Dear Secret Santa & Shelly D (are you guys the same person?)

salt78

SS - Thank you SO SO SO MUCH for my mousepads! I LURVE them. One is being utilized at home and one at work. FI was very impressed too. You rock very much!

Shelly D - I'm sorry I missed your page! I haven't really been online. What's going on girl?

shellydiane820

Oh nothing, I had just noticed you hadn't been posting.  How's the wedding stuff coming along?

...and sadly, I did not participate in the SS.

sucrets4

I am neither your SS or Shelly, but I'm saying hi. 

salt78

Um I just saw your photos on FB and you look absolutely STUNNING! I love all of them!

Everything is going great. Both bridesmaid dresses arrived and I don't think they are going to need TOO much altering. The whole wedding is paid for. FI got shirts for the guys. My hair trial is Sunday. We are getting our rings on Sunday (I think). And I actually managed to lose weight over the holidays so I have to get my dress altered again. 

I MISS YOU GUYS! Work has been crazy, so I haven't been online much.

salt78

HI SOOKIE!!! How are you feeling!?

Nebb

OH MY GOD, its salt. You are never here anymore.

shellydiane820

huzzah!

I'm glad to hear all is well! How did the cat vs. dress come out?  can you tell there was afight?

julezlee

Hi Salt!  I started yoga and you weren't around to answer my questions

shellydiane820

See! We are all lost without you!

salt78

ACK!!! Ok I really need to be here more. 

YAY JULEZ! How did it go? Do you have any more questions? I just got back from Bikram about a half hour ago.

ShellyD - The dress is FINE! You can't tell there was a fight, thank god. It's still hanging in my closet, but in a heavy duty garment bag that G would never be able to tear through even if he really wanted to. 

Hi Nebb! I love and miss yew. Seriously I really miss everyone. Hopefully this week will be better than last and I can visit more.

Do we have lots of dumb holiday engagement newbs?

shellydiane820

Not too many.  However there was the Chicago board fiasco yesterday. That chick was annoying.

anna.oskar

Salt?  hmmm.. I seem to remember someone by that name.  It's been so long.

Hi!

Nebb

It almost feels weird typing your name, im out of the habit, I havnt had to type salt in so long!! You need to make more appearances! What have you been so busy with?

sucrets4

I'm feeling great, chiquita!  You are definitely missed around here. 

The board is finally picking up again in general thanks to shiit being moderately fixed and the holidays and stuff.

julezlee

I'm going again tomorrow. I actually really liked it. DH is going with me.  We both liked it last week.  I think there may be chanting tomorrow and he may bolt.  Any tips for making my wrists not hurt so much?  Or do I just have to wait for them to get stronger? 

tlv204

HI GUYS!

salt78

Julez - Try pushing more weight through your hands and fingers and soften up your wrists a bit if that makes any sense. Haha I thought FI was going to freak the first time they made him OM.

Yeah I was just kind of tired of all the error messages and it was really slow for me at the office (which is where I do like 80% of my knotting because I'm awful). Also I've been trying to take care of a lot of work stuff in advance since I'm going to be missing for 2 weeks and I'm the only artist there so no one else can do my job. So I'm working on promos for March now and it's totally lame. 

I'm so glad you are feeling great! Do you and H have a name picked out for little girl yet?

Anna! I LOVE your sig pic!!!

Haha is the Chicago board dramz worth reading?

salt78

TLV! How's Leo?

shellydiane820

I thought it was funny, but I was sort of making ridiculous comments.

salt78

Haha it took me literally 2 seconds to figure out who you were talking about.

tlv204

He's good, except that all of the snow is melting, and he is therefore muddy every time he comes inside. I had to give him 2 mini foot baths today.  And he still eats everything. We're working on it  

I'm glad the wedding stuff is going so well!

shellydiane820

haha!

It was just weird, she kept saying she was gracious, and took it, I was just thinking, "you ran to another board and made a post about it!"  You didn't take anything.

sucrets4

Nope, no names.  DH isn't helpful at all, but at least he's funny.  I'd like her middle name to be Helen or Helene in honor of my grandmother who died when my mom was 13.  DH's suggestion for a first name:  Keller.  Because Keller Helen would be funny.

He's also on Bedelia for a middle name.  He's ridiculous. 

I still like Emmalyn, but he doesn't.  *sigh*

julezlee

Gorgeous Shelly D - Did you post your wedding pics now that you have them?

nda_roxybabe

Sucrets- this is random but do you like Piper?
Also, is there some way you could lengthen "Quinn"? and what was the other name that your H wanted?

sucrets4

I kinda like Piper, but it reminds me of Charmed.

H liked Ainsley...which I like, but don't love.  At first I was okay with it, but now it just doesn't fit. 

I'M SO BAD AT NAMING THINGS!!!  How can I name someone who I haven't even met??  This is so much harder than I thought. 

kate51485

OH HAI GUYS!

shellydiane820

No, these are actually from that photoshoot I did for a wedding book being published.  I should be getting my disk from my wedding any day now in the mail.

This dress isn't even mine

salt78

I LOVE the name Helen. I would love it for a first name. One of my dolls is named Helen actually. I like Emmalyn too. It's really pretty and you would have tons of nickname choices!

I am reading that thread now and cracking up. I think I just got to the good part. 

TLV - Is he getting huge? Any new pics??

salt78

HAI KATE!!!

shellydiane820

Sucrets, sometimes you just have to see what pops out before you name her

I guarantee you will see her and say "Shelly!"