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NWR: Remember Newsies?

shigaites — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:00:54 +0000

Newsies meets Lady Gaga?!?!?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N7H-i7nczY

Thursday, almost Friday!

sundrop24 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:33:39 +0000

Good Morning!

I got sick yesterday afternoon (from my lunch, blah) so all I ate last night was crackers and coke. No morning run today and I hope I can eat something better today. Sorry I don't have exciting news. Today is going to be a good day though. Nannying then taking my dog to the vet for shots and to look at his teeth. His breath stinks, and one of his teeth might be rotting, not sure.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!

help!!

luvthebride11 — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:04:19 +0000

Problem number 1: Picking our date(again). We had to postpone and now we can't find a date that works for us and our families and also the rest of the freaking town. It seems like everyone is getting married and the months of may and june are completely booked for everything in our town! It's driving me insane...

Problem number 2: I wanted to have the reception at our farm, in and outside of the barn. But that means I have to rent tables, chairs, linens, silverware, etc, which will most likely cost me an arm and a leg. So now we are looking for reception sites that have all that but allow for us to bring in our own caterer, because we already have one of those and for a steal too!!

Do anyone know of any "down home country type" reception places, because we will be roasting a pig and having BBQ and stuff like that!

Thanks for the help!

CLTKate

FutureMrsFraser — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:59:48 +0000

You got a PM. :o)

Mary(pirategal)

jmp0930 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:41:30 +0000

Just wanted to say that im glad you are back up here and if you need anything let me know! Im glad Andrew is taking good care of you! :)

NWR: Gulf Spill

mne0617 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:36:23 +0000

Don't know if anyone is interested, but I am really considering getting a group of people together and going down to the gulf to help clean the animals affected by the oil spill. I am looking for mid-July. Would anyone be interested in joining?

G2G Activity run off June 26

NcsuPsych — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:22:56 +0000

Alrighty, so we had a tie and since I can't pick, we'll have a revote for those two winners.

Also, if you're planning / thinking you'll be able to come, please email me
ncsupsych at gmail dot com . . . so that A) I know who you are and B) I can send directions and let you guys know if anything comes up.

I hope a good group of you guys can come! I think it'll be fun!! :o)

chabelygtz

jmp0930 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:00:50 +0000

I saw that you used Visions Catering as you caterer last year..how did you like them? I went for my tasting and it was pretty good. Were you satisfied for your service?

1 year and counting

ecuchika — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:36:33 +0000

So Friday was one year but between vacation @ the beach then visiting family then working all weekend then going to work at my full time job...I just have not had a chance to post!

I just wanted to announce that I have hit my 1 year mark!! I can't believe how fast this past year has gone by! June 4, 2011 is less than 365 days away...

you know those little good/evil angels that sit on your shoulders well one is telling me get my booty in gear the other is the procrastioner in me saying ah you got plenty of time...but I'm too excited to not do anything! :)

Now my countdown bar will actually move :)

Coastal Bachelorette Party

beccashell8 — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:05:22 +0000

I'm moving to NC next week and planning to have my bachelorette party there. I'll be living near Ft. Bragg/Fayetteville but don't mind travelling (BMs will be flying in). I'm looking for a weekend at the beach, margaritas, etc. A pretty laid -back event.

Any suggestions? Thanks for your help!

Good Morning!

NcsuPsych — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:51:47 +0000

Morning!!

It's Hump Day! I hope everyone has a great one!

Today for me consists of going to Kohls for a new bathingsuit (hopefully) and petsmart for the critters and then giving a lesson later tonight while DH is at puppy class with Mr. Timmy.

So, overall, a great day! :o)

I have a question for you guys though:

We're riding with our neighbors up to Busch Gardens on Friday and then coming back Sunday. They offered to drive (they have a bigger more comfy car for long trips with 4 people) while we have my clown car and DH's Jeep.

I feel like we need to offer money or something for cutting the cost of the driving. How would you do this? Would you just offer to pay for the fill up when stopping for gas, offer a certain amount of money, or pay for their dinner when we go out Saturday night to colonial williamsburg??

Suggestions?

Hope everyone has an awesome day!

GLEE FINALE!!

NcsuPsych — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:19:32 +0000

Yep. . .I'm WAY too excited about it, but I love GLEE. I'll admit it!

Whose with me? :o)

RSVP question...

GirlieGirl27320 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:24:37 +0000

I am getting married 10-2-10, and I would really like to know ASAP how many people are attending my wedding. When should I send out invites and what date should I put as the RSVP? I think my cater has to know 2 or 3 weeks out. I am asking this because our guest list is almost 100 people over what we can really afford, but I don't want to have to really cut people if I don't have to, so I was thinking of doing an A and B list and sending out the B invites if I get any A regrets. What are your thoughts?

PirateGal

Ang~n~JT — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:49:03 +0000

I just wanted to check to see how you & your family were doing? Ever since I read your post you have been on my mind. Just wanted to let you know I continue to pray for you all.

Shower Question

FutureMrsFraser — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:45:52 +0000

My MOH asked me to get a list together for the shower invites for her. Half of our GL is in NY (that's where FI is from) so obviously they would not attend the shower, but my FMIL thinks I should still send them an invite so 1. His aunts and cousins won't feel left out and 2. So they will know where we are registered for gift purposes.

I don't really know though, I don't want to ask my MOH to buy all those invitations, because that's alot, especially with postage, if we know they won't be attending anyway. And, I feel like sending them an invitation to our shower, when I know they aren't coming, is just like a rude way of me saying buy us a gift here... and I don't want to do that. I don't want them to think that FI or I expect a gift, because we don't.

Our wedding website will be listed on one of the enclosure cards on our invites, and our wedding website has a page with all of our registry information, so I would think they could find it that way, or if they really wanted to know, they would ask FMIL or FI or me.

My MOH says she will do whatever I'd like for her to do, but I'm still not sure... and I don't want her to spend a fortune on my shower, I know there are others helping her, but I know her, and she will go all out and spend a fortune on it to make it a nice day for me.

What do you ladies think? How did you decide who got a shower invite and who didn't?

Any Raleigh/Durham brides?

chabelygtz — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:04:34 +0000

Hi ladies, do you have any suggestions on places where to take engagement pictures in Raleigh/Durham?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks!

Tuesdays Thankful

NcsuPsych — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:14:42 +0000

Soo lately, it seems like we've all hit some sort of rough patch.

While in class on Sunday, we were all talking about what we were thankful for and for me, it seemed to help, so I wanted to ask you ladies.

What are you thankful for?

Me?
Dec 2009 my dad was diagnoised with stage 4 colon cancer. He beat it with chemo thank God and just had a check up last week to make sure everything is still gone and it is!

My riding job has picked up, so Im bringing in a little more money. It's not much and I get crap from some people about not having a 'real job' but its what makes me happy and DH completely supports me on doing this.

DH and I are headed to Busch Gardens this weekend and I'm too excited! We didnt take a honeymoon and while DH doesnt consider this as ours (he's planning something bigger for later on) I'm counting it has a mini one since we never got to just get away :o)

Also, while I only know a couple of you knotties IRL I still consider you all my friends. Heck, I talk with a lot of you more than my RL friends Hah!

I hope everyone has a much better week this week and you're all in my thoughts!

MOH advice... (sorry this is long!)

camus8 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:35:10 +0000

Okay so I am unsure what I should do at this point. I just got married two weeks ago and I'm starting to debate whether it is worth opening a discussion with my sister (MOH) about some things she did that offended me up until the day of the wedding. Here are some scenarios and I'd love to know if you think it's worth discussing or just dropping completely.

- My bach party happened in Wilmington and all of my college friends flew down from CT and Chicago for it. My sister insisted on bringing my 9 month old nephew because she works during the week and didn't want to miss a weekend without him. Her husband said it was rediculous because a bach party is no place for a baby. She did anyway. She then, against my initial wishes, had my mom come to the bach party weekend as well so that my mom could watch my nephew when we went to dinner and dancing. I was not a fan. She ended up being very distant half of the time and would make us all wait around for her for about an hour or two before going to the beach adn again before dinner because she was in her seperate room spending time with him getting him ready. Also because she was so preoccupied with all her responsibilities of motherhood, she ended up dropping the ball on all the things my bridesmaids had originally planned for the weekend for me. They were not happy.

- Three days before my wedding, she calls me in anger that my mom asked her in confidence to pay the balance of my florist because she did not have the funds at the time to pay it (my mom is a very private person who thinks very traditionally and hated the idea that my husband and I were even paying for parts of the wedding to begin with). My parents were and are currently going through a messy seperation so she asked my sister for help. Rather than my sister just paying it for her since she would get reinbursed she calls me three days before the wedding to tell me my mom is in this situation and to complain that she was even asked to do this for me and my mother. Upset that my mom is in this situation and that my sister didn't just take care of it, I got upset and just told her I woudl take care of it. I ended up taking it out of the honeymoon savings we had.

- Earlier in the week, since I had so many out of town bridesmaids, i was putting together an itinerary as to when people were landing and when pedis/manis were happening and the rehearsal and whatnot. My sister said she wanted to get all of that organized and that she would take care of figuring out rides for everyone and for the rehearsal dinner. The friday of the rehearsal dinner, I came to find out that she dropped the ball. My phone was flooding with calls about who was doing what and where they had to go and who would be taking them where. It was a mess and really stressful. After the rehearsal dinner we were heading to the reception hall to set up some DIY projects I had done and she never even offered to help out.

- The day of the wedding we all had hair and make-up appointments to go to. She had promised to come with me to the make-up artist because she does make-up for her friend's weddings in NJ and wanted to see what the artist did so she could touch me up throught the wedding day. Well she calls me at the last minute to cancel on plans because she wanted to spend time with my nephew at the hotel pool. From the time the ceremony started until the time the reception ended, I saw her twice and she was the first to leave the party because my nephew was fussy (although she had her two in-laws with her and they had a car so they could have easily taken him to the hotel since they watch him during the week regularly).

Now you can draw your own conclusions as to what you think about me in regards to this situation, but the reason all of these things are issues for me is because she has always been that time of person who loves weddings and being a part of them. She is always the go-to girl who will be on top of things and make things happen. She fell flat from that. I know that she is a new mother and I cannot even fathom what that experience is like and how difficult it must be to juggle everything on a day to day basis. But i thought for just a few days, she would be able to be there for me and realize how important it would be for me to have my big sister there for me. Of course not everything she did was intertwined with motherhood, but I am just unsure what to do.

We have been super close for most of our lives up until the last six months. So should I say something? Or do I just get over it and chalk it up to new motherhood? Is it worth it to say something now that it's over and when you know nothing will change? ~

Charlotte Dress Cleaning/Preservation

manda4paws — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:50:40 +0000

Where is a good place in Charlotte to take my dress????

manda4paws

FutureMrsFraser — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:07:44 +0000

Saw your post on the RSVP question... What did you do about people that RSVPed a week before? Did you just give an updated number to your caterer?

Our wedding is at the beach too, and I'm worried about this as well. I'm stressing about people RSVPing after I send in the number to the caterer, and then us being charged more because we added them late and/or us not have enough seating for everyone because they RSVPed after I reserved our rentals.

I'm sure it isn't as bad as I am thinking it could be, but you know..

Mary*Pirate Gal

FutureMrsFraser — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:36:57 +0000

I was looking at a party planning blog, and I saw something that I wanted to share with you. I remember awhile back you were getting suggestions about drinks for your reception since it's going to be a brunch.

I really hope this pulls up correctly.

http://www.thepartydress.net/?cat=70

I thought the bloody mary bar was super cute.

Good Morning!!

sundrop24 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:30:17 +0000

I just wanted to say hope everyone has a great day and good morning to you all!

Yesterday was a tough day, I only hope today is a better day.

a good dress web-site

janice1980 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:32:35 +0000

so while floundering around on the internet looking for inspiration came across this web-site. they have a lot of pretty dresses, there is even a dress I really would like for my bridesmaids to wear, but before I make a purchase like that, I think I will just order a simple summer dress first and see if the quality is any good.

Anyway thought I would share the web-site in case anybody is looking for a dress. (oh, and it looks like the specialize in plus sizes, but have smaller sizes also)

http://www.pacificplex.com/index.html

Asheville, NC Mr. C's DJ- BE CAUTIOUS

[Deleted User] — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:45:07 +0000

I just recently got married (May 15, 2010) at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. I used Mr. C's Moble DJ. Not happy AT ALL! So many things went wrong. First, I told him just a few days before the wedding that my colors were black, ivory, and light pink. He asked what color vest I wanted him to wear so I said black. The day of my wedding he showed up in HOT RED!!! He said something had happened to his black vest, well as a professional wouldn't you think he should have rented a black on or even not worn one considering hot red mixed with light pink! He also played to wrong song when the wedding party was introduced into the reception. That is one of many examples of him not listening. Then he introduced my husband's parents first as the "people responsible for this event" Keep in mind MY PARENTS paid for everything! He knew all this and when the wedding coordinator said something to him all he said was oops!! Then our dads gave the toast and he AGAIN introduced my husbands father first saying he was to thank for the event! REALLY! Throughout the whole evening he kept coming up to my parents and myself asking about music to play. Let's also keep in mind I had given him a very detailed list of songs to play and things not to. For example I said no songs with cussing or guest request (I know this may sound extreme but if you knew my husbands friends- they would have been requesting I'm On A Boat and while I can handle the song I don't think the children or grandparents at the wedding could!) So needless to say he started playing guest requested songs!! I just never felt like he really listened to anything I said. I asked him to set up in one spot because of where I wanted to dance floor to be, well he refused to set up there and would not move!!! Also, during the ceremony he completely sliced a song mid word! The list goes on and on. I was EXTREMELY disappointed in him. He seemed to not listen and only do what he wanted to do. DO NOT USE HIM ALL HE DID WAS ADD MORE STRESS TO THE DAY!!!

plantation venues around asheville

smithca88 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:43:06 +0000

I'm having a southern plantation theme wedding and can't find any venues around Asheville that would be appropriate. Any good idea as where to have it?

If I can't find a suitable place I have a back-up plan of my father-in-laws place since he has several acers of land but I rather have a more plantation feel if I can find it.

Check: Wedding Band #1

GirlieGirl27320 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:41:15 +0000

We picked out and ordered FI's wedding band last week, and the store called today to say that it was here! Yayyy! We will go pick it up tomorrow, and I will try to post some pics of it then. It's a 6mm plain Tungsten band. We really liked the way it looked in the case at the store (FI couldn't really tell how well it looked on him because it was several sizes too big...he has really small fingers). So, I am anxious to see how good the fitted one looks on him! Now, if we could ever find something that I like! I am having such a hard time finding exactly what I want! I think I'm going to go back to Jared's one day this week and check out their rings again, because I think they had one that I was kinda leaning towards. (it has been so long since we went there and we have been to so many other stores that I really can't remember what their selection looked like). I'll keep you posted!

AW: My Wedding Pictures

ktyd8 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:59:33 +0000

I have wedding pictures. Our photographer was Ball N Chain and location was Surfside Center in Surf City, NC.

Email me for the link and password: futuremrstickle at yahoo dot com

I don't know what to title this.

pirategal03 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:32:23 +0000

I've tried to write this post a couple times this week to explain my absence. I keep typing things out and they just haven't felt right so I hit "cancel" and go on. I've decided that there's no good way to say it, no right way to say it, I have to just say it.

This (clicky edited out) is the article that ran front page above the fold of my hometown paper. It's about my mother, and the motorcycle accident that killed her last Saturday. There's a typo in the paper, her maiden name starts with a P, not a C, but otherwise the facts are accurate as best I can tell.

My family and I are heartbroken beyond belief. This is not a feeling that can be explained. I'm not looking for attention, please don't feel like you have to say anything or respond, I just feel like I need to explain that I'm going through a lot. And it sucks.

Only 5 Days to go

Liz and Ryan 2010 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:44:48 +0000

I cannot believe I am so close! Pretty sure Ryan's work is trying to kill him before saturday--he just worked 14 hours. I am just crossing my fingers the weather will be nice and I can sleep some this week.

Rant: Mildy Peeved at a hospital

NcsuPsych — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:48:20 +0000

Alright so here's my ranty roo. I've been going to a doctor recently because I've been having breathing problems, which I was told by the doctor I'm displaying 'air hunger' aka I hyperventilate pretty much all day long in a mild form.

Mr. Dr wanted me to go get a breathing study done at the hospital on my hometown since that's were his office is located (near charlotte. . .I live in Fuquay) as well as an allergy test done.

Breathing study came back with some results, but I won't know the full extent of it until I go in for a follow-up because he wont talk to me over the phone *ugh*. Well, while I was on the phone talking with the nurse about this, I remembered to ask about the allergy test.

Her response :
"Oh. .yeah. . well. . .we'll need you to come do that AGAIN because while the tubes were in transit from Point A to Point B. . .the blood is missing."

W T FREAKING F. . . missing? How do you lose blood tubes? I'm sure as hell glad I wasn't donating blood and this happend.

So now I get to go BACK to Point A hospital for them to re-draw blood (I hate hate hate frickity hate needles) **they are doing this free of charge since I've already been billed. . . gee. . how nice of them** Wait 3-4 days for the results and then go for a follow up for both the breathing test and allergies since I'd rather not be driving back and forth a bazillon times in the next few weeks. Soooo looks like I'll be at my parents for a week without hubby and pups and critters at some point.

I love spending time with family, but not under these circumstances.

and yes, I realize it's a minimal issue and NOT the end of the world, but it still irks me. You'd think hospitals would be careful with this kind of stuff.

well. . .sorry to bitch but theres my rant for today.

On the brighter side of life. .riding went AMAZINGLY this morning ANNNNDDDD I'm going to Busch Gardens this weekend with Hubby and Neighbors. It'll kind of be like our little honeymoon since we got a suite and all :o) Too excited!

Thanks for listening/reading!