and I don't know if I do want black or not-heres the deal....

-my girls will be wearing a kind of purple-now i dont think i want them to have their shoes dyed but I don't think black will go--and does it matter that the guys will be wearing brown suits with brown shoes?

i'm really getting confused.

any thoughts or opinions would be appreciated

TIA!

-alexis

The only thing I haven't got sorted is the calligraphy for the placecards so I may have to have that done in Florida - do you guys have any suggestions on where I can go?!?! 

xjcx

I did it a few days before our Epics and was pretty happy with the results.

Just for sheets and giggles, because I'm working hard and need the distraction!

Here's the link:

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/video/video.php?v=10100380809780961&ref=mf 

It was done by David Mattox Video Photography. I HIGHLY recommend him! He did a fantastic job of capturing our wedding. He never got in the way of our guests and I couldn't have asked for a better final product. 

You can find more info on his services here. 

So as you all know, we've been househunting, and then decided to just buy a new house. We got our approval on Monday and our closing is....in 2 weeks!!! Eeeeekkkkk!!! Well anyway i'm terribly excited to be a homeowner and have something that FI and I can call our own! 

So....countdown to homeownership has officially begun! T-minus 10 days!

Hopefully it doesn't get pushed back. The only reason it would is if they dont get a chance to pull off the carpet and lay down the tile like we asked them to. I i will definitely keep you posted. 

Im closer to becoming a CFL knottie for real! LOL

We are planning on San Francisco.  But, I don't want to have to plan the whole trip myself.

So, can you gals give me recs. on travel agents you have used?

Gracias!

I actually typed out this big huge long story a few days ago, but apparently had some bad language in it, so it wouldn't post.  I went over and over it to try and figure out what I had "said" wrong, but couldn't figure it out.

So, grab a seat and read my story:

About 2 weeks ago, my MOH (we'll call her Kelly) posted a pic of herself on FB in a cowboy hat. Her caption said something like "cowboy up".  Behind her, there was a little old lady.  It looked like she was at a bar.

So, me, being the smartypants that I am, got on and said "what are you doing, partying like a rock star with the little old granny sitting behind you?!"

Her response back:  "I'm with that little old granny".

I was confused.  

Then, her friend, "Joy" gets on and comments "yeah, Ashley.  That  little old granny is my mom.  ROTFLMAO".

Now I feel like an arse.  

Here's the back story:  Joy's mom is homeless.  Joy came down from Maryland to visit Kelly so that she could go into Orlando and search for her mom to make sure she was still alive.

So, yeah.  Now I feel horrible.  I poked fun at Joy's mom.  (I have never met Joy, but she is my FB friend, since she is friends with Kelly)

Not long after Joy's comment, Kelly calls me.  Now, I'm feeling bad for what I said, and I was at work.  It was late at night, and we were finishing up at work, so I opted to not answer the phone, and just call Kelly on my way home.  That way I could apologize.

Kelly leaves a VM.  It went something along the lines of:  "Hey Ashley.  You probably don't know who this is (it was Joy), but I just wanted to let you know that I saw you talking sheet about my mom on FB."

COMPLETELY SERIOUS- NO SARCASM, GIGGLES OR ANTHING.

I am SO glad I didn't answer the phone.  Who knows WHAT I would have said or what would have happened.

I don't call back.  The next day, I am out shopping with my sister and mom.  Kelly calls me.  I, again, don't answer the phone.  I am now p!$$ed that the VM was left like that.  Also, Kelly has said a lot of very not-so-nice things about my sister to me.  

(just an FYI- my sister went through a rough patch not too long ago because I wasn't happy with the way she was treating our dad. We have worked out that problem, and now are as close as sisters can be)

So, Kelly starts to text me..

-Are you mad at us?

-Are you okay?

-Are you alive?

-Do I need to call 911?

After I got the "Do I need to call 911" text, I was getting frustrated.  It was getting a little childish.  So, I sent her a text back- "Very busy.  I'll talk to you later."

Fast forward to last Thursday.

At this point, I have still not called Kelly.  Not  that I am angry at the whole situation about Joy's mom, but just because I have been busy.  We are setting up a lab at the Space Center, I've been very involved with shuttle launches, and I work long hours.

Kelly DID send me a FB wall post and said "Joy and I thought that what you said about her mom was hilarious".  Okay, great, fine.  So, they weren't really mad.  The phone call was supposed to be funny.

So, last Thursday-

I check my FB on my way to work every morning, and usually post something about heading to work.  Well, as I am checking, I see that Kelly has posted as her status:  "very busy.  I'll talk to you later?"

Now I'm p!$$ed!!

So, I "comment"-  If it is upsetting you that much, maybe you need to call me.

I drive to work.  Fuming.  I start thinking of all these little Kelly things lately that have been frustrating me.  The comments about my sister, Bach party details, etc. (I won't go into those details or else you'd be reading FOREVER)

So, when I get to work, I post again:  "On second thought, please wait a while to call me.  I need some time to cool off."  Basically, I needed to figure out what I wanted.  Did I really want Kelly as my MOH, or in the wedding at all?

She had also responded, telling me she had tried calling me for three days!  So, I looked at my call log (gotta love the iPhone).   The last time she called me was the day that I was out with my mom and sister.

P!$$ed again.

So, then, she comments, asking what the h-e-l-l I need to cool off about, immediately followed by a comment that said "you know what, find yourself a new maid of honor"

ON FREAKING FACEBOOK!

So, I comment back, and said "real f**king mature, Kelly.  Good job."

To which she responds"  "Deal with it."

She immediately "unfriended me", and the last thing I got from her was a text.  The text said that if I wanted my sister as my MOH, then why didn't I just say something (uh- NOTHING like that was ever said to her).

Also, in the text, she said that I had no reason to "Sheet on her". How I did this, I have no clue.  I paid over $1000 to go to Vegas for a wedding that she never had, I spent almost $400 to throw her a bridal shower for a wedding that she never had, and then I spent money to get my notary license so that I could marry them IN A GOSH DARN BIKER BAR!!!

So, who sheet on who?!  The very last line of the text said that I need to remember who I went to crying when my sister had me so upset.

So, she is no long my friend, I guess.

I am glad that she showed her true self to me NOW instead of weeks before the wedding..

So, I will be having the Code 235 on back up for our wedding.  Don't want Kelly showing up to try and ruin things, which, I really worry she just might try.

(sorry so long. It was a long story)