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03/31/2009
30DayShred
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GOOD WORKOUT, BRIDES!
Trying to lose weight? This WORKS!

THIS WORKOUT IS AMAZING

I am always skeptical of at-home workouts and videos but I watch The Biggest Loser religiously and I know that the trainers on there know what they're doing, so I took a chance!

I bought this video and it is amazing. I feel it RIGHT away....my butt hurts, my shoulders and arms hurt....wow. This is definitely what I need to tone me up for the big day!

I've done pretty good so far....8-9 pounds since December but I still want to look & feel HOT in my honeymoon bikinis! :)

Jillian whoops your butt...I highly recommend this! If you aren't a gym-hound or want an easy 20 minute workout to do in the mornings? This is honestly it.
All you need is a mat and some hand weights. Mine were $15.00 at canadian tire. the dvd was $10.00 at future shop! (or amazon.ca/com)
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03/31/2009
Lanai
Lanai
Bed to Living
Living
Living to Bed
Pool
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Honeymoon
Kauai here we come!!!
Just realized I hadn't posted any pics of where we get to go for TWO WEEKS....can't wait. I am thrilled and very lucky to spend our first two weeks of marriage in a beautiful, peaceful, romantic place like Kauai!

Where is everyone else going?
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03/31/2009
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Planning Tools
Fantastic Planning Site!
Tips for GROOM and BRIDE...and all the stuff in between.

Planning checklists!
Gift Ideas
Rules...
the list can go on forever!

It's my online Bridal BIBLE. :)
http://www.frugalbride.com/bridesplanner.html
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03/30/2009
meaning
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Wedding Flowers
The "meaning" of your flowers!

If you're wondering what YOUR flowers mean
*** Updated with new List*** other one was bad!

Acacia: Friendship
Agapanthus: Secret Love
Alstroemeria: Devotion
Amaryllis: Pride, Timidity, Splendid Beauty
Anemone: Expectations
Aster: Elegance and Love
Azalea: First Love, Temperance

Baby's Breath: Innocence
Bachelor Button: Hope
Begonia: A fanciful nature
Bells of Ireland: Good Luck
Bouvardia: Enthusiasm
Buttercup: Childishness

Calla Lily: Magnificent Beauty
Camellia-red: Unpretending excellence
Camellia-white: Perfected loveliness
Carnation-red: Alas poor heart
Carnation-pink: I'll never forget you
Carnation-purple: Capriciousness
Carnation-stripped: Sorry I can't be with you
Carnation-white: Innocence
Carnation-yellow: Disdain
Chrysanthemum-red: Love
Chrysanthemum-white: Truth
Chrysanthemum-yellow: Slighted love
Crocus: Youthful gladness

Daffodil: Regard, You are the only one
Dahlia: Dignity and Elegance
Daisy: Gentleness, Innocence, Loyalty and Romance
Dandelion: Rustic Oracle
Delphinium: Flights of Fancy, Ardent Attachment

Fern: Fascination
Forget Me Not: Faithful Love, Undying Hope, Memory, Do Not Forget
Freesia: Innocence

Galax: Encouragement
Gardenia: Purity and Sweet Love
Gladiolus: Strength of character

Heather: Admiration and Beauty
Hibiscus: Delicate Beauty
Huckleberry: Faith
Hyacinth: Playful Joy

Iris: Faith, Wisdom, Valor and Promise
Ivy: Wedded Love, Fidelity, Friendship and Affection

Jasmine: Amiability
Jonquil: Affection Returned

Larkspur: An open Heart
Lavender: Loyalty

Lemon Leaves: Everlasting Love
Lilac-purple: First Emotion of Love
Lilac-white: Youthful innocence
Lily-orange: Wealth
Lily-white: Sweetness
Lily-yellow: Gaiety, walking on air
Lily of the Valley: Humility, Sweetness, Return of Happiness
Lotus Flower: Estranged love

Magnolia: Love of Nature
Marigold: Grief
Morning Glory: Affection
Mum: Hope
Myrtle: Home, love

Narcissus: Egotism

Orange Blossom: Innocence, Eternal Love, Marriage and Fruitfulness
Orchid: Love, Beauty and Magnificence

Pansy: Thoughtful Reflection
Peony: Happy Marriage and Prosperity
Primrose: Young Love

Ranunculus: Radiant, Charming
Rose, Pink: Perfect Happiness
Rose, White: Charm and Innocence
Rose, Red: Love and Desire
Rose-single red: I Love You
Rose-Burgundy: Unconscious love
Rose, white and red: Unity
Rose, Orange: Passion
Rose, Yellow: Joy and Gladness
Rosebud: Beauty and youth
Rosemary: Remembrance

Snapdragon: Presumption
Solidago: Success
Star of Bethlehem: Purity
Statice: Remembrance
Stephanotis: Marital Happiness
Stock: Lasting Beauty
Sunflowers: Pride
Sweet Pea: Blissful Pleasure

Tiger Lily: Prosperity
Tuberose: Dangerous Pleasure
Tulip: Love and Passion
Tulip-red: Declaration of love

Violet: Faithfulness

Wax Flower: Riches
Wisteria: Welcome

Yarrow: Healing


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03/29/2009
WEDDING BAND
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Wedding Rings And Jewelry
We chose our wedding bands today!
SOOO exciting. They are perfect!
I found a picture of what mine looks like but I can't find my FH's. It's verrrryy cool looking but I don't even know how to "google" it for a photo. Nothing too crazy....we get them next week after they're sized and engraved so I will post "actual" pics then.

*sigh* doesn't it just feel SO real when you put that band on your finger??
I can't wait...I want to wear it now!

BUT I do have some drama to go along with it....
My engagement band seems to have a flaw.
a) it doesn't fit with it...I need to change it in for a "flat edged" band
b) it's starting to go YELLOW?? wtf!!!!

The guy today told us that some jewellers try to mix their own blend of gold to save them cost....but they cheap out on it, and it turns yellow! Eventually all whitegold turns yellowy but you can polish it up all pretty again....but when they mix it themselves it does pretty much right away!!! I am SOOOO annoyed! So now I am going in there tomorrow and forcing them to exchange my band into a QUALITY band........

if I have to, I'll cry! lol

breathe... :)
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03/29/2009
hugs and kisses
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Wedding Reception
Kissing Games No.2

Some alternatives to the "clinking glasses"

#1 Sing part of a Song with the word "LOVE" in it. MC or DJ can announce something like "Since love is a journey, and so is the honeymoon, The Happy Couple will be taking in a few days, we ask you to serenade them with travelling songs about love or containing the word love." Variation on this is for the song to contain one or both of the bride and groom's names.


#2 Sing a TV Show Theme Song (ex. Theme from Gilligan's Island)


#3 You can use Kiss rating cards numbered 1 - 10. When guests clink their glasses to get the bride and groom to kiss, the members of the wedding party will hold up their kiss rating cards and judge the kiss, much like judges scoring the Olympic diving competition.


#4 Can have the guests go up to the microphone and tell a CLEAN joke that could be enjoyed by all.


#5 Choose any song and change the lyrics to reflect your special day (ex. We wish you a Merry Wedding, We wish you a Merry Wedding and a Happy Honeymoon).


#6 Have your guests make up and sing appropriate lyrics to: On The First Day Of Marriage, My True Love Gave To Me........On The Second Day ... and so on.


#7 Tell the guests the bride and groom will only kiss if the guest made a contribution to the (insert bride and groom's favorite charity's name here) donation jar.


#8 Your MC or DJ can include in his speech something to the effect of "you've been to weddings where you have had to sing a song with love, put a golf ball [etc] but today, you can go ahead and clink your glasses. All that "Bride name" & "Groom's Name" have requested is that, since they just got married today, they could benefit from all your years of experience. So if you would like them to kiss, clink your glasses, but then get up and show them what a real kiss is."


#9 Ask the guests that rather than clinking their glasses, please come up to the microphone and tell a story about either the bride or groom, or us as a couple. A little adaption to this is that The couple can arrange for everyone in the wedding party to have a little story or funny fact about the couple and whenever their guests clink their glasses, another person from the wedding party can stand up and tell their story.


#10 Have balloons (which are a typical decorating feature of many receptions / dinners) that have a subject written out and rolled up inside of the balloon. If one of the guests wants the bride and groom to kiss, they must get up, burst the balloon, then follow the instructions on the note inside the balloon....such as Tell us your most embarrassing moment...or what is the funniest moment / memory you have of the bride or groom.


#11 Have trivia contest. If the guests want us to kiss, they have to correctly answer a question about the bride/groom/couple, etc. If they can answer correctly, then the bride & groom kiss. Some sample questions: Where was the bride born? What was the groom's favorite stuffed toy as a kid?


#12 ICEBREAKER - SHARE THE WORK. Instead of having the Bride and Groom kiss all the time, have all the couples names that are in attendance in a jar, have the Bride and Groom draw a couples name and have that couple kiss (We have also seen this done where everyone's name that is in attendance is put in the jar, this can lead to some awkward situations if you pull out 2 peoples names that are no longer a couple). That is why we suggest only couples names in the jar.


#13 Have a person or persons have to come up and kiss in front of you. Note-don't have it be "demonstrate the type of kiss the B&G should do," because some people will be rowdy and lewd about it. You may or may not mind what they come up with! Instead, just say that the price of a kiss is a kiss.


#14 Adaptation of an old Irish custom as an alternative: The ringing of a bell is said to restore harmony between a couple; it's also said to remind them of their wedding vows and to keep evil spirits away. A bell has become a traditional Irish wedding gift. The adaptation of this custom is to give each guest a miniature bell as they enter the church. You can explain in your program that they are to be rung during your recessional and then taken to the reception where they are to be used in lieu of clinking glasses.


#15 Have the guests 'sink a putt' to make us kiss. Announce this just before dinner. Id the guests miss the "putt", have a penalty. (i.e. kiss their spouse / date or drink a shot). Anyway, it was a big hit and lots of fun to watch! From: newsgroup soc.couples.wedding Another variation: have 2 holes, with little flags sticking out. On the closest hole's flag write "Short kiss", and on the further one write "Long kiss."


#16 Set up a bulls eye target on a wall, provide a nerf football and if a guest wants to see the couple kiss, then they must hit the target with a pass. Keep the football with the disc jockey so kids don't get a hold of it and start tossing it around unattended.


#17 Guests have to stand up and use the color scheme of the wedding (e.g., the word "pink") in a clever sentence or rhyme.



ANOTHER GOOD PLACE TO GET IDEAS :)
http://www.frugalbride.com/kissinggames.html
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03/29/2009
rsvp2
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RSVP's
Anyone else having problems?
SOOOO annoying! WHY can't people just RSVP and let us know if they're coming???!!!!! It's NOT that hard. Ugggghhhhhh!

Is anyone else having these problems??

Also, I am soooo scared to have no-shows. I will seriously be SO mad and upset if we have to pay $$ for someone's dinner and then they don't come. My Sister just had her wedding last month and she had 10 no shows!!! at $40-$50/plate...that's quite a bit.

I couldn't believe how rude some people are?!!!

Anyone else have something like that happen?

VENT HERE.
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03/29/2009
checklist
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Checklist
Got sooo much stuff done today!
Wedding Bands? Check!
Engagement Photos? Check!
Shoes? Check!
Bridal Lingerie? Check!

SUCH a good day!!!!
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03/29/2009
Staceys Shoes 012
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SHOES!
Got them today!
I got them at The Shoe Company...thank on of our fellow WBC Brides comment on one of my other shoe-drama posts :)

They soooo comfortable, perfect height...and I think GORGEOUS!
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03/28/2009
Father daughter dance
Father daughter dance
   
Wedding Reception
Father-Daughter Dance! "Then They Do"

PERFECT for me and my daaaaaaaaaad!!!! LOVE it.

Lyrics and Youtube link:

Then They Do Trace Adkins

In the early rush of morning,
Trying to get the kids to school:
One's hanging on my shirt-tail,
Another's locked up in her room.
And I'm yelling up the stairs:
"Stop worrying 'bout your hair, you look fine."

Then they're fightin' in the backseat,
And I'm playing referee.
Now someone's gotta go,
The moment that we leave.
And everybody's late,
I swear that I can't wait till they grow up.

Then they do, and that's how it is.
It's just quiet in the mornin',
Can't believe how much you miss,
All they do and all they did.
You want all the dreams they dreamed of to come true:
Then they do.

Now the youngest is starting college,
She'll be leavin' in the Fall.
And Brianna's latest boyfriend,
Called to ask if we could talk.
And I got the impression,
That he's about to pop the question any day.

I look over at their pictures,
Sittin' in their frames.
I see them as babies:
I guess that'll never change.
You pray all their lives,
That someday they will find happiness.

Then they do, and that's how it is.
It's just quiet in the mornin',
Can't believe how much you miss,
All they do and all they did.
You want all the dreams they dreamed of to come true:
Then they do.

No more Monday PTA's,
No carpools, or soccer games.
Your work is done.
Now you've got time that's all your own.
You've been waitin' for so long,
For those days to come.

Then they do, and that's how it is.
It's just quiet in the mornin',
Can't believe how much you miss,
All they do and all they did.
You want all the dreams they dreamed of to come true:
Then they do.

Ah, then they do.

---End---

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