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09/02/2008
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Questions to ask venue/caterer
I have compiled a lengthy list!
Canon Ridge: -Do I need to be a member of the golf club? Do rates change for non-members? -Other than catering, must I use any specific vendors or may I choose? -See where ceremony would be held *are chairs included? Arch? Aisle runner? *Can ceremony be at 11 and reception around 2? *If the weather is bad and the ceremony has to be held inside, can we still do them at the 2 times so the setup will be different for both? -What kinds of table linens are included? *Different colors? -Can I use any kind of centerpiece I want and will the staff set them up? -Are chair covers included? What kind of chairs? What kinds of tables? -Are there any other fees besides the $1500 for the reception & $500 for the ceremony? (service charges; other than the gratuity and tax) -Do the (50)s next to the hors d'oeuvres mean 50 pieces? Are there still plates and such on the tables? Could the hors d'ouevres be set up on plates on a table rather than passed around? -Is there a room here for getting changed and getting ready? -How are tables set up with an hors d'oeurves reception? -Can an iPod be hooked up to the audio equiment? If not, a laptop? -Is a microphone provided? -Which of the things listed under "services" is included/complimentary in the rental price? (i.e. audio & video presentations, cake cutting, photographer, floral arrangements, balloon decor, wedding coordinator, champagne toast). -Is the silverware, china, glassware, etc all included in the rental price? What about the dance floor, mirror tiles, and votives? (Want to see these) -What kind of room fees may apply? (on website) -the 4 hour reception is not including the setup and cleanup? -How many people can sit at 1 table? -Is there a food/beverage minimum? -Are there any photographer restrictions? -Will there be enough parking? -When is the rest of the payment due? -We want a sweetheart table -How many tables will we be given and what are the dimensions of all the ones we are allowed to use? *For caterer: -How would "ticketed" bar work? Would a $15/hr charge still apply? -How many glasses would 1/2 a keg be? -With an hors d'oeuvres reception, are soft drinks still included? If not, how much is it? -When does a final head count need to be in? -How will last minute requests be handled? (i.e. guests showing up without an RSVP) -How are the waitstaff dressed? -Are there any charges that need to be paid AFTER the reception? TJ's Catering & Celebrations -What is included in the rental/catering price? (table linens, napkins, glassware, etc) -What color linens/napkins are available? -Are chair covers available and at what cost? *Want to see tables and chairs -Where would the ceremony be held? What if weather is bad? -Are chairs included for the ceremony? What kind of chairs? Are we allowed to use an arch? -Does a ceremony cost extra? -Does the ceremony have to be included in the 4 hour reception time? -How much time before the reception and after is there for setup and cleanup? (is that time separate from the reception time?) -Is there an available room for getting ready? -What kind of china etc. is there? -How many people can be seated at 1 table? How many tables will we be given and what are the dimensions of all tables we are allowed to use? -What are the bar charges? (for a ticket bar, then cash bar) -Are candles permitted? -What stipulations are there for decorations? -Is there a dancefloor? -Is audio equipment available or cost extra? (iPod hookup) -The rental would be $500 as long as we used the catering services? -Will there be a wedding coordinator? -Other than catering, are there other vendors I am required to use or is the rest up to me? -Is there a food/beverage minimum? -Are soft drinks included in the catering prices? -Who will be responsible for setup and cleanup? -Any photography requirements/restrictions? -Are there any service charges other than the rental fees (cleanup and setup fees, etc)? What gratuity percentage and tax is there? -Will there be enough parking? -What time will setup begin? -When will a final head count be needed? -When is the rest of the payment due? -How will last minute requests be handled? (Guests w/out RSVP) -How many servers per table? -What is included in the per-person price? -Are gratuity charges separate from service charges? Are there service charges? -We want a sweetheart table -How are the waitstaff dressed? -Are there any charges that need to be paid AFTER the reception? |
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09/01/2008
 cannon ridge |
Venue
going to look at one on Thursday!
ANYWAY, that day after I drop my car, my mom and I are going to look at 2 venues probably. One being the Cannon Ridge Golf Club! I am hoping that I like it. The website really doesn't have any pictures of where a reception would be held or anything (they are kind of new). We are going there around 2 PM. We also may be going to look at this other place earlier in the day. Both places kind of even out with their pricing. It's just a matter of which is the better deal as far as inclusions. I need to make a list of things to ask both places. But I am so excited!!! It's pretty much the first step of my planning seeing as I basically had to start over. |
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09/01/2008
 sandals couples   |
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Couples vs. Sandals resorts?
Second question: What other all-inclusive things are there besides Couples and Sandals? I'm kind of excited now that we are probably moving up the wedding date, we will be able to take our honeymoon by next summer rather than having to wait until December 2009 or January 2010. And our honeymoon will probably be our first vacation together! Third: which Couples resort do you recommend? I know they are all in Jamaica.... Anyway, any help on the topic would be appreciated! |
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08/28/2008
 shrug |
What can I do?
No date, but shouldn't I be doing SOMETHING?
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08/28/2008
 help |
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Printing trouble! Help!
1. I can order more of the cardstock from the site and get them professionally printed at somewhere like Staples depending on how much it would cost (not Office Max because they totally screwed me over last time I tried to use them). 2. Get some slightly thinner, but nice paper that is the right size for my printer, print it on there (hoping that it won't look as pixelized) and then just cut it down to the right size. It wouldn't be regular computer paper, but I know they make some nicer paper that is the same size. I am not sure how much it costs though... Which option do you think should be less expensive? I only need to make a max of 40 invites/save the dates. OR if anyone knows why it is looking so pixelated and knows how to fix it, that would be helpful. Could it be the type of ink I have? Right now my cartridges in there are a color cartridge and a photo ink cartridge because I ran out of the black ink. So any help with my issue would be nice! Thanks girls! |
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08/28/2008
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Ring
Our rings!
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08/28/2008
 Chase |
Ring Bearer!
Cutest nephew in the world!
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08/27/2008
 Grey's Anatomy |
Sort of wedding related...
A&P is taking over my life!
Anyway, today I get to go pick up my wedding band which I am pretty excited about. I also need to get Kenny a birthday present!! And an outfit for our marriage ceremony/engagement pictures (for me). |
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08/25/2008
 invitation |
Invitation
bought a few samples for save the dates
The picture is a completed invitation that someone made using the products on the site. Mine will be the same pocketfold and same concept, only mine will be 5x7 I think. |
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08/22/2008
 brown invites |
Invitation
Can't find pack of plain dark brown cardstock!
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08/20/2008
 Kenny's ring |
New & Exciting
Bought our bands and scheduled our marriage ceremony!
I called the marriage commissioner and scheduled a date for us to be married! It's going to be September 26 at 1:00 PM. We just have to decide on a location to do it. I'd kind of like to do it in some kind of park or something, but I just don't know where exactly. Now I need to find something cute to wear! When we go home at this time, we are also going to look for new venues for the wedding! |
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08/20/2008
 cannon ridge TJ's reception hall TJ's 2 TJ's 3 TJ's ceiling      |
Wedding Dress
I need to choose!
Cannon Ridge Golf Club: The website doesn't have any photos, so when we go back home next month, we will go and check the place out. It's $1500 to rent the room. I think there's 2 hours for set-up, a 4 hour event, then 2 hours for take down which I think is taken care of by the staff. We can have a ceremony here as well (which is a separate time from our reception, so it isn't part of the 4 hours), which is an additional $500. So if we went that route, it would be $2000 for reception & ceremony (already $1200 less than Maymont). They also provide tables, chairs, white floor length linens, napkins, china, silverware, glassware, mirror tiles, votive candles, and a dance floor. They will also provide an audio sound system & microphone at no additional cost. The golf club also has their own catering, and now that we can have the wedding in mid afternoon (not at a meal time), we can get away with doing hors d'oeuvres which, even if we ordered one of (which I think is 50 pieces) every type of hors d'oeurves they have, it would be less than $500 (not including tax and gratuity). So if we went this route, we'd probably do a ceremony at 11 AM, give guests time to get some lunch or whatever (most of our guests are from the area so hanging around for a while is probably not a problem), then our reception would probably be around 2. OH! And one good thing about their hors d'oeurves is with them being significantly less expensive than a meal, we may be able to increase our guest list a little! TJ's Catering & Celebrations: This is a catering company who also has their own facility for doingn receptions. However, they do not have a ceremony deal (and if they do, I don't think I'd want it there), so I would have to find elsewhere to do the ceremony. I posted some pictures of their reception hall. I am not sure the exact prices of doing hors d'oeurves here, but the rental fee is $500 as long as you also order food services. They told me that menu packages are typically $32 per person, but with the rental fee being so inexpensive, it pretty much evens out. But I am not sure if the $32 is for meals or if it counts for hors d'oeurves as well. Rock Hill Plantation House: We would use this only as a ceremony location and have the reception elsewhere. It costs $650 for our number of guests on a Friday, and $750 for a Saturday or Sunday. We get 1 1/2 hours, allowing time for guests to arrive and get seated, about 30 minutes for reception, and the rest of the time for formal pictures. Churches: Well, I would LOVE to get married in a really pretty church. But for one thing, my FH I guess considers himself baptist (though I'd say more non-denominational, he's not really a practicing baptist) and I am non-denominational. I am not sure which churches will marry you if you are not their denomination. I was looking into a methodist church here (the pastor actually was one of my professors for a religion class), and it seems like they do weddings for non-methodists. Does anyone know if you are required to do marriage counseling in a church if you are actually already married? We don't live in the area we are getting married and my FH and I just don't have enough time to be going back and forth for counseling sessions. Also, my FH kind of wants one of his uncles (who is an ordained minister I think) to marry us, though he hasn't asked him yet. Anyway, those are just some of my options. I'm going to set up appointments to meet with some of them next month, so hopefully everything will work out! |
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08/19/2008
 stressed bride |
Venue changing?
Good and bad
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08/14/2008
 titanium rings-tungsten rings |
Wedding Bands
Tungsten vs. Titanium
I think there's a lot of debate on whether to get tungsten or titanium wedding bands, especially for the guys who do hard labor. There are pros and cons to both, though. It's just a matter of what you think will happen to the ring. Titanium and Tungsten wedding rings comparison Both titanium and tungsten are considered "model metals" in the jewelry industry because they were not available to the consumer market as commodities until ten years ago. They have gained tremendous popularity since the introduction and become an integral part of the jewelry material spectrum. Due to the rather little exposure, many questions arise concerning titanium and tungsten when it comes to choosing jewelry. The followings are some points of consideration if you are seriously thinking about buying a titanium or tungsten wedding ring. 1. Hardness Titanium and tungsten are both known for the superior hardness over traditional metals such as gold, silver and platinum. One thing worth noting is that it is not the metals themselves in a pure form that possess the hardness, it is their alloys that do. Roughly speaking, the hardest form of tungsten carbide is harder than titanium alloys, and only under extreme circumstances, such as abrasion from diamonds, can it be damaged. 2. Ductility Titanium is more ductile than tungsten in the common alloys used in jewelry. In other words, when a wedding ring is under high pressure, such as hit by a car door, a titanium ring would be bend out-of-round whereas a tungsten carbide ring would fracture into several pieces. Hence, in terms of safety, a tungsten carbide ring is "safer" to wear. 3. Hypoallergenic This is the very same concern as buying silver jewelry to some people: Will I be allergic to the jewelry? In general, titanium jewelry is virtually safe to wear for everybody. Yet, some tungsten carbide jewelry contains the element cobalt that some people are allergic to. Interesting, another form of tungsten alloy using nickel as a binder metal is hypoallergenic, even to people who are allergic to nickel. 4. Weight Titanium is lighter than tungsten, or more precisely, has a lower density. Titanium alloys are about 43% lighter than stainless steel and tungsten carbide is about 90% heavier than stainless steel. 5. Coloring Titanium reacts with different chemicals and produces alloys of different colors. Jewelry makers use anodization to coat colored patterns on titanium rings. Black titanium is another form of titanium alloy that has a different color than the commonly used grey color. On the other hand, tungsten carbide is usually offered on in black color only. 6. Pricing Titanium jewelry is in general cheaper than tungsten jewelry primarily due to the difference in equipment and environment control need to produce them. The temperature for forming a tungsten carbide is about 6000 Fahrenheit, which has to be in either a vacuum or hydrogen environment. 7. Engraving and resizing Titanium wedding rings can be engraved and resized. However, a tungsten carbide ring is too hard to be engraved or resized. Although engraving can be done, the letters will be very faint and difficult to read. So if you are buying to ring to engrave, get titanium rings. |
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08/14/2008
 Hers His   |
Ring
Wedding Bands
Does anyone know typically how long it takes to get the rings? When we went to Kay's, Kenny tried on their display one, and it fit (I think he's a size 10). If they don't have his size, he'll have to have it ordered. I will definitely need mine ordered because I need between a size 3.5 and 4. |
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08/14/2008
 missnowmrs |
Name changing
MissNowMrs???
Basic- $19.95 Social Security Driver's License Complete- $29.95 Social Security IRS (do I need this??) US Postal Service US Passport Driver's License Voter Registration Bank Notification Letter Credit Card Notification Letter Mortgage Notification Letter Utility Notification Letter Medical Notification Letter Insurance Notification Letter Professional License Notification Letter Investment Notification Letter Now, I personally will probably go with the basic because social security and driver's license are the main things I need. Other things I need like the post office and bank and credit card, I can do myself basically for free. We don't have a mortgage. I don't have my own insurance and when we get married I'll be switching to TriCare. Do I need the IRS thing? I am just not sure what the purpose of that is. Anyway, if anyone didn't know about the service, there you go, if you do and have used it, let me know what you think! |
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08/14/2008
 frustrated2 |
Date change
And NOT happy about it!
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08/13/2008
 fake eyelashes |
Fake lashes!
I want them! But it's my first time!
1. I assume you use some kind of glue to put them on.... how long does it last and will it pull out my normal lashes after I'm done using them??? Will it hurt my own lashes or eyelids? 2. Are they hard to get used to? Should I try them out a few times BEFORE the wedding? 3. Who puts them on? Do I have to do it myself? I'm nervous I'll mess them up! Can a person at the MAC counter do it for you? |
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08/13/2008
 divorce |
Telling the parents...
He's divorced!
I have one problem. My FH has been married before (briefly) as I have mentioned before. She is a terrible excuse for a human being, and no one that knows her (or about her) can stand her! So it's good they got divorced. Now, I knew about his marriage from the minute we started dating. I didn't care. I mean, everyone makes mistakes, but we learn from them. And I know that marriage is a little bigger deal, but I dated a guy for 2 years (long than I think he and his ex were together) and I think staying with my ex for as long as I did is just as bad. But I like to look at it as given the choices we have both made, it brought us together. Anyway, I have never told my parents about his ex wife. The reason I never told them was because when we started dating, they hadn't met him yet. And my parents are also really weird about people who are divorced. I mean, even when I would date guys whose parents were divorced, my parents would try to say that since their parents are divorced, they are more likely to get divorced. I sometimes couldn't believe they said that because my sister is divorced! Does that mean my nieces will get divorced? I just think that is a bad thing to assume. Anyway, I didn't tell my parents because I didn't want them to judge him on that factor before they ever met him. Then as time has progressed, I just forget to bring it up because I don't think about it too often. But now that we are about to get married, I NEED to tell them. I just don't know how to tell them and try to explain why I didn't tell them before. I don't want them to think we WANTED to hide it, but I want them to understand why we did. I guess I should just tell them that I didn't want them to judge Kenny before they met him. Kenny TRIED to work it out with this girl (which was way more than she deserved), and he even had to pay her alimony for a year! When SHE cheated, used up his money, and is just disgusting. Then he had to pay her $450/month. Ugh, it's just horrible. Hah, it was actually kind of funny because my parents asked Kenny what he wanted to do after he is out of the marine corps, and he told them he wants to be an attorney. They asked what kind, and he said either a corporate attorney or a divorce lawyer. When he said divorce lawyer, my parents were like, why?!?! He told them a very detailed example (his own example) without using his name... Anyway, I just want this to go over smoothly and not cause tension, especially if we are getting married so soon! I don't want them to think that just because he is divorced that it will happen to us too. I'm going to talk to my sister and ask her what she thinks. If any of you have any other advice, that'd be nice too! |
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08/10/2008
 Kenny vs Mark Hoppus |
Celebrity Look-a-like?
Anyone else?
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08/09/2008
 lace ballet flats |
Shoes!
Need help finding these! Or something similar...
**UPDATE! haha, I found them! They are on Advantage Bridal (online), and they are about $52.... Yay!** |
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08/08/2008
 baby San Diego   |
The future!
Need to start thinking about this!
Today he asked me when I want to have a baby and that it's something we really need to think about and prepare for. And I know he's right. I've told him that I want a baby before I am 30. THAT'S ONLY LIKE 8 YEARS AWAY!! But that is still what I want to do. I obviously want to wait until I finish the nursing program I am trying to do (if I get in). Once I start, it should take me about 2 years I think (starting fall 2009) if I can take classes over the summers. I want to finish that because IF he plans on getting out of the marine corps, we'll need insurance and a steady income. He also said that if he stays in the marine corps for another 6 years after this enlistment (6 years after his ending date of August 2012), he can retire with them and then still get money from them and probably still take classes while he is in, being able to complete a lot of stuff for law school. I told him if he wasn't going to be deployed again, then that wouldn't bother me. He said he will probably get offered a crew chief instructor job in California at a non-deployable unit. Which would be MORE than fine since I am dying to live in California. But only if he won't get deployed! I know a lot of people say a deployment is a small price to pay, but his last deployment made me so miserable and I just don't even want to think about having to go through that again. Reenlisting AGAIN is something we'd need to discuss further though. I just hate it and I feel like I have no guarantee on whether he would deploy even if it is "non-deployable." The marine corps is so fickle and can't make a solid decision, so really anything can happen. Ah, I just don't know when I would actually want to have a baby! It's a weird thing to think about. But definitely after I get certified as an RN. No way can that happen before that. It's craziness! |
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08/07/2008
 AC 00 |
NWR
Just feel like ranting
My FH had to go into work today later than usual because he had a flight this afternoon/evening. They were flying down to Camp Lejeune, NC. I think to do some training or something.... Anyway, they left and got to NC and their aircraft freaking broke down. He said he is not sure if he is going to make it back tonight. They will if they can get it fixed today and whatever, but if not, then he's stuck there until at least tomorrow. They fly these ancient helicopters. It seems something is always wrong with them! Ugh. At least he gets a 3 day weekend. Assuming this thing gets fixed.
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08/07/2008
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Wedding Dress
Someof the other dresses I tried
My dress shopping experience was short, which was perfectly FINE! I get really frustrated looking for clothes, so dress shopping I wanted to be easy. But I also wasn't obsessive about finding the "perfect" dress. |
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08/07/2008
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Wedding Dress
I suppose I needed to post this sometime!
I am doing a loose up-do with my hair. I want some "natural" looking makeup. |
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08/07/2008
 the notebook dcfc   |
Walking down the aisle
Some song ideas!
The Notebook It's just a preview. It's the first song on there (Main Title). As for a regular song, I thought of using Death Cab for Cutie "I Will Follow you Into the Dark." Love this song too! Preview the Death Cab song here: Death Cab for Cutie What do you all think? The only problem I see with the instrumental is that it's a bit slow and I'm not sure how it would flow with the walking... I guess I'll just have to run both by the fiance. |
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08/06/2008
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Marine Corps Ball!!
NWR: But any tips would be helpful!
I posted some pictures of some of the dresses I like. Some of them not in the particular color pictured, but I like the styles. The first one is probably about as poofy as I want to go. Though I was eying some poofier ones for the sheer fact that they looked like Belle's dress from Beauty and the Beast and she's my favorite! *Update: Added new pics. Found some cute bridesmaids dresses from Eden Bridals, Alfred Angelo, and DaVinci Bridal. |
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08/03/2008
 My set chocolate brown pearl necklace chocolate brown pearl earrings    |
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