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Saturday Night

starchyld77 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:38:42 +0000

Looks like the fiance and I are spending the night in as he has to work and I am helping my future MIL put together the family party for tomorrow... Dinner is almost done and the house is clean... Just trying to deal with an annoyance that a roomie has caused by leaving dishes in her room... *sigh* That is the least of my worries... Right now the wedding venue and him and I putting the downpayment on a house soon is pressing and so is the dr's appointment that I scheduled to get my shoulder looked at and pray that it can be fixed without surgery or pills...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Sierra524 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:39:19 +0000

Top of the mornin'!

First, I hope everyone has an awesome St. Patrick's Day!! If you're drinking the green beer, please be safe!

I wont be drinking any green beer today (for the first year in like 4 years). Instead, Ill be doing laundry, cleaning up the house a little & reading Bared to You. I am using Irish Creme coffee creamer in my coffee this morning :] & I will be having corn beed and cabbage! I could eat that stuff once a week.

What is everyone else doing?!

Check!!

Angelface225 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:22:32 +0000

Bridesmaid's Dresses, done!

What is so hard about mailing back an RSVP?!?!?!

sereneone — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:14:04 +0000

Seriously annoyed by guests that will not mail back a stamped RSVP. What is the deal with this??? Are there lives so busy and important that they don't have time to check a box and drop the thing in the mail?? It is so stressful to plan a wedding alone (which is what I am doing) and I can't take much more stress. I am ready to call these people and tell them to not even bother coming. Sorry, just venting here. Anyone else had this problem??

We made it!

Angelface225 — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:28:43 +0000

It's FINALLY Friday! I'm SO excited! And I actually don't have to work tomorrow! All I have planned is a David's bridal trip tomorrow with my other bridesmaid. I just want that part to be done!!

AW: I'm on a wedding blog!

B2Z728 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:43:51 +0000

My invitation company contacted me to ask if I would be interested in trying to get our wedding featured in a wedding blog. I didn't think much of it and thought, sure why not. Months later I get an email saying we've been featured. Just thought I'd share :)

http://weddinglovely.com/blog/real-wedding-michaela-and-adams-traditional-with-a-twist-wedding-in-new-jersey/

Dadzilla....the saga continues.

Pookieson — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:06:38 +0000

I had a few invites left on the inlaws side to invite so FMIL offered to. I gave her the information on how to do them and she helped me do the others, so I thought she understood. However, she made some mistakes in regards to how to address things so I had to fix them. That's the backstory.

So I just opened up the first envelope and there is a registry card to bed bath and beyond in there!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Luckily she only addressed about 12 invites even though it should have been a total of about 24. So I can fix this. I know the registry information didn't go in the others because I PERSONALLY stuffed them.

I just text and said, "I fixed all of the invites. Thanks for all of your help! :)"

She text back, "I'm sorry you had to redo some of them, also, I forgot to mention I shoved registry cards in those ones because FFIL thinks it is rude make guests call and ask where you are registered."

I text, "Well, you really aren't supposed to include that in a wedding invitation, so I'd prefer to take it out. It isn't that hard to make a phone call. No worries, they can figure it out."

Then FFIL CALLS ME!, "you really need to open all those invites and then just retape them (waaaahhhhh) and include your registry information. Otherwise people won't know where you are registered and will just buy whatever."

I reply, "No I don't think they will, but if they do, I'll figure it out."

He gets louder, "Oh, so they can just buy you whatever and do whatever they want because you refuse to put a registry card in there, that is just stupid. Just plain stupid."

I snap, "I don't want them in there, end of story, it is poor etiquette and it isn't something I am willing to compromise on."

When we ended the call it was obvious he was perterbed. So I'm sure he will be heading FI way today during lunch (they work close and have lunch together often). What the heck, even my family knows that is a no-no and they recommeded a dollar dance! Sheesh.

*Sigh* Dadzilla is back. Part Deux. With a vengeance.
Vent over.

yaaay! -__-

Katie Mar — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:56:37 +0000

So my stupid self updated my facebook relationship finally (ive been engaged since valentines) and my dads wife's son saw it. Because my stupid self didnt think about censoring it. Now. This is all well and good except that I was not ready to tell my father. His nickname is Vikiing for a reason! I live in this house with him, and announcing my recent engagement will result in lectures about how I cant live in the house when I get married and how I cant afford to get married will likely ensue. Nevermind being happy for his only child to be getting married, no, it will be a constant lecture about how money is more important that getting married to the man of my dreams. And you cant argue with him. Oh no Lord forbid you argue with him. So. I am sharing how stupid I am and how hellacious its about to get in my house in the next few days, so please by all means someone laugh at it because I need to find the humor in this!

Sad day..

applejambutter — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:59:59 +0000

The guy at my work took off his chaps when he came in to the office.
laaame.

Morning

applejambutter — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:36:49 +0000

Hello everyone.

The guy that I often want to throat punch in the office came in wearing chaps today....
does he ride a motorcycle... yes
does he need to wear them all day and point them out to everyone... no.

god help me it's only wednesday..

Tuesday!!!

rel1988 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:58:39 +0000

Wow...looks like I missed a lot of action last evening! And I thought this was the most drama-free, "boring" board if you will haha

Anyways....good luck with your interviews this week Sierra! How is everyone else doing?? FI is going to be gone all weekend so I'm trying to brainstorm some DIY wedding stuff I can try and knock out. I'm considering doing all flowers myself, so I might start there. Has anyone had any experience with that??

Attracted by the drama yesterday? Welcome!

Angelface225 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:12:24 +0000

Please introduce yourself! We'd love to get to know you! We're generally a pretty chill group that talks about what's going on in our lives, what's for dinner and an occasional wedding update or question mixed in! I'll start: I'm Angel, I live outside Toronto. I work with children with autism and am working on a master's degree. Most of the time when I'm online, I'm in class or avoiding an assignment. My wedding is in September at a flower farm. Very laid back, but some elegant touches. I love a good bottle of wine, Kevin Smith movies, my 3 cats and 2 elderly bearded dragon lizards.

Monday

applejambutter — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:25:57 +0000

Good Morning

How is everyone?!

Sunday Fun-day!

Angelface225 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:40:51 +0000

Good morning ladies!

I'm doing school work all day today and then hopefully taking a break this afternoon to do some errands.

It's been warming up for the last 3 days, so I think we're going to BBQ for dinner tonight. I'm thinking chicken souvlaki, mmmmm!

Thank god for weekends!

starchyld77 — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:01:15 +0000

I might be new here but thank god for the weekend! I have been juggling a work schedule, make up consultations with clients (I do make up on the side of my current job), my fiance's work schedule as well as his clients and scheduling... I need to find some me time and fast as we are going to be kicking it up a notch to find a venue and get things going.... He says he wants to make things stress free but yet he is not the one doing the research and planning... My main complaint is that for his work he does research... would it be fair of me to ask him to chip in on the leg work?

Good morning fellow fun-clubbers!

Marrin713 — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:45:40 +0000

Rainy icky weekend in Chicago.

Had a very early shift this morning, which I started 1 hr before doctor and patients arrived. I found the back door unlocked and lights on inside. Talk about creepy. It was the cleaning service; they were in the night before.

Friday! Friday!

rel1988 — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:29:37 +0000

Finally Friday!! Tonight I am going to see Return to Oz with a former co-worker/friend and possibly drinks afterwards. Tomorrow FI and I are going to meet with the caterer to sample some food and make our final decisions...And our Save the Date magnets are coming in today from Vista Print so I will probably address those out. I was dead set against getting them because we have such a short engagement anyways, but FI kept insisting he wanted them so I went ahead and ordered them last weekend to give to family members at least. I have to admit, I am pretty excited to see them! Also, we finally booked our honeymoon last night...Wahoo!!!

Buzz--saw your post last night. Yes I LOVE doing plan ahead meals. I have done some crockpot freezer meals in the past. Set aside a Sunday and knocked 10 meals out which I use for those days when I know I wont have time to cook. Do you have any website/blog suggestions for plan ahead meal recipes? I know you are the cooking blog expert here :)

Thursday

Angelface225 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:36:58 +0000

Thank god I've only got a half day booked tomorrow, this week is making me nuts! I have a paper due on Monday, so I'll be working on that a lot.

Holy freakin FFIL-zilla!!!!!!!!!

Pookieson — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:49:33 +0000

so......we went to our venue today to make a payment, pick a menu, hash out locations on things and such. My future father in law wanted to come along with my future mother in law because he had never seen the venue. Thank goodness they arrived after we made all of the food choices because when we went to the ceremony hall he had input on where guest should WALK, how they should be seated (we don't have ushers), why I shouldn't be walking where I am walking from etc....I just said, oh I'll think about those suggestions, thank you! But I am not changing anything.

Then we go upstairs to the reception room and we talk about the dj and dance floor placement. He proceeds to go BSC about the dj "blasting out" the three tables in front of him (not directly in front, but between him and the dance floor). I said yeah, but he will be louder to whoever is sitting by him no matter where he is, do you have a better suggestion? He just continued to get a little more irritated, irrational until he threw his hands up and said, "Really Shannon???? Really???!!??? I could see this happening if someone didn't take the time to plan, not on purpose, so whatever, I just wont say anything, do whatever you guys want."

*insert stunned awkwardness here*

Fiance and I were able to diffuse the situation and actually find a better layout, but my Future in laws and I have a fantastic relationship, the whole family does, so FFIL little outburst just kind of made me go, "holy crap....what the hell just happened???" This is more a vent session than anything else, but:
1) If he blew up over DJ layout, should I expect more of these little blow ups???
2) Advice on how to deal with this amicably and without making anyone mad.

Wednesday!

rel1988 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:39:49 +0000

Almost halfway through this week! Got a call yesterday afternoon saying I didn't get the job..trying not to feel discouraged esp because since I live in a rural area there aren't many job opportunities. More bummed about having to stay at my current job than no getting that job if that makes any sense. Made one of FI's favorites for dinner last night--white chicken chili. So good and perfect for the blizzard we were getting slammed with. Spent the evening watching American Idol and Teen Mom 2--my guilty pleasure :)

FMIL loved the dresses our BM's picked out which really meant a lot to me considering my mom threw an embarrassing small freak-out in the store!! I am learning to let things roll off my shoulder because no matter how hard I try I am not going to please everyone.

Buzz & Pinterest

bunni727 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:28:15 +0000

I follow you on Pinterest, and saw the ham &pickle roll-ups you pinned. Just so you know, I have been making those suckers since I was old enough to help in the kitchen, and they are awesome. I like to put the pickle on top: if you do some with dill, some with sweet, and some without, people have an easier time of seeing what they are getting before touching them all.

Every family baby shower, bridal shower, household shower, and church function I've attended, they've been requested; I even made them for my own wedding! They have a special place in my heart, so I thought I'd share.

It's Tuesday.

Angelface225 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:16:39 +0000

Wow, ladies, we're slacking these days!

Just wrote a test for my Behaviour analysis course, glad to get that done. I have a test in this class almost every week, which is a little intense.

Working 12-6:30 today, so I'm going to try to clean the kitchen before its time to go to work. FI decided to make chicken wings for dinner last night (which were delicious) and it has resulted in an epic mess. I hate cleaning the deep fryer!

Going dress shopping with one of my bridesmaids on Saturday, which should be fun! I'm looking forward to another check and taking some time away from work/school.

Have a great day!

Win your Wedding Gown or your bridal party dresses! 3 winners!

Luvi29 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:18:24 +0000

Want a chance to win a wedding dress, bridesmaid dresses or flower girl dress from Alfred Angelo? Check out The Knot’s blog to learn how to enter.

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Happy Monday!

B2Z728 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:00:33 +0000

No Monday post yet? Ok, I'll start this one.

How was everyone's weekend? How's your Monday going so far?

I feel like I was very productive this weekend. H and I booked our trip to Maui for this August for a family destination wedding that we're going to. Now that it's officially booked we're starting to get even more excited about it. Saturday night we stayed in and relaxed. H was sweet and reserved the last Twilight movie for me at Red Box since he knew I wanted to see it. We watched the movie, gluttonously ate a large portion of pasta and had frozen yogurt for dessert. It was a nice night. On Sunday I went to a farmers market, afterwards I bought a bunch of new spices at Fairway Market (a really good grocery store, similar to Whole Foods), went to a baby shower, and cooked a delicious dinner that I plan to blog about this week. It was a surprisingly nice change from my normally extremely lazy Sundays that I normally have.

Friday!

bunni727 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:34:48 +0000

Hey everyone!

I'm so glad today is Friday. It's been a stressful week and I'm ready to gtfo.

How is everyone? Any big weekend plans?

Happy Saturday morning!

tlc35 — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:13:13 +0000

Yay! My house is under contract so I am excited! It is weird to think about other people living there. I am going to take a computer test for cme this am and then go out tonight!

Thursday!

rel1988 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:45:55 +0000

Morning everyone! I am sooo ready for the weekend. It is STILL snowing here..make it stop!

Buzz--Got a chance to look at the wedding blog you were featured on. So cool!! Your wedding looked beautiful! The venue was georgeous and I loved your colors and bouquet!

Intro

MidniteRae — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:31:04 +0000

Hi everyone. I'm kind of new to posting on SB, but not new to TK. FI propsed to me on Haloween last year and we will be getting married on November 3, 2013.

I suck at intros, so ask me anything.

Wednesday!

Angelface225 — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:51:08 +0000

Hi ladies, I made it to work, after some slight craziness in the snow. Had a scary moment when I stopped at a light and all the snow from the roof of my car slid onto my windshield. (I always clean it off, but couldn't today because the snow was SO wet and heavy!) I have a couple of hours between clients this afternoon, so I'm going to try to watch some lectures and maybe get started on my paper that's due next week. FI's working late tonight, so I'm on my own for dinner. Haven't really given it much thought, i'lll probably pick something up.

Not sure where to post, but need help...

awolkenhauer — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:30:39 +0000

I'm trying to find a wedding band for my FI, but he has large fingers... We measured at Weisfield Jewelers and came up with a size 15. We keep finding rings that he likes and then find out that they aren't in his size and it's beginning to get really frustrating for both of us. Does anyone have any idea where I can find a decently priced, larger sized ring?