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Thanks Ann! Jill (JAK27)--- timing sounds good for the shipment. I have 10 of the black pash's being shipped in with yours, so we can split the shipping charge. I'm going to be in FW on August 11/12--- let me know if that would be good to pick them up from you. If so, I'll PM you my cell phone and we'll make plans to meet up. (Thanks for combining shipping too!)

Damn, now I really feel old---- I laughed my ass off at all of these and then I kept reading comments referencing kids shows and then I realized--- I'm old. I graduated from high school almost 20 years ago....

The Order of Who Walks When During a Wedding Processional One of the grandest part of any wedding ceremony is when the bridal party makes its entrance. The air is full of anticipation, and the groom anxiously awaits his first glimpse of his bride in her wedding dress. But do you know what order your bridal party should walk in? And who escorts the mother of the bride? Different types of wedding processionals The order of wedding processionals follows a general pattern, but varies according to religious traditions. For example, here is a Catholic wedding processional: The priest, groom, and best man enter through a side door and wait at the altar. The groomsmen and bridesmaids walk down in pairs, starting with the two who will stand farthest from the bride and groom, and ending with the best man and maid of honor. The ring bearer and/or flower girl The bride and her father, or other close family member. The bride walks on the left side. If the bride's escort is her father, he leads her to the front of the aisle, then takes his seat next to the bride's mother. However, for a Jewish wedding processional, the order goes something like this: The Rabbi and/or cantor Grandparents of the bride, who are then seated in the first row Grandparents of the groom, who are then seated in the first row Groomsmen, walking in pairs Best man The groom, who is escorted by his parents. Bridesmaids Maid or Matron of Honor Ring bearer and/or flower girl The bride, escorted by her parents And for a Protestant wedding, this is the traditional order of a wedding processional: The mothers of the bride and groom are seated after all guests are seated, and immediately before the start of the processional music. They are usually escorted to their seats by a brother of the bride or groom, or by another usher. After they are seated, the officiant, groom and best man enter by a side door and wait at the altar. Groomsmen may also enter by a side door, or can escort the bridesmaids. Bridesmaids Ring bearer and/or flower girl Maid or Matron of Honor The bride, escorted by her father or other close male family member or friend. At the front of the aisle, her escort can remain standing with her until the minister asks "Who gives this woman in marriage?" to which he responds "I do," or "Her mother and I do." However, some people feel this tradition is old fashioned and sexist, and choose to forgo it. In such a case, her escort walks with the bride to the front of the aisle, and then takes his seat in the front row. For a non-denominational ceremony, a secular ceremony, or a non-traditional ceremony, you can either borrow liberally from one of these traditions, or make up your own rules. In all cases, the bride traditionally stands on the left, and the groom on the right. This dates back to medieval times when the groom might need to defend his bride in the middle of the ceremony, and wanted to leave his right hand, his sword hand, free. While few grooms even carry a sword anymore, the tradition has lasted. A wedding processional using two aisles People tackle the problem of two aisles in a variety of ways. You can choose to only use one aisle, but this means that many of your guests will feel far from the action. I often advise couples to do the processional up one aisle, and the recessional down the other. Another alternative is to have bridesmaids walk up one aisle, and groomsmen up the other. The bride and groom can then each choose an aisle to enter through. A wedding processional with a small bridal party If you only have a few people in your bridal party, it's a good idea to send them up one by one. For example, if you had a best man, maid of honor, flower girl, and ring bearer this should be the order Groom takes his place at the front Best man enters Maid of Honor walks up aisle Ring Bearer Flower Girl Bride, with escort if she has one. With such a small wedding party, it's probably not formal enough to warrant a formal seating of the mothers and grandmothers. However, if you still want to do this, let the best man seat the grandmothers and the groom seat the mothers as part of their entrances. Don't forget to smile! It's a good idea to have either a coordinator, or a friend with a written list helping to line up the bridal party and telling each person when to go. They can stand just beyond where the guests can see them. They should also remind each person to smile when they're walking down the aisle! The Wedding Processional -- The Order of Walking Up the Aisle During a Wedding Processional

Some of these might be listed elsewhere, but, oh well... Salt Ceremony: Indian weddings often include a salt ceremony, where the bride passes a handful of salt to her groom without spilling any. He then passes it back to her and the exchange is repeated three times. She then performs the salt exchange with all the members of the groom's family, symbolizing her blending in with her new family. Breaking Bread Ceremony: The bride and groom tear off pieces of bread, and then each eat a piece. Sometimes the bread is also shared with family and friends. It symbolizes their future as a family together. Garland Ceremony or Lei Ceremony: The bride and groom exchange garlands of flowers. This is a common part of Indian weddings, where the ceremony is called varmala or jaimala, and represents a proposal by the bride and acceptance by the groom. It also represents their new unity, blessed by nature. In Hawaian weddings, the bride and groom typically exchange leis. The families may also exchange leis with the couple. Leis represent the love and respect you have for the person you are giving it to, and the unity of the new family. Circling: In Eastern European ceremonies, the bride and groom circle the altar three times, which are their first steps together as husband and wife. In Hindu ceremonies, couples circle the fire seven times, sealing their bond. The unbroken circle represents the unbroken committment to each other. Broom Jumping: An African-American tradition that has its roots in slavery times when slaves couldn't marry. Typically the family places the broom on the ground, and the bride and groom jump over it together. The broom can then decorate a place of honor in their home. Lasso Ceremony: Lasso or rope is placed around the bride and groom's shoulders, usually by the officiant. Sometimes rosary beads, or orange flowers are used instead of rope. It can also be placed around the couple's necks, or wrists. Celtic Oathing Stone: The couple holds or puts their hands on a stone during their vows to "set them in stone" (I also believe this is where this phrase comes from, or so the rumor goes)." Truce Bell: A bell is rung on the wedding day, the happiest day of the couple's lives and then is placed in a central location in the home. If the couple starts to argue, one of them can ring the truce bell, reminding them both of that happiness and hopefully ending the disagreement quickly.

Cannot believe no one else has posted this---- The ultimate "Get laid, get fucked" song----- 'MONY, MONY" by Billy Idol !!!!!!! Nothing gets the white trash up and moving like that song does!!!! hehehe...

Quote: Originally Posted by dragonfly Yeahhh! Is that a picture of your daughter? She is beautiful! What does she think of her crazy, outspoken mom? I bet she thinks your great. Kelly~ Thank you! I'm biased, but I think she's a knock-out too! Yep, it's my daughter, Audrey---- it was taken in December for the family dinner portion of her 16th birthday celebration. As for thoughts about me---- she thinks I'm nuts, but in a cool way... I'm like the "trophy" mom---- she wants to show me off to her friends because I'm not the "conventional, conservative" type. She's a lot like me--- brutal honesty tempered with goofiness. (Sorry)...

What works for me is a reward---- something I really want and then I put a weight limit on it---- When I hit the 35 lb. loss mark last week, we went to the jewelry store to look at new ring settings...

Yea, there are definitely some interesting band names out there.... i remember one band I was in about 20 years ago--- we named ourselves "Little Nookie and the Penetrators"....

That would be awesome!! If I could be there to see her face, I might actually consider doing it!! hehehe...

We found "the" band for our reception/AHR!!! * _ - * Sparkle Pussy Barbie *- _ * Check them out! Tell me what you think!!!

I saw those too! They had some really GREAT beach stuff today at ours---- I found glass lantern style candles in our wedding colors (Pink and Blue), great blank beach themed cards (10 in a pack) that could be used to hand write a note attached to OOT bags, beach themed journals, beach theme 3-D stickers, some brightly colored gift ribbons, some leather bookmarks that said "BON VOYAGE" (green colored like the photo of the luggage tags), and some bath salts that I got in our wedding colors too...

Hey, I just now looked and some of the gifts I've gotten are re-arranged... At first I thought they were gone because the last one was from TammyB, but now I see it listed first... Strange...

Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 You're too funny!! I'm supposed to be losing weight and I just ate Ben & Jerry's, real good for the diet! We have a B&J ice cream store a couple blocks away from us---- it's a KILLER!!! Especially since they carry amazing flavors that aren't sold in grocery stores (like their "Bananas on the Rum".... Oh my God, it makes my eyes roll up in my head!!!!!!

I use Limewire all the time---- people have reported security issues with the software, but in the more recent versions, they have added parameters you can change yourself to keep your machine more secure. Basically, you just need to make sure you set your software to take music, but not share any files with anyone else.

Quote: Originally Posted by Julesr $200 are you serious What, it does not cost that much money to ship to Canada, he just did not want to do it. Oh well, thanks to Ann us Canadian girls can get our Pash's. The $200 is their general shipping charge for international orders, including Canada. I don't know about customs, but when I saw the price on their website, I knew it was insane, so I didn't even bother asking the guy to reduce it. It'd be so much cheaper for Ann to re-ship out to you and Courtney... In fact, if you go to the UPS website, you can get an idea of what shipping charges will be.... That's how I estimated whether it would be cheaper to have Ann ship them all, or just select ones. Sometimes it's a pain in the ass to figure out tho because you have to look up what zone you are in, as well as the shipper, and then compare that to their zone shipping rates... I'm used to it from work, so it wasn't a big deal to figure some charges using DHL or UPS...

They usually ship their orders within 24 hours, and ground delivery in the US takes approximately 5 days. I had the Canada orders go to Ann because shipping from the merchant was going to cost $200 for each Canada order. Ann, all of the correspondence I've had with the guy usually has a response with in a few hours. But since this is sending the order in and they have to place each order separate, it might take a day or two. I'd say if you havent' heard from him by mid-afternoon tomorrow, just ask him how long it will be before he confirms with order numbers...

Quote: Originally Posted by amyh I just read this in the new InStyle Weddings! Very cute Maria! I may have to check out this issue then! Silly as it is, I got the idea from "One Life to Live" back when I was in high school and Max and Luna got married on the show---- they asked for everyone to bring a scrap of fabric and had it made into a marriage quilt and I just loved the idea!! When my parents had their 45th wedding anniversary party, I wrote letters to all of their families and had them send this and us kids had it made into a quilt for them too...

#8 - Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing

If I can figure out the logistics of this, I want to have 4x4 cut pieces of fabric for people to write well wishes on. When we get back, I want to have them made into a wedding quilt. We'll also have people do this for the AHR and use those in the quilt also...

I'm trying to convince Frank that we should use "grow old with you" by Adam Sandler (from The Wedding Singer).... hehehehe...

Both of us love cooking and each have our "specialties"... I tend to do more stovetop cooking and oven baking, but I like simple cooking that packs a punch; like rib-eye steaks with a red wine sauce and a side of brandied mushrooms, with some garlic parmesan smashed up potatos; or sun-dried tomato fettucini alfredo with roasted chicken and some french loaf bread with sun-dried pesto and parmesan baked on top. On the weekends, Frank does the cooking. He does some mean broiling of meats if he's cooking indoors! But he loves being the grill master: grilling homemade pizzas, or veggies sauteed on the grill, chicken, ribs, brisket, etc... Whomever doesn't do the actual cooking takes care of dinner table set-up and clean-up. It works well for us...

You know, I like a challenge, but that Cezanne just isn't even mimicked by any other font!!! I have a website I use where you can describe the font and it will tell you what the font name is so you can find it--- I also have another site where I can put in the font name and it finds similar style fonts.... Struck out on both of those... I do have a site tho where you can create your own font and if you knew of someone who could copy the Cezanne fairly accurately, that might work... But that's a lot more effort than the $19 fee someone else found for you...

hehehe, I actually go FI to agree to 3 rings since I have Swedish heritage!! The E-ring, a wedding band, and the third band symbolizes the family we will form with each other... But I'm in a similar boat---- We haven't seen any bands that really go with the E-ring without doing a custom band. So we're thinking about changing out the band in a couple more months...

I stole the president because I'm sexy as hell.... Just call me Monica...