Morning

Nebb

I actually love my curly hair. I would never be able to perm straighten it cause I'd be afraid it wouldn't grow back the same.

Blueyed228

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re:Morning: Seriously, I don't get why DB is always drawn to the throw rugs to vomit. Our apartment is either wood floor or tile but whenever she want to puke she finds a nice cozy carpeted spot to make her mess. <strong><u>I propose a GTG at Blue's pool.
</u></strong>Posted by lbarr088[/QUOTE]

Yes, lol.  All the people who didnt get an invite to the last Boston GTG.

brandichamberlain

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[QUOTE]Brandi- I cheated with my seating chart.  I told MIL and my mom to decide who from "their list" sits with whom.  I think I ended up deciding on maybe 4-5 tables and where to fill in other tables.  It was a pretty painless process since the way my venue was set up was that 1 side of the dance floor was my family/friends and one side was H's. 
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

That is somewhat how it is going to be set up, but FMIL has already told me her family needs to be sat close to each other because they're a pack and that is how they feel comfortable (yeah, her words.) and my Dad/Stepmom threw a fit that my Mom was going to be at the same table so now I have all of this drama and need a plan, per the parents.

lbarr088

Jcb, I'm pretty neurotic about my pet's health. I'd like to tell myself I wouldn't be a helicopter mom if I have kids ya know, the two legged kind but seeing my reactions with DB I'm not sure it is looking so good...

Blueyed228

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Morning : That is somewhat how it is going to be set up, but FMIL has already told me her family needs to be sat close to each other because they're a pack and that is how they feel comfortable (yeah, her words.) and my Dad/Stepmom threw a fit that my Mom was going to be at the same table so now I have all of this drama and need a plan, per the parents.
Posted by brandichamberlain[/QUOTE]

Honestly, I did my BP tables (we didnt do a head table) so that they could all sit with their spouses, and I did the coworkers/friends tables.  After that I gave MIL her list, the leftover tables on "her" side and said "Have fun!"  She even decided who sat at her table since they dont have a lot of immediate family.

Maye give your mom a table and let her decide who sits with her and then give your dad/stepmom a table and let them decide who sits with them?

To avoid the which people get to sit closer argument, tell them to put people in groups of 8 or 10 (whatever your tables hold) and then YOU decide what table they are at.  You could alternate to keep it fair as to who sits at what table.

allisong23

Good morning! This is the first day in 3 1/2 that we aren't traveling or have a houseguest. My parents left Monday, and MIL left yesterday. I am so excited for a day with just K & I.Of course, it will be 100 degrees out so we are stuck inside. Oh, and we are going to the Cape for the weekend tomorrow, so I have to catch up on laundry so I can pack. No rest for the weary.

I found out a friend of mine had some kind of fall and has a serious head injury. He is in the ICU with intracranial bleeding and is sedated. He has two LOs. Poor guy. Hope he gets better.

Oh, and I am dealing with my BF, who is upset she wasn't chosen to be K's godmother. Well, it was a Catholic baptism and she isn't Catholic. So, there's that. And she didn't see K from when he was 10 weeks old until he was 9 1/2 months old. So, that's another thing.

allisong23

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[QUOTE]My sister has the straight hair that when she gets out of the pool or ocean she can run her fingers through it and it dries straight and not frizzy.  It looks very "beachy". If I let my hair out in the pool and get out, its this big rats nest that takes about 30 min to comb through.  9 times out of 10 I dont get my hair wet because of it.
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

I have hair like yours. I'm not going to bother blow drying it straight, because the moment I step outside it will shrink and curl.

Blueyed228

Ali- you are more than welcome to come over today.  There are going to be lots of kids here!

allisong23

Thnaks Blue! Unfortunately, I have 3+ loads of laundry to do, and a months worth of bills to be paid. The a/c went in H's car, so he took mine to work because he has to commute to Lexington on 95, and the commute will be hell without a/c. Thank you so much though. We need to do a Boston GTG!

Blueyed228

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[QUOTE]Thnaks Blue! Unfortunately, I have 3+ loads of laundry to do, and a months worth of bills to be paid. The a/c went in H's car, so he took mine to work because he has to commute to Lexington on 95, and the commute will be hell without a/c. Thank you so much though. We need to do a Boston GTG!
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

Well next time its a pool day head on over.  My sister is always here with her 2 kids, my cousin is coming with her 3 year old, I think my neighbor is coming with her 2 year old, and another friend with her 1.5 year old.  It always kid infested around here which is why we invested in a swing set even though we are childless, lol.

Bkseller13

The weather cooled down yesterday, and it was a big help for the firefighters.  But, there was a meteorite that hit near the fire at Mom & Dad's that grounded all the air tankers for 90 minutes.  I need to ask my dad what they've done to bring down the wrath of God.

BIL wasn't home last night, he called and said he had to work late, and was going to have A beer.  I ended up making dinner out of leftovers for H and I and BIL walked in at almost 9:00 wobbling drunk.

I'm just really ready for the weekend.

dmiller9274

morning!

This thread just now showed up for me...I assumed there was one somewhere and I just couldn't see it. TK is balls. 

So far today, I've had 3 arguments with people at work, looks like it's just going to be one of those days. I'm gearing up for a battle at 1, too. ahhh, two weeks from now, I'll be on vacation. I can't wait. 

KateJ10

I would much rather come over to your place and get some color Blue. Instead, I will be at work, pale as fvck.  Only a little over a week until our lake vacation though!!

My work week has been a crappy fail- I had plans to get things done this week, and it has backfired due to equipment issues and supply issues. So I am kind of twiddling my thumbs here. I think I will make today a cleaning and organizing day.

LP11509

'morning! I just wanted to drop by and say hi. I'm at work, yay! Finally started yesterday. I'm waiting to meet with my supervisor in a few mins. This weekend I am babysitting 2 kids and 2 dogs at a friends house. Another friend will be with me to help . one of the kids is hers, the other 2 and dogs are our mutual friends whose house we will be at. But she has ushers syndrome so she is deaf blind. She has some vision but will probably require some guiding around te house, etc. So this could be an interesting weekend. She is also my new coworker, and the one who owns the house had my job before so I replaced her. Gotta love the small deaf community. This may be a p and r since I have no idea what my supervisor has for me to do for the rest of the day. Yay orientation.

brandichamberlain

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Morning : Honestly, I did my BP tables (we didnt do a head table) so that they could all sit with their spouses, and I did the coworkers/friends tables.  After that I gave MIL her list, the leftover tables on "her" side and said "Have fun!"  She even decided who sat at her table since they dont have a lot of immediate family. <strong>Maye give your mom a table and let her decide who sits with her </strong>and then give your dad/stepmom a table and let them decide who sits with them? To avoid the which people get to sit closer argument, tell them to put people in groups of 8 or 10 (whatever your tables hold) and then YOU decide what table they are at.  You could alternate to keep it fair as to who sits at what table.
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

I think the bolded is what I'm having the most trouble with.  The only person from my Mom's side that is coming is her.  She is from PA and traveling to the wedding, and no one from my Dad's side of the family wants to be around her (and FI's family wants to be in their own fvcking wolf pack <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-undecided.gif" border="0" alt="Undecided" title="Undecided" />).  Your advice is good.  I'll asl for some suggestions. If it comes down to it, I just won't tell anyone the plan until the day of and if they don't like it, they can move amongst themselves if they don't like it.

acaponi87

Blue you are making me want to go swimming! We've got a really nice pool actually but I don't make it down there much. If I get a bunch of stuff done today maybe I'll head down. H has golf til the end of time today so I don't have to worry about dinner til late.

Working on my TY notes today and cleaning all this WR crap up.

dmiller9274

Brandi, are you hell bent on doing a seating chart? I had zero desire for that headache and just let everyone pick and choose where to sit. No one complained, and people who I never would have even thought to put together ended up sitting together. 

jennamarie10

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[QUOTE]The weather cooled down yesterday, and it was a big help for the firefighters.  But, there was a meteorite that hit near the fire at Mom & Dad's that grounded all the air tankers for 90 minutes.  I need to ask my dad what they've done to bring down the wrath of God. BIL wasn't home last night, he called and said he had to work late, and was going to have A beer.  I ended up making dinner out of leftovers for H and I and BIL walked in at almost 9:00 wobbling drunk. I'm just really ready for the weekend.
Posted by Bkseller13[/QUOTE]

I honestly don't know how you put up with living with your BIL.

Blueyed228

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Morning : I think the bolded is what I'm having the most trouble with.  The only person from my Mom's side that is coming is her.  She is from PA and traveling to the wedding, and no one from my Dad's side of the family wants to be around her (and FI's family wants to be in their own fvcking wolf pack ).  Your advice is good.  I'll asl for some suggestions. If it comes down to it, I just won't tell anyone the plan until the day of and if they don't like it, they can move amongst themselves if they don't like it.
Posted by brandichamberlain[/QUOTE]

Are any of her friends coming or does she know any of your friends parents?  Grandparents?

acaponi87

Brandi seating charts blow. People go crazy over them.

Also, depending on how your venue is set-up, you can try to spin it so every seat sounds desirable. 

GrumpyMom: But Aunt Geri is on the opposite side of the world...so far from where you guys are sitting!
Me: Yes, but she's right by the bar and the bathroom and let's be honest, she'll be going to the bar more than she'd be coming up to talk to us.

Repeat with "window seat", "dance floor", "hordourves table", "smoking area", etc.

AllAboutTheBenjamin

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[QUOTE]I actually love my curly hair. I would never be able to perm straighten it cause I'd be afraid it wouldn't grow back the same.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

Yeah I dig mine, too.  My hair does do the really shitty re-dry thing that Blue described, but it doesn't stop me from getting in the water, lol.  It's absolutely horrible after a day at the beach.  But I give nonefucks.

I hated my curly hair for a long time, but when you can spend no more than 10 minutes on your hair in the morning that's a win-win-win.  All I do is flip my head upside down and diffuse it.  Bam.  Hair-do.

brandichamberlain

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[QUOTE]Brandi, are you hell bent on doing a seating chart? I had zero desire for that headache and just let everyone pick and choose where to sit. No one complained, and people who I never would have even thought to put together ended up sitting together. 
Posted by dmiller9274[/QUOTE]

My concern is that if I don't I will need extra tables and the layout that we have won't allow for that.  We currently will be able to do 8 tables of 10 and if we did 10 tables of 10 the DJ will have to be outside (in the July heat) and we won't have room for the photobooth table (not that big of a deal- so I could do 9 tables). 

lbarr088

Good luck with that Brandi. All I can say is just do your best and as you know, you really can't make everyone happy. I'm sure they can suck it up if they don't like it for dinner. People don't stay planted at tables for too long anyways. With that said, I wanted to do the whole WP tables so they can sit with their dates but my mom and even FI surprisingly are against it. We aren't doing a head table so I don't even see why its an issue. When the time comes, and there's plenty of time, I'm just going to do what I want. It's my superfanfriggingtastic day anyways!! Sarcasm font

brandichamberlain

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Morning : Are any of her friends coming or does she know any of your friends parents?  Grandparents?
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

FI's whole family lives three hours away from my family so our sides have never even met before.  About half of the guests are his family (we are getting married there) and then the other half are a mix of the WP, my parents (and maybe 1-2 uncles) and then friends from over time.  I just don't want it to be that the tables closest to us/the bar/food turns out to be only his family and then everyone else gets put in the back away from everything just to make them all happy, you know?  I'm getting more stressed about this all of a sudden, lol.

Blueyed228

Tell MIL that she gets 1 or 2 close tables and then everyone else is going to get alternated.  End of story.  Eff that ish.

AllAboutTheBenjamin

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[QUOTE]Good morning! This is the first day in 3 1/2 that we aren't traveling or have a houseguest. My parents left Monday, and MIL left yesterday. I am so excited for a day with just K & I.Of course, it will be 100 degrees out so we are stuck inside. Oh, and we are going to the Cape for the weekend tomorrow, so I have to catch up on laundry so I can pack. No rest for the weary. I found out a friend of mine had some kind of fall and has a serious head injury. He is in the ICU with intracranial bleeding and is sedated. He has two LOs. Poor guy. Hope he gets better. Oh, and I am dealing with my BF, who is upset she wasn't chosen to be K's godmother. Well, it was a Catholic baptism and she isn't Catholic. So, there's that. And she didn't see K from when he was 10 weeks old until he was 9 1/2 months old. So, that's another thing.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

A friend of mine is marrying a Catholic, and her FI's brother and his wife had a son a couple years ago and chose the couple as the LO's Godparents.  But, my friend isn't Catholic.  At the ceremony her FI got to be Godfather but she could only be "Christian Witness."

dmiller9274

Brandi, I'd tell your MIL that she can pick the groups of 10 to sit at tables together, then you decide which table that group gets. 

celticmyss

Morning. I'm hanging out with my mother today and doing some shopping. Tonight I am taking her to the restaurant where we're getting married as a surprise. A lot of the other things we had planned for her visit might be dropped because of the heat. 

allisong23

AATB, the curch we did it in was really pushing for 2 Catholics. Since we weren't parishoners, and we were lucky they were even doing it for us, we had to do it. That, and my couisin ADORES K. We spent a ton of time with her in the hursing home with my Nana when she was dying, and she and K really hit it off. Plus, she is actually a practicing Catholic, and since baptism in the Ctholic church is all about making sure the kid is raised in the church, she really was the right choice. It meant so much to my Nana that we were having him baptized, and that my cousin was godmother.

BF thinks it is because I hate her boyfriend, which I do (he is the cheating piece of shitt that hit her), but that really has nothing to do witt it.

Blueyed228

Ali- I think as long as you have one of them that is Catholic you should be fine, but you are right, it depends on the church.

I asked the priest who married us about it since my family isnt Catholic and I would want my siblings to be a Godparent.  She said as long as at least one of  the GP was Catholic it was fine.

Technically, it the churches eyes, only the Catholic GP would be considered the only one, but they will let their be 2.