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Quote: Originally Posted by leigh miller eat. and travel when we can. and eat some more. I knew there was a reason we got along so well ... now I want to meet your hubby too! Paul actually likes to shop more than I do .. how cute is that!? We love being lazy together - we're on the road so often, we love to stay home and chill on the couch. We also love bike riding, playing soccer, and we LOVE playing games (think Uno Attack, Euchre, Taboo, etc. - most anything!). We do love to travel, but like I said - being gone so often - we love to be home too. Unless it's somewhere cool - like our trip to Cyprus this Fall! Oh, and we love to try out new restaurants ... love it!

Quote: Originally Posted by Just Martha That's cute, Ann! Was he one of your clients? he was! ironically i was brought onto that project for 6-8 weeks to teach him everything i knew so that he could be the internal support guy. well, 3+ years later, i was still there, and we were dating. there's also jokes about how he just never caught on, or that he played dumb so i'd have to stay. in reality their company just thought they could take on a full implementation and they couldn't, but that's the boring part of the story ... Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak Strangely, I'm tempted to suck up to you right about now for a job! This is the field I'm trying to get into because it's so similar to what I've been doing for the last 10 years (implementing, installing, training hardware)... while this job does have it's benefits ($$, travel perks, etc.) i am so burnt out! i hate never being home and having a normal life, and the hours can be awful - people think if you're the consultant and you get paid this hourly rate, that you should be available at any time! NOT! i've paid my dues, no thanks!

you're too sweet! Paul and I do the same thing - so just refer back to the post about what I do! lol we're both computer software consultants - that's how we met. well, we met when i was a consultant and he was the client. he's now a consultant too. lol i've always called it our "advanced recruiting program." i've been doing this forever (10+ years), he started a couple years ago. we basically help companies implement, upgrade, customize, train, test, etc. anything to do with the software package that we work with (PeopleSoft). we work for a tiny consulting company - not for the software company. typically we're on the road - we work 4x10 weeks - M-Th, 10 hour days as a standard. though that hasn't really been true lately - we just work like crazy! we're hourly, which has it's benefits, but we don't get paid when we're not working!

No idea on DJs, but I just wanted to say hi, Jackie!! So ... HI!

ooohhh - definitely my vote is for Jason for the GTB! hands down!

so fun, Sarah! even after your wedding, you're still the DIY queen! oh, and as for the song, it was all Leigh's work - so no thanks needed for me!

Quote: Originally Posted by lryates76 Thanks girlies! You are all so sweet! I had a very nice and relaxing birthday. We had a nice dinner, then back home and did a whole lot of nothing. It was great!! Sounds like the PERFECT birthday to me! Happy belated birthday! (not sure where I was either)

again it all depends on who you have checking you in and at your gate! if you get someone in a bad mood, she may just enforce all of the rules and make you miserable. you get someone in a good mood, or just lazy - you'll be fine. we had extra suitcases, or maybe it was just they were over their weight limit - but there was no extra charge. just cross your fingers!

same thing here - they were too spendy! and i ended up not needing an outside WC anyway!

technically it's one carry on item, plus a personal item. but really, it all depends on your gate agent and flight attendant! but like others have suggested, just throw it in your garment bag while you walk past the person. there's a 99.9% chance you'll be just fine!

Quote: Originally Posted by laura b Ann- I think I've said this before, but you look so beautiful. I get from your posts that you are really kind, and your beauty really shines. The insecure part of me is so jealous of how awesome everything looks! Your guests look like they had a great time and you're all so photogenic. Congratulations, girl. And thanks for the review! Two beach weddings! Dang! Awww - thank you, Laura! (I think I'm blushing!) I am sure your wedding will be just as fabulous ... and it's coming up fast! This summer is going to be crazy with all of the weddings - well, it already is! I am lucky with my 2 fun weddings - though technically the legal ceremony was on grass, lol. But it was right by a beach!

wow, wow, WOW! these are beautiful! Sarah, you're a gorgeous bride, you have a handsome hubby, and Juan - fabulous as always!

Quote: Originally Posted by leigh miller well you werent a blog virgin to begin with. youve been blogged plenty so much for being discreet - i can't believe you just go out and call me a blog whore in front of everyone! you're the one blogging - i'm just an innocent victim!

Quote: Originally Posted by AQHARIDER :sniff, sniff: C'mon Tammy, don't hate the player hate the game! lol Even though you don't like me anymore a carton of ice cream still sounds good. No, I'm actually doing you a favor...now that you won't expect them for a while you will be excited when they show up earlier! lol Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB Not helping.............. :-) you guys are cracking me up! sorry, yes, at your expense, Tammy. but Sarah's right, this way when you get them in August, you will be super excited!

Quote: Originally Posted by Nini_Bride umm.... :-| Jenetta, that's pretty much the best siggy picture ever! Love it! Did you post your pictures somewhere, or are you holding back on us?!?! i am piggybacking on Courtney's hijack ... that is an AWESOME picture. you look SOOOO in love, like you couldn't care less about what's going on around you!

Quote: Originally Posted by mlb36 I'm have just started planning. Do some people get legally married ahead of time & then fly to mexico for a ceremony? If you do this, what do you consider your wedding date? I'm trying to figure out the details to get married in mexico, but i'm wondering if its just easier to do it in advance. definitely! some do it before, some do it after. i did it after - we just did it on our honeymoon in Hawaii. i think that most people use their wedding ceremony as their wedding date, not the date that it was made legal. that's what we're doing!

I've been blogged! Leigh Miller Photography It's the same slideshow that's in the first post on this thread, but Leigh just put our wedding in her blog!

Welcome to the forum! I have to ask - why Chicago? My FI is from there, and we just moved back to Mpls in April. I can't help much w/your question - but wanted to say welcome!

Quote: Originally Posted by diana2008 This might vary from hotel to hotel, but does anyone know if you block off 10 rooms, and say only 6 get booked and you release the other 4, do those 6 guests who did book still get the reduced rate? Thanks! Diana FYI - I room block often isn't the lowest rate. You actually pay more often because you're paying for the convenience of reserving rooms - at least this is how it was at Dreams. And this is why we ended up not doing the room block - our room block rate was $129, but then Dreams ran a promotion where it was $112 or $106 - so we just told guests about that and had them book early. No room block needed! We didn't get the perks that come with a room block, but at least we saved our guests some $$

Quote: Originally Posted by CABOBRIDE200 Great review Ann and you have so many pics up! Leigh's slideshow is amazing. You were a gorgeous bride despite not feeling well. Your house is going to be wallpapered with beautiful wedding pictures!!! Congratulations!!! BTW, the Hawaii marriage certificate looks so familar... Congrats again! I wish you and Paul a very happy life together! Awwww - thanks, Jessalyn! I thought about you when it was time to have the Hawaii ceremony ... I was like, these are going to look like Jessalyn's pictures! Thanks for the well wishes ... same to you and Tony! I can't wait to see your pictures!

i had the dress from my first wedding cleaned and preserved (like shrink wrapped in a box) - it was close to $100. i will clean mine after i do the TTD session - it will probably be expensive due to all of the detail!

Quote: Originally Posted by andreslove OK, I know I'm late, but I had to pop in to see if you had your review. I should have known you would go above and beyond. Great review! I'm so happy for you. Everything looked so pretty and perfect. Amazing pictures! hey Lenita - good to see you pop in here - how are things?! thanks for the kind words ... i can't believe that all 4 BDW Chicago gals are married now - me, you, Jenetta, and Natalie!

Quote: Originally Posted by Rkiss I got an email from Nicole today so I am getting even more excited. I am just copying Ann's wedding! A couple questions for you Ann: Did you walk down to the Trio? Also, the bamboo chuppa thing, what did you chose? I think I saw someone that had the big giant green palm leaves instead but can't remember who it was. Is it better to have the covered table? I am having the DJ as well.... other than that I think all details are covered. Just need to figure out if we want to go through the whole civil ceremony while we are there. I am going to go back and look at pictures! I am sure I can find a couple more questions to ask! Hey! I did walk down to the Trio - but we didn't tell them what to play, we just let them do their thing. I did a bamboo chuppa, but I don't know if it costs extra. I do think that the big palm leaves are what you get if you don't specify anything else - no extra charge. Ask away! Quote: Originally Posted by Rkiss It was Lindsay (Feb14bride) that had the green arch - wondering what that is called... love it, adds some colour. If anyone knows please tell me! And also wondering if it costs extra as the bamboo chuppa does.

yea - i had a hard time answering some of them - like i wanted to combine answers! true - the fact that we're all having DWs lumps us together a bit already.

Quote: Originally Posted by jthrasherphoto.com OMG Leigh!!! you're so cruel! just wait until your next wedding with a bride from BDW! I JUST literally walked in my front door and I'm downloading the first card to my home computer as I type. I left yesterday but I was delayed out of Cabo by more than an hour and missed my connecting flight in Houston, so I had to stay the night in Houston. What a trip back home. I couldn't believe the last flight out of Houston to Detroit was at 7pm. That's CRAZY! Both cities are major airline hubs...why would the last flight to a major city be at 7pm Plus.... the airline lied to us and told us we were delayed because of bad weather in Houston, but when we got to Houston, the people that lived there said it hadn't rained or anything all day. I was so mad. The airline should have paid for my hotel. Oh well, I'm home now and I'm going to start working on these pics ASAP. So... I will have some up by this weekend as promised. Patience ladies.... patience! patience? what's the meaning of THAT word? lol ok, ok - we'll give you a day or so to recover from your dreaded travels. maybe. well, we'll see. it's been a slow day here - some pictures sure would be nice! almost done? (heehee)