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12/23/2008
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Merry Christmas Everyone!
From the Gladden Family : )
Its sounds good to say that but i really miss all you ladies here : )

Drive Safely and Enjoy being with friends and Family

Merry Christmas!
12/15/2008
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Unauthorized Charges!!!!
Brides Beware Of These Websites!
Tonight while we were eating dinner my mother in law was checking her bank account and noticed a charge for 14.95 from a company called easy saver and couldn't figure out who it was from.... well i got online and googled easy saver and i got a complain board website of other people complaining about it. It just so happens that pro flowers had easy saver stealing the credit card numbers and bank account numbers and charging them a starting fee of 1.95 and then 14.95 a month after that and they gave a 1 800 number to call to get your money back.

Well my mother in law called them and it just so happens that when i ordered the calla lily garland for the wedding they said i supposedly clicked on something that said yes to them charging her account for some kind of service for a 15 dollar off coupon for our next order which we never used. Then my mother in law asked them what she was being charged for and they couldn't give her an answer and she demanded that they refund her money and delete her account and stuff. Well they transfered her to another lady and she asked them how she knew me and she told them that i was her daughter in law and she knew for a fact i agree for them to charge her. So needless to say they use other websites to steal your information and your money.... and they are going to refund her money in 5-7 business days for all of what she was charged.

Here is the link to the website that the others complained and a list of websites that they target:

http://www.complaintsboard.com/?search=easy+saver

www.orientaltrading.com
www.proflowers.com
11/22/2008
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The Last Of The Wedding Picture
I finally have them all!
here is the last of the wedding pictures. The photographer did such a good job although he got alot of funny pictures like most of the wedding party eating cake but caught a bunch of little moments that will be treasured for a while.
11/19/2008
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Reception
the professional pictures : )
The Reception was great everything looked perfect and the cake got there in one piece. All the food was good and there was more than enough all though the c.d player started skipping during the first dance and my step dad made me cry during the father daughter dance it was still alot of fun and the time really flew by. I hope you ladies enjoy the pictures : )
11/18/2008
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Our Ceremony Pictures
the professional ones
so i finally got my ceremony pictures from the photographer : )

i absolutely love them! i hope you ladies enjoy them as much as i do!
11/06/2008
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The Professional Pictures Are In
This is only half of 500 pictures : )
these are just a few of my favorites out of the 213 pictures our photographer gave us tonight. He is still working on the rest of them and will get them to us as soon as possible i hope you ladies enjoy
11/03/2008
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Its All Over Now : (
Im Finally Married : )
I figured i would take this time before i go hop in bed with my new husband : ) (i love saying that!) to sit back and take in everything that has happened. I must admit its the greatest feeling in the world knowing you have someone you love and that your going to spend the rest of your life with and someone to take care of you as well as you take care of them. Its like the text message he sent me while he was at work today its a new obligation but its a good one. Now that its all said and done with i dont feel much different but i am very happy inside and out (although i have come down sick) and the whole day felt like a dream but looking back we take alot of good memories with us that will last a life time. but at the end of the day when its just me and him in bed with the pups he is still just ryan to me, he may have gone from friend to boyfriend to fiance to husband but he will always be ryan to me no matter what his title is he will never change and Its the greatest feeling in the world getting married and knowing your going to spend the rest of you life with that one person who still gives you butterflies in your stomach or makes you weak in the knees (i knew my knees where shaking when i first got up there with him but it went away during the ceremony). They were right when they say love isn't something you just jump into, it takes time and you have to fall into it and once you do its the best feeling in the world.

i also want to give a special thank you to my mother in law. if it weren't for her i would of been a basket case and she has done so much for us on top of helping with the wedding i dont know how i could ever repay her but i really appreciate everything she did. She made our wedding day very special and gave us a beautiful reception. Thank you momma!

i wish all you ladies the best of luck on planning and thank you for all the sweet comments and blogs all of you have posted about me! I look forward to checking back in and seeing how everything is going and maybe seeing some of your wedding pictures, but for now i must go until i come back to post the wedding pictures but i will still be here checking in on you guys! Best of luck to all of you and you have all become my WBC family!
11/03/2008
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Ceremony Pictures!
Sorry its taking so long!!!
Sorry its taking so long to get all the pictures i have on here the uploader is kind of slow tonight but this completes all the non professional pictures i have. Ill post the professional ones as soon as i get them i hope you all enjoy them!


sorry im too tired to upload them all there will be more tomorrow!
11/03/2008
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Hair Style
My Getting Ready Pictures!
i absolutely loved my hair! We actually took three different styles and combined them all into one to create my perfect wedding day hair
11/03/2008
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Reception
the pictures : )
He attempted to smoosh cake in my face but it didn't totally work that way but i loved how our cake turned out!
11/02/2008
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Photography
More Wedding Pictures
These are the pictures i got off of my MOH's camera : )
11/02/2008
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I'm Back!!!!
As The Newly Mrs. Gladden!
The day went great we had a few music issues (the c.d starting skipping during the first dance but it was all funny and laughed it off but other than that the weather was perfect! The room set up was great and we all had a really good time. Here are a few of the pictures we had that were takin from my mother in laws camera but her memory got full so she wasn't able to get that many ill post the professional ones later on when i get them!
11/01/2008
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My Wedding Day Is Today Finally!
This Will Be My Last Post Till I Get Back!
Yes im sitting here at 7:35 posting a blog on my wedding day. im about to leave to get something to eat and meet with my bridesmaid to go get my hair done lets just hope everything goes ok today because last night wasn't (last night wasn't the rehearsal that went fine!) Wish me luck Ladies!
10/29/2008
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Ceremony & Reception Music
Most Of It Done But Im Not Sure About The Rest!
Tonight i burned my final c.d of "our songs and here is the list...
i still need songs to play throughout the reception for guests but do i really have to do that it seem time consuming and i have two days to prepare for this wedding..... what if i just bought a couple wedding c,ds to play?


Ceremony Music:

Bridesmaids Walk In- I Do Cherish You ( by 98 degrees)
Me Walking In- Bridal March ( by Wagner)
Unity Candle- A Moment Like This ( by Kelly Clarkson)
Walking Out- This I Swear (by Nick Lachey)

Reception Music:

First Dance- Its Your Love ( by Tim Mcgraw and Faith Hill)
Father Daughter Dance- I Loved Her First ( by Heartland)
Mother Son Dance- A Song For My Son ( by Mikki Viereck)
The Wedding Party Dance- The Electric Slide : )
The Garter Toss- The Stripper Song (by David Rose)
The Bouquet Toss- What is Love ( by Haddaway)
The Last Dance- From This Moment On ( by Celine Dionne)

Woo Hoo 2 More Days!!!! Cant Wait!
10/28/2008
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bridesmaids & flower girl gifts
All of the wedding stuff ready to go
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I'm Almost Done!
Just wrapping up last minute things
Tonight my FMIL finished all the boutineers for the guys. We also picked up ryans tux along with one of the groomsmen gifts but his pants were too long so they had to hem them for him so we are waiting on those to get done.

It has gotten really cold here really quick and its suppose to be 68 degrees on the wedding day so we asked my alterations lady if she knew where we could get silver shaws for the girls and she told us if we bought the material she would make them for us free of charge! So me and my FMIL went out on a search today for silver satin and fount it and we have to go to the davids bridal about an hour away from our house just to pick up the shaw that matches my dress on thursday. Also i realized since we are having the wedding cake & grooms cake on different sides of the room we would need another server set for the grooms cake so i asked his mom if we could use theirs (they have been married almost 27 years) maybe it will bring us good luck!

We have the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner on thursday as well with all of our running and yesterday we got all the wedding stuff organized and all the attendants gifts wrapped (still have to find ryan's groomsmen gifts) and i made my programs basket from a basket my FMIL had around the house but other than that im pretty much done.

All thats really left to do is:

Get the other 3 tuxes and ryans pants picked up
get unity cadles (the side ones)
get trays for food (extra ones)
pick up what else we need food wise
pick up the shaws and dresses
take my ring to get plated
get my eyebrows done

which if we estimated it right it will all be done by thursday! 3 more days i can't wait!!!!!
10/27/2008
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Ceremony & Reception Site
We did the final walk through today!
Today me and my FMIL (since she took the entire week off to help me get all the wedding stuff together and finalize things) we went to the park today to look at where the ceremony would take place and get an idea for the reception. Sorry the pictures are dark it was a little dark in there but not too bad also they told me i could have music for the dancing just not to loud so i figured some country would be ok : )

p.s i totally love the fountain in the background!
10/25/2008
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Hair Style
I Had My Trial Run Today!
Today was my trial run for my hair and i went in not knowing exactly what i wanted but she took the picture and made it look more me and i absolutely love it. Of course it will look better on the big day but i love it!
10/23/2008
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More Wedding Drama!
Im so over all this!
I get a call from my mom tonight telling me that my dad called her and got nasty with her over MY CHOICE to have my step dad walk me down the isle instead of him and that he wasn't going to come to my wedding so while i was on the phone with my mom he calls so i pick up and he tells me that hes not coming to my wedding because my step dad is walking me down the isle and when i try to explain why he just hung up on me! Well the reason why i dont want him to walk me down the isle is he has never been a father he has never provided for me like my stepdad has so i dont think he deserves to.... Have i made the right decision?
10/22/2008
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We Got It Today!
Today wasn't a very productive day because we were kind of lazy but we did get our marriage license today! To my surprise it was only $51 i saved $6 lol. Another thing to check off my list im on a roll woo hoo!
10/21/2008
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Decoration
My Garland Came In Today!
It is actual a very good quality except the flowers fall off the light bulbs but that can easily be fixed. it also needs to be fluffed back up since it was cramed in a tiny box but i think i like it better lit up! Also my FMIL picked up ryans minature pool table set but ryan got to looking at it and thinks it would be a little small for a half sheet so tomorrow we are going out to look for a bigger one and if we can't find one then we will just down size the cake for the pool table ( when we went to pay off the cake today we asked publix about doing a pool table for his grooms cake and they said they could!!!! Also they will deliver it with the wedding cake free of charge!). Also tomorrow we are going to get our marriage license!!!!


Just a few more things to cross off the list!
10/21/2008
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Ask a Question
What Kind Of Dress Did You Get?
I see alot of brides on here with the mermaid poofy wedding dresses but im just wondering how many of us just went with one a little more simple and not so poofy or not a mermaid style?? I got a straight down dress with just a touch of bling in the middle now dont get me wrong i love my dress even though i lost the first one i really wanted and hated the second (yes im on dress #3) But i was just wondering anyone else not care for the big poofy/mermaid type dresses?
10/20/2008
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Its All Coming To An End...
The wedding is almost here!
12 more days until im Mrs. Gladden and i couldn't be happier but i find myself feeling like im missing something i pretty much have everything done all i have left to do is buy baskets for the favors, get my shaper, buy flower girl jewelry and get my engagement ring cleaned and plated.... im really excited but i can't help but think that im forgetting something has anyone else had this problem?
10/19/2008
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i got the template from DIY Bride and redone some of it to match out wedding im thinking of getting a different cover let me know what you think!

13 more days!!!!
10/18/2008
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My Bridal Shower!
Pictures From Today!
Today was my bridal shower on top of the groomsmen getting fitted for their tuxes so i had a crazy morning of waking up getting ready to go cashing a check for ryan and getting the groomsmen fitted so i had one of my bridesmaids lauren meet us at the mall to pick me up and bring me back to our house to get ready for the bridal shower it was alot of fun everyone got along great and we got a couple things that were on the registry on top of a nighty for the wedding night. We also played a game where you had a board with a spinner that you had to tell your favorite story about the bride or groom, do a famous wedding dance and etc. i got to do the wedding waltz with my MOH lol. I really enjoyed it today here are a few pictures of the day.
10/17/2008
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Thank You Ladies!
I Finally got a good night of sleep!
Last night i combined some advice you guys gave me and i took a relaxing bubble bath ate dinner and just sat back and relaxed and it really helped me fall asleep last night so now here i am 6am posting on the wedding blog after i got ryan off to work.... i felt like a real house wife today lol.
10/16/2008
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Budget Brides or Married Ones
i fount a great website dedicated to weddings
Its a website kind of like ebay but you can sell or buy stuff from other brides. Its kind of like ebay but totally dedicated to just weddings. They have everything from a wedding dress down to candles

here is the link if you are intrested!

http://www.recycleyourwedding.com/
10/15/2008
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Stressed Out To The Max!
i cant sleep and im starting to get sick!
This crunch time (now almost 2 weeks away from the wedding) im finding myself more stressed out to where im feeling sick and i think its why i have lost the 5 pounds because it started about a month before the wedding that i haven't been able to sleep i have been staying up until almost 4am if not later and no matter how bad i want to go to sleep i can't! This has been really hard and i really want this wedding day to get here so i can finally enjoy all of my hard work... and my poor FMIL is just as much if not more stressed out than i am she really deserves a special thank you for all the help she has given us and helped us with!

any suggestions on how to relieve stress i was thinking about going to the gym or working out in our weight room to relieve some but im not sure.....
10/14/2008
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Battle Of The Tummy!
2 1/2 weeks to go!
I know its a little late to start this but for the next 2 1/2 weeks im going to start watching what i eat and working out constantly everyday to try to loose another 5 pounds before the wedding hopefully.... also starting my teeth whitening regimen with the crest vivid white day and night system and it works great im just hoping i can look and feel great on my big day!
10/14/2008
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We Ordered My Cake Today!
We ordered my bridal shower cake today and over the weekend my MOH and FMIL picked up napkins, plates and cups for the shower they are silver with white roses on them they are really cute i can't wait for my shower on saturday!