billiewinter's Chocolate Wedding Blog - Wedding By Color

www.bydesigncreations.ca--- LOVE THIS SITE!!!! - Cute little sickers i got for the kisses for My Candy Buffet

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:20:00 PST

I got the cutest stickers ever off ebay for under $10 shipping included. I dont think i could of printed 100 for that price myself. and it took less than a week for me to get them! I know for a fact that they will ship to the states!!!! they are so cute and just perfect! :D I think next im going to order envelope seals for the invites from them :) Anyways ladies I just thought I would let you know I would recommend www.bydesigncreations.ca to anyone!!!

I GOT THEM!!!!! - LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!!!!

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:54:00 PST

So I got them only 1 wk after ordering. And they are BEAUTIFUL!!! I love them they are perfect!!! I cried when I opened them for the first time... They are perfect! Thank you everyone who recommended me to vistaprint.ca! best site ever! They had a great promotion on and I got them for $30.00 for 100 postcards!! YAY ME!!! LOL thanks again everyone!!!

308 days!!!!! and feeling a little lost/Nervous

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:10:00 PST

It feels like it is forever away and i guess thats a good thing because We have so much left to do!!!! I did a little to do list just for my mom and it was 3 pgs long and i can keep adding and adding to it if she'd let me. (she took it away lol) I have so much that i need to do but I just dont have time to do it. I had to take on a second part time job recently. To help pay bills and save for the wedding. My FH works in construction and this year our summer has been a wet one so he hasn’t been able to work very much. Which is killing him because hes a workaholic! So Im back bartending during the night and at the Cosmetic counter during the day. Which leaves me know time to call around to rental companys or sit down and work on the -invitations -guest list -Addresses- And all that jazz. This is leaving me feeling sick. Theres so much to do and I have no time to do it. So my mom has started to pick up the slack which is making me nervous!!! Shes acting as a wedding planner which im sure is gonna come back and kick me in the A$$ but honestly I cant afford to hire a professional. I keep on reminding her no matter what Mike and I have the final say. So shes been running everything by me and giving me the best options and i get to pick what i want. I gave her my final number of the guest list and she is now on a mission to get their addresses. So now theres less than 10mnths away and Im finding myself lost... THANK HEAVENS FOR MY MOM!!!!

STD CARDS ORDERED!!!!!

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:45:00 PST

So i took your advice amcs76 and bride2be0309 and i went on vistaprint.ca and uploaded my original and played about with it. I didn’t get to fancy, I like it simple. But I did change the back round and text to the wedding colours. I just wish I could have had more of a variety. They had their own colour combos to choice from which didn’t really match all my wedding colours. But then again if I were to have them all it would look like a invite to the circus which wouldn’t be good. So I picked pink and lime green with chocolate brown txt. They are my main 3 colours. All Im missing is orange So hopefully that works. I’m so excited I can’t wait to have them!!

Save the date cards!!

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:43:00 PST

So here is my first try at the STD cards... what do you think?? I had a problem with trying to figure out what wording to put on them. So Let me know if theres to much!!! or if theres anything i can add or if you have any suggestions let me know!!! I think Im going to order them this week... Vistaprint.com has 100 postcards on sale for 29.99!!!!!!!!! I cant wait to have them in my hands :D Im so excited!!! lol

Ask a Question - Is there a polite way to ask for ppl not to bring their kids to the wedding?

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:23:00 PST

So my FH and I were thinking about having the wedding be 19+. Not that we are having an open bar or anything. We would just prefer not to have to worry about them running around and misbehaving. So I was just wondering is there a nice way i can put it on the invitation or should I leave it up to word of mouth? The only kids that will be there are our nieces and nephews and they are in the wedding party and will be going to a babysitter for the reception. I no etiquette says that the people addressed on the envelope are the people invited. But I know from experience that people have hand written on the RRSP cards there kids names. I want to avoid this at all cost! I don’t want to have to call up these people and tell them there kids are not invited. So if any of your ladies know of the right way to go about this that would be great... Do I put it right on the invite? How Do I word it? HELP HELP HELP!!! I’m starting the invites this weekend and I want to know how I go about this. So Any help would be great!!!!!

DIY Pom Pom Project.. - this is how its done apparently

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:18:00 PST

I finally found got how you make those cute pom poms almost every ones posted in there blog. www.marthastewart.com Hanging Pom-Poms 1. Stack eight 20-by-30-inch sheets of tissue. Make 1 1/2-inchwide accordion folds, creasing with each fold. 2. Fold an 18-inch piece of floral wire in half, and slip over center of folded tissue; twist. With scissors, trim ends of tissue into rounded or pointy shapes. 3. Separate layers, pulling away from center one at a time. 4. Tie a length of monofilament to floral wire for hanging. It sounds great and easy but im not sure.. Im gona give them a try this weekend and Ill post the finished product

Ask a Question - www.sheshopping.com

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:17:00 PST

Hey ladies Just another question... I was just wondering if anyone has used the website www.sheshopping.com ? I had seen it in one of jennainterna blogs and I decided to take a peek. And they have amazing dresses for cheap cheap! They are coming from china and the shipping is free. I’m just worried about the quality. So if any of you have ordered and had either a negative or positive experience please let me no! I found cute flower girl dresses for only 79.99 and some really nice BM dresses from 99-119 and for that I’m ready to order them now... There are even some really nice wedding gowns from 129-140 and up! My fav wedding gown is the one in the last picture.

ADDICTED 2 WEDDING SHOPPING!!!!

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:59:00 PST

I know I can’t be the only one who is addicted to shopping for the wedding. I just happen to be addicted to going to goodwill and seeing what they have in their house wears department. I’ve been collecting my centerpieces for some time now. Wrought Iron candelabras in different types and sizes. I like the idea that not all tables are going to look the same but all have the same coloured candles. I’m thinking off white. I find myself going in to the 3 around where i live once or twice a week. I originally needed just 25 and now i have like 30 lol :S I know i will need some for decorations, but i think I kinda went crazy lol Have any of you other ladies gone a little crazy with your shopping... please please please tell me Im not the only one.

Ring - SO SO SO SO EXCITED TEHEHEHEHE!!!!

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:51:00 PST

I am so excited!!! I found Michaels ring!!! I haven’t yet told him im gonna keep it a surprise. Not sure when Im gonna show him it or give it to him. Im just so excited :D I asked him a few months ago what kind of ring he wanted. He said he wanted one like his grandpa’s. I had never seen the ring in real life and the family is unsure where it is... So I had to do a little research. Ok so it’s about 4 months later I found one almost exactly like the original. I wish i had a picture but my cameras dead : ( The ring looks like the one in the first picture but has a red stone like the second So I will post later... Anyways I’m just so excited! Any ideas ladies on how I should show him? Or should I save it for the big day???

Ask a Question - Wedding day time line... NEED HELP!!!

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:40:00 PST

I was just wondering what every ones doing time wise... I don’t know where to start the ceremony and everything else that fallows.. Ceremony: Cocktail hour (bridal party pictures): Dinner served at: What else am I missing? Is everyone doing time tables for their guest? I’m sorry for the many questions but I sure somewhere out there will be able to answer a few :D thanks Ladies I found a website for invites and such it also does the timeline i have pictured. http://www.thebrideidea.com/custom_designs.php

Ask a Question - S.O.S ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:24:00 PST

Ok so question ladies, Have any of you ordered your dress or you BM dresses off line??? If so do you have any suggestions on which sites you have ordered from and had a pleasent experince with? I'm looking to not spend a whole heck of alot on the dress. I havent had any good experinces with the bridal shops around where i live. They have been nothing but rude to me. even with appointments they see me and I dont know if its becuase of my age (21) or what. I made the mistake of walking into the first shop with my hair pulled back jeans on and no make up and they never gave me a second look. so after that anywhere i went into I tried to look my age lol but when they ask my budget and i say $1000 and under they send me to the clearence rack and thats that. I dont even want to spend that much! Id rather have 2 one for the ceremony and one for the reception for the $1000 than just one... So I had seen on other post that have mentioned ordering off line so i thought it wouldnt hurt but ask :D Any ways ladies Any Suggestion?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? lol

Cute Idea, for the unmarried ladies attending the wedding :D

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:57:00 PST

I dont plan on keeping my bouquet after the wedding so I planned on having a fresh flower bouquet! and i cut out the tosh just because the extra cost of the second bouquet. so i thought this idea was cute :D A good idea is to set up a container of confetti’s in colors that match your wedding reception decoration. Make an announcement during the evening that each unmarried female invited at the reception must guess how many confetti’s are in the jar. The guests should write down their answers on their name assignment cards. Towards the end of the evening, let your maid of honor collect the answers and verify the winner. You can then go yourself and personally present her with the bouquet.

Decoration - Centerpieces

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:33:00 PST

So we did the final count for what was needed centerpiece wise. We have 25 tables for the dinner and I love Rod Iron! So originally wanted to go to home sense and buy rod iron center pieces but as I start to look for them I was disgusted by the prices and the fact I couldn’t get enough for all the tables. So I found one I really loved and sucked it up and bought it for $15. And my mom the thrift store queen found a candelabra on one of the 50% off days and got one for $1.50 and its beautiful. So the search began. Every 50% day we will go and see what we would find. And I have to say at first I was leery of this idea but the savings are making it even better. I like the idea that they all are not gonna look the same but will all have the same colour candles to make them all tie in. All together I have got 27 (just incase) and its under $100!!!!!!! But thats not including the candles. Which I priced out at a candle factory and it will be under $150 for all the candles and thats not just for the center pieces which i can live with :) I did the math and If I paid what the florist quoted me at for the flower centerpieces it would of been over 1500!!!! Lol So I’m a happy girl!!! Where also been able to get alot of antique candy dishes for the candy buffet and some i got from family total of 31 (not planning on using them all for the buffet) and spent under $25 on them!!!! (Loving good will) lol I think the fact we are getting married on a farm in the garden and the receptions under a tent the rod iron will tie in perfectly. Here are a few pictures guys of some of the ones ive got and also some that are for decoration :D but I have a question. I know not everyone is letting the quest take home the centerpieces but we are. What is everyone doing to let the quest no they are the one getting the centerpiece? I know the sticker under the chair trick but In my past experience I’ve seen ppl look under the chairs before sitting down and in some cases switching chairs so they get the sticker lol! I want it to be fair... Any ideas????

Im Finally back!!!

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:53:00 PST

oh how i've missed this site! My comp went on the friz and I lost all contact to the wonder weddingbycolor website! Horrible i know! Has any one heard from fabulousmrsklien?? Its been awhile since she had posted last and i hope shes alright!!!... anyways its nice to see all u ladies working hard on planning ur weddings! times sure flying eh!!!!

Ask a Question - Sending out a SOS!!!! Bridal stores on line YAY or NAY?!?!?

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:34:00 PST

I have a question for all the brides out there that have bought their or their bridesmaids dresses of the internet, I am contimplating buying my dress of line. I know money can be saved that way. but im scared that i might not get what i want. So does any of you that have bought of the internet have any advice for me? Suggestions to where i might look on line? I have a dress that i love but unfortantly alterations for it would cost an arm and a leg, never mind the weight i would have to lose to fit into it. :S So if any of you could help me out give me some advice would be great. Bridal shops around here are a dime a dozen and honestly they cheapest dress i have found that was just ok was $990. and thats not even with alterations. Im not going to pay over $1000 for a dress i dont love... HELP!!!

What Guys Really think we mean?!?!?!?! - and other funny wedding cartoons I found...

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:38:00 PST

So this post is just for fun and i really hope this works out I dont know if the spacings working yet but i tried to space it out... heres hoping!!!!!! A Dude's Guide To Female English What She Says----What She Means We need---- I want It's your decision----The correct decision should be obvious by now Do what you want----You'll pay for this later We need to talk----I need to complain You're...so manly----You need a shave and you sweat a lot You're certainly attentive tonight!----Is sex all you ever think about? I'm not emotional! And I'm not overreacting!----I've got my period This kitchen is so inconvenient----I want a new house I want new curtains----and carpeting, and furniture, and wallpaper... I need wedding shoes----the other 40 pairs are the wrong shade of white Hang the picture there No,----I mean hang it there! I heard a noise----I noticed you were almost asleep Do you love me?----I'm going to ask for something expensive How much do you love me?----I did something today you're not going to like I'll be ready in a minute----kick off your shoes and find a good game on TV Is my butt too big?----Tell me I'm beautiful You have to learn to communicate----Just agree with me Yes----No No----No Maybe----No I'm sorry----You'll be sorry Do you like this recipe?----It's easy to fix so you'd better get used to it I'm not yelling!----Yes I'm yelling because I think it's important All we're going to buy is a soap dish----It goes without saying that we're stopping at the cosmetics department, the shoe department, I need to look at a few purses, and those sheets would look great in the bedroom and did you bring your checkbook?

Feeling a panic attack coming on!! - Sry long post and apparently the spacings still not working!!! :(

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:49:00 PST

So last night I started freaking out!!! My FH and I started writing down the "To Do List" and OMG!!!!! I nearly started having a panic attack! We still have to go and finalise the guest list with his grandma. Thankfully that woman keeps everything so addresses should be easy to come by on her side. I was stupid and decided it would be fun to make my own invitations... (I no I’m crazy!) And by make I mean we are making the decorative paper for the invited. Here are the instructions i found on line on how to do it. http://www.ehow.com/how_3075_make-decorative-paper.html. I’ve tried it out once and loved it! But we need to make enough for a 100 invites :S Instead of adding glitter I added some fresh wild flowers like forget-me-nots and impatience. It looked amazing! So here is the list so far - Finalise guest list and get the addresses - Start making invitation paper - Find and finalise an officiate - Book and pay a deposit for the DJ service we already selected - Book the tent and the rentals for the reception - Cake Cake Cake and more Cake ( still have to disided what were doing:S) - Save the date cards still need to order - Engagement photos (for save the date cards) This is just the start to the list I have a yr thankfully but since we are having the reception on my parents farm so the rental stuff has to be booked way in advance to get what we want. And unfortunately the DJ we have picked books up really fast so that has to get done to secure the date. And the Cake, I still don’t know if I want a real cake or cup cakes or even to have them at all. We are having a candy buffet so the whole cake things still up in the air. Thankfully this weekend we are getting our engagement photos done so there’s one thing of our list. So I’m feeling crazy for stressing but I feel if I don’t get things rolling now everything will just get pushed back. I know there are certain deadlines for things like invitations and save the date cards. And i don’t want to stress 4 mnths b4 the wedding because i cant get the efficient or the DJ i want because i didn’t bk them in time. But than again I have never planned a wedding before, I’ve helped with them but never actually planned one. Give me a bridal shower, bachelorette party, Birthday party, Anniversary party, even a baby shower to plan and I can do it. When it comes to my own wedding and the things that go in to it, this is unknown territory for me! Hence the feeling panic attack coming on. And my poor FH wants to help but doesn’t know who what where when or how weddings work. He’s only been to one in his life and that was his sisters 7 yrs ago. ARRG Anyone else feeling the stress???

Ask a Question - any one else having problems with this site?!?!

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:43:00 PST

ok so im trying to post a blog with the music we had picked for the wedding and i had it all nicely spaced out and such than i hit save and it all piles together which makes it so hard to read! i tried it a few more times than gave up because it was really starting to irritate me! It was getting so frusterating! why is it that as soon as you hit save it piles everything together? is there anything i can do to make spaces? when i copy and paste it in its perfect and as soon as i save it it gets all pilled together!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have even tired to type it over again with out the coping and pasting to see if that would work and after over an hr of typing it out again i pressed save and it was all smushed together again!!!!!!!!!!! Graphics for Emo Comments

Decoration - Any one having paper lanterns for their wedding?!?!?

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:41:00 PST

Is Any one else having hanging colourful lanterns at their wedding?? if you are and you have an ebay account I found bundles of 10 for like $20!!!! and they are the big ones!! http://stores.ebay.ca/eFavormart_Paper-Lantern_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ7726570QQftidZ2QQtZkm (I love the colours they come in and also the price:D )

Ask a Question - Spray Tans?!?!?!

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:26:00 PST

Has any one ever had a spray tan? this last wkend we had a lawn sale and not even thiinking i wore a t shirt and no sun screen. I am so burnt!!! And I have our engagment photos this weekend and i planned on wearing a strapless summer dress. but now with these horrible tan lines I dont know what to do. I was gonna try and postpone the pictures until i could even them out. But the person i have arranged to do them for us can only do them this coming weekend because she is flying to the states for the rest of the summer for work. :S One of my customers at work mentions i should get a spray tan. I've heard mix reactions about the spray tan. (1) im afraid im to late its already tuesday and the earliest i could go and get it is thursday or fri and im afriad it might not set in time and come off on my dress. (2) If I sweat does will it like drip off? (3) what if it turns out orange :S (4) what if i look funny to tanned :S has anyone else tried to spray tan?? and if so how did u like it? I also know that Sally Hansen has a product out called airbrush its supposed to be for your legs but i dont know what else to do.... Any suggestions ladies?????

Make Up! - best way to make it last all day...

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:55:00 PST

I had a future bride ask me a great question on my last blog and I'd thought Id share it all with you. She asked what she could do to insure that her make ups going to last all day, My best tip is to finish it off with a finishing powder. After you have applied your cancellers and applied you foundations always apply a loose powder finishing powder!! This will help keep the makeup on your face! I also have another trick to giving you that amazing glow! If you don’t a ready have one. After you have applied your blush, You can use a luminous Lotion to the top of your cheek bones. My fav is by Revlon bare it all lotion. It adds a romantic glow! I usually apply it softly to my temples and done to the top of my cheek bones to about the center of my eyes. I use translucent luminous lotion so it doesn’t affect the blush colour. Also if any of you are on you tube there is a lady who posts videos on how to do your make up. I love her Leona Lewis inspired look! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG55vT9DAGg .she also does some great bridal looks! Hope this helps. Any questions feel free to ask! Thanks ladies

Make-Up Tips

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:28:00 PST

Hey all as many of you know I am a working as cosmetician and in school to become a makeup artist. Every day I work with so many products from Covergirl, Revlon, L’Oreal, Almay, Dermaglow and the list goes on and on!! IF anyone has any questions about any product just drop me a line and i will be sure to let you know everything I know about it and any experience bad or good I have had with the product. And If i don’t know much about it I will find it out as much as possible! But anyways the reason for today’s blog is I found an amazing mascara! Its new to shelves here in Canada and it’s by L’Oreal. It’s called Carbon Black telescopic. And I am in love!!!!! I have tried every single mascara we sell in our store and none of them do the things this little wand does! When I first pulled the wand out I was a little surprised about how small it was. It hardly had any product on it and it wasn’t a regular black brush. Normally I’m a little leery of plastic wands mostly because it hurt when applying to my lash line with other brands. I was pleasantly surprised with the way the wand seemed to hit every lash! Perfectly coated the lashes and didn’t make them clumpy or apply to much product. I hate how all brands claim they lengthen and thicken the lash and all that happens is a clumpy mess! I don’t know about the rest of you guys but I can’t live without my mascara and I would recommend this mascara to anyone!!! Let me know if you have tried it or are going to try it!! I would love to hear your feed back!

thank you all for your great advise!!!!!

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:59:00 PST

I felt so much better about getting that all of my chest! ive been holding it in for so long! \Im greatful for this site;) Us guys are really great!!! thanks again. So my Fh sat me down and last night after he got off of work and told me that at dinner he want to talk to his parents and he needed my suport with what ever he said. I agreed and asked him what he was planning to say but he wouldnt tell me at this time he didnt quite know himself. So dinner came and we were all sitting at the table and he started up the converstation with his dad again about moving to calgary and b4 his dad could put him down mike turned to him and said "I know you might not agree with this decison and might not think we can make it out there but I rather go and say i tried it than sit at home and wonder what if. dad i know what you about to say and i appericate that you care enough to tell me the truth but im 21 now and i can make my own decison and weither we dicided to go or stay i want that to be our dexcison becuase this is our life and our future" his dad didnt same much but "ok I respect that" than the kicker is he turn to his mom and said " Mom I love you and i appericate all the things you do for me but im not a baby and you dont have to go out of your way to try and please me. I can do my own laundry and out it away myself but i might need help with the ironing" she wasnt impressed at all! but he told her she had to get used to. he also told them that weither we stay in ontario or go that we will be looking for our own place. Im sitting right beside him just speechless mouth wide open. I couldnt believe how mature he was being! and how well his parents were responding. usually around them he turns in to a kid but this time he was calm collected and really cool. he amazes me every day and today i was so proud!!!! oh man how much i love him! :D :D :D thanks again ladies for all your kind words and support! you are all great :D

More Ranting....

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:06:00 PST

First of all I would like to say Thank you to all the brides who commented on my blog last night! I just wanted to answer junieya question for why we don’t get our own place. The reason is we moved in here with the idea we were going to save up some money before the wedding. My Parents are fronting most of the bill for most of the wedding. Mostly because it’s at their house and my dad won’t let me pay for any rentals or the efficient. The only thing he let us pay for so far is the DJ. My parents aren’t well off my any means but my dad is very smart with his money and very much a penny pincher! We have lived with them for almost a yr and yes we have been saving money. But their negativity towards their son is really starting to get to me. Sometimes I feel like stepping in but I know that would get us nowhere. I’m thinking about taking Mike (my FH) out to dinner tonight so we can talk with out other ears listening in but a part of me is worried about the other opinions clouding his views. And I’m still livid about them wanting us to postpone the wedding weather we go or stay. It’s not like they are paying for any of it. They have never offered money just their opinions on how things “have” to be done. Oh and the fact that they think their are what holds Mike and i together HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! And I cant understand why they think Im pushing him into everything. Thats so not the case. I think they are just scared that im taking their son away, well they still have his sister. Ones better than none right?? and mikes the one who mentioned to me he was thinking about applying and at first i wasnt sure if i liked the idea at all theres was a chance they could come back and say it was for him only and i would have to stay here. and also the idea moving that far away from my family my mom and dad :( but i supported him and when the job offer actually came in and i saw how much he would be making and that they were offering that he could take me aswell i was game! no more convincing needed. When we lived together on our own we had our little spats but we would always kiss and make up by the end of the night. We never went to bed mad that was the rule. Now we have been fighting atleast once a wk about his parents. Weather its how his dad is putting him down or me down or bad mouthing my parents(who are supposed to be their best friends) or his mother who babys himself and his sister. She will do his laundry fold it put it away and hang his stuff in the closet. She feels she can just go in and rearrange everything. One day she switched our dressers. My clothes were in his and his in mine. Her reasoning mine has deeper drawers he needs the space. Like WTF?!?!? She’ll even go down and re-make our bed after i have already made it. She’ll strip the bed down totally and start over again and there isn’t a crease to be seen anywhere! She’ll go into our shower and have all the bottles with the labels facing out. And there’s been many times she’ll throw whatever out even if there’s a little bit in it. She has thrown my toothbrush out because she needed it to scrub the shower and she figured i didn’t want it back after that. Well thank you for not putting it back but common! Oh and my fav is the fact she has to clean with bleach. There’s been so many times I’ll be getting ready for work can smell bleach and not know where its coming from lean over the sink to look in the mirror and i get the bleach line across my stomach. At one point i told her i was going to put locks on all our doors and she said she would just break them down. I have learned a little though if i smell bleach ill take a white towel and wipe all the sink down and the floors if there still wet. And I have now learned to close doors out of site out of mind right. Some times it works most of the time it doesn’t. Last night i ranted about his dad and here is a little rant about his mom nxt im sure ill be ranting about him! Lol jk I just know its safe here they don’t know about this website. He knows about it but he already knows to a certain extent how i feel. Thanks for listening guys!

Sry Just Need To Do A Little Ranting!!!

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:30:00 PST

Ok so here is my first real bridal rant. And I am sorry in advance that some of might not make much sense but i have to get it off my chest. I just want to scream and cry and jump up and down pulling out my hair right now!!! I imagine it would be quite the sight to see because i have been holding in alot lately. So let me tell you a little about my life right now. I am currently living with my FH and his parents and his older sister and her husband and their daughter. All under the same roof! Luckily it’s a pretty big roof where we all have our own living spaces but share the kitchen. If anyone was going to tell me they were thinking about moving in with their in laws i would tell them they are nuts!!! My future Mother in law is a control freak and her and her husband are very much afraid of change. (Mikes sis is 31 and still lives at home with her husband and child) shortly after moving in with them I had realised they had never thought their children how to be independent at all! His mother insists on doing everyone’s laundry she even packs My FH and his sis lunches for work. Like common!!! It’s not like they are Polish or Greek where it is customary. Their parents are just afraid of change. So much that they taught their children the same! My FH has a job offer to work in Calgary for almost twice what he is making here. They hook us up with reasonable priced living courters ($900 for basement app. $2000 a mnth if we wanted a whole house) and its 6 wks on 2wks off and they would fly both of us home and back again. We don’t have children or a mortgage or anything tying us down here so why not go?? So we got both sets of parents together to discuss this with them, this would mean either moving up the wedding or postponing it. And my future father in law literally laughed at us saying we couldn’t we wouldn’t. He said that we wouldn’t last 6 wks out there, and that he and his wife are what hold mike and I together. This is so not true! They are the root to most of our fights lately. Oh and to top it off while we were on the subject of the wedding that he thinks we shouldn’t rush into things and postpone it anyways for a few more yrs!!! Like WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!? Its not like we have only been together for 3 wks and we plan on getting married nxt mnth. We have been together for over 3 and lived together for 2 of those 3 yrs and the first yr of living together we were at the place i had on my own b4 him and we had no problems living on our own! Plus we have grown up together. My dad was literally a groom’s man in their wedding, and they got married at 18 yrs old!!! I know mike and I are young (21) but i believe we are old enough to make our own decisions, oh my dad was not happy and i could go tell my mom was holding her tongue! The funny this is that his mom piped in saying that this had to be one of my ideas and i was probably trying to make him do this so i can pop out some kids!!! Like seriously WTF!!!!! Kids are the furthest thing from my mind. The main reason why I’m so gong hoe on it besides him making good money is its the perfect escape from this house!!! We were thinking about going down for 2 yrs saving some money and coming back and have a healthy down payment for a house. Plus we would have the memories and he would have the experience and would be very useful in his field down here. Yes we would miss our families but we’d be back every 6 wks for 2 wks. We have done the prone and con games and our heart was almost set on this, until his dad got in his head and told him he can’t. Mike looks up to his dad and takes what he says very seriously some times to seriously!! Now Mikes dead against going at all!!! It just kind of broke my heart. I know we can do it and i know it wont be easy but i would rather go and try than sit at home and play the what if game for the rest of our lives! On the other hand my parents said go for it! they`d even store our stuff until we came back. his dad is always so negative putting him down and telling him he cant do anything :( Why can’t his parents just be supportive like mine???? That’s enough ranting for tonight sry ladies if i bored u ill post the rest in the morning

Ask a Question - Engagement Photos

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:15:00 PST

So My Fh and I have decided to get engagement photos done this summer at my parents house. I know we have over a yr until the wedding but i really want them done in the summer in the place we plan to marry. Plus I'm thinking about using one on our save STD's :D Im having a really good friend come down the 22 of june to do them for us. So i started to get excited and started to do a little search over google on poses i like and such So I posted a few i love!! and would try and recreate:D How many of us are having these done? And do you plan on using them for anything else but save the date cards? Also I was thinking about wearing a little white dress in my photos and have him in jeans and a button up shirt?? let me know id love to hear your ideas!!! thanks again ladies :D

Flowers

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:23:00 PST

Yea another blog about flowers lol I made an insperation bored of all the flowers im thinking about using.... Im skipping the whole florest step and going streight to the sourse a flower farm thats in the nxt town over. It'll cost me when all said and done under $300 for all the bouquets botiners and fresh flowers for the tables. and i have over 21 tables!!! Great deal or what?!?!

The Proposal

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:07:00 PST

Ok so first of all thank you kjk2009 for answering my last post!!!!!!! Here is the video my sister in law taped when Michael asked me to marry him. It cuts out the end when my mom finally clued in to why I was crying lol I’ll set the scene for you all. It’s Christmas Eve 2007 and we were at my parents house decorating the Christmas tree it’s a family tradition. We are all there sorting through the decorations when mike hands me one. And the video picks up from there... enjoy Sry about my niece Whinnying she didn’t no her mom was recording it lol

Ask a Question - I need help!

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:10:00 PST

Another Question Ladies... I have seen a few post that contained youtube videos. I want to post my engagment video and a few other things. Can some one fill me in?!?!?!?!? I would greatly appericate it!