wouldn't be all too bad - we usually don't have a ton of snow, if really any by then. Hotel rates would be WAY cheaper too. My dad might just have to deal with a Nov 5th wedding! Everyone will be home from their hunting trips then and just be hunting around home - so they can take an afternoon off :) They could still hunt in the morning since the wedding is going to be in the afternoon - I think I'll be compromising enough :) October is always off limits in my family - always has been - heck, I'll be out hunting. :) So I guess I'll talk to my dad and have him choose - Oct 22nd or Nov 5th. :)

[reecey]

So I ran into my first "moment of disapproval" with my mother about the wedding party. She asked who my ring bearer is going to be and I told her Derick, who is my FH's best friend's son. He's 5 and just my FH's shadow. He wants to be my FH when he grows up :P
Anyway she said "oh. I see" and I was like, "you sound like you disapprove" she said "well, I would have thought you would have Jakey" (he's sister's son and just an all around cool kid. He'll be 3 at the time of the wedding - but would be very able to do the job.)
So I said "oh - I see....well its a good thing this is my wedding and not yours! otherwise derick would look silly in a wedding for someone he doesn't know" That shut her up :)
Jakey is in the wedding though - he'll be ushering the flower girl, my goddaughter :)

[mls2be]

So I ran into my first "moment of disapproval" with my mother about the wedding party. She asked who my ring bearer is going to be and I told her Derick, who is my FH's best friend's son. He's 5 and just my FH's shadow. He wants to be my FH when he grows up :P
Anyway she said "oh. I see" and I was like, "you sound like you disapprove" she said "well, I would have thought you would have Jakey" (he's sister's son and just an all around cool kid. He'll be 3 at the time of the wedding - but would be very able to do the job.)
So I said "oh - I see....well its a good thing this is my wedding and not yours! otherwise derick would look silly in a wedding for someone he doesn't know" That shut her up :)
Jakey is in the wedding though - he'll be ushering the flower girl, my goddaughter :)

Ha ha, I have a nephew named Jakey also and he is three too. He will be my ringbearer though because we don't have another choice. I think it is perfectly fine for you to use someone other than your nephew. Your mom loves you and just wants the best for you, but in the end, these choices are yours.
Have you thought about September 16th instead? That's our special day. A Friday which gave us more flexibility with our vendors. And 16 means love...

[reecey]

Ha ha, I have a nephew named Jakey also and he is three too. He will be my ringbearer though because we don't have another choice. I think it is perfectly fine for you to use someone other than your nephew. Your mom loves you and just wants the best for you, but in the end, these choices are yours.
Have you thought about September 16th instead? That's our special day. A Friday which gave us more flexibility with our vendors. And 16 means love...


We've already booked the hall, photographer, dj, cakelady and hotels - its definitely november 5th :) We're going to do something fun for all the hunters that take time out - we talked to my uncle dan tonight - he's excited - he gave me some crap about it but all in good loving fun.

My mother is a different story - but I know how to handle her :)

[reecey]

Went price comparision shopping today for tableware barware etc. Definitely found the best prices in town I could. I'm pretty happy with that. We have several suppliers around town - and I'll be getting a little from at least 3 of them, but the majority of the stuff from one.
I took my ring in to be sized yesterday as well - now I feel all weird without it - I had to put another ring on my finger so I wouldn't have those panic attack moments thinking my ring fell off - since it already had twice (which really told me it was time to get it sized!) FH went with me on my price comparison adventure - he seemed a little bored and really kindof stressed about it - then when I showed him exactly what I was doing and that it was SAVING MONEY he pepped right up :) Right now I"m at about half of what I had originally budgeted for the table/bar/buffet ware. So saving money is good and he gets more excited. Today he was off to look at tuxes :)

[reecey]

So Michael had a mild heart attack last night - regarding the guest list. He thought I was sending out about 400 invitations and inviting about 1000 people. I relieved his fears by actually going over the guest list with him. This started when I was asking him whom he wanted to send invites to - Now, my family is HUGE. My immediate family alone is over 50 people. I have aunts and uncles and cousins that he's not even met yet. Hell, I have a brother he hasn't met yet! Anyway- he thought I was planning something overly formal and stuffy and whatnot - so I explained it to him - I let him know that the progression of events would be very similar to my sister's wedding last august. That its not going to be an overly formal affair. Sure, the wedding will be formal - but once the "formalities" are done at the reception, its going to be just a big party where we can all just let our hair down, relax and have a good time. Its the way we do things in my family. So he feels better about that now. I was able to cut down about 25 invitations (still keeping the extra in case of mess-ups or oops - I forgot someone) so that's good. You could just see the stress leave his face when he realized that I wasn't doing the whole wedding scene from Father of The Bride or Steel Magnolias :P - hehe. (I found it hilarious that he's seen those movies enough to remember the wedding scenes )
Anyway - we got that smoothed out. He is involved in the decision making - basically, I find stuff I like and then ask his opinion on it. It works out pretty well - he likes it too :P

[reecey]

So I got all the addresses I need from FH's mom. Not too bad. Just have to get them in my database. Things are going pretty well - just one little issue. The ceremony location. I have found a church I like - its in the right area and its large enough. I have my own minister, which is a good thing since this church is between ministers right now (they use guest pastors, etc) Anyway - the only problem is, my minister is a woman and apparently the baptist church doesn't believe women can be in this position. Which really irks me to no end, but this church is a little bit more progressive and is willing to consider it. See, I have chosen this minister because I've known her since I was 3. She's a wonderful lady and she's very much a part of my family - she was my neighbor growing up and now is my sister's neighbor (my sister lives in my parents old house) So she's very important to me.
Luckily, the head deacon at the church is a client of mine and also friends with my Pops. So I'm hoping that I can explain to him fully enough that he would understand why I want her to officiate the ceremony and I'll even offer to have another pastor on hand to oversee. Hopefully this will be enough. If not, I might just get mad enough not to have the wedding there. I don't expect him to compromise his beliefs but I'm not going to compromise mine either.

[Kelly1Mickey]

Reecey...I think having such a close family friend marry you sounds wonderful. Good luck!

[reecey]

Reecey...I think having such a close family friend marry you sounds wonderful. Good luck!


thanks :) I look forward to it :) She's a wonderful lady :)

[reecey]

pretty sure I've got the church now - I go look at it again today - I'm 99% sure this is the one I'm going to go with. I also got my cake officially ordered yesterday. Cake for 250 people for under 200 bucks isn't so bad :)
The only thing I have to do now really is rework my save-the-date cards and also do rehearsal invitations so I can make sure everyone that needs to be there is there at the right time :) Those won't be too tough :)

[reecey]

I bought my fiance's wedding band today - its beautiful :) I got him a titanium band :) I'm very happy that I got that taken care of as well :) Things are going pretty well now :)

[reecey]

Whew! I just spent the weekend with my MOH, the BM and his wife, and another one of the groomsmen. What a blast! I just love these people! :) Anyway- after going out with my MOH and a couple other friends Saturday night and then having a fiasco at the bar (LONG STORY - the two of us had to break up a fight between some really WEIRD guy and a friend of ours - both HUGE guys - that was fun haha - anyway - we went home, snacked on junkfood for another hour, chatted and finally went to bed at 4am. Got up yesterday morning at 7:30 - managed to get her some tickets to see Sting in concert last night (she mentioned she wanted to go while we were out - wished she could have gotten tickets blah blah blah) well a friend of mine called later that afternoon to see if I wanted tickets since he couldn't use them - well I couldn't either because I had to go back home so I could be at work today - so anyway, she was taking a nap so I slipped out, ran and got the tickets and left them for her. She was way excited !! They were really good seats too. I was way surprised - So was she - Anyway - all in all, a good weekend. I pigged out like it was nobody's business, but back to diet basics today heh. Although I was WAY too tired to work out this morning when I crawled out of bed heh.

Oh - actual wedding stuff - I got my altar flowers in the mail - I have to go pick them up at the post office since I wasn't home when they tried to deliver. Anyway, I also got my crioline :) I'm all excited :) Oh yeah - shoes are bought too :)

[nle5]

Whew! I just spent the weekend with my MOH, the BM and his wife, and another one of the groomsmen. What a blast! I just love these people! :) Anyway- after going out with my MOH and a couple other friends Saturday night and then having a fiasco at the bar (LONG STORY - the two of us had to break up a fight between some really WEIRD guy and a friend of ours - both HUGE guys - that was fun haha - anyway - we went home, snacked on junkfood for another hour, chatted and finally went to bed at 4am. Got up yesterday morning at 7:30 - managed to get her some tickets to see Sting in concert last night (she mentioned she wanted to go while we were out - wished she could have gotten tickets blah blah blah) well a friend of mine called later that afternoon to see if I wanted tickets since he couldn't use them - well I couldn't either because I had to go back home so I could be at work today - so anyway, she was taking a nap so I slipped out, ran and got the tickets and left them for her. She was way excited !! They were really good seats too. I was way surprised - So was she - Anyway - all in all, a good weekend. I pigged out like it was nobody's business, but back to diet basics today heh. Although I was WAY too tired to work out this morning when I crawled out of bed heh.

Oh - actual wedding stuff - I got my altar flowers in the mail - I have to go pick them up at the post office since I wasn't home when they tried to deliver. Anyway, I also got my crioline :) I'm all excited :) Oh yeah - shoes are bought too :)

The number one way to kill a diet is to go off of it and pig out on junkfood. This of course means your going to have to be EXTRA good now until your wedding. Thank goodness I don't have to lose any weight or anything like that I just have to figure out how to maintain mine so I fit in the wedding dress. When I picked it up I tried it on and it fit perfect. The only alteration I will need is getting the train bustled. Of course, I have a little under a year to go still. UGH. But I figure since I am running around trying to get the house packed, sold, and moved into a new house I will get plenty of excercise. LMAO. Good luck getting back on your diet.

[reecey]

The number one way to kill a diet is to go off of it and pig out on junkfood. This of course means your going to have to be EXTRA good now until your wedding. Thank goodness I don't have to lose any weight or anything like that I just have to figure out how to maintain mine so I fit in the wedding dress. When I picked it up I tried it on and it fit perfect. The only alteration I will need is getting the train bustled. Of course, I have a little under a year to go still. UGH. But I figure since I am running around trying to get the house packed, sold, and moved into a new house I will get plenty of excercise. LMAO. Good luck getting back on your diet.


Thanks - already back on track. the occassional pigout is rare for me, but its not too hard for me to hop back on that wagon. I'm not kicking myself over it, which I had always done in the past, which made me just give up and eat more haha. I'm actually fine with this. Just going to kick the exercise up a bit and burn off those excess calories :)

[reecey]

Okay, so I'm totally kinda freaking out last night, right? Well see, my dress is sleeveless and I have flabby arms right now - and I don't want flabby arms on my wedding day! (hence me working out twice a day, etc) Aaaaanyway - I needed to come up with a contingency plan, just in case I'm still uncomfortable with my arms come November...granted, I could buy another dress with sleeves and sell the one I don't wear but absolutely LOVE. Bzzzt! I just couldn't do that! I definitely would regret it! So I'm sitting there talking to my friend that does photography and she told me about a bridal shop that makes these really cool thingies (yes, that's a technical term - because neither of us knows what its called) anyway - its like an under dress garment to wear that actually turns a short sleeve or sleeveless dress into a sleeved dress. She showed me a picture of a bride that wore one for the exact same reason that I was freaking out - that made me feel better :) It looked like it was supposed to be a sleeved dress - yet didn't actually change the dress, ya know? Anyway - I'm hoping I don't have to resort to that, but if I have to, that option is there for me :)

[SusanM18]

Do you know a site to look at those? As much as none of want to resort to those, they aren't a bad idea as a backup plan.

[reecey]

So I was going to pay to have wrappers made for hershey miniatures, nuggets, and hershey kisses, etc. Well, I figured out how to make them on my own - and the same way they make them when you buy them and they charge you a whole lot more than what it really costs - and I mean a WHOLE LOT - well I understand that people need to make a profit etc, but I can do these myself. I'll get instructions together and post them here as soon as I can. :)

[reecey]

So my sister in law called me for the first time in months - she had all sorts of questions about the wedding plans...I think she's wanting me to ask her to be a bridesmaid since I was in her wedding - well I'm not. Basically, since she and my brother got married (I actually fixed them up) she hasn't called me for squat other than for me to pull a hard delivery calf since she doesn't know how when she's on duty at the farm. Anyway - she and I chatted for an hour - it was amazingly odd.

[nle5]

Okay, so I'm totally kinda freaking out last night, right? Well see, my dress is sleeveless and I have flabby arms right now - and I don't want flabby arms on my wedding day! (hence me working out twice a day, etc) Aaaaanyway - I needed to come up with a contingency plan, just in case I'm still uncomfortable with my arms come November...granted, I could buy another dress with sleeves and sell the one I don't wear but absolutely LOVE. Bzzzt! I just couldn't do that! I definitely would regret it! So I'm sitting there talking to my friend that does photography and she told me about a bridal shop that makes these really cool thingies (yes, that's a technical term - because neither of us knows what its called) anyway - its like an under dress garment to wear that actually turns a short sleeve or sleeveless dress into a sleeved dress. She showed me a picture of a bride that wore one for the exact same reason that I was freaking out - that made me feel better :) It looked like it was supposed to be a sleeved dress - yet didn't actually change the dress, ya know? Anyway - I'm hoping I don't have to resort to that, but if I have to, that option is there for me :)

Do you have a personal trainer helping you make sure you are doing the right excercises for what you are wanting? If not, let me know what excercises you are doing for this and I can probably think of others. Lifting some 5 or 10 pound weights will help out as well. If you have a gym near by they can also help you out and you would benefit from it cause they will help you with what you need. I used to work out all of the time but since my auto accident I cannot do a lot of the workouts I used to do. Shoot, I cannot lift more than 5 pounds with my right arm. I'm right handed so have had to learn how to compensate for this. I went to a therapist who also had a gym and he helped me out.

[nle5]

So I was going to pay to have wrappers made for hershey miniatures, nuggets, and hershey kisses, etc. Well, I figured out how to make them on my own - and the same way they make them when you buy them and they charge you a whole lot more than what it really costs - and I mean a WHOLE LOT - well I understand that people need to make a profit etc, but I can do these myself. I'll get instructions together and post them here as soon as I can. :)

This would be wonderful if you could post the instructions. I personally have not thought of using these but I know others who might consider using them ... of course with the instructions they can same a lot of money.

[esp1087]

Okay, so I'm totally kinda freaking out last night, right? Well see, my dress is sleeveless and I have flabby arms right now - and I don't want flabby arms on my wedding day! (hence me working out twice a day, etc) Aaaaanyway - I needed to come up with a contingency plan, just in case I'm still uncomfortable with my arms come November...granted, I could buy another dress with sleeves and sell the one I don't wear but absolutely LOVE. Bzzzt! I just couldn't do that! I definitely would regret it! So I'm sitting there talking to my friend that does photography and she told me about a bridal shop that makes these really cool thingies (yes, that's a technical term - because neither of us knows what its called) anyway - its like an under dress garment to wear that actually turns a short sleeve or sleeveless dress into a sleeved dress. She showed me a picture of a bride that wore one for the exact same reason that I was freaking out - that made me feel better :) It looked like it was supposed to be a sleeved dress - yet didn't actually change the dress, ya know? Anyway - I'm hoping I don't have to resort to that, but if I have to, that option is there for me :)
I was also worried about the same thing. I started going to the gym not to long ago (I think January). It only took a few months for my arms to shape up. I've been using the machines that target the biceps and especially the triceps (which is the flabby part...). It has worked! I think the machines are easier than free weights because it is harder to do the exercise wrong. Free weights are good for arms too, though. :) Hope that helps!!!

[reecey]

I was also worried about the same thing. I started going to the gym not to long ago (I think January). It only took a few months for my arms to shape up. I've been using the machines that target the biceps and especially the triceps (which is the flabby part...). It has worked! I think the machines are easier than free weights because it is harder to do the exercise wrong. Free weights are good for arms too, though. :) Hope that helps!!!


Thanks! I know I have plenty of time to get them shaped up a bit, but paranoia strikes, ya know? hehe ;)

[reecey]

So my sister (the one that's a control freak) who is one of my bridesmaids called me last night and was like "ya know, I'm starting to rethink the bridesmaids dresses" I asked her why...she said "well, what if we get them and I put it on and I hate it, I can't return it" I said, well, it doesn't matter which bridesmaid dress is chosen, if you put it on and don't like it, you can't return it. Secondly, i guess you should have made the trip to the bridal shoppe with me to try it on instead of just agreeing after Lori (my MOH who is built just like my sister) tried it on. She was trying to get me to order these springy sheath dresses from Chadwicks instead - they're 40 bucks, cute dresses, but do not go with the overall look of my wedding. I asked her if it was about the money since I would be more than happy to pay for her dress. She said it absolutely wasn't, etc. Well, she has put on some weight over the past few months and I think that's the problem. Well, the dresses aren't form fitting around the middle at all, (part of the reason I chose them) and she already agreed to them over a month ago, AND she's got 6 months to get into better shape. She mentioned something about getting "all fat and pregnant" before the wedding - I know she's itching to have another baby - (another long, drawn out debacle in itself) I told her that would be fine - the dress would lay nicely over a baby belly - I'm not sure what's really going on with her - I think its just the control freak in her coming out because I'm not allowing her to really control anything - I'm making all the decisions and the stuff that she's involved in, we haven't gotten to yet - I certainly don't need to be buying tableware and paper products 6 months before the wedding - I don't have the storage space for that...not to mention, i think Sam's club will always have beer cups and plastic silverware - I'm in no time crunch for that, heh. I think though, I'm going to try to come up with something for her to take care of here - and give her little bits and pieces as we go along just to keep her happy - stuff that will help me out and keep her controlling nature -which she readily admits and when she goes overboard understands totally and apologizes when you put her in her place - under control. I know I'm going to have several floral arrangements- I just haven't picked out the vases yet - maybe I'll have her do that. She's very stylish and can be a good bargain hunter if you ask her to...I love the girl to death I really do - and I accept her for who she is - so that's why I can laugh at her controlling nature :)

Oh yeah! One more thing! my sister's hubby, who's also in the wedding party and is the procrastinator from hell, already went and got fitted for his tux! I was shocked! :) He's not the dressup kind - his idea of dressing up usually is a clean shirt and jeans without holes in them... He said he LOVED the tux - the longer coat with the long tie instead of the bowtie really appealed to him. So that's good! Now I just have to get my dad in to get fitted heh. My dad also isn't the dressup kinda guy either. But he'll wear the monkey suit to make his girl happy! :) I told him he didn't have to wear the stuffy tux shoes, he could wear his black cowboy boots to be comfy instead :P He was happy with that.

[reecey]

Okay, I just got back from lunch with my friend Sammi, who is also a professional photographer that i have hired to do my wedding. Well, when I asked her when she wanted her deposit by, she looked at me and said "you're not paying me a DIME to do your wedding!" after I argued with her for 15 minutes, I finally conceeded. WOW! She's absolutely wonderful! She does such great work and isn't charging me for it! That saves me about 1200 bucks for the package i was going to pick! Anyway - so that's great news. That puts me officially 1800.00 under my budget. That absolutely rocks :) More money for the house ;)

[Kelly1Mickey]

Okay, I just got back from lunch with my friend Sammi, who is also a professional photographer that i have hired to do my wedding. Well, when I asked her when she wanted her deposit by, she looked at me and said "you're not paying me a DIME to do your wedding!" after I argued with her for 15 minutes, I finally conceeded. WOW! She's absolutely wonderful! She does such great work and isn't charging me for it! That saves me about 1200 bucks for the package i was going to pick! Anyway - so that's great news. That puts me officially 1800.00 under my budget. That absolutely rocks :) More money for the house ;)

HOLY COW! You are one lucky duck! What a wonderful friend!

[nle5]

Okay, I just got back from lunch with my friend Sammi, who is also a professional photographer that i have hired to do my wedding. Well, when I asked her when she wanted her deposit by, she looked at me and said "you're not paying me a DIME to do your wedding!" after I argued with her for 15 minutes, I finally conceeded. WOW! She's absolutely wonderful! She does such great work and isn't charging me for it! That saves me about 1200 bucks for the package i was going to pick! Anyway - so that's great news. That puts me officially 1800.00 under my budget. That absolutely rocks :) More money for the house ;)

That is wonderful. I am happy she is going to do such a wonderful favor for you. I would definately get her a nice gift with some of the money she has saved you.

[reecey]

So yeah - I had my first real issue with a member of my bridal party - my sister - the one that tends to control things. She's been doing very well this time other than the little fit about the dress 1 month after they were decided on. Anyway - I found out what that was all about - and she's concerned that she might be pregnant and the dress wouldn't look right on her. So I told her that since we don't have to order the dresses for another 6 weeks that she can keep me informed and that if she is, we'll go together to pick out a lovely maternity dress that looks fabulous on her and goes well with the rest. We're all good now.

Unitl last night....

I get an email from her saying that i've been complaining to everyone that she's being mean and controlling and refusing to wear the dresses that EVERYONE INCLUDING HER decided on. She said I'm being ungrateful and inconsiderate to the bridesmaids because my wedding is in november and they only have spaghetti straps. (So the wrap and the wool pashmina that I bought them for the oh, 10 minutes total they MIGHT be outside is inconsiderate?) She said that I told her husband that I thought she was overbearing and bossy (which, I haven't spoken to her husband at all about the wedding) When I confronted her about this, she backpedaled of course because he was sitting right there.

Apparently, some people i have been talking to about the wedding have taken things I've said way out of context and relayed those little tidbits in another manner to my sister, which of course, gets blown WAY out of proportion. The only thing I ever said was that I was confused about her throwing a little hissy (which she did) a month after the dresses were chosen and had no explanation. I actually changed my dress a little so we could get it at a local shoppe - because it did make more sense since its easier for my bridesmaids downstate to come up here than it is for the 2 here to go downstate. So no biggie. She said that someone told her that I said she FORCED me to change my dress. Oh - hello???? How long have you known me sis? When has ANYONE forced me to do ANYTHING?!. Ugh - anyway, I talked it out with her, she admitted that she probably read a lot more into what was said than what actually was. I even showed her what I had written in my journal here about the situation. I told her that if I was really going to vent, it would be here, not to someone on the phone. She started to understand. I flat out told her that if I didn't want her involved, I wouldn't have asked her - plain and simple. I don't do anything out of obligation. She realized that yes, that's true and we're good now. She said that I always sounded irritated when she called me to ask me questions about the wedding - I told her that yeah, I typically am irritated - but not at her or the wedding - I'm irritated at my job from hell and the obnoxious people that live upstairs from me. I told her that she needs to realize that I have other things going on in my life than planning the wedding and that the entire world doesn't stop when my phone rings. Anyway - I know this is kinda garbled, but I'm doing like 6 things at once right now and actually concentrating most on this - and with how absolutely odd this post will probably be to follow, I'd have to say that I'm sorry for the other stuff I'm doing at the same time lol!

[reecey]

So I got FH's wedding band back - Its the wrong freaking size - its way too big - just like I told them it would be when they sized him for it. Its a titanium comfort fit band - which means that it fits like a narrower band. Which means they should use a more narrow sizer to fit it. Do they? Nope. So now I have to go back to the mall AGAIN and get them to do it AGAIN. Problem is, FH's working 12 hours - and an odd night shift - and he's working 7 days a week - so when am I going to have the time to get him in? I mean the thing just literally falls off his finger! Ah well, maybe I can get him in there on Saturday when he wakes up. Although I'm supposed to be at work that day - not that I want to be, but I'm supposed to be heh.

[reecey]

My new workout stuff is in! I get to go home and tear it apart and look it over! I'm so excited! everyone tells me its tough stuff 6 days a week yadda yadda yadda but **** I'm doing that now twice a day and for longer than what this one is - the only difference is that this one is more concentrated and smarter routines. I'm all kinds of exicted! :) I just can't wait to get started on it! :)
I'm so impatient laf. I just happened to check the tracking number and it said that it had been delivered! WAY too cool! :) I'm so very excited about this! :)

[nle5]

My new workout stuff is in! I get to go home and tear it apart and look it over! I'm so excited! everyone tells me its tough stuff 6 days a week yadda yadda yadda but **** I'm doing that now twice a day and for longer than what this one is - the only difference is that this one is more concentrated and smarter routines. I'm all kinds of exicted! :) I just can't wait to get started on it! :)
I'm so impatient laf. I just happened to check the tracking number and it said that it had been delivered! WAY too cool! :) I'm so very excited about this! :)

So if this has a good workout routine that you can share with all of us will you? LOL. I'm assuming it is some type of video ****.

[reecey]

So if this has a good workout routine that you can share with all of us will you? LOL. I'm assuming it is some type of video ****.


yeah - its a dvd that a friend suggested to me - she used it and it was amazing... Its funny - you see all these infomercials about losing weight and toning and its all "easy and fun and you can eat whatever you want" this one tells you exactly what to eat (and having studied a lot of dietary issues, its actually a very healthy diet) and it tells you right from the start to be prepared because it ain't easy. That made me think that its totally different than any of the other crap out there. So I'm excited to get it started. It suggests you start on a monday so that's what I'm going to do :) Start monday :)

[reecey]

I just realized I have 5.5 months left. UGH! I feel like I have NOTHING done! Probably because I have everything planned, yet not a whole lot bought yet - (no place to store it, but I know what I'm getting) With moving this weekend and trying to deal with family, its becoming very stressful -the wedding planning isn't, just life surrounding it is! I got to push back the date for ordering my dress a little. It won't take as long as *I* thought it would. So that's a little load off my mind. But I haven't gotten the bridesmaids measured yet - no one seems to have the time to get in right now. I have time to do that, but I just want to get something accomplished. All but 2 of the guys (not counting the little ones) have gotten fitted for their tuxes. Which is good - but I just want something on my checklist that I can check off as complete! I think we're going to be paying for the best man's tux now - he just found out that he might be losing his job - and I'm not going to ask him to pay 150 bucks for a tux when he's got a wife and 4 kids! I don't mind paying for it at all - it'll be my pleasure - I just feel bad about him possibly losing his job - all this just 2 weeks after some moron ran a red light and plowed into his truck that he had JUST finished paying off and removed full-coverage insurance from :(

[lilone]

I just realized I have 5.5 months left. UGH! I feel like I have NOTHING done! Probably because I have everything planned, yet not a whole lot bought yet - (no place to store it, but I know what I'm getting) With moving this weekend and trying to deal with family, its becoming very stressful -the wedding planning isn't, just life surrounding it is! I got to push back the date for ordering my dress a little. It won't take as long as *I* thought it would. So that's a little load off my mind. But I haven't gotten the bridesmaids measured yet - no one seems to have the time to get in right now. I have time to do that, but I just want to get something accomplished. All but 2 of the guys (not counting the little ones) have gotten fitted for their tuxes. Which is good - but I just want something on my checklist that I can check off as complete! I think we're going to be paying for the best man's tux now - he just found out that he might be losing his job - and I'm not going to ask him to pay 150 bucks for a tux when he's got a wife and 4 kids! I don't mind paying for it at all - it'll be my pleasure - I just feel bad about him possibly losing his job - all this just 2 weeks after some moron ran a red light and plowed into his truck that he had JUST finished paying off and removed full-coverage insurance from :(


it's nice of you to be so considerate as to pay for his tux. but if the other guy ran the red light then he was at fault and his insurance should buy your BM a new vehicle.

[reecey]

it's nice of you to be so considerate as to pay for his tux. but if the other guy ran the red light then he was at fault and his insurance should buy your BM a new vehicle.

Not in Michigan - we have no-fault insurance - your own insurance covers you and he had taken full coverage insurance off his vehicle since it was paid off.

[NYjerseygirl]

I just read your "how you meet" story part of your journal, and i'm glad he was to old to go back to the marines, better to have him safe and sound at home ;)

I have been very busy and I try to read a little bit of everyones journal at a time so I will continue reading when i can steal some moments here and there.

good luck!

[reecey]

I just read your "how you meet" story part of your journal, and i'm glad he was to old to go back to the marines, better to have him safe and sound at home ;)

I have been very busy and I try to read a little bit of everyones journal at a time so I will continue reading when i can steal some moments here and there.

good luck!


Thanks :) He was pretty bummed, and I was bummed for him that he didnt' get to go - he was very gung-ho about it. And having lived a military life most of my life, I completely understood that. If it weren't for my "bionic knee" as my FH calls it, I would have gone too!

[NYjerseygirl]

Thanks :) He was pretty bummed, and I was bummed for him that he didnt' get to go - he was very gung-ho about it. And having lived a military life most of my life, I completely understood that. If it weren't for my "bionic knee" as my FH calls it, I would have gone too!
I'm a firm believer that things happen for a reason, so i'm sure there was a reason he had to stay home, although he was bummed, I just hear all these sad stories of young people losing their loved ones and it saddens me. But i'm glad you guys are happy and I can't wait to hear more of your plans :)

[reecey]

I'm a firm believer that things happen for a reason, so i'm sure there was a reason he had to stay home, although he was bummed, I just hear all these sad stories of young people losing their loved ones and it saddens me. But i'm glad you guys are happy and I can't wait to hear more of your plans :)


I totally agree that everything happens for a reason - my whole life is filled with "things that must have happened for a reason" and even the bad ones I love, because I can find something good that ***e out of them.
Things are so very hectic right now with moving, planning the wedding, doing family stuff that's just insane (I have to drive to Georgia from Michigan to get my nephews in a couple weeks) We're buying new cars right before the wedding - (that's our gifts to eachother) and trying to get his 7 month pregnant sister home from Germany and her piece of crap, sorry excuse for a husband that she decided to marry last fall. (long story and I don't want to dampen anyone's spirits and I don't tell her "i told you so") - not to mention work is crazy and very weird lately -Anyway - I guess all in all, its not so bad - at least i have a job, at least I have a family (no matter how dysfunctional :) ) and at least I have the love of my life! Oh yeah - we're getting a puppy soon too - No no no. I can't wait to do anything - it must be all at once! haha - I'm such a nut.

[reecey]

My money situation is getting squared away - which is good. My only issue I'm dealing with right now is not having heard from one of my bridesmaids in a while. I know she's ultra busy - she's got work, kids, she deals with her husband's ex-wife (we always say that the new wife is the one with the ex wife because the new wife is always the one that seems to deal with everything! :) ) anyway - I'm going to send her an "invitation" in the mail to a reprieve from "the monotony of everyday life to escape back home where life is simpler" to get her in to be fitted for her dress. I think she'll like that. I'm going to send it with some flowers. I think she could use that and it might just help lift her spirits. I'm going to talk to my minister as well - she and her husband got married at the justice of the peace 9 years ago - they never had the big wedding they really wanted - they were both in the navy and her hubby was shipping out and she found out she was pregnant - so they did it quick. Anyway - I want to talk to her hubby too about having a little renewal within the ceremony for her - and I'll have a little wedding cake made for them that they can cut with us and do their first dance and all that stuff. The few people I have talked to about this are thinking I'm crazy because its my big day - but it would really make my big day to make her day as well :) Her entire family will be there and part of his, so it'll be very cool for them to actually see the "wedding" :) Their best man will be there, as he's one of my best friends and I was her maid of honor so it'll work out very well ;)

[lilone]

That is so sweet of you. Not many brides would be willing to share their special day like that. It really shows that you are a good person with a big heart who is willing to do what it takes to make others feel good. And you know it won't take away from you and your FH, it will just add to everyone's joy by showing them how much you really appreciate the fact that they are there.

[reecey]

So we've had to change the bridesmaids dresses, but I'm okay with that. 2 of my bridesmaids (including my MOH) live downstate and life has just boiled over for them and they both called me today crying because they just don't see how they will be able to get into town to be fit for their dresses before I have to order them (which is coming up soon) so we made a little change and I found dresses I like that I can buy off the rack. I'm still going to have the same basic dress, I'll just have to add a little flair to them. I'm totally okay with this - its not like they're being impossible or something - they both have a lot of things going on that they just can't get away from at this time - one is going through a custody battle with her stepson and the other's father is going through treatment for cancer - all of this on top of their already overly hectic lives. So anyway - we found a solution and I'm relieved more than anything. I like the dresses and I can add a sash to them to give the 2-tone look that will look amazing. I'll be ordering the dresses next week (they're actually in chadwicks) so that way if anything is incorrect, I can just send them back and get the corrected size. Also, this way, if my sister does get pregnant, we don't have to worry about that either. I've been really stressing over this and now that weight is off my shoulders. Its funny - planning this wedding is actually the least stressful thing in my life at this point and time so its like a blessing to have this to turn to! It really hasn't been all that bad anyway - but the bridesmaids dress thing was starting to weigh on me. I'm moving forward though and I'm very happy with my decision :)

[reecey]

Bridesmaids dresses settled on - tried to order tonight but the website is down - I'll try again tomorrow.
Ordered:
champaign glasses
serving set
ring bearer pillow
flower girl basket
toasting flutes for bride and groom
flowers for bridesmaid bouquets
flowers for altar settings
some of the hall decorations
bell for bell bearer


I feel like I'm getting somewhere! :)

I'll be ordering my dress in a couple weeks - I'm pretty anxious about that. I have to call and ask them a couple questions about alterations first.
I have found some hummingbird charms on ebay that I want to get - no problem. I'm going to look around here first to see if I find something I like more. I would like to find a nice picture or drawing of a hummingbird that I can use on some of my favors and printable stuff as well. I found a lovely hummingbird broach for my grandmother as well. (my grandfather was crazy about hummingbirds - he loved them - so they represent him in our lives - we get a lot of them around here, which is lovely for us!)
I still have to come up with something old and something borrowed. I might see if I can borrow something from my grandmother - and cover both bases.

[reecey]

I finally found the song for the father/daughter dance! Here's the lyrics - its just perfect!



Daddy, take me with you, I promise I'll be good
Daddy, this is next time, and Mama said I could

Sittin' in the front seat, ridin' downtown
With an ice cream cone, I'd wrap him around
My little finger, tighter than my baby curls

You can make a tear go a long, long way when you're
Daddy's little girl

Walkin' down the aisle, with my eyes on "Mr. Right"
My bouquet was shakin', but Daddy held on tight
Takin' those last steps, Daddy and me
From the child, to the woman I'd be
With a diamond on my finger, and my Mama's string of pearls

He gave me away, 'cause I couldn't stay
Daddy's little girl

Well he tightened my bike chain, from seven to thriteen
Taught me to drive, when I was a wild thing
Preached and he prayed, while I made some mistakes
That I wouldn't have made, if I'd a done it his way

Now he hugs me when he sees me, we talk about the past
He tries to give me money, and I try and give it back

He's a book of advise, more than I need
The look in his eyes, is sayin' to me

"Let me help you while I can, while I'm still in this world"

What will you do when your Daddy's gone, and you're
Daddy's little girl

What'll I do when my Daddy's.... Gone


My photographer told me about the song so I searched for the lyrics and found them and then listenend to the song. I'm so impressed! It doesn't say everything, but **** it says a lot. :)

[reecey]

I got a lot done this weekend! bridesmaid dresses are ordered, flowers are on their way, decorations on their way, found the father/daughter dance song and I think we found the mother/son dance song. I got my champaign toast glasses and the bell for the bell bearer, my flower girl basket, ring bearer pillow, cake serving set and I also sent out my save the date cards (finally!) I talked to my MOH today - we've finalized the bridal shower and bachellorette party date - October 1st. Its perfect - all the guys will be in the woods hunting - and I'm taking the year off from hunting to work on the wedding stuff. I think we might ask my sister in law to babysit all the kids that have dad's that hunt so that'll work out. I found cute little votive candle holders at walmart for like 44 cents each - so I bought 10 of those to put on the fireplace mantle. I'll have lighted ivy draped across it too so it'll look really pretty. Its an old wood and stone fireplace/mantle. We won't have a fire in it since we'll be sitting right in front of it, but there's another round fireplace in the bar area that we're going to designate as a smoking area later when the little kids are all gone and such. Before that, all smoking will be OUTSIDE. I don't care if adults want to contaminate their lungs - I tend to contaminate mine from time to time! But there's no point in contaminating a child's or an adult that doesn't want theirs contaminated! Anyway - there's couches around the fireplace, so that'll make a nice little area for the smokers to go. Once the older people have gone and its just the party animals later in to the night I don't care where they smoke but before hand I'm going to be rather strict about it. I found a beautiful hummingbird broach for my grandmother - I'm still looking for a small one that I can attach to my bouquet.

I got together with my sisters today and we called my dad and left him a voicemail on his cell wishing him a happy fathers day. He and my stepmom are on vacation right now - they took the motorcycle out west and are just having a blast. Daddy emailed me to say thank you and that it made his day. I got him 2 cards, one mushy one that I'm going to mail him and another that I'll give him when we have our fathers day bbq and celebration. I'm quite excited :)

[Kelly1Mickey]

Reecy...My mom had also suggested that song to me, but I have not found a version that I really love. What version are you using?

And holy moly you are on a roll...I thought I accomplished a lot this week, but you blew me out of the water!

[SarahK]

I finally found the song for the father/daughter dance! Here's the lyrics - its just perfect!



Daddy, take me with you, I promise I'll be good
Daddy, this is next time, and Mama said I could

Sittin' in the front seat, ridin' downtown
With an ice cream cone, I'd wrap him around
My little finger, tighter than my baby curls

You can make a tear go a long, long way when you're
Daddy's little girl

Walkin' down the aisle, with my eyes on "Mr. Right"
My bouquet was shakin', but Daddy held on tight
Takin' those last steps, Daddy and me
From the child, to the woman I'd be
With a diamond on my finger, and my Mama's string of pearls

He gave me away, 'cause I couldn't stay
Daddy's little girl

Well he tightened my bike chain, from seven to thriteen
Taught me to drive, when I was a wild thing
Preached and he prayed, while I made some mistakes
That I wouldn't have made, if I'd a done it his way

Now he hugs me when he sees me, we talk about the past
He tries to give me money, and I try and give it back

He's a book of advise, more than I need
The look in his eyes, is sayin' to me

"Let me help you while I can, while I'm still in this world"

What will you do when your Daddy's gone, and you're
Daddy's little girl

What'll I do when my Daddy's.... Gone


My photographer told me about the song so I searched for the lyrics and found them and then listenend to the song. I'm so impressed! It doesn't say everything, but **** it says a lot. :)

I consdiered this song and then had to discard it after I couldn't stop crying. LOL- I am too much of a sap to be able to handle a song like that.

[Marsha]

what is the name of that song so i can cry wile hearing it lol just reading it it made me cry

[SarahK]

what is the name of that song so i can cry wile hearing it lol just reading it it made me cry

Daddy's Little Girl by Faith Hill... I think. :)

[Kelly1Mickey]

There seem to be a million different artists that have done this song, but as far as I know, Faith Hill's version is the newest. I can remember hearing this song when I was a flower girl in a wedding, so the song as been around for ages.

[reecey]

Daddy's Little Girl by Faith Hill... I think. :)


its actually by Kippi Brannon - Faith Hill's is just a little different. They're all versions of butterfly kisses really - that song has like 15 verses and you only ever hear one. but I really liked this one :)

[reecey]

Reecy...My mom had also suggested that song to me, but I have not found a version that I really love. What version are you using?

And holy moly you are on a roll...I thought I accomplished a lot this week, but you blew me out of the water!


Kippi Brannon is the only artist that sings it the way I like it - :)

I was pretty busy this past week. Next week's going to be even busier! I'm heading downstate to buy everything that hobby lobby has :P Well, ok, not everything, but it'll seem like it! :)

[reecey]

Okay - my shopping trip downstate is planned for this coming weekend! I'm way excited! I have so much stuff to get! I'm going to have over 500 yellow roses for decorations - (I think I like them a little too much!) I'm very excited about getting everything done! Its just that I have to pace myself so I don't have stuff hanging and laying all over the house! I'm just not one to be patient about things I'm looking forward to hehe - I order my dress in 2 weeks - I'm way excited about that :) Everyone I've shown it to (which would be my photographer, my bridesmaids and my stepmom) think its going to be a perfect dress and can't wait to see me in it :) I'm still debating on a veil - I might have a simple one, I'm not sure yet. I did manage to find some blown glass hummingbirds - I'm going to attach them to my bouquet and then I also found some pewter ones that i'm going to attach to the pew cones that are just overflowing with little yellow rosebuds. I'm sure I'll come home and my living room will be FILLED with fedex boxes full of wedding stuff. Mike won't open any of them - he's afraid he'll open the wrong box and see something he's not supposed to! He's so funny! He's very excited about getting stuff done. He's very happy with all the plans so far. I think I would like him more involved than he is, but I'm happy that he's supportive and has helped make a lot of decisions so far. Well, part of me wants him more involved....the control freak in me doesn't :P The date is set for my bachellorette party and bridal shower. We're doing them the same day/night to keep everyone from having to travel more than once. We have a lot of people coming up from downstate so that'll make it much easier.
I'm starting to put the cermony together. I bought a really nice wood bound book to write it up in for the minister. I thought it would make a nice gift for her - I think we'll ask for it back from her after the ceremony and then after we get our pictures, put one in it with the invitation and give it back to her as a gift. I can't tell you guys how much I absolutely love this lady. She's been a big part of my life growing up and as an adult. I mean, she's family - really - my nephew Jakey, he's almost 3, he calls her Grandma Linda - she's very special to our entire family and I just can't wait for all of this to happen! Some days November 5th can't get here quick enough, other days, its coming too quickly. I went through my checklist though and I'm actually ahead of the schedule on 99% of the things.
Mike's going to take his wedding band back in this weekend to get the correct size - AGAIN. I'm glad I had him try it on before the wedding day! I'm going to have to get my ring sized down again before the wedding - but I think I'll wait until a couple weeks before the wedding - its not a danger to fall off, it just spins on my finger - I'll wait, have it sized and soldered together at the same time with the band. I have another ring that's a lot like my engagement ring that Mike got me for Christmas - the only difference is, the diamond in the other ring is a sapphire and it has diamond accents instead of a diamond with sapphire accents like my engagement ring - so I can wear that while I wait and up to the wedding day - I talked to my maincurist and he told me that he'll come in early for my nails.
My only issue now is that I had asked my mom's friend to take care of the buffet stuff and I'd gladly pay her - but she's apparently moving out of the country and doesn't know if it'll be before or after the wedding - so I'm going to have to find someone that isn't fleeing to Central America anytime soon to take care of that :P I have another person in mind - a friend of mine's daughter - she's 16 and VERY responsible. I know I can trust her to take care of things. I think if I offer her and a friend 50-75 bucks each, they'll gladly do it and do a wonderful job - every 16 year old girl can use a little extra cash! The excitement is really hitting me lately - its hard to sleep sometimes! :)

[reecey]

So I just talked to my brother in law - he and my sister are selling their house and moving to Arkansas - when are they moving? As soon as their house sells. So like, I don't know if this affects the wedding or not considering my sister is a bridesmaid and my niece is the flowergirl. I'm going to stop and see them tomorrow night when I get downstate and see what's up. I'm hoping that it won't affect anything - I mean I know that people have to live their lives and whatnot but ****. Its 4.5 months from my wedding and they're JUST telling me?! I guess the house has been on the market for a month and a half. Maybe they haven't told me because it won't affect the wedding. Maybe they haven't told me because it WILL and they don't want to upset me. Well, I'm gonna be a hell of a lot more upset if it affects the wedding and they don't tell me! I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

[reecey]

holy crap - like EVERYTHING I ordered already (other than the bridesmaid dresses) is coming tomorrow. That's going to be fun. I'm going to get home for lunch and there will be about 15 boxes on my porch. I'm glad I live in an area where this can be done - I meant to have it sent to work but forgot to change the address hehe. Oh well no biggie :)

[reecey]

232 yellow roses in my living room
all my engravables in my living room
all my decorations in my living room
my living room? I don't know - I can't find it - there's too many ****ed flowers in it! :P

They're gorgeous though! I'm amazed at how beautiful they are ;) Mike's going to wake up and see them and totally freak out! :)
I love them - they're absolutely beautiful!

[Kelly1Mickey]

232 yellow roses in my living room
all my engravables in my living room
all my decorations in my living room
my living room? I don't know - I can't find it - there's too many ****ed flowers in it! :P

They're gorgeous though! I'm amazed at how beautiful they are ;) Mike's going to wake up and see them and totally freak out! :)
I love them - they're absolutely beautiful!

Yeah! I know it is super exciting when something wedding related arrives in the mail!

[reecey]

I have gotten a ton of stuff for the wedding! I'm very excited especially since everything I bought was on sale :) Anyway - honeymoon is decided - we're going to drive south and go through Oklahoma to Texas and just see some sites that Michael has never seen but is dying to. We just want to wander for a while and we figure wandering that way is a good idea since we both want to go there :) I'm very excited about it :) I've wanted to go back to OKC to see a few things for quite a while and he wants to go there just to see my history and see the sights. :)

[reecey]

They're hideous - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy! They belong on that one site with all the horrible dresses! So I'm sending them back and I've already found new ones :) I just have to get the last one from my MOH since hers was shipped right to her house. Anyway - its looking up - money issues have occured but have mostly been worked around. (long drawn out story about my horrible mother) Anyway - its all good - I'll just never loan her money ever again :)
I finally got my closet cleaned out to store all the wedding stuff in there, which is really good because it was strewn all over the house and I'm really trying to clean that! I got my room and the bathroom clean and I'm currently working on laundry :P Living room and kitchen won't take long at all and that can be done tomorrow after work - especially since my soaps aren't on again tomorrow! bah! ****ed tennis!

[Marsha]

They're hideous - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy! They belong on that one site with all the horrible dresses! So I'm sending them back and I've already found new ones :) I just have to get the last one from my MOH since hers was shipped right to her house. Anyway - its looking up - money issues have occured but have mostly been worked around. (long drawn out story about my horrible mother) Anyway - its all good - I'll just never loan her money ever again :)
I finally got my closet cleaned out to store all the wedding stuff in there, which is really good because it was strewn all over the house and I'm really trying to clean that! I got my room and the bathroom clean and I'm currently working on laundry :P Living room and kitchen won't take long at all and that can be done tomorrow after work - especially since my soaps aren't on again tomorrow! bah! ****ed tennis!


i thought u picked those lovely ones from the pic u showed us? what happened?

[reecey]

i thought u picked those lovely ones from the pic u showed us? what happened?

we had to change because I couldn't get 2 people in town to get fitted for them. They had some really horrible things going on that prevented them from coming so we went an alternate route that ended up being a disaster hehe! Oh well - I found some very nice ones, I've seen them in person and I'm very happy with them! :)

[NYjerseygirl]

Reecey, how you been girl, I'm back!! woohoo. :p

[reecey]

Reecey, how you been girl, I'm back!! woohoo. :p


woo! Welcome back Mrs NYjerseygirl! :)
doin good - just a little irritation with hideous bridesmaids dresses, but its all good now :) I'm finally officially unpacked at our new house! The ball is rolling! :) Invitations get ordered this week!

[reecey]

So - I am going to be able to swing the ultimate wedding gift for my man. I'm buying him the new truck he wants :) We can afford it, we were just waiting till the wedding was paid for so we could put a larger down payment on it yadda yadda. Well, GM has their employee pricing and with the money we already have saved coupled with the discount, we're right where we needed to be to keep the payments in the range we want :) (I handle ALL the fiances - he just nods and smiles hehe) So I'm very excited about it :)
I'm going to be ordering the NEW bridesmaids dresses tomorrow at work. These ones I've actually seen in person so I know there's no funky photography trickery with it!
I have a baby shower this weekend for my fsil, then next weekend is my dear friends wedding. I'm excited for them! I even found a cute little skirt to wear to it! And I'm not a skirt person - you'll play hell trying to get me into anything other than pants! :P I'm very excited about all of this! I have my mini vacation in 6 weeks so that'll be great - I get to visit with old friends and just have 4 day weekend of no wedding stuff and lots of fun! :)

[Kelly1Mickey]

Congrats on the new truck! That is exciting! Souns like everything is really rolling along with your plans too!

[reecey]

So my sister - one of my bridesmaids is pregnant. She's going to be about 4.5 months by the time of the wedding (YAY! ANOTHER BABY!!!!) I'm VERY excited for her! Its all good!
So my mother calls me and says "have you heard the news?" I say "what news?" she says "about lisa" I said "oh yeah - she's pregnant!" Mother says "so this just ruins your whole wedding!" I say "Uhm, HOW?!"
She says "well, you'll have to get all new bridesmaids dresses! or tell Lisa she can't be in it!" I say "uhm - let me ask again - HOW does this ruin a wedding?" She says "well, it just messes everything up for you!" I say "how does a baby mess up a wedding? We'll just get her the maternity version of the dress, duh" She says "well, I just think that - " (I interrupt her here) I say " no, you didn't think! A baby is a wonderful thing and it certainly doesn't mess up a wedding! The only way it could possibly affect the wedding is if her water broke during the ceremony - and considering she's only gonna be about halfway done cookin' that baby, I don't think that's going to happen - so you need to take a look around and figure out who you're talking to here - I'm not stupid and I KNEW she was trying to get pregnant" She says "you KNEW?!?! I didn't know! - how come I didn't know?!" I say "because she didn't WANT you to know" She says "well I just figured that you would be upset because you don't understand what its like to have children and don't really know what about these things" (at this point, I'm FURIOUS with this woman - which is common) I say "look - just because I don't have children doesn't mean that I don't understand that life happens - and people having babies is part of every day life - I'm very happy for my sister and I'm very excited for her as well! No, I don't have children, but I've done my share with dealing with them thus far in my life - lest you forget that I did RAISE your youngest daughter from the time she was 11 and I also had custody of my god daughter for nearly 2 years when she was very very young -does that make me a parent? hell no! It makes me a very extended unpaid babysitter - BUT to say that I don't understand something because I don't have children is completey idiotic and rude. I can't empathize with people who are parents, but I can certainly understand situations like these, which are HAPPY and joyus! You need to understand that you're not going to get under my skin and get me riled up about a situation that isn't actually a situation! Its an occasion and gives us yet another thing to celebrate so its time for you to keep your yap shut or you're going to be sitting alone on that day while we all celebrate!"

Anyway - that's the gist of the conversation I had with that woman. she can be such a pain in my ass. She's been trying to get me riled up about something and all shes managing to do is make me more and more mad at her.

[MusicCityGirl]

So my sister - one of my bridesmaids is pregnant. She's going to be about 4.5 months by the time of the wedding (YAY! ANOTHER BABY!!!!) I'm VERY excited for her! Its all good!
So my mother calls me and says "have you heard the news?" I say "what news?" she says "about lisa" I said "oh yeah - she's pregnant!" Mother says "so this just ruins your whole wedding!" I say "Uhm, HOW?!"
She says "well, you'll have to get all new bridesmaids dresses! or tell Lisa she can't be in it!" I say "uhm - let me ask again - HOW does this ruin a wedding?" She says "well, it just messes everything up for you!" I say "how does a baby mess up a wedding? We'll just get her the maternity version of the dress, duh" She says "well, I just think that - " (I interrupt her here) I say " no, you didn't think! A baby is a wonderful thing and it certainly doesn't mess up a wedding! The only way it could possibly affect the wedding is if her water broke during the ceremony - and considering she's only gonna be about halfway done cookin' that baby, I don't think that's going to happen - so you need to take a look around and figure out who you're talking to here - I'm not stupid and I KNEW she was trying to get pregnant" She says "you KNEW?!?! I didn't know! - how come I didn't know?!" I say "because she didn't WANT you to know" She says "well I just figured that you would be upset because you don't understand what its like to have children and don't really know what about these things" (at this point, I'm FURIOUS with this woman - which is common) I say "look - just because I don't have children doesn't mean that I don't understand that life happens - and people having babies is part of every day life - I'm very happy for my sister and I'm very excited for her as well! No, I don't have children, but I've done my share with dealing with them thus far in my life - lest you forget that I did RAISE your youngest daughter from the time she was 11 and I also had custody of my god daughter for nearly 2 years when she was very very young -does that make me a parent? hell no! It makes me a very extended unpaid babysitter - BUT to say that I don't understand something because I don't have children is completey idiotic and rude. I can't empathize with people who are parents, but I can certainly understand situations like these, which are HAPPY and joyus! You need to understand that you're not going to get under my skin and get me riled up about a situation that isn't actually a situation! Its an occasion and gives us yet another thing to celebrate so its time for you to keep your yap shut or you're going to be sitting alone on that day while we all celebrate!"

Anyway - that's the gist of the conversation I had with that woman. she can be such a pain in my ass. She's been trying to get me riled up about something and all shes managing to do is make me more and more mad at her.

Wow Reecy! I thought my mom (step mom) could get under my skin. I am so surprised your mom would make such a hateful comment. Way to stand your ground!

I remember when I got married what my mom said to me. My friend was fixing my hair and make up and my mom ***e in and said "Wow no one is going to recognize you. You should always fix your hair and make up." All I could say is "Mother!" She was like well its the truth and then left the room. I do believe my friend wanted to slap her for the comment. She couldn't believe she would say it.

[reecey]

So now it was my turn to have hack attempts - 2 this morning. I have the IP address and even the location that they work at. I believe I even have their name now. Mess with me, I won't mess back - I'll take the high road, right to their superior :)

[NYjerseygirl]

Wow, your mom is as thoughtless as my sister, sometimes families suck! I'm so sorry sweetie but i'm glad fought back.

[reecey]

Wow, your mom is as thoughtless as my sister, sometimes families suck! I'm so sorry sweetie but i'm glad fought back.


Yeah - I learned very young to fight back against her. She's been a jealous rage since I moved in with my dad when she and my father got divorced - I was very young. She's taken the divorce out on me for 23 years - I'm pretty used to it by now - but when she brought my sister into the whole thing, that was the last straw for me. The woman drives me absolutely crazy - not because she makes me feel guilty, but because she does do that to my sisters and because i know that she's doing it intentionally - I don't understand how one person can do that to another - especially someone's own mother.

[NYjerseygirl]

Yeah - I learned very young to fight back against her. She's been a jealous rage since I moved in with my dad when she and my father got divorced - I was very young. She's taken the divorce out on me for 23 years - I'm pretty used to it by now - but when she brought my sister into the whole thing, that was the last straw for me. The woman drives me absolutely crazy - not because she makes me feel guilty, but because she does do that to my sisters and because i know that she's doing it intentionally - I don't understand how one person can do that to another - especially someone's own mother.
Is she invited to the wedding?

[reecey]

Is she invited to the wedding?


at this point, its up in the air. I'm really leaning toward no if she continues her crap.

[reecey]

115 days left! I'm SO not ready! I mean a whole lot not ready! Its coming too fast lol! I get my dress in 60 days. I'm still waiting to reorder the bridesmaids dresses (I haven't received my refund from the ugly ones yet) I have to order my invitations very soon - I still haven't done that. I don't have to send them out till late September so no biggie there. I have too much crap to do and not enough time to do it in! UGH! I have to start on the bouquets soon - crap! I have to order MY bouquet still! Ugh! heh.

[reecey]

So my friends Steve and Katie are getting married -I've said that on other forums here. Anyway - so now I just found out that their wedding (THIS SATURDAY) is 3 hours away! Sure, its at 5pm and I could drive down there, but Mike didn't get the time off from work since it was such short notice, we already have a family thing planned for early Saturday (which, yes, I could skip) BUT I can't drive that far away since Mike's sister is about to give birth any day now and I'm her coach! They basically just decided to get married, didn't tell anyone about it until about 2 weeks before the wedding date and now a whole lot of people can't come. I hope they're not upset, but really -the lack of planning and organizing SUCKS! I feel bad for not being able to attend, they're really good friends of mine, but ****! Let's at least get a little something going as far as information goes people! I'm not the only one that can't make it though - actually, a lot of people can't make it. I think we're all going to get together later and throw them a little "party" with all the folks that couldn't make it. I don't want to encourage their lack of planning, etc - its just that they are very special people and have been through a lot of crap (not crap with eachother, but crap they've helped eachother through) and I'm very happy they're together. Bah. Whadda buncha crap! :P
I'm meeting with my photographer, who is one of my oldest and dearest friends for drinks this afternoon - I really need to get away from everything and everyone for just a little bit. My stress level is so high right now, I can feel my pulse in my ears. This happens when things get to be too much and I need to step away. (Not from the wedding planning - that's not stressful for me!) Just everything else is driving me nuts!

[reecey]

oh my gosh I'm so tired today! I got squat for sleep last night and I don't want to be at work on such a beautiful day! I want to be outside playing! We should be picking up future hubbys' new truck today. That will be fun :) We have a day at my dad's tomorrow - another load of fun! I always love going to my dad's. Its kinda even more special because he lives in my grandparents old house (he bought it from my grandmother when she wanted something smaller) so its like a big hug from grandpa every time I go there :) Anyway - I don't wanna be at work! there's also a benefit this evening for my old boss at the network. He has pancreatic cancer - a year ago, when he was diagnosed, when given his prognosis, the doctor said "Well, I'll not beat around the bush here...you have your will already done, right?" He was given 3 months to live. Well, its a year later and a whole lot of chemo, radiation and other experimental treatments later, the cancer hasn't grown, it has shrank some and they're very hopeful for him. Anyway - so the local station is putting on a benefit dinner for him and I'm going to go help with it if I can get there! Things have been so ****ed crazy!
I did finally get my refund for the bridesmaid dresses - well, 3 of 4. Hopefully I'll get the other one soon. I'm not in a great rush to get the dresses since I'm ordering them from Penney's now. We can hold off on ordering my sister's for a while to see how big she's gonna get anyway (she's pregnant).
I met with my photographer last night - we had a couple drinks and just kicked back for a little bit - it was really nice. I did get to leave work a little early too, which was quite nice!
I've got 112 days till the wedding. Its so not enough time! I'm going to start on the bridesmaid bouquets tonight I think. They'll be fairly simple to make, I just want to make sure that I get them done and they look nice :) I have to pick up a hot glue gun because I can't seem to find any of the 4 we already have. Good thing they're cheap lol!

[reecey]

oh my god. I'm at 99 freaking days left! I'm kinda freaking out - it seems like I don't have enough done - but I know I really do. I'm actually about a week or two ahead of most timelines. It just seems to be creeping up on me way too fast heh.
I'm getting excited tho. I go on a mini vacation in a couple weeks - I'm very excited about that - gonna take that opportunity to do a little shopping as well :) I need the break, that's for sure!
My dress will be here within the next 6 weeks, that gives me about another 6 or 7 to get it altered. Plenty o time! I'm just getting a little anxious about everything. It was fine when it was triple-digit days. But now its just double digits. Pretty soon, single. Ugh! hehe

[SarahK]

oh my god. I'm at 99 freaking days left! I'm kinda freaking out - it seems like I don't have enough done - but I know I really do. I'm actually about a week or two ahead of most timelines. It just seems to be creeping up on me way too fast heh.
I'm getting excited tho. I go on a mini vacation in a couple weeks - I'm very excited about that - gonna take that opportunity to do a little shopping as well :) I need the break, that's for sure!
My dress will be here within the next 6 weeks, that gives me about another 6 or 7 to get it altered. Plenty o time! I'm just getting a little anxious about everything. It was fine when it was triple-digit days. But now its just double digits. Pretty soon, single. Ugh! hehe

wooohoooo! I am so excited for you, even though you seem to be more apprehensive. LOL I'll probably be that way when my countdown starts happening. :)

[Kelly1Mickey]

oh my god. I'm at 99 freaking days left! I'm kinda freaking out - it seems like I don't have enough done - but I know I really do. I'm actually about a week or two ahead of most timelines. It just seems to be creeping up on me way too fast heh.
I'm getting excited tho. I go on a mini vacation in a couple weeks - I'm very excited about that - gonna take that opportunity to do a little shopping as well :) I need the break, that's for sure!
My dress will be here within the next 6 weeks, that gives me about another 6 or 7 to get it altered. Plenty o time! I'm just getting a little anxious about everything. It was fine when it was triple-digit days. But now its just double digits. Pretty soon, single. Ugh! hehe


Of course, I am thrilled for all the brides that have gotten married since I have been on the boards. BUT, I am especially thrilled for your upcoming wedding! We have been on here together for so long now.......you know what I mean? I really can't wait to see pictures afterward! I know you will keep us posted on all the details. Congratulations on making double digits in the countdown!

[reecey]

Of course, I am thrilled for all the brides that have gotten married since I have been on the boards. BUT, I am especially thrilled for your upcoming wedding! We have been on here together for so long now.......you know what I mean? I really can't wait to see pictures afterward! I know you will keep us posted on all the details. Congratulations on making double digits in the countdown!


thanks Sarah and Kelly! I'm very excited! I'm just trying to make sure I have everything done by then! :) I'm one of those people that's always early and always ahead of the game on just about everything! I even pay my bills a month in advance! My mortgage lady LOVES me!

[SarahK]

thanks Sarah and Kelly!

ok, that weirded me out... because Kelly is my last name and I was like... Whoa, how did she know that????

[Kelly1Mickey]

ok, that weirded me out... because Kelly is my last name and I was like... Whoa, how did she know that????


Silly goose! LOL

[SarahK]

Silly goose! LOL

I know... I had to do a double-take. LOL

[reecey]

hehe :) silly girls :)

take a look at the newest addition to my family :)

http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/clyde.jpg

[Kelly1Mickey]

hehe :) silly girls :)

take a look at the newest addition to my family :)

http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/clyde.jpg


Awww...he? she? is so cute! Have you decided on a name yet?

[SOM Z28]

I want a doggie!!! Gene's already promised me a trip to the SPCA to adopt a dog and a cat once we move into our own place. But I guess for now, I'll just have to be jealous of reecey... ;)

[reecey]

hehe :) his name is clyde - yup, clyde :P

I went to petsmart to pick up dog food for my other dog barry that I have joint custody of (yes, I have joint custody of a DOG! :P )
anyway - the rescue shelter had puppies there and Mike and I had been talking about getting another dog - well, he wanted a beagle puppy and I wanted a chocolate lab puppy. Well - Clyde is half chocolate lab, half beagle. And he ***e with the name Clyde, which is Mike's nickname. I mean, how could I pass that up??? He's perfect! :)

The momma had 9 puppies but only 2 survived, him and his sister - who was named....Bonnie :P

[ca_dawson]

I want a doggie!!! Gene's already promised me a trip to the SPCA to adopt a dog and a cat once we move into our own place. But I guess for now, I'll just have to be jealous of reecey... ;)
Me too! But Ben won't let me have one until we get a house! We are in apartments right now, but plan to buy a house after the wedding! The first thing I'm getting is a puppy because he promised!

[Kelly1Mickey]

hehe :) his name is clyde - yup, clyde :P

I went to petsmart to pick up dog food for my other dog barry that I have joint custody of (yes, I have joint custody of a DOG! :P )
anyway - the rescue shelter had puppies there and Mike and I had been talking about getting another dog - well, he wanted a beagle puppy and I wanted a chocolate lab puppy. Well - Clyde is half chocolate lab, half beagle. And he ***e with the name Clyde, which is Mike's nickname. I mean, how could I pass that up??? He's perfect! :)

The momma had 9 puppies but only 2 survived, him and his sister - who was named....Bonnie :P

OMG! That puppy was meant for you guys!!

[reecey]

Holy crap! 3 months till the big day! I still feel like i have NOTHING done!
anyway - I'm getting there :)

[reecey]

Reorder bridesmaids dresses (today)
Order invitations (next week)
Buy reception crap
Get dress altered (as soon as it comes in)
mail invitations (Sept 19th)
print programs (1 week before wedding)
write ceremony and confer with minister (SOON!)
re-confirm all vendors (SOON!)
make bouquets (this weekend!)
order my bouquet (in 3 weeks)
make favors (gradually over the last month before wedding - they have chocolate, don't want it to melt!)
confirm all tuxes are paid for
get groom's gift
get groom to get groomsman gifts!
book hotel rooms for bridal party!
make honeymoon arrangements
finish registry
confirm hair/makeup appointment at NEW salon

Really, its not all that much to do. It feels like I have more than that, but really, I don't. Its not going to take me long at all to do the bouqets - they're just basic rose handties. I have tons of help if I need it too.

Oh yeah - I got roped into doing ceremony photography AND bartending a reception (same wedding) this weekend - its a kid I used to babysit! how weird! I actually catered his older brother's wedding 2 years ago and his mom called me all in a panic hehe. I'm glad to do it!

[reecey]

So we rushed downstate after I got out of work on Friday - Mike's sister was having her baby! It was a wonderful thing...anyway - this morning when we woke up (we stayed at our friends Heath and Amber's - the best man and his wife) we find out that one of our groomsmen is involved in something that....that....just can't be taken back, can't be forgiven, can't be overlooked. We're so taken aback by it that we're speechless. Mike has decided to replace him in the wedding party. I totally left the decision up to him, but honestly, it's safer for the ex-groomsman. If it somehow got out at the reception or even the bachellor party, he would most definitely not make it out alive. The guy has been avoiding everyone because this all was found out and frankly, I would have been surprised if he showed up anyway. I'm just totally floored by this. I'm not going to elaborate in public at all about it - yes, its that bad - so please don't be offended if I don't tell you. I feel very bad for my fiance - this is one of his oldest and dearest friends. I just don't know what to do other than hug him as much as I can and just be there for him.

[Marsha]

So we rushed downstate after I got out of work on Friday - Mike's sister was having her baby! It was a wonderful thing...anyway - this morning when we woke up (we stayed at our friends Heath and Amber's - the best man and his wife) we find out that one of our groomsmen is involved in something that....that....just can't be taken back, can't be forgiven, can't be overlooked. We're so taken aback by it that we're speechless. Mike has decided to replace him in the wedding party. I totally left the decision up to him, but honestly, it's safer for the ex-groomsman. If it somehow got out at the reception or even the bachellor party, he would most definitely not make it out alive. The guy has been avoiding everyone because this all was found out and frankly, I would have been surprised if he showed up anyway. I'm just totally floored by this. I'm not going to elaborate in public at all about it - yes, its that bad - so please don't be offended if I don't tell you. I feel very bad for my fiance - this is one of his oldest and dearest friends. I just don't know what to do other than hug him as much as I can and just be there for him.
we are here for you no matter what. No need to tell us, we all respect your decision not to say anything. Make what ever choices you have to make to suit your needs. Dont worry about hurting his feelings, HONESTLY he (the man) didnt worry about hurting anyone when he did what he did... Kiss Kiss things will be o.k. for u and Michael

[reecey]

we are here for you no matter what. No need to tell us, we all respect your decision not to say anything. Make what ever choices you have to make to suit your needs. Dont worry about hurting his feelings, HONESTLY he (the man) didnt worry about hurting anyone when he did what he did... Kiss Kiss things will be o.k. for u and Michael


Thanks sweetie....I'm still reeling from all of this. We're just so....confused and hurt!

[reecey]

Okay - so we talked to the "outcast groomsman" - we got the TRUTH from him without all the jr. high game of telephone that occured as the information filtered through 14 of the silly wives in our group of friends without actually getting information from the horse's mouth. I sat at work yesterday stewing about all of this - and asked myself one question: What would my dad say?
He would ask me one question: "What's the horse have to say about all this?"
That's his way of saying "go to the source and find out first hand" So we did. Well, Some of what was said was true - but the really really bad stuff was blown WAY out of proportion. It would be like saying "Bob Jones cheated on his wife right in front of her - he's a disgusting pig" When in reality, all Bob Jones did was chat with a girl and when she gave him her phone number, he accepted it, left ALONE and tossed it in the trash.
On the stuff that was true, the information was more than a YEAR old and has been dealt with in the proper manner and its since been resolved. So talk about a weight lifted off our chests! Our friend is still the same friend we always knew him to be! So now - because the source we had was a reliable one - and she was - she said the information as she knew it to be (she didn't know that it had gone through 14 people to get to her - she thought it was direct.) we were overly concerned and prepared to replace him in the wedding party. Well, my fiance kinda jumped the gun and asked someone else so now I DO get to include his sister as well. So we're going from 4 to 5 attendants each - OH ****! I gotta get some more stuff! Oh well - no biggie :) I'm just happy that everyone's going to be there and that its all working out :) The more the merrier I say :) Its not really of much more cost to me. This new groomsman insists on paying for his own hotel room and everything - which I've already bickered with him over heh - anyway - they're going to be coming up early and staying later than everyone - they were planning it anyway so they're fine with it. I just have to get more keepsakes and gifts for the new bridal party members and make another bouquet and boutonierre - which I already have the stuff for - so no biggie. This will increase my costs by about 30 bucks for adding the both of them. Actually - a bit more than that cuz I'll pay for Mike's sister's dress. Oh well - I'm just relieved :)

[Marsha]

IM A FIRM BELIEVER IN time heals all, and that untill you hear it from somones mouth, dont believe it. I am glad everything worked out for you!

[reecey]

god - less than 90 days to go. I'm kinda freaking out a little bit. 88 days! I'm behind now because of the whole baby fiasco last weekend and now with adding a groomsman and a bridesmaid. Geesh! Now I have to call Mike's sister and find out what size dress to order her! I should probably ASK her to be in the wedding LOL! I know she'll do it and be honored, but I should probably still ask her haha :) Its not really that big a deal - just more stuff to put on my list. I already ordered the rest of the bridesmaid dresses. My bridesmaids asked me to book the meeting hall in the subdivision I live in for the bridal shower but they double booked it so I have to find another place to have it. I wonder what the meeting room at the chamber of commerce costs for members...I'll have to check into that...

[SOM Z28]

god - less than 90 days to go. I'm kinda freaking out a little bit. 88 days!
Gettin' closer! It'll be here so fast, you won't know what hit ya! :) Let me know how bad you're freaking out when you hit 20- days! :eek: I am about to go nuts!!! :p

[reecey]

holy crap! I had to catch up on messages after 5 days of being gone! I know I didn't get them all because the board seems to reset after a certain amount of time....anyway- time off was fun - I didn't get ANY wedding shopping done, but I'm okay with that - I got to see friends I haven't seen in years! :)

I got the flower girl dress today - very excited about that - its just adorable! I absolutely love it! I think its going to be a bit too big, but the girl is skinny as a rail and her mom can take it in for her. I had to order a smidge big because she's tall for her age. It'll all work out :)
I can't believe how close this is getting. This weekend I'll be doing nothing but wedding stuff - I absolutely have so much I have to get done like right away. I still have to work one weekend between now and Sept 19th as well for my audit. UGH - I don't wanna deal with that laf. Oh well. I know I totally blew my diet all last week due to the fact that I was out of town, staying at a hotel etc. And I always bloat when I travel so I'm just going to wait for that to take care of itself. I won't be working out tonight because I'm still WAY too tired from the lack of sleep and the fact that I was partying like a ****ed rockstar the whole time I was gone :P Oh well. Its all good! :)

[reecey]

I got my flowergirl dress in the mail - its GORGEOUS!
I also got the bridesmaid dresses! They're absolutely PERFECT! So that stress is done - oh I have to order one more dress and make an additional bouquet - big deal tho - oh and I have to order more champaign glasses since our wedding party increased.
I have to go kick my dad in the arse since he hasn't gone in and gotten fitted for his tux yet. :P
I'm still waiting on Mike's wedding band to come back in - if its not right this time I'm getting my money back and buying it somewhere else - I can't deal with that crap heh.
Anyway- a weekend of partying like a rockstar - now its time to get serious again haha :) Its all good tho!
Invitations get ordered on Friday!

[reecey]

So I'm sitting there chatting online with my friends Rho and Tim - they've recently gotten together due to my unrealized matchmaking skills - It was truly unintentional! I just thought it would be cool for them to hang out together - they're both fun people! anyway -so this other 'friend' - I really haven't talked to him in hmm - a year ends up in the conversation - this 'friend' is an old roommate from back in Tulsa - that actually made ME feel so uncomfortable, I moved out in the middle of the night while he was sleeping - and nothing bothers me - I mean NOTHING! I've always had male roommates and never felt uncomfortable - they pee when I'm in the shower, vice/versa ya know - all that crap. This guy, who I had known previously just gave me the creeps. He would say stuff that was....well - if he had been joking it would be funny - but he WASN'T! anyway - so Tim had forgotten about all this - I had told Tim earlier - well we were talking about the wedding and I had no intention of inviting this other guy - well Tim pops up with "well cool - we'll see you at the wedding then" to this guy! And he replies "okay - let me know what hotel you're staying at and I'll book a room there" ARGH!!!!! So I'm so not inviting this guy! Why would I??? So now I gotta go lay the smack down on Tim for being...oh hell - he's just a guy - laf. I mean, I understand that Tim remembers that this guy and I used to be really good friends - and had the whole creepy roommate incident not happened, I would definitely have invited him. Granted the creepy thing was like years ago - but still. I still get that creepy feeling just thinking about it! I can't ever be mad at him lol. Anyway - I'll just let Tim know that this guy isn't invited and that he won't be attending and that he should probably just change the subject when/if its brought up in conversation again heh.
I don't really care about whether or not I hurt this guy's feelings - I don't want to embarrass him and do it in front of others etc - but I think if i just let it go, it'll be easier. He hasn't asked me anything about it and I don't even have his address - so I guess I can't send him an invitation, right? And as long as Tim knows that I don't want him there, its all good :P

[reecey]

Okay - ordering invitations on Friday
Making bouquets this weekend
Partying like a rockstar with my girl Kris since she's making a surprise appearance in town this weekend.

busy weekend for me!
:)

Saw the ultrasound pics of my still-cooking nephew or niece - I'm going with nephew - they're all nephews on that side of my family laf.

[reecey]

I just got the shipment notification for my wedding dress! Its going to be here Friday! It wasn't supposed to be here for another MONTH! Ugh I'm freaking out! This is too cool!!!!

[reecey]

Okay - so there are 3 basic ways to set up the reception hall main room where our reception will be. Its a rectangular room - and I've seen 3 ways work. On one end is the fireplace - this divides the main room from the smaller room where the bar and usually buffett table is. The problem is, to put a table across the fireplace to fit all bridal party members would block one or both of the entrances to the other room - so that won't work. I thought about doing a U shape, but that would take up a lot of room for other tables that is desperately needed. My other idea is to put one table for myself and mike and the best man and maid of honor up on a platform and then put the rest of the bridal party in front of us, but not on the platform - kindof a stadium seating kinda thing. But I don't really like being "higher up" than everyone else.

The second option is to have the bridal table along the long wall of the room, but that cuts down on the number of tables you can put in the room and really displaces the dj to "front and center" instead of in a corner.

The third option is that at the other end of the room, opposite the fireplace, there's a blank wall that actually has a beautiful white curtain hanging (the curtain's there to cover the bales of straw used for archery tournaments) This would be long enough to put the bridal party all at one level, one table and still leave room for the tables needed. However, this would put the DJ in front of the fireplace - which I really wanted to use for pictures. Usually, the DJ is down on the far wall that has the curtain - just because its a long wall and the dance floor is typically at that end. Its great that I can set it up however I want, but I'm not sure how I want to do it now. There is one other option that I just thought of for the DJ though - there's a storage room that has double-opening doors that I might be able to face him out of. This would keep people away from his equipment and still leave the fireplace open for pictures. He'd have plenty of room to get in and out - its not like he'd be stuck in there or anything :P I'll have to get the dimensions of his equipment and the dimensions of the doorway etc. I'm sure there's a way to do it - I'm going to be there this saturday so I can measure stuff.

I had a big panic attack about money since I've only got 8 weeks worth of paychecks coming that can be used for the wedding - somewhere I lost about 3 grand - and I don't know where. OH YEAH - TRUCK! duh! Anyway - I told Mike that spending has to stop until I get everything paid for - with adding another bridesmaid and groomsman - that's 2 more hotel rooms, a dress, flowers, gifts, etc, etc that we have to pay for now. Its getting to be more expensive than I thought it was going to be. Its all okay - but we're realizing quickly with all the stuff we have to do at the farm to get ready for winter, we're not going to be able to do the honeymoon anytime soon. We might just take off to the UP to my boss's cabin like we originally planned - or go on a backpacking trip toward the falls, etc. Anything would be fine with me! Staying at home with the doors and windows locked would be fine with me haha :)

[reecey]

I got my dress! its GORGEOUS! It's PERFECT!!!!
I love it!

[lilone]

I got my dress! its GORGEOUS! It's PERFECT!!!!
I love it!
I want pics of you in the dress. I know it's going to be gorgeous.

[reecey]

I want pics of you in the dress. I know it's going to be gorgeous.


Haha I haven't even tried it on yet - just got it out of the box and hanging in the garment bag - I'm at work and there's nowhere to try it on - none of our offices have window shades :P

[ca_dawson]

I got my dress! its GORGEOUS! It's PERFECT!!!!
I love it!
CONGRATS! That is so exciting!

[reecey]

okay - tried on the dress! It fits nearly perfectly! I'm sure once I get my "dareware" as my nephew calls all undergarments, it'll need a little altering but that's fine. The length is absolutely perfect, without shoes, it just brushes the floor so with my shoes on, it'll just be off the floor so it won't get dirty when I walk outside. :) Its just gorgeous! The only problem with it is that the zipper gets caught on the tag so I'll have my seamstress remove the tag :) I'm quite excited! :)

[reecey]

Here's the first bridesmaid bouquet - its not totally finished - it needs to be primped and spruced up :)

[kg4eoh]

We need pics of you in the dress ASAP!!! Can't wait to see you in it!! :D

[reecey]

We need pics of you in the dress ASAP!!! Can't wait to see you in it!! :D


Yes I'm getting to that :) Once I get it over to the seamstress, I'll be able to get pictures :)

[reecey]

Okay - I had such a great time making those bouquets last night! I got 4 of them done and was chatting on the phone while I did the last one - they're quite easy! (once you decide to get the wire cutters out of the toolbox instead of trying to use desk scissors!) anyway - I have one left to do, and then I'll come up with something later for my toss bouquet. I'll work on the boutonieers tonight as well. I did make a preliminary one and its cute, but I think I'm going to have to buy some smaller roses or just dig out enough nice small rosebuds from what I have should be good. I'll definitely have to come up with something smaller for the boys. That's okay though - I'm getting quite creative these days :P My little sister ***e over and got her dress. It fit her perfectly except it was a little too long - she said she could just wear heels (she's a clutz in heels) so I just suggested she have her grandma hem the dress instead - (she wasn't sure if I wanted her to wear heels or what) I told the girls they could wear whatever shoes they wanted as long as they were all navy and were closed-toe - they could all get together and decide on round or pointed etc. I didn't want anyone to be uncomfortable in their shoes! And my MOH absolutely cannot wear heels for medical reasons. The only one that can wear them and actually walk in them just fine is my one sister that's pregnant and she's already 6'1" - what's funny is, she doesn't do well in them when she's NOT pregnant. I think it has to do with that whole center of gravity of the body thing hehe. So I think prolly no one will be wearing heels except me :)
Since I added a bridesmaid, I have to see if I can get another necklace to match the ones I got the other girls. I had ordered an extra pair of earrings - so I'm all set there.
Things feel a little more settled - the invitations are ordered and I'm going to order the extra toasting glasses for the extra members and that stuff today too. I'm very happy with how the flowers turned out - I think that was one of my big concerns :)

[ca_dawson]

Wow your flowers just look amazing! You did such a good job! I can't believe how real they look! You got them from efavormart, right? I was thinking about ordering from them. One question: did you get the "velvet" ones or the regular silk ones? After seeing yours I'm convinced! Amazing work!

[reecey]

I'm getting really excited now - things are starting to fall together nicely - last week I was sitting here with a buncha random wedding crap - now that I've begun putting things together, its actual bouquets and flower arrangements and yadda yadda yadda! :) Its great :)

My dress is here, bridesmaid dresses (almost all of them) are here...invitations are on their way...its really coming together and starting to look like a wedding rather than a storage closet for a craft store :P

[reecey]

Okay - I got the notice that my invitations were printed - they'll be shipped tomorrow - woohoo!

I also got my candy bar labels done today - I used avery's design pro software to do them. They fit perfectly on the hershey nuggets first try! :)

I updated my program to add the 2 people we've added to the wedding party

I still have to do the last bouquet tonight and update the favor tags.

I have to do the maps and the direction card inserts for the invitations - those should be rather easy to do.

I'll work on the boutonierres as well.

Sammi (my photographer) is going to make my bouquet and help me with the corsages.

I still have to buy the candy to do the candy bars - I have a few here so I could test it, but I'll buy all of it soon - I wanted to wait so I don't have to freeze it - I didn't want to worry about the labels coming off. My sisters are going to come over and help me put them together once I get everything done. I still have to get my sister the list for my bridal shower and my MOH the list for my bachelorette party. Maybe I'll put those together tonight :)

[reecey]

Okay, so here's the pictures of my program....it's going to be printed on glossy paper and I just scanned it in a low dpi so it would fit on here so it really looks much better hehe

since they're evidently too big to upload, I'll link to them

this is the front
http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/programfront.jpg

this is the inside
http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/inside.jpg

this is the back
http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/programback.jpg

It really is much easier to read and more elegant than it looks! :) Its just so big to post. Maybe I'll scan the shiney one and post a link to the pdf so it'll look real laf.

[reecey]

Here are the candy bar wrappers
http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/wrapper.jpg

and here are the favor tags
http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/favortag.jpg

[Kelly1Mickey]

Everything looks great Reecey! I can't believe it is getting so close!

[Justplainme]

Everything is looking great!!! Not much longer until your big day. I bet you can't wait!! :p

[reecey]

Here's a picture of the diva in training! :)
She's just too cute!

http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/amanda.bmp

[reecey]

Woohoo! my invitations come tomorrow! :)

[Justplainme]

Here's a picture of the diva in training! :)
She's just too cute!

http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/amanda.bmp

She is so adorable! You can tell she is a little diva! :p

[reecey]

I got my invitations! They're perfect! I can't wait to get to work on them!!! :)

[reecey]

things have come together for the mostpart. I got the invitations....they're perfect. Instead of paying an extra 40 bucks to have them print my return address on the back flap of the outer envelope, I did it myself and it looks great :) I can't wait to get all of the envelopes printed - I'll do that this weekend :) I have a couple of addresses to update before I can do that, but its going well :) I have to buy the postage this week (I weighed one invitation and its exactly 1 oz :) ) So I'll do that and get the last bridesmaid dress and be all set for that. I'm hoping to get my dress in early to the seamstress as well.

[reecey]

So I went and priced a lot of the stuff I need to buy for the reception - its going to cost me about half of what I budgeted :) I'm quite excited about that :)
I'm still up in the air about the wine - people are suggesting box wine, but I really want to do bottle - I might do a mix of both - some bottled wine for dinner and then box for after. It is much cheaper to do box, but I can get a deal on a case of bottled wine as well - it would only be about 10 bucks more if I do the bottled. Its not the highest quality wine, but hey - its wine :P
My other option is to get wine from a local vineyard that's actually really good - the deal I can get is about 4.50 per bottle which is really really good and its pretty tasty wine. I'm still debating on that one heh

[Kelly1Mickey]

So I went and priced a lot of the stuff I need to buy for the reception - its going to cost me about half of what I budgeted :) I'm quite excited about that :)
I'm still up in the air about the wine - people are suggesting box wine, but I really want to do bottle - I might do a mix of both - some bottled wine for dinner and then box for after. It is much cheaper to do box, but I can get a deal on a case of bottled wine as well - it would only be about 10 bucks more if I do the bottled. Its not the highest quality wine, but hey - its wine :P
My other option is to get wine from a local vineyard that's actually really good - the deal I can get is about 4.50 per bottle which is really really good and its pretty tasty wine. I'm still debating on that one heh

Ooh! I love the idea of using wine from a local vineyard!

[reecey]

Ooh! I love the idea of using wine from a local vineyard!

we have soooo many vineyards here its just impossible to do anything but local :) Hell, even madonna's family has a vineyard here :P

[SarahK]

I'm at the 2 month mark! woohoo!!!! :)

OMG! Thats so exciting Reecey!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!

[reecey]

I'm at the 2 month mark! woohoo!!!! :)

[reecey]

I had my first wedding-related nightmare that actually kinda got to me. It was SO stupid! But every time I'd go back to sleep, it would resume. Its still kinda got me shaken up a bit.

Anyway - It was the day of the wedding and no one could find Michael - he had taken the truck and he already had the Explorer too. I couldn't get over to the salon to get my hair done.. I had everyone looking for him, etc. No one would answer the phone or anything. So finally he shows up and all of a sudden, the house phone quits working. I'm all confused! Well he and a friend (that I didn't recognize) show up with this big stack of papers - its a mileage report from the truck and a tire usage report lol. He said he wasn't going to marry me because I put too much wear on the tires of the truck because I drove it more than he did! I tried calling everyone, no one would answer the phone! The weird thing was, when I was trying to call his family, I kept calling my ex's family's phone number. (I think that's what has me shaken up lol - I don't even know their phone number anymore) My parents wouldn't answer their phones - and he and his friend got in the truck and told me I was an abuser! They left and wouldn't come back! I was standing there in my wedding dress crying because he was leaving me at the altar because I put too much wear and tear on the tires of our truck lol! He told me he was going to have my cell phone disconnected and that I'd have nothing! So the last thing I did before I woke up and stayed up was change the locks on the house and all the access codes on the bank account.

So yeah - it was rediculous!

I told Mike I had a nightmare last night when I got up this morning and he kinda chuckled and said "maybe we should elope" and I was like uhhh - it wasn't about the actual wedding - we never got there :P He didn't ask me to elaborate, but maybe I will tonight hehe

[alley06]

It'll be all right! Sort of weird because I had my first wedding dream last night. It wasn't a bad dream but there was a ex best friend who I haven't talked to in over a year (she screwed me over after another friend's wedding) and she was the one who went wedding dress shopping with me since nobody else would go. It was really weird. Don't worry, he won't leave you at the altar! LOL

[reecey]

Okay - so I got a lot done this weekend. I have like no room in my house now. We're pretty much resorting to TV dinners to eat because the cupboards are full of stuff for the reception so I can't really stock good food heh.
Anyway - after a horrible weekend of dealing with yellowjackets (ugh!) I did get my invitations sent out. People should start receiving them today :)
I bought a ton of stuff for the reception and got the favors rolling. I have pretty much everything i need to do them now, just have to get people together to get them done. We'll see if they show up. No one showed up to do my invitations with me or to go shopping with me as promised, so I'm not holding my breath on that one (yeah, gotta love that) I understand my sister not being able to make it, she had class all weekend, etc. But my mother just wouldn't get her lazy arse out of bed. Mind you, I wasn't asking her to come at 5:30 in the morning. It was AFTER NOON. So I sat doing them all afternoon and late into the evening. In fact, I didn't get done with them until well after midnight. Now, I probably would have been done with them sooner had I not had an invasion of yellowjackets.

Here's that story:
I'm sitting at my kitchen table, working away on my invitations. I hear this sound like a plastic wrapper blowing in the breeze - well its starting to annoy me so I go looking for it. I'm searching high and low - no plastic wrapper, no nothing. As i'm looking on top the fridge, I hear it again and its close...so I figure it must be up there. So I'm looking up there and I happen to glance up at the ceiling because there's this brown spot up there that I've never seen before. Just as I'm looking at it, something pokes a hole in the center of it and pops through! I'm thinking oh my god, we have termites, roaches, etc something! I freak out IMMEDIATELY! I look again, and its bees! I of course grab the phone and run outside because I'm deathly allergic to these lovely things! I call my brother all in a panic of course (luckily the dog was already outside so I didn't have to save him! and the door to the back of the house was already closed) So my brother comes over, at first he thought there was an intruder in the house or something - and I tell him, no I can handle that - I just have to shoot them! I can't shoot hundreds of bees!
So he stops at the store and picks up some bee killer stuff on the way. He thinks of course that I'm exaggerating when I say there's hundreds of bees in my house - since I"m allergic, he thinks I'm just overreacting and freaking out. He walks in the front door and hits the floor as they come DIVE BOMBING at him. He's armed with 2 cans of bee killer and just goes to town on them. He figured there were probably about 500 in there. I looked in there and just saw the swarms everywhere and immediately threw up! Now, I don't have a weak stomach, but the fact that I could have been napping on the couch or something when they ***e through and they could have killed me without me even having a chance really got to me. Anyway - he starts spraying the stuff up in the hole that they made in the ceiling and they start just falling out one after another! He starts cutting a hole in the ceiling because there's obviously a nest up there that HAS to come out. So after an 8 inch hole is ripped in my ceiling, a 12 inch in diameter yellowjacket nest is out of my ceiling and being completely saturated in bee killer on my kitchen floor :P Once my brother got most of them killed, other than a few stragglers, got the nest bagged up and out of the house, I went back in and helped him kill the remaining 4 or 5 that were left alive. Overall he estimated about 1000 in the house. We covered the hole in the ceiling and cleaned up the rest of the mess, vacuuming up half dead bees, etc. heheh. A few drones that were out working my brother was destroying their home ***e back and were ****ED. They were buzzing and banging against the plastic we put over the hole (very securely - about 100 staples and 2 coats of packaging **** hehe) Which totally made my skin crawl even more than it already was :P It didn't matter how many showers I took, I could just feel my skin crawling. Still, anytime I hear a little noise, i start looking for bees :P. I couldn't fall asleep that night - I finally was able to at about 5 heh. I finished my invitations, watched a little tv and then finally went to bed, barracading myself and the dog in the bedroom behind 2 closed doors with a flyswatter and a can of bee killer :P
I haven't seen a bee in the house since. BUT they've taken to building other nests around the outside of the house -we took out 5 more yesterday that were just starting. Mike filled in the cracks and crevaces in the siding and soffett where they were building after spraying the hell out of them to make sure they were all dead :P The exterminator guy I called on Sunday said that he's be happy to come out if we wanted him to, but that we already did everything that he could really do and that it wouldn't be worth our money. He said he'd swing by and check things out at any time though, I just have to give him a call. Well I was sitting here at work yesterday and he called - my work number - which I didn't give him....he was calling for a coworker who had a problem with wasps at his house lol! So I chatted with him for a minute and handed him off to the other coworker with bee problems. The exterminator guy said this has been his busiest season in 10 years. So now I dont' feel so bad :P

[Kelly1Mickey]

That is such a frightening (but still hilarious now that you are ok) story! I think I will spend this evening checking for brown spots in my walls/ceiling! LOL

[reecey]

That is such a frightening (but still hilarious now that you are ok) story! I think I will spend this evening checking for brown spots in my walls/ceiling! LOL


rofl! that's what I do every night! I check the whole ceiling and all the walls :P

[Kelly1Mickey]

Reecey, you are never going to believe this! I am at work (yep...working a little late tonight, but anyway)...I just heard a buzzing over my desk. I look up and there is a HUGE wasp banging on the ceiling light! So, the paranoia you instilled in me has grown! LOL And the little booger just would not die! I sprayed him with bug spray until he was at least unable to fly. Then I put a tissue down and stood on him and he STILL didn't die. Now, I keep inspecting the ceiling to check for brown spots! Thanks for the jinx! LOL :p

[reecey]

So my girl! My MOH is coming up this weekend! Its gonna be a great time :) I'm very excited :)
I got my house cleaning started - it was a literal wreck after the bee fiasco. I'm trying to get all the reception stuff I have at my house stored away but I'm just not finding the room. I might have to take a lot of it over to my sister's house - she has a whole basement I can invade :P
So this weekend we're going to work on rolling all the silverware/napkins, making the favors and church decorations I think. I'm going to do a dinner for those that come over to help - that should be fun.
We've added smoked whitefish to our buffett for the wedding as well.
The rehearsal dinner, we've decided to actually do smoked turkies and some other stuff - nothing that requires too much cleanup but its going to be pretty inexpensive since we have 2 16lb turkies in the freezer and have NO idea what to do with them - especially since Mike gets another one from his company for Christmas (I get cash bonuses, he gets a dead bird - hmm. Then again, I work for a financial firm, he works for a food company :P) I think I need to go get more of the hershey nuggets for the favors as well. I have plenty of wrappers left - I printed a ton of them just in case, so I'll go buy more. I'm getting the huge bags of them at Sam's for like 6.83 or something like that. Well worth the buy - they have like 140 of them in each bag. I also need to get the table cover stuff. I bought the round table cloths and the table skirts already - I'm going to see if I can find the actual table cloths at a dollar store like I did with the round ones and table skirts - if I can, I'll forgo the roll stuff and just buy the individual covers. I think it'll be easier and look nicer. It should work out to be about the same price.
Oh - I sent my invitations out - people have called and they LOVE them :) My mother still doesn't understand why she has to RSVP (hell, she couldn't understand why I was sending her an invitation in the first place - silly woman) so I just asked her "do you wanna stand all night or do you want to have a place to sit?" I'm using the rsvps for food as well - but since its a buffett, I'm not too worried about exact numbers, however, I want to make sure i have all the seating figured out. I have to do my seating chart and organize how i want to do the tables as well. I think there's a wedding at the hall this weekend and I might poke my head in and see how they are setting things up on Friday. I don't want to interrupt their reception on saturday of course, but I'll stop by on Friday with a **** measure to see what the exact dimensions of the place are because I can't remember. I have to stop and get some graph paper so I can outline how I want everything set up.
My sister mailed the bridal shower invitations out today - woohoo :P
I take my dress in tomorrow for alterations - not too much needs to be done - a little nip and a little tuck here and there, no big deal and then of course the bustle. I saw a dress very similar to mine that had sleeves added to it - I'm considering it since its going to be cold and I still hate my arms. I'll ask my seamstress about it when I get there. Mike leaves tomorrow for his bachelor party #1 - a few of the guys up here can't make it due to work obligations so they're going to take him out at a later date. he's very excited about getting together with the guys - he doesn't get to do it very often because he works so much in the summer and they all live downstate so its hard to get down there sometimes. I'm just happy for him :)
Right now he's putting new lattice on the deck at home so it looks nice and the dog quits going under the deck and getting tangled :P

[reecey]

3 responses back in the mail already :) All yes of course :) Considering 2 were in my bridal party lol :)

[SOM Z28]

OMG, reecey!!! I just read about your bee invasion. I'm allergic too, so now I'm getting that crawly skin feeling. I'm so glad you're ok though.

And congrats on getting your invites out. I know how I felt when I finally mailed mine out. Felt like such a huge step.

[alley06]

Wow Reecey, things are really getting together and you are doing most of it. I know about the dead bird thing, we have one in our freezer from last Thanksgiving from our company. When FH moved out of his apartment we accidently left the other one in his freezer! I would really just like the money instead of the bird.

I loved peaking in on our reception site when they were preparing for a wedding. I may ask if there's a time I can do it again so I can get more ideas.

[reecey]

So I got in this huge fight with my sister yesterday, which was oh - so lovely. She ***e over to meet up with my MOH that was to be leaving shortly to go back home. Now, mind you, my sister has been *****ING up a storm that no one has gotten with her to do the bridal shower thingies - now my MOH is sitting there and trying to talk to my sister. My sister says like 2 words to her and then her phone rings. She proceeds to sit and yak on the phone about nothing important for the next 45 minutes. Meanwhile, my MOH has to go pick up her son and get back home soon. She leaves to go pick up her son. My sister gets off the phone and asks "okay so what are we doing here" I simply said "well, I wanted to wait for Lori to get back" She goes FINE! And ignores me. My mom asks "where did Lori go?" I said "She went to go pick up her son, she'll be back in a few minutes" And my sister just FLEW off the handle at me. She started screaming at me about how I'm a huge snotty brat and that I have no clue as to how to behave like an adult. She's now lecturing me in her normal condescending tone and I look at her and I tell her that its not appropriate for her to yell at me in my own home. This sets her off even more. She begins to literally look down on me and start getting in my face saying that I always claim to know everything and that I think I'm better than everyone and that I'm always right - she said that I refuse to tell anyone anything about the wedding and that I hide everything about it because I'm selfish. (I hide things about the wedding? Odd -) - now at this point and time, I really, really wanted to call her on her generalistic fallicious statements, but I thought maybe that wouldn't be a good idea. -She continued to tell me that I had no idea how to be an adult and that I never behave as an adult. So I respond with what I do as an adult - now meanwhile, I didn't personally attack her once. I really could have - but she's pregnant and it was just going to fuel the situation. So I told her once again that I will not tolerate her yelling at me and lecturing me in my own home. I do not tolerate anyone disrespecting me in the home that I have bought and made for myself (...hmm...another sign that I can act as an adult, maybe?) She starts screaming louder! I turn and ask my mother if I was snotty in answering her question and she said "no, you just said it kinda fast" and I said well I'm sorry if it did sound snotty - it was not my intention and I know that I do talk fast sometimes" So my sister says "OH NOW we get an apology!" and I said no, Mother got an apology - I have no reason to apologize to you - you should be apologizing to me!. I tell her that I think she should leave. She starts yelling at me again! I once again tell her that she has no right to yell at me. She starts lecturing and yelling more. I start working on the things I need to get done and she's still yelling. I just simply go about my business. I've asked her to leave already a few times and she hasn't. Finally she decides "well maybe I should just leave" I look at her with complete sarcasm and say "what a brilliant idea you ***e up with!" and of course she was like "oh yeah I'm sure this is all my fault, we'll just blame me because its all my fault - everyone thinks I'm a horrible person blah blah blah - maybe I'm just too *****y to be here today" So I kinda twisted the knife at this point and time and said "well, I'm glad to see you can use me to watch your son or fix your computer or bring you food when it suits you but you can't even stay and help with stuff you said you wanted to help with - that's nice" So she goes into "I wasn't using you - you use me all the time!" now mind you, I never ask anyone in my family for anything - especially not my sister. So I told her that it would be a fabulous idea if she just left because i was tiring of this row and she looked all confused at me and just left.
So now I decided to try and iron things out by emailing her- I didn't apologize but I did explain my case calmly and told her that I just wanted to put it behind me and left it at that - I asked her to call me if she was willing to do that. So I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I'm waiting for my fiance to hear all sorts of evil things about me from my brother in law - who also knows my sister's condescending tone all too well.
Ya know and I sat and stewed about it all day and was thankful that I didn't say all the things that were in my head about her. I never personally attacked her once, other than bringing up her condescending tone that she typically has - because I attribute it to her dealing with 5 year olds all day long - so to an adult, that tone is quite condescending. When I did bring that up she goes "oh sure you wait till I attack you to attack me about something?!" I said first of all - thanks for admitting that you're actually attacking me. I'm not attacking you - i'm stating a fact - that you speak with a condescending tone. Its not an attack its a reality. You're screaming at me and lecturing me like a 5 year old. That is an attack - now, after admitting that she was attacking me, she had the absolute nerve to say "I'm not attacking you!"
I so could have really just torn her apart - but she's my sister and I didn't want to do that. My first instinct of course was to bring out the facts of her life as SHE has told them to me, but I didn't because its personal and doesn't need to be used - I mean I sat there thinking that as much as I was fired up and wanted to, I took the high road and didn't use her own words and self-defined situation against her. But she'll never know that - she'll never see that. Because I bit my tongue - which is something I rarely do. As much as I'm offended by what she did to me sitting in my own living room in the house I pay the mortgage of, on the furniture that I bought yadda yadda yadda, she had the nerve to say hateful things to me, I didn't tear into her. It just stinks because she will never know the extent of what she did to me - how she offended and hurt me - because I refused to sink to that level and make her feel as hated and horrible as she did to me - and for no reason - because I answered a question.
So now I wonder if she'll actually be in the wedding. If she'll actually allow her son and her husband to be in the wedding. I've decided that if she chooses to not be in the wedding that she can just not come though too. I don't really want to do that because then she'll ban her son and husband from the wedding as well. Ugh - I hate this **** - we should have just gone to vegas.
But I wonder - if she really feels this way about me, why did she agree to be in my wedding? Why would she offer to throw me a shower? Why would she do anything for me? If I'm such a horrible person, why does she ask me to watch her precious son?

[alley06]

Oh Reecey! What a horrible thing that was! I'm so sorry that she acted that way towards you. I'm not siding with her but you did say she was pregnant so it could just be a case of her hormones acting up and she just flew off the handle. I hope you guys can work everything out before your wedding.

I just wanted to add, maybe deep down she's jealous of what you have as far as being an adult and wanted to make herself feel better. Who knows what happened, I would give it a couple of days and see if she calms down.

[SOM Z28]

Sounds a bit to me like she's jealous and maybe misses all of the planning and getting to be the center of attention. Or maybe she just feels like you're getting too much attention when she's got a big deal of her own (the baby)?

[reecey]

Oh Reecey! What a horrible thing that was! I'm so sorry that she acted that way towards you. I'm not siding with her but you did say she was pregnant so it could just be a case of her hormones acting up and she just flew off the handle. I hope you guys can work everything out before your wedding.

I just wanted to add, maybe deep down she's jealous of what you have as far as being an adult and wanted to make herself feel better. Who knows what happened, I would give it a couple of days and see if she calms down.


Ya know, I could understand her snapping at me due to hormones, but she out and out screamed at me for like a half an hour over NOTHING. I don't know what her deal is. I mean, she accused me of acting like a child while she literally screamed then stomped and huffed and puffed her way out of the house. Erm. who is being the child?

[alley06]

Ya know, I could understand her snapping at me due to hormones, but she out and out screamed at me for like a half an hour over NOTHING. I don't know what her deal is. I mean, she accused me of acting like a child while she literally screamed then stomped and huffed and puffed her way out of the house. Erm. who is being the child?

Some people can have their head so far up there you know where that they don't see who's acting like a child! Give her a few days, she may call after she realizes what a ******* she was being.

[reecey]

Okay, here are the candybar wrappers that I made - a few people have asked me about them so here's the whole thing :)
For Hershey Nuggets
First, you want to download the software from avery.com
They have a free label making software that works great - its easier to use than microsoft word.
You'll want to get the labels that are 2 5/8 inches by 1 inch. You don't necessarily need to buy the avery brand, just make sure these are the right size, there should be 30 per sheet.
Choose the correct size label in the software or just download my template and replace with your own information and picture.
Choose to print full sheets when you're ready :)

Here's the result
http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/candybar1.JPG

http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/candybar2.JPG

http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/candybar3.JPG

Here is the template
Avery labelmaker template for candybar wrappers (http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/candybars.zdl)
Here is a link to the program for easy download - its a free program so no licensing is needed.
Avery labelmaker software (http://webpages.charter.net/reecey/stuff/aawsepersonal.exe)

Everything has been scanned for viruses and is virus free :)


Also, if you would like help making the labels, I would be more than happy to design one for you and send it to you :) You can PM me with information on what you would like them to look like :)

[kg4eoh]

reecey, those are sooooo cool! I love them.! :D

[reecey]

So I got in this huge fight with my sister yesterday, which was oh - so lovely. She ***e over to meet up with my MOH that was to be leaving shortly to go back home. Now, mind you, my sister has been *****ING up a storm that no one has gotten with her to do the bridal shower thingies - now my MOH is sitting there and trying to talk to my sister. My sister says like 2 words to her and then her phone rings. She proceeds to sit and yak on the phone about nothing important for the next 45 minutes. Meanwhile, my MOH has to go pick up her son and get back home soon. She leaves to go pick up her son. My sister gets off the phone and asks "okay so what are we doing here" I simply said "well, I wanted to wait for Lori to get back" She goes FINE! And ignores me. My mom asks "where did Lori go?" I said "She went to go pick up her son, she'll be back in a few minutes" And my sister just FLEW off the handle at me. She started screaming at me about how I'm a huge snotty brat and that I have no clue as to how to behave like an adult. She's now lecturing me in her normal condescending tone and I look at her and I tell her that its not appropriate for her to yell at me in my own home. This sets her off even more. She begins to literally look down on me and start getting in my face saying that I always claim to know everything and that I think I'm better than everyone and that I'm always right - she said that I refuse to tell anyone anything about the wedding and that I hide everything about it because I'm selfish. (I hide things about the wedding? Odd -) - now at this point and time, I really, really wanted to call her on her generalistic fallicious statements, but I thought maybe that wouldn't be a good idea. -She continued to tell me that I had no idea how to be an adult and that I never behave as an adult. So I respond with what I do as an adult - now meanwhile, I didn't personally attack her once. I really could have - but she's pregnant and it was just going to fuel the situation. So I told her once again that I will not tolerate her yelling at me and lecturing me in my own home. I do not tolerate anyone disrespecting me in the home that I have bought and made for myself (...hmm...another sign that I can act as an adult, maybe?) She starts screaming louder! I turn and ask my mother if I was snotty in answering her question and she said "no, you just said it kinda fast" and I said well I'm sorry if it did sound snotty - it was not my intention and I know that I do talk fast sometimes" So my sister says "OH NOW we get an apology!" and I said no, Mother got an apology - I have no reason to apologize to you - you should be apologizing to me!. I tell her that I think she should leave. She starts yelling at me again! I once again tell her that she has no right to yell at me. She starts lecturing and yelling more. I start working on the things I need to get done and she's still yelling. I just simply go about my business. I've asked her to leave already a few times and she hasn't. Finally she decides "well maybe I should just leave" I look at her with complete sarcasm and say "what a brilliant idea you ***e up with!" and of course she was like "oh yeah I'm sure this is all my fault, we'll just blame me because its all my fault - everyone thinks I'm a horrible person blah blah blah - maybe I'm just too *****y to be here today" So I kinda twisted the knife at this point and time and said "well, I'm glad to see you can use me to watch your son or fix your computer or bring you food when it suits you but you can't even stay and help with stuff you said you wanted to help with - that's nice" So she goes into "I wasn't using you - you use me all the time!" now mind you, I never ask anyone in my family for anything - especially not my sister. So I told her that it would be a fabulous idea if she just left because i was tiring of this row and she looked all confused at me and just left.
So now I decided to try and iron things out by emailing her- I didn't apologize but I did explain my case calmly and told her that I just wanted to put it behind me and left it at that - I asked her to call me if she was willing to do that. So I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I'm waiting for my fiance to hear all sorts of evil things about me from my brother in law - who also knows my sister's condescending tone all too well.
Ya know and I sat and stewed about it all day and was thankful that I didn't say all the things that were in my head about her. I never personally attacked her once, other than bringing up her condescending tone that she typically has - because I attribute it to her dealing with 5 year olds all day long - so to an adult, that tone is quite condescending. When I did bring that up she goes "oh sure you wait till I attack you to attack me about something?!" I said first of all - thanks for admitting that you're actually attacking me. I'm not attacking you - i'm stating a fact - that you speak with a condescending tone. Its not an attack its a reality. You're screaming at me and lecturing me like a 5 year old. That is an attack - now, after admitting that she was attacking me, she had the absolute nerve to say "I'm not attacking you!"
I so could have really just torn her apart - but she's my sister and I didn't want to do that. My first instinct of course was to bring out the facts of her life as SHE has told them to me, but I didn't because its personal and doesn't need to be used - I mean I sat there thinking that as much as I was fired up and wanted to, I took the high road and didn't use her own words and self-defined situation against her. But she'll never know that - she'll never see that. Because I bit my tongue - which is something I rarely do. As much as I'm offended by what she did to me sitting in my own living room in the house I pay the mortgage of, on the furniture that I bought yadda yadda yadda, she had the nerve to say hateful things to me, I didn't tear into her. It just stinks because she will never know the extent of what she did to me - how she offended and hurt me - because I refused to sink to that level and make her feel as hated and horrible as she did to me - and for no reason - because I answered a question.
So now I wonder if she'll actually be in the wedding. If she'll actually allow her son and her husband to be in the wedding. I've decided that if she chooses to not be in the wedding that she can just not come though too. I don't really want to do that because then she'll ban her son and husband from the wedding as well. Ugh - I hate this **** - we should have just gone to vegas.
But I wonder - if she really feels this way about me, why did she agree to be in my wedding? Why would she offer to throw me a shower? Why would she do anything for me? If I'm such a horrible person, why does she ask me to watch her precious son?


So I did talk to my dad to see what his take on the whole fiasco was - his response after looking at me like I was crazy (you know that confused look that Bill Cosby always got on the Cosby show? Yeah - my dad has that look - EXACTLY) and he asks me "did she get that other masters degree or something? She usually does something like this everytime she hits a milestone in college - its her entire identity and she uses it to compensate for her lack of knowledge and aptitude in every other aspect of life" - See all my sister has is her college education. I'm not talking about like most people are proud of it, but it is her entire identity. She also takes everything that the profs tell her and just accept it. She does zero free-thinking on the subject, and zero thinking on any other subject. If it doesn't have to do with 5 year olds, she doesn't know it, doesn't care, etc. I can just about guarantee that she couldn't tell you the name of the hurricane that hit the gulf coast and completely demolished New Orleans, Biloxi, Gulfport, etc - She just doesn't do anything that doesn't have to do with 5 year olds. That's just plain and simple. She admits it as well - until she gets a bug up her arse and feels like she needs to compensate for something -then she throws her multiple degrees in everyone's faces. Now, I'm not saying that having that much structured education isn't something to be proud of - it IS. But to take on the "I'm better than you because I have this" is just outrageous. Especially since she didn't get it on her own. My dad and I both helped her financially AND I helped her academically - anyway - my dad made me feel better about the situation. It still sucks though - and i haven't heard from my sister yet - I don't even know if she's read the email I sent her yet. I'm hoping she hasn't and that's the reason I haven't heard from her.

[Lacey]

I'm sorry that your sister is being such a pain this close to your wedding. It is uncalled for. But at least you are able to put it in perspective and keep a cool head. If you just emailed her a day or two ago she probably didn't get it yet. When she does I'm sure she will write or call. It was probably just hormones mixed with jealousy. That could be a deadly combo some days. There is no way she would miss your wedding or allow her husband and son to do so, no worries on your part. Sometime we just need to sit in the mess we made for a while before we start to clean it up.

Aside from that, how are the shower plans coming? It is getting close to your big now!

[x_jlr_x]

I love the candy wrapper idea! What better to have at Our Halloween wedding than candy? Lol... Thanks for the idea.

[reecey]

I'm sorry that your sister is being such a pain this close to your wedding. It is uncalled for. But at least you are able to put it in perspective and keep a cool head. If you just emailed her a day or two ago she probably didn't get it yet. When she does I'm sure she will write or call. It was probably just hormones mixed with jealousy. That could be a deadly combo some days. There is no way she would miss your wedding or allow her husband and son to do so, no worries on your part. Sometime we just need to sit in the mess we made for a while before we start to clean it up.

Aside from that, how are the shower plans coming? It is getting close to your big now!


Well my sister that freaked out at me is the one throwing the shower, so I'm not really sure. My MOH was there to meet with her to help her and even write her a check to help with the cost of it, but since she ignored my MOH the whole time, she didn't get the chance to. So I don't really know what's going on as of yet.

[Lacey]

Well my sister that freaked out at me is the one throwing the shower, so I'm not really sure. My MOH was there to meet with her to help her and even write her a check to help with the cost of it, but since she ignored my MOH the whole time, she didn't get the chance to. So I don't really know what's going on as of yet.

Sometimes I wonder why we have to have family. That really sucks. I hope that it all works out for you. I'm sure that it will. If not it sounds as though your MOH might actually step up to the plate and do it herself.

[reecey]

Sometimes I wonder why we have to have family. That really sucks. I hope that it all works out for you. I'm sure that it will. If not it sounds as though your MOH might actually step up to the plate and do it herself.


Yeah, its hard for my MOH since she lives downstate and she's a single mom that was working 2 fulltime jobs up till last week. Her dad is in full remission from cancer now so she's been able to get a little more involved but she still lives almost 3 hours away. She is trying to get in touch with my sister about stuff but my sister hasn't returned her calls or her emails either so I dont' know what the deal is. I personally am to the point where I don't really care - I know Lori will set up for the shower, I just might have to do more of the leg work than I'm actually supposed to heh.

[reecey]

I'm so over the whole argument with my sister. I guess what I'll do if she doesn't respond is just pick up where I can and help my MOH who has offered to do the whole shower thing for me. I'll just do the legwork since she's so far away. I still don't know what's going on - but I have to be prepared for the fact that my sister may in fact, not be there.

[alley06]

I'm so over the whole argument with my sister. I guess what I'll do if she doesn't respond is just pick up where I can and help my MOH who has offered to do the whole shower thing for me. I'll just do the legwork since she's so far away. I still don't know what's going on - but I have to be prepared for the fact that my sister may in fact, not be there.

I hope she pulls through and is at least there for your wedding. She will regret it later if she's not.

[reecey]

So I don't know if anyone remembers me telling about 2 of my sisters ostricising an entire side of my family - literally - over ice cream. Well, it is my stepmom's side of the family etc. So anyway, I invited them to the wedding - not getting my hopes up that they would come - but hoping that they would. I just got an rsvp today from my aunt and uncle (my stepmom's sister and her husband) and they're coming! I'm so excited! :) This means so very much to me! I am absolutely thrilled!!!!

[reecey]

My rockstar MOH just called me! She's a riot! I got her dress today - it ***e to me instead of her which is odd, but I'll just fedex it to her today. anyway - she wanted to know what all was up for the shower, etc. I told her I didn't know because my sister hasn't spoken to me since the big fight. I told her I would let her know as soon as I found out.
Anyway - she's being really silly about the bachellorette party - which is cool :P I'm honestly hoping not too many people go to it - smaller ones seem to be more fun to me :)

[reecey]

So I found out that my sister has checked her email, but she didn't read the email I sent her. Her husband won't return my fiance's phonecalls and she hasn't attempted to contact me or return any messages I've left for her. I have 43 days left till the wedding - and 2 weeks till the bridal shower she planned for me - which, the invitations have gone out for, but I don't even know if its going to occur. My MOH said she'd take it over, but **** I don't even know what's going on with it or who has or is going to be rsvp'ing in the future - all of them were going to her. I still have to print programs and I don't even know what to print because I don't know if she's going to even be there. I have no idea what to do. I mean, this really affects my family a lot. Yeah, I can do without the other bridesmaid and groomsman and the bell bearer in the wedding, but I can't do without my family. I'm just so lost right now.

[Kelly1Mickey]

reecey, I am really sorry you are going through this. I wish I had advice for you, but I am and only child and so I couldn't begin to imagine how much it would hurt to have a sister behave this way. Just know that we are here for you when you need to vent... :(

[reecey]

So my sister has been "gracious enough" to let everything that happened go - (basically my older sister called her and told her she was being a ***** and that pregnancy hormones were no excuse for her crap and that she better get it resolved before Sunday - which was my mom's birthday) So even though it all happened, and I'm sure she's probably still steaming about it deep down - and honestly, I am too - even though she apologized - because I know she didn't really mean it, its at least civil on the surface now. I really honestly am quite getting over the whole issue - I personally don't care what she thinks of me - I'm just feeling betrayed since I've allowed her into my life, my wedding, etc. But hey- I don't have the time or energy to deal with that crap now. :)

[reecey]

I have 35 days to go. Imma freakin out a little bit but remaining calm. If I don't get everything done this weekend that I plan to get done then I'm gonna freak out.
I have my trial run for my hair tomorrow morning. I'm quite excited about that. Tonight I clean my house - tomorrow morning, hair. Tomorrow afternoon, finish favors and silverware - print rehearsal invitations and mail them out, finish music selections and burn to cd.
Sunday - talk to officiant and get the ceremony ironed out so I can print the programs. Not too bad.
I still have 2 weeks till my dress fitting - not too bad. I think I can tone up a little more in that amount of time :)

[Jen062406]

I have 35 days to go. Imma freakin out a little bit but remaining calm. If I don't get everything done this weekend that I plan to get done then I'm gonna freak out.
I have my trial run for my hair tomorrow morning. I'm quite excited about that. Tonight I clean my house - tomorrow morning, hair. Tomorrow afternoon, finish favors and silverware - print rehearsal invitations and mail them out, finish music selections and burn to cd.
Sunday - talk to officiant and get the ceremony ironed out so I can print the programs. Not too bad.
I still have 2 weeks till my dress fitting - not too bad. I think I can tone up a little more in that amount of time :)

You're making me nervous just reading this. lol. Good luck Reecey..everything will work out just fine. :)

[reecey]

So I'm still waiting for that last bridesmaid dress to be in. I called the company last night and they just don't know where its at. One part of their system says it shipped out 7 days ago, the other part says that it hasn't shipped. They don't know where its at or if it will ship out before October 17th at the earliest. UHHHH my wedding is NOVEMBER 5th!!!! I don't have the time or energy to deal with this crap! If this dress doesn't make it, it screws up my entire wedding! I mean, I don't care that it'll be lop-sided, that's one thing - but now how do I tell my FSIL that no, she can't be in the wedding that *I* asked her to be in because we have nothing for her to wear? I want her in the ****ed wedding! I want this company to send me the dress they told me I would already have! I mean, what can I do about this? Nothing! Sure, I can get my money back for the dress, but that doesn't fix the problem! That doesn't fix the fact that the wedding I planned - the one I paid for isn't going to happen as it should because they're too friggin irresponsible to make sure that they send a dress when they say they're going to. I understand that mistakes occur and that things can be rectified, but when you're told "nope, nothing we can do, tough luck" - UHH kiss my arse! I'm so not happy today.
They're supposed to call me today and let me know what's going on with it. If I don't have a call by noon, I'm calling them - and they don't want that.

[reecey]

I just got off the phone with them - they said that their system isn't showing the dress in the warehouse or even shipped. They said that they were going to send someone down to the warehouse to see if there's maybe one there that's just not accounted for but it doesn't look good so there's not really anything they can do. I'm so freaking out. They're supposed to call me back this afternoon.

[SarahK]

Crap!!!!!! Fingers crossed for you, Reecey!

[ikkin510]

Any more news on the dress? Did they call you back after they checked the warehouse? Good luck! I hope they find it and get it to you!

[reecey]

no news on the dress - they didn't have one in the warehouse so I'm pretty well screwed. I have no clue what to do. I'm about ready to scream though.

[acraig]

I feel so bad for you, now so i make sure that this same thing doesnt happen i think i will order mine like 5-6 months before just to make sure that they have them.

I am so sorry i know i would be freakin out if i was you

[reecey]

So I just happened to check, and their website and sales department says the dress is in stock now - however, there isn't one shipping to me for some reason. I'm way getting upset. I called the lady that was rude to me yesterday and told her to call sales and ask them if it was in stock - they said yes. I also had her check the shipping notification again on the website and look more closely - and she noticed that it said that it had shipped to me already as well -she apologized upside down, inside out etc. She is getting back in touch with the warehouse to find out what's going on. In the meantime, without telling her, using a different address and credit card, etc - I ordered another dress and had it express shipped to my work address. Let's see which shows up first :P

[ikkin510]

For all the problems and stress they have caused you, should shouldn't have to be paying for the shipping!

[acraig]

I dont think you should have to pay for the shipping or the dress!!!! Just my opinion!

[reecey]

I dont think you should have to pay for the shipping or the dress!!!! Just my opinion!


That's my opinion too - which is why if they do charge me, I'm going to dispute the charges on my card. :)

[reecey]

I have less than a month to go and I feel like I'm never going to get everything done in time! Its driving me crazy to say the least! This weekend is my bridal shower so I'm not gonna get anything done - next weekend I have to go downstate to make sure that FSIL's dress fits IF it comes in. If not, I have to do that the following weekend - that leaves me squat for time to finish the flowers and stuff for the wedding. I don't even have all the favors made yet - not that they really take that long to make, but I have to make 200 of them! Anyway - I have like, zero help which really sucks. I'm hoping that my MOH will be able to stay longer on Sunday to help with some stuff - its hard on her being a single mom and working etc - not to mention she lives 3 hours away. I'm just tired of all the lack of cooperation from people. I mean, for some, they can't help it. They live 3 hours away and have serious issues going on in their lives. Well, I have my one sister that lives here that's a bridesmaid that I got in the fight with before that sits there and ridicules my friends for not being here to help me. BOTH are single moms and live 3 ****ing hours away! They can't drop everything to come and roll silverware! SHE lives 4 miles away from me and hasn't helped at all either! Sure, she planned the bridal shower, which I appreciate - but everyone's chipping in and helping with it. Lori planned the bachelorette party from 3 freaking hours away and has that all coordinated and my sister isn't even going to go- but she feels she can ***** about that as well. I'm just ready for all of this to be over. Don't get me wrong, i'm very much looking forward to the wedding - its just the bull**** that members of my family pull that I can't stand.

[alley06]

I have less than a month to go and I feel like I'm never going to get everything done in time! Its driving me crazy to say the least! This weekend is my bridal shower so I'm not gonna get anything done - next weekend I have to go downstate to make sure that FSIL's dress fits IF it comes in. If not, I have to do that the following weekend - that leaves me squat for time to finish the flowers and stuff for the wedding. I don't even have all the favors made yet - not that they really take that long to make, but I have to make 200 of them! Anyway - I have like, zero help which really sucks. I'm hoping that my MOH will be able to stay longer on Sunday to help with some stuff - its hard on her being a single mom and working etc - not to mention she lives 3 hours away. I'm just tired of all the lack of cooperation from people. I mean, for some, they can't help it. They live 3 hours away and have serious issues going on in their lives. Well, I have my one sister that lives here that's a bridesmaid that I got in the fight with before that sits there and ridicules my friends for not being here to help me. BOTH are single moms and live 3 ****ing hours away! They can't drop everything to come and roll silverware! SHE lives 4 miles away from me and hasn't helped at all either! Sure, she planned the bridal shower, which I appreciate - but everyone's chipping in and helping with it. Lori planned the bachelorette party from 3 freaking hours away and has that all coordinated and my sister isn't even going to go- but she feels she can ***** about that as well. I'm just ready for all of this to be over. Don't get me wrong, i'm very much looking forward to the wedding - its just the bull**** that members of my family pull that I can't stand.

Take a deep breath, in less than a month, you won't have to worry about any of this at all! You're doing great and are a great inspiration to some of us.

[acraig]

Take a deep breath, in less than a month, you won't have to worry about any of this at all! You're doing great and are a great inspiration to some of us.


Yeah you are definatly one for me, i can just imagine how i am going to be 1 month before my wedding. I know i am going to be a nervous wreck!!! Just relax everything will go perfectly!

[reecey]

Okay, so I just got a call - since they think the original dress actually shipped out now, they're going to send me another dress one size higher just in case - I get to take my pick of them, send the other one back and pay nothing for either of them. They're going to try to get it out to me overnight tonight, if not, it'll be overnight tomorrow. While I'm quite relieved, I'll believe it when I see it :) But at least I have an answer now! :)

[alley06]

Okay, so I just got a call - since they think the original dress actually shipped out now, they're going to send me another dress one size higher just in case - I get to take my pick of them, send the other one back and pay nothing for either of them. They're going to try to get it out to me overnight tonight, if not, it'll be overnight tomorrow. While I'm quite relieved, I'll believe it when I see it :) But at least I have an answer now! :)

Yah! Good for you and your BM!!

[reecey]

Yah! Good for you and your BM!!
even better for the dress company so I don't have to go ballistic :P

[alley06]

Just wanted to say good luck with your bridal shower this weekend. Maybe since you'll probably have your BM's together you could see if they could be bribed with dinner or something to come help you for an hour afterwards or something like that. It's too bad we all live all over the place or you know you'd have several of us over there helping you without a question asked! Have fun this weekend and enjoy it!

[reecey]

Just wanted to say good luck with your bridal shower this weekend. Maybe since you'll probably have your BM's together you could see if they could be bribed with dinner or something to come help you for an hour afterwards or something like that. It's too bad we all live all over the place or you know you'd have several of us over there helping you without a question asked! Have fun this weekend and enjoy it!


Yeah I'm hoping so - well tomorrow is the shower and the bachellorette party so I don't know how much time will be available. I got almost all the silverware done - just have to finish the favors and flowers. So its really not all that much stuff to do - I could have used the help over the last few weeks! :P Anyway - i wish we all did live closer together! we'd all be helping eachother!

[alley06]

Yeah I'm hoping so - well tomorrow is the shower and the bachellorette party so I don't know how much time will be available. I got almost all the silverware done - just have to finish the favors and flowers. So its really not all that much stuff to do - I could have used the help over the last few weeks! :P Anyway - i wish we all did live closer together! we'd all be helping eachother!

Well have fun! Don't too anything too stupid on your bachellorette party!

[reecey]

Okay - I don't get it - when I get an invitation to something I RSVP right away. There have been like 5 people that have RSVP'd to my shower I guess and so I've been calling them to find out if they're coming or not. Some yes, some no, but **** how hard is it really?! No, I don't automatically assume you're coming you bonehead! Ugh! So I spent most of last night trying to catch up to some people. Hell, my own stepmother hasn't even RSVP'd for the shower OR the wedding! UGH

[lnjmemphis]

I know that feeling. We sent 40 invites to my FH side of the family we got back 4. Out of the bridal party only his parents and 1 bridesmaid responded. I got lucky with my side of the family i sent out 50 and got back 47. ... But im still making my mom call people. Good luck with yours. :)

[ca_dawson]

Yeah the RSVP situation sucks! My sister says I'm going to have to put something on mine that says "you will not get food or drinks if you don't RSVP" just to get the point across to our family! Haha, probably not the classiest thing to do!

[reecey]

Well, the shower and bachellorette party were fun. Shower could have been better - it was kinda pretentious and segregated - my sister didn't do a whole lot to make the people that didn't already know her and the rest of my family feel very welcomed- I did the best I could. Anyway - my stepmom ended up not coming - and my sister threw a fit over it. Sure I was bummed that she didn't come -but was it the end of the world? Nope. I mean - here's the deal - she was in vegas all last week - she ***e back, thinking she had all of her study work done (she went back to college recently) and she found out that no, she didn't - she had a HUGE term paper due today. So she worked on that. Anyway - my sister threw a huge gigantic fit over it, so I had to call my dad this morning to clarify that it wasn't me throwing a fit and my sister relaying it, just that she was throwing the fit.
Eh - oh well not that big a deal. :P

[Kelly1Mickey]

What, no details on the bachelorette party? I was expecting to hear how you "partied like a rock star".

And I am sorry that the shower didn't go better, but at least it happened (I seem to remember there being some question on that because of your sister's behavior).

[reecey]

What, no details on the bachelorette party? I was expecting to hear how you "partied like a rock star".

And I am sorry that the shower didn't go better, but at least it happened (I seem to remember there being some question on that because of your sister's behavior).


Yeah it was a great time - not a whole lot of details to give really :P

We started out at dinner at a restaurant called The Big Easy.
After that, we went to the comedy club - which was a riot - more friends joined us here.
We bar-hopped downtown for quite a few hours, lots to drink, ran into lots of friends, etc.
Went to a dance club, my little sister's friend was singing there - she was great :)
Went back downtown to absolutely make fools out of ourselves (even asking the beat cop if he was my stripper for the night) He thought it was hilarious :P
Then back home - we tried to stop at taco bell since we were hungry as hell but it was closed! Can you imagine?! Taco bell closed during the "after bar hours"? It was crazy! So we went home and ate leftover hamburger helper. The next morning, everyone but me was feeling like they had driven a railroad spike in their heads :P I felt fine :P

[reecey]

So I got not the first dress I ordered, not the second one they sent to replace it, but the THIRD one that was sent to replace it :P Ah well - at least i have one :)

[Kelly1Mickey]

So I got not the first dress I ordered, not the second one they sent to replace it, but the THIRD one that was sent to replace it :P Ah well - at least i have one :)
Disappointing that it was so much trouble, but at least you don't have to worry about it anymore.;)

[ikkin510]

I'm glad you finally got one!! hopefully you don't end up with 2 more on your door step!

[reecey]

I'm glad you finally got one!! hopefully you don't end up with 2 more on your door step!


I'm quite certain I will - at least one more haha. Well - I'll just have to return them - I just better not get charged for them :P

[reecey]

had my dress fitting on Friday - it fit beautifully! I totally forgot my ***era but I'll be going for another one right before the wedding :) i'm very excited about it! :) Now i have to deal with the bridesmaid dress company about them charging me 3 times for a dress that I wasn't supposed to be charged for. They said I might see a charge and to call them if I did, but 3? :P

[reecey]

got the flowers done last night and the rehearsal invitations in the mail today :) I have to call my jeweler to find out how long it takes to get my rings soldered together so I know the last possible time I can drop it off to have it done :P
things are moving along - this weekend should be productive - I can't do much on saturday - I have a birthday party, a jewelery party and a housewarming party to go to. ugh :P But I can still get a lot of stuff done around that ;)

[Kikki]

had my dress fitting on Friday - it fit beautifully! I totally forgot my ***era but I'll be going for another one right before the wedding :) i'm very excited about it! :) Now i have to deal with the bridesmaid dress company about them charging me 3 times for a dress that I wasn't supposed to be charged for. They said I might see a charge and to call them if I did, but 3? :P
You mean, we might get to see a picture of the FABULOUS Reecey?

[alley06]

I'm glad to hear you got your flowers done. You wouldn't want to post any pictures so I could see how the efavormart flowers turned out, would you? If you don't have any time, don't worry about it, I was just curious to find out how yours turned out. It will be here any day now, don't try to get too many things done at the last minute, you would hate for your rings to be late and not have them for your wedding!

[reecey]

You mean, we might get to see a picture of the FABULOUS Reecey?


Yes I'll try to remember :P

[reecey]

I'm glad to hear you got your flowers done. You wouldn't want to post any pictures so I could see how the efavormart flowers turned out, would you? If you don't have any time, don't worry about it, I was just curious to find out how yours turned out. It will be here any day now, don't try to get too many things done at the last minute, you would hate for your rings to be late and not have them for your wedding!


I had posted a picture of the bridesmaid bouquets before, but I'll take pictures of the corsages and boutonierres this weekend and post them. My bouquet isn't done yet - but I'm not doing that one - my friend Sammi is :) So I'll get you a picture of that as soon as its done too :)

Anyway - I should have a few good pictures to put up this weekend :)

[alley06]

Here's the first bridesmaid bouquet - its not totally finished - it needs to be primped and spruced up :)

That's right, I found it. The flowers do look really good. I think I may spend the extra money and get the velvet ones.

[alley06]

Okay Reecey, I swear one of these days I let you plan your wedding and not mine! Did you get the open roses or the buds for the BM's? I like the way yours looks and was just wondering. Thanks!

[reecey]

Okay Reecey, I swear one of these days I let you plan your wedding and not mine! Did you get the open roses or the buds for the BM's? I like the way yours looks and was just wondering. Thanks!


I got the buds. They're just plain gorgeous :)

[reecey]

So favors are done
wine is purchased
ceremony is written (just have to get it to the minister)
marriage license is paid for (have to pick it up on Friday)
hotels are all situated - the people just have to check in now - I don't have to be there.
music is 99% done - just need the recessional music (I don't want to use the traditional - but something up-beat) and then the song for Mike and his Mom.

I still have to print the programs, but I'll do that one night this week.
I have to come up with the reserved signs and the sign for the guest quilt as well.

I also have to print some no smoking signs, but that's really easy to do.

Church decorations have to be finished, once again, something pretty easy to do.

Making the food will be Wed/Thur/Fri morning before the wedding. Not really that big a deal and my mom is going to help with it :)

My friends from Cali and Texas will be in Friday early afternoon, which is really cool - I totally can't wait to see them.

Friday during the day Mike and I and my sister and her husband and a few others will be at the reception hall getting it set up - there really isn't a whole lot that has to be done to it - I'm keeping it pretty simple.

I still have to buy the soda, the dinner rolls and the salad greens. Oh - and I have to get the ice and the rest of the veggies for the pasta salad. Not that big a deal at all. We're talking maybe 50 bucks there. I'm sitting pretty well right now - trying to save every last penny I can though :)

OH! Vegetable oil for the candles! I can't forget to get that!

So on friday, we're going to have all the food and drink at the hall and ready to go in the fridge.

The tables and chairs will all be set up and the decorations will be done that day as well. The buffett table will be set up and ready to go as well. I don't want to have to run around the morning of to get this stuff ready.

As for the candles, we'll have the bowls of water/oil ready and the wick and float sitting next to them so they can be dropped in and lit right away. See, they can't sit in the oil overnight because they'll get saturated and won't light.

Saturday:
7am - wake up, shower, eat breakfast
9am - go tanning (just to get a little more freckle action!)
10am - nail appointment 11:30 - hair appointment - meet up with Rwan (her appt is at 12:30 and I'll still be there at that time)
1:00-1:30 stop and get something to eat and take it back to the hotel
1:30-2:15 Rwan will do my makeup
2:30 arrive at church.
3:00 get in dress! (this only takes a minute - I love having a simple dress!)
3:30 its on!



The bartender is going to get to the site at 5. I'm having the person taking care of the buffett get there about 4:30 I think. I want to make sure that everyone can get in there. The wedding is at 3:30, ceremony will be about 30 minutes long I'm thinking and then the receiving line etc. People won't actually leave the church until 4:30 at the earliest - the reception starts at 6. That gives people time to go freshen up or whatever. I don't care if they get to the reception site early either. I think it would be fine. My sister and her husband are going to go over there right after family pictures are done. We'll be sure to do those first. Once my sister gets there, I'll feel more than confident that everything will be okay :) She's very take-charge, but not overbearing.

I really think its all coming together nicely. I just need to get myself organized. Get church stuff in one pile and reception stuff in another. I don't want to take something to the wrong place ;)

I need to buy some of those rubbermaid totes - I think I might have a couple left at the house that aren't being used - and the ones that I have the wedding stuff in can be used as well.

so anyway - things are falling together nicely - I feel better knowing that the ceremony is hashed out - I just have to get it over to the minister and have her approve it. I'm sure that she will :)

[alley06]

Wow, Reecey, this is all next weekend right? Sounds like you have everything in order and ready to go! It's great that you can get your reception hall the night before to decorate, most places make you wait until the morning of.

[reecey]

Wow, Reecey, this is all next weekend right? Sounds like you have everything in order and ready to go! It's great that you can get your reception hall the night before to decorate, most places make you wait until the morning of.

Yeah we'll get the reception hall probably around noon on Friday - so we'll have plenty of time to get it decorated. Getting all the tables and chairs set up is the hardest part - which is why I'm waiting to get my nails done till the day of the wedding. Not to mention, I'm getting my hair done right after so it'll be easy to go and not get them messed up. :P

[Marsha]

Our Li8ttle Reccy Is Getting Married!! Omg Its Been Forever Thative Known You. Omg U Have To Be Excited. You Have Seen So Many Others Go Now Its Your Turn!!! Im Gonna Cry Here I Bet Its Beautiful

[reecey]

Our Li8ttle Reccy Is Getting Married!! Omg Its Been Forever Thative Known You. Omg U Have To Be Excited. You Have Seen So Many Others Go Now Its Your Turn!!! Im Gonna Cry Here I Bet Its Beautiful


I'm quite excited! I'm feeling less and less overwhelmed. And knowing that my sister Lynda is taking on the hostess duties is very very much putting me at ease :)

She's so funny - she thinks she's sitting at the back of the church. She'll be opening the doors for me and my dad - so she wont' be seated. But what we're going to do is walk down the isle and stand there until she's seated at the front, then the ceremony will start :)

[reecey]

I pick up my dress at the seamstress on Thursday afternoon - no idea what I'm going to do with it until the wedding :P I'm sure I'll figure something out :)
I can keep it at the house and then take it with me to the hotel on Friday and then just take it out of the garment bag there and let it hang. It shouldn't wrinkle any more. I think that's what I'll do :)

[ca_dawson]

Oh my gosh Reecey! So exciting that your day is almost here! I can't believe you are going to be married! How exciting! All the planning is almost over!

[reecey]

Provided I can get through my audit (gotta love those yearly things) I'm gonna be flyin high :)

[reecey]

So my sister calls me last night, crying. She tells me that she, her husband AND their son can't be in the wedding -they can't afford it. Now, most people think that everything should be paid for by now, but not when you have a growing child and alterations on a pregnant woman - you wait till the end to do that stuff. Anyway - they had to fork out like 1000 bucks on repairs for vehicles and house - so they're flat broke - even more than flat broke - so anyway - its already cost me more to have them in the wedding than what they have left to pay, so now I have to come up with the money they need to stay in the wedding cuz I don't waste money - and if they're not in the wedding, its a waste of money for me.

[lyndsaynicole]

So my sister calls me last night, crying. She tells me that she, her husband AND their son can't be in the wedding -they can't afford it. Now, most people think that everything should be paid for by now, but not when you have a growing child and alterations on a pregnant woman - you wait till the end to do that stuff. Anyway - they had to fork out like 1000 bucks on repairs for vehicles and house - so they're flat broke - even more than flat broke - so anyway - its already cost me more to have them in the wedding than what they have left to pay, so now I have to come up with the money they need to stay in the wedding cuz I don't waste money - and if they're not in the wedding, its a waste of money for me.

Aww-I hope it all works out. I know money is a big issue for everyone.

[Jen062406]

So my sister calls me last night, crying. She tells me that she, her husband AND their son can't be in the wedding -they can't afford it. Now, most people think that everything should be paid for by now, but not when you have a growing child and alterations on a pregnant woman - you wait till the end to do that stuff. Anyway - they had to fork out like 1000 bucks on repairs for vehicles and house - so they're flat broke - even more than flat broke - so anyway - its already cost me more to have them in the wedding than what they have left to pay, so now I have to come up with the money they need to stay in the wedding cuz I don't waste money - and if they're not in the wedding, its a waste of money for me.

I hope it all works out Reecey! :)

[alley06]

Reecey, sorry to hear about that. I hope everything works out.

[reecey]

woohoo! my audit was PERFECT! At least that's one thing off my mind! :)

[milnes06]

woohoo! my audit was PERFECT! At least that's one thing off my mind! :)
Now you can concentrate on the most imprortant thing ;o)

[wmdarab]

So my sister calls me last night, crying. She tells me that she, her husband AND their son can't be in the wedding -they can't afford it. Now, most people think that everything should be paid for by now, but not when you have a growing child and alterations on a pregnant woman - you wait till the end to do that stuff. Anyway - they had to fork out like 1000 bucks on repairs for vehicles and house - so they're flat broke - even more than flat broke - so anyway - its already cost me more to have them in the wedding than what they have left to pay, so now I have to come up with the money they need to stay in the wedding cuz I don't waste money - and if they're not in the wedding, its a waste of money for me.

i hope everything goes ok. i'll be so sad if it doesn't. you seem so excited! and you SHOULD be! :(

[lilone]

So my sister calls me last night, crying. She tells me that she, her husband AND their son can't be in the wedding -they can't afford it. Now, most people think that everything should be paid for by now, but not when you have a growing child and alterations on a pregnant woman - you wait till the end to do that stuff. Anyway - they had to fork out like 1000 bucks on repairs for vehicles and house - so they're flat broke - even more than flat broke - so anyway - its already cost me more to have them in the wedding than what they have left to pay, so now I have to come up with the money they need to stay in the wedding cuz I don't waste money - and if they're not in the wedding, its a waste of money for me.
Don't sweat it Reecey, you are the master at getting out of these types of situations. I have never yet seen you in a situation that you couldn't figure a way out of. If I had your problem solving abilities I'd be good to go and wouldn't have to worry about anything.

[reecey]

So I found out today that I can't get in to my reception site till 5 now. Which is NOT what we agreed upon. It was supposed to be 11am. They're trying to tell me that it'll be 100 bucks more if I want to get in there earlieir. Well, my rehearsal starts at 7 and I have to be at the church by 6 to get that all taken care of. So I'm really not happy about this. I have to contact my friend Kathy tomorrow when I take my ring in so I can see if I can use her key to the hall to get in earlier. I'm sure it won't be a problem with her.

[SOM Z28]

Reecey, I can't believe you're so close! I am sooooo excited for you! I just know everything will be absolutely wonderful.

[reecey]

Okay - music is all done :) woohoo!
I'm very excited about that :)
Hall and Church are paid for - and I rearranged some bills to make sure I have enough money for the wedding with a few hundred dollars cushion :)
See, I pay my bills a month to a month and a half early and now they'll just be on time till January, then I can go back to paying them early again :) Not really a big deal :)

I get out of work tomorrow at 2

I have to:

take my rings in to have them soldered
go for my final fitting and pick up my dress and my sister's
pay for tuxes
order beer
print programs (tomorrow nite at work)
cut foil paper for centerpieces
pick up vegetable oil for centerpieces
finish silverware (almost done!)
pick up a huge vat o' mayonaise for my sister
order dinner rolls
make nail appointment
go shopping with my sister for shoes and a bra for her
make floral arrangements for church
pay my friend sammi for the flowers she bought for my bouquet
confirm with bartender
confirm with cakelady
clean my house!
call my god daughter and make sure she got her birthday present
get my step-mom's really big stew pot to use to cook pasta in
go tanning
go pick up marriage license (tomorrow!)
pick up halloween candy (TONS!)
go to younkers and pick up a brooch for my grandmother

that's about it!

[reecey]

I only have 5 days left woohoo! I'm quite ready - still have some last minute shopping to do but the majority of stuff is done :)
I even remembered to get the marriage license :P

Left to do:
finish church decorations
pick up pop and juice
pick up bottled water
buy ice (friday night)
pick up beer (friday afternoon)
pick up rings (wednesday)
pay for and pick up tuxes (thursday)
pick up dinner rolls and salad
cook food (wednesday and thursday and friday)
pick up gift for Mike
make appointment for me and my friend Rwan for our nails
decorate church and reception hall (friday)
give gifts to my dad, stepmom and grandma
wrap gifts for groomsmen
arrange cleanup crew
figure out babysitter for reception night.

[Kikki]

So exciting! I'm so happy for you! I hope you have the time of your life in 5 days! Best of Luck! :D

[DNM1010]

So I ran into my first "moment of disapproval" with my mother about the wedding party. She asked who my ring bearer is going to be and I told her Derick, who is my FH's best friend's son. He's 5 and just my FH's shadow. He wants to be my FH when he grows up :P
Anyway she said "oh. I see" and I was like, "you sound like you disapprove" she said "well, I would have thought you would have Jakey" (he's sister's son and just an all around cool kid. He'll be 3 at the time of the wedding - but would be very able to do the job.)
So I said "oh - I see....well its a good thing this is my wedding and not yours! otherwise derick would look silly in a wedding for someone he doesn't know" That shut her up :)
Jakey is in the wedding though - he'll be ushering the flower girl, my goddaughter :)

lol wow i think its good u told her from the start that its your wedding and you mean it. and jakey is in the wedding so its still ok.

[DNM1010]

lol wow i think its good u told her from the start that its your wedding and you mean it. and jakey is in the wedding so its still ok.

woa this must be old news lol sorry to respond to something old :) im new at this i didnt see there were 24 pages of writing lol

[reecey]

woa this must be old news lol sorry to respond to something old :) im new at this i didnt see there were 24 pages of writing lol


hehe :) no problem :) thanks for stopping by! :)

[JenandTony]

Are you really only 4 days away from your wedding? How are you feeling?

[Marsha]

omg omg omg YOUR SO CLOSE!!! WHAT IS GOIG ON I WANNA BE THER SO BAD. ARE U EXCITED? MAKE SURE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES OR HOURS BEFORE THE DAY WITH MICHAEL. WHOO HOOO YOUR GETTING MARRIED!

[reecey]

I'm doing great guys! I'm ****y at work today but that's to be expected :P I'm ver eager to get this day done and over with - and its half done :)

I'm more than slightly irritated at a few people, but that's okay - I had the worst morning I could possibly have had laf. But its gotten better :)

Things are really falling in to place :) I'm very happy about that! I have to go spend A LOT of money tomorrow too :P

I'm honestly ready for all this stuff to be done :P

I'm actually going to cook my man dinner tonight since I haven't done that in oh - a week or so :P

[Marsha]

EVERYTIME I START TO THINK OF REECY GETTING MARRIED I START TO TEAR UP. mY HOLE WEEKEND IS GOING TO BE SAYING STUFF LIKE REECY IS WALKING TO THE ISLE RIGHT NOW, AND SHES EATING CAKE AND HAVING SEX.. OOPS ERASE THAT THOUGHT. I FEEL LIKE WHEN I ***E HERE YOUR WEDDING WAS YEARS AWAY... ITS ONLY BEEN 1/2 A YEAR. SNED ME A PIECE OF CAKE :o

[blushing_bride_2be]

Hope your day goes better and I hope you enjoy the night with yoiur man. Your wedding plans are great and I can't wait to see pictures of it all tied together. Congrats and good luck!

[Jen062406]

I can't believe your wedding is this WEEKEND. Wow! I hope everything goes the way you wanted it to..and that you have an awesome wedding! I'm so excited for you!! :D

[Lacey]

Oh Reecey I am so exicted for you! I can't believe that your big day is almost here. It seems like the months that I have been on here have just zipped right by. I can't believe it. I hope that everything turns out fantastic for you and Michael. Spare us no single detail when you get back from the honeymoon.

[fmil0625]

Best of luck sweetie! I hope EVERYTHING goes smoothly over the next several days and that you have outstanding weather.

[alley06]

I just wanted to say when I first joined the boards, the first journal I read was Reecey's because I liked the title of it. So, good luck from all of us, have fun, remember to stop and enjoy the moment. Although you don't normally post pictures, you have to! We are all waiting to see how lovely you look!

[SOM Z28]

Reecey, I'll be thinking about you sitting down to get your hair done while I'm at the salon Saturday. :) I know you will have a fabulous day! I'll be sending you happy thoughts! I can't wait to hear all about the details when you get back to the board!

[reecey]

I'm very excited! I'm almost completely finished with everything :)
I should run out tonight and get some more stuff but I really don't feel like leaving the house :P I have a quick trip to the grocery store tomorrow and then a few things to pick up - the tuxes are already in so that's good :)

I'm almost finished with the church decorations and my bouquet is finished (my friend Sammi did it!) I'm very excited :) I've gotta stop at my dad's tomorrow evening as well. I'm ready for this to happen!

[Kikki]

Do we get to see pictures of your wedding???

[blushing_bride_2be]

I want to see pictures of you're gorgeous wedding! Please keep us posted and don't forget about us planning brides now that you've become a wife! :p :D :) ;)

[Kelly1Mickey]

I can't believe REECEY'S WEDDING is almost here! You are one of the few (maybe the only) member that was here when I joined and are still around. I am so excited for you and I can't wait to here how things go. You have put so much work into this! I am even a little sad...we won't get to hear your plans anymore. But, you WILL still drop by and share what is going on with you and give us advice on our plans right?!

[blushing_bride_2be]

I can't believe it either! I'm gonna miss REECY! Do you have to leave? :( I can't wait to see pictures of the wedding! Please keep us posted and up to date on whats happened to you!

[Marsha]

reecy what are you doing??? where are you, you are proabbly haveing the time of your life right now.. i soo want to be with you lol I just keep hoping everything will go great and smooth and you will have such a fun time!

[blushing_bride_2be]

I want to be there too. I'm gonna cry now! You're probably out living the life of luxary and being pampered and having all the wonderful girlie stuff in the world. I'm jealous and happy for you. You totally deserve it girl. Go reecy!

[Marsha]

yeayyyyy REECY is MARRRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooo how did it go girly? details! show us pics! hurry i thought about u all day yesterday!!!!!

[Jen062406]

Congratulations Reecey!!!!!! I hope your wedding was beautiful. I can't wait to see your pictures! :)

[Marsha]

bumping because you girls need to be happy for Reecy shes our leader lol

[ca_dawson]

Congrats Reecey! I hope your day was wonderful and beautiful and everything you dreamed it would be!

[CKNEET]

Congrats Reecy, Hope Your Day Was Amazing! Love Ya!

[KSquared]

CONGRATULATIONS Reecey!!!! The new Mr. and Mrs. ;)

You've been a wedding-planner-inspiration to so many of us--I hope your day was just as you had hoped it would be!

WELCOME BACK!! :)

[NYjerseygirl]

OH, I can't wait to see pictures!!

[lyndsaynicole]

HOORAY FOR REECEY!!!!

Congrats girl!!!!!

[acraig]

Congratulations hopefully everything went good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait to hear about it and see pics!!!