Let's get to know each other!

Lissa1213

I know we've done some intermittent posts to get to know about each other, but figured it might help to have one place for us to see names, info, and get to know other February 2014-LADIES


Your/FI Name:
Your/FI Age:
Where You Live:
What You/FI Do:
Wedding Date:
Wedding Location:
Wedding Colors:
Favorite check so far:
One random/strange/fun fact about you:

Ready, set, go!

dewingedpixie

 

Your Name: Bianca

FI Name: Aric
YourAge:32

FI Age: 42

Where You Live: Northern VA DC Metro area
What You Do:Administrative Assistant

What does FI Do: IT Work
Wedding Date: 2/24/2014
Wedding Location: Disney: Ceremony is Sea Breeze Point Gazebo, Reception is Italy Isola West EPCOT
Wedding Colors: Ivory, Amethyst, Emerald, and Ruby
Favorite check so far: Venues and my dress, although I do love our save the dates too.
One random/strange/fun fact about you: I've dedicated a year of running to the Arthritis National Research Foundation in attempts to raise 5000 for the cause. I am an arthritic runner and my story was one of the featured ones for this may which is Arthritis and Celiac Awareness month

Lissa1213

Your/FI Name: Lissa & Frank
Your/FI Age: 30 & 50
Where You Live: Louisville, KY
What You/FI Do: Project Estimator & event coordinator/ Medial Sale & started his own company last year
Wedding Date:  2/25/2014
Wedding Location: Bottom Beach Barbados
Wedding Colors: Orange & Pink- tropical colors
Favorite check so far: My Dress, it was my hardest and favorite
One random/strange/fun fact about you:  I am double jointed so I can turn my arms and legs around and totally freak people out

dewingedpixie

Lissa1213 said:

One random/strange/fun fact about you:  I am double jointed so I can turn my arms and legs around and totally freak people out

I do this with my knees and hands all the time. I actually want to be evaluated for Ehlers Danlos

Dancer2873

Your/FI Name: Linette & Danny
Your/FI Age:  31 & 29
Where You Live: Kearny, NJ
What You/FI Do: Social Worker & Art Teacher
Wedding Date:  2*22*14
Wedding Location:  Glen Ridge, NJ
Wedding Colors:  Pansy Purple, Emerald Green, Metallic Gold
Favorite check so far:  Photographer & Videographer
One random/strange/fun fact about you: Like Lissa I am double jointed in my arms and feet so I can make them look like they are on backwards by popping them forward to the front. 

dewingedpixie

 

Dancer2873 said:

Wedding Colors:  Pansy Purple, Emerald Green, Metallic Gold
 

Pansies? These are my favorite flowers!

Dancer2873

yay they are beautiful!

dewingedpixie

I also love snap dragons, bleeding hearts, and orchids. Pansies though are my favorite. I will be so sad when the huge bed of them that I have dies due to the summer heat

Dancer2873

yeah that will be sad because they are so beautliful! But you can just look forward to them coming again next year after you marry the man of your dreams!

kerbohl

Your/FI Name: Debbie/Erik
Your/FI Age: 26/28
Where You Live: Ontario, Canada
What You/FI Do: Publisher's Representative and Student/ Math teacher
Wedding Date: 1/25/2014
Wedding Location: Kitchener
Wedding Colors: Light Blue and White
Favorite check so far: Hmmm . . . the photographer.  He looks awesome, and I'm looking forward to getting pictures done and having a photo booth. 
One random/strange/fun fact about you:My FI and I might never have gotten together if we didn't both love Kevin Sorbo from Hercules. 

kerbohl

dewingedpixie said:

I also love snap dragons, bleeding hearts, and orchids. Pansies though are my favorite. I will be so sad when the huge bed of them that I have dies due to the summer heat

Bleeding hearts and orchids are some of my favourites, though I'm a sucker for Queen Anne's Lace.  It's a weed, but still so pretty.  You would love some of the greenhouses over in the Netherlands - the Dutch love experimenting with orchids.  I went to a couple last year, and I was blown away.

Bcat2483

Hello everyone! 

Your/FI Name: Brandi/Henry
Your/FI Age: 30/29
Where You Live: Northern VA
What You/FI Do: Currently I am unemployed but on the hunt for a job! Henry works for Inova Hospital System as an Emergency Room Registrar
Wedding Date: February 23, 2014
Wedding Location: Still deciding! We just started planning.
Wedding Colors: Royal Blue/Powder Blue/White
Favorite check so far: Nothing yet, since we just started out!
One random/strange/fun fact about you: I am a bit of a language nerd! I studied Latin, Greek, and German throughout high school and college, and I'm learning Spanish now. After that, French and Thai are on the list!

kerbohl

@Bcat2483 Wow, that's awesome about all your languages!  Do you go to different countries that speak those languages to practice?  I can't imagine learning Greek, and I had to do some Latin, but  FI does it better so I cheated and had him help me. 
Also, our colours are very similar - I'm sky blue and white, but I already know that FI wants to add some darker blue in.  It's his wedding too, so I'll let him figure that out. 
Good luck on the job hunt!

dewingedpixie

@Bcat2483

Welcome! Where are you in NOVA? I'm in Haymarket! Are you getting married in the area or out of town?

Lissa1213

Hi Bcat & welcome

NonosGirl

Your/FI Name: Karen & John 

Your/FI Age: 32 & 33 

Where You Live: Ferndale, MI 

What You/FI Do: System Safety Engineer/Pro Services at Lowes 

Wedding Date: 2/22/2014 

Wedding Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI 

Wedding Colors: Thinking navy blue, gray, and pale pink 

Favorite check so far: venue 

One random/strange/fun fact about you: I went to boarding school.

ETA: Fix format. 

Lissa1213

Hi Karen, Welcome

Dancer2873

hey there karen wedding date twin!

NonosGirl

@Dancer2873 Was there any special reason you picked that date? We picked it because we fell in love with a venue we couldn't really afford so to make it happen we had to plan an "off season" wedding. Off season at this venue was Jan & Feb.

Dancer2873

we picked it because its during mardi gras season and we are having a mardi gras inspired wedding. We were going to do the weekend before fat tuesday friday february 28th but the place we are having it there is no difference in price from friday or saturday, but the sat after the 28th is march 1st and its my birthday so we moved it up a weekend and will go on our mini moon the weekend of my birthday because we arent doing our honeymoon until the summer because my fiance is a teacher so I didn't want to do a super short honeymoon or get him in trouble since he isn't tenured yet. And that's good enough of a reason for me to have your wedding at that time!

NonosGirl

Mardi gras theme seems so awesome! I think we are having a beer themed or influenced wedding but I keep going back and forth with ideas. I also like the idea of a wintery, snowflake wedding but I think FI likes the beer idea better.

jlhart76

Just recently joined here, hoping to get inspired by everyone else.

Your/FI Name: Jen/Cliff
Your/FI Age: 36/39
Where You Live: Oklahoma
What You/FI Do: IT for a state agency/maintenance & driver for the city
Wedding Date: 2/15/14, date we first met
Wedding Location: Tulsa, OK
Wedding Colors: Purple & Sage
Favorite check so far: none, we're still in the early planning stages
One random/strange/fun fact about you: I read the last chapter of a book first, and usually have 3-4 going at any given time.

jlhart76

Just recently joined here, hoping to get inspired by everyone else.

Your/FI Name: Jen/Cliff
Your/FI Age: 36/39
Where You Live: Oklahoma
What You/FI Do: IT for a state agency/maintenance & driver for the city
Wedding Date: 2/15/14, date we first met
Wedding Location: Tulsa, OK
Wedding Colors: Purple & Sage
Favorite check so far: none, we're still in the early planning stages
One random/strange/fun fact about you: I read the last chapter of a book first, and usually have 3-4 going at any given time.

kerbohl

@jlhart76 My mother does that as well - reading the last chapter first!  It drives my dad and me nuts, but it makes her happy.
I read the last page of the first chapter first, or at least I used to.  I find it really telling if I am going to like a book if they transition the end of the first chapter well. 
But welcome to this board!

GabbyBarks

Holler!!  I've been kind of absent for the past few months, looks like lots of people are starting to join in on this group though!  Yay, Feb brides!!

Your/FI Name: Laura/JD

Your/FI Age: 25/27
Where You Live: Cleveland, OH
What You/FI Do: Consulting/Physical Therapy
Wedding Date: 2/22
Wedding Location: Cleveland
Wedding Colors: Champaign and Blush
Favorite check so far: the dress!!  And actually even more than my dress, the necklace my grandma offered to let me wear at my wedding: its the one my grandpa gave to her on their wedding day.  They were married for 63 years when he died last October. 
One random/strange/fun fact about you: I have a twin brother, and my little sisters are also twins, and I have cousins that are twins, too!  Runs in the fam.

Dancer2873

hey there date triplet @gabbybarks you are joining me and @nonosgirl

CarolinaHeart

Your/FI Name: Erica/Joshua
Your/FI Age: 21/29
Where You Live: North Carolina
What You/FI Do: Waitress&Student/Engineer
Wedding Date: 2.15.2014
Wedding Location: The Rose Hill Plantation
Wedding Colors: Blush and Champagne. Debating antique gold accents.
Favorite check so far: Centerpieces. Old hardback books and candelabras!
One random/strange/fun fact about you: I just ate an entire Symphony bar by myself because I have no self control and apparently cannot start getting into wedding day shape until all the junk food is gone. lol

kerbohl

@CarolinaHeart I eat chocolate everyday.  Getting in shape for my wedding is not motivating me at all - I can't say no when I'm in the chocolate aisle at the store, it just looks so tasty! 

CarolinaHeart

@kerbohl the worst part is I'm generally a pretty decent eater health wise. But as soon as I said "okay time to buckle down" I feel the need to junk food CONSTANTLY. lol. The only reason I even ate that symphony bar is that I stumbled upon it in my pantry!

dewingedpixie

I eat chocolate everyday too. I wont lie I'm a tiny tot though. However I think a lot of that has to do with my activity levels, and the fact that I cant eat a lot of foods/I'm strict otherwise with my diet. I try to view eating as everything in moderation. I eat a lot more like a European than and American as my diet is very produce based as well.

Dancer2873

I dont eat a lot of chocolate but I eat a lot of junk...I used to stay at a good weight for me through exercise but it hasnt been having the same desired effect on my weight and although I am not fat I am at my heaviest I have ever been and now I am working out like a pheen and eating nothing but fruits and veggies like 90% of the time and I have only lost like a lb! I am stumped and discouraged!