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Hope you are having a wonderful birthday Rachel!

Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuu!

I think that is very inconsiderate of her. I think it was very brave of you to go back so soon and I don't think you are overreacting at all. Does she not realize you are dealing with physical and emotional issues here? Has she ever had problems of her own? Is this how she usually deals with things? I am so sorry you have to deal with such a terrible person. Similar situation after my boyfriend had died. I was still in shock, I called work, my roommate called as well to let my boss know I was going to the funeral in Florida. When I got back she said she expected me to call everyday! Ugh! I was so emotional because of thing I had to deal with at work, that had to do with the accident (small college town, small company), that she said she might have to let me go because I was too emotional. I quit instead. Then she said because I didn't call I wasn't getting my commission for the month. I didn't have the energy to fight it. After that friend ssuggested small claims court. But she got it back at her. I agree about karma. This was a family owned print shop. About a week after I quit the graphic designer quit because of how they treated me. I was training for her job, ha! I am not saying my situation was the same... I cannot imagine your mental state right now sweetie. But that behaviour from her is not right.

I don't think it's a language barrier problem. Spanish is my first language, and I speak or write to Claudia in Spanish... I think she is so busy since they have so many weddings. I wire money was NOT redeposited in my account this time from the receiving bank. The only thing we added in this wire transaction was the Dreams address at the end which was not required. I sent her an email asking her if she got it and still has not responded, ugh! Yeah Katherine, when do you leave?

I am so excited for you Laura! If you get a chance before you leave... hehe ... post all of your items in one thread so we can see them come together... If not, we can wait until you get back

I am for the $25 gift and then shipping being separate.

Hope you are having a wonderful time in Jamaica. Congratulations Chris and Patty!

Congratulations to Natalie & Kevin!

Felicidades Susan and Matt! Wishing a perfect day to my fellow Dreams bride!

Have an excellent birthday Lizzy !!!

Thank goodness! I would have been a wreck!

Yes, NO shipping! Here are some ideas how to get it there safely: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...ing-dress.html

We are actually doing it the Thursday after our Saturday wedding. We leave Weds from Cancun to PDC for honeymoon.

Nice picture! When are you going to give him the pictures?

Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak Yea, you should have seen the look on her face when she realized for the first time that she was going to read the letter to the class. I made her write the letter first before we told her that piece of info. It's hard with teens because they become immune to the same old discipline (grounding, etc...). So we started trying to model natural consequences mixed with creative discipline. Natural consequences: If her grades are low, she has to present a plan to us on how she is going to increase them, as well as defining steps that can be measured to accomplish the overall goal. etc... Creative discipline: If she disrespects a teacher, which elevates her 'status' at school- then the discipline is going to bump her 'coolness' down a notch to her peers. ~Scribble, scribble~ Taking notes for future reference... or I may just need to attend bootcamp at Maria's

That is beautiful on you! My vote is for no flower, but that is my taste, with the manilla veil I don't think you need it... I guess I would need a pic without the veil, on you. Nice job getting us a picture with it on - you know us already

Erica you are going to be such a gorgeous bride!!! I cannot wait to see pictures! Oh, my advice is don't try on too many dresses in one day Have fun!

NO idea how I missed this thread... It's great Kash! I added each of your entries to my monthly calendar print outs of my wedding To -Do's, since I look at that every day. Thank you!

I know we are supposed to add exercises, but I am going to concentrate on abs each morning and maybe add some to my evening routine. This morning I did more than yesterday, yay! Here is what I did from 'TammyB's Abs of Steel' (Insteal of Tami Lee's Abs of Steel -haha!) 50 - Crunch - Lying on your back and knees bent; lift your shoulders off the floor. The emphasis is on moving the ribs towards the hips. 50- Alternating side crunches 25- Exercise for love handle -Twist from side to side 25- Exercise for love handle -Side bends

Congratulations Melissa & Jared! Wishing you a perfect wedding and relaxing honeymoon! You deserve the best!

Okay, I did my crunches this morning. Will add 25 more tomorrow and try a couple of these Tammy...maybe the love handle exercise. Thank you for posting these!

This is what I use, I would spend too much time picking his hair out of everything else we've tried: GripSoft Shedding Blades - JW Pet Supplies for Dogs

Hi Kelly! ~waves~ Um... I have a full bred husky... 12 years old. I hate to tell you... it doesn't stop. I have to vacuum 3 times a week (with a purple Dyson), there are tufts of his undercoat everywhere. They look like long cotton balls. People say, well they only shed good 2 times a year. Not true. I brush him, give him fish oil to help his skin. I changed his food to a sensitive skin Eukanuba formula which is supposed to help the shedding and the dermatitis I we think he might have now, but we cannot tell a difference in the shedding. I don't know what to tell you, it drives me insane.

Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 Does the 3 hours slot include dinner? We have our reception scheduled from 6-10 and she hasn't said anything about paying more and she better not!! When I get back I'll let you girls know and if she doesn't charge us for it, but tries to charge you, you can say that you know of other girls that had 4 hours and weren't charged, but wait until after my wedding, lol! BTW, claudia still has not gotten back to me about my wire transfer. I called today to make sure it wasn't returned and it wasn't, I emailed her 3 times regarding it, she finally responded to the last one saying she was still waiting on the accounting department, oh and this was a week ago now. Needless to say, I'm very annoyed with claudia right now and that will be reflected in her tip, if I give her anything at this point. When I first told her I sent the wire transfer, she said I haven't received it yet, please send again, WHAT??!!! Does she have any idea how a wire transfer works!!!? Once they take my money I can't just send it again, my money is gone! I'm really really am at my wits end with her, its just ridiculous that I haven't gotten an answer from her yet and I leave next week. Jill... I am so sorry about the frustrations... here my new one: I sent a wire last week to the new account she gave me. It's with my bank so no problem. Today... they money is back in my freakin' account! It went out fine through my bank... once it got to the bank in Mexico they could not route it eventhough all of her info was on there and they deposited it back in my account! Arghhhhhhhhhhhh! I need a swift number from their end. I had scanned the info and emailed it to Claudia the day I sent it, told her to email me once she read my email. Emailed her again yesterday... and now today... I left her a voicemail AND an email asking for a swift info and detailing all the issues I have had. This is a different account from the FL one too. Not my fault.

Quote: Originally Posted by jlink78 Trust me I'm well aware and a little bummed by it but we are going to suck it up and just pay for an extra hour anyway. Thanks for the reminder though Someone on here was given a 4 hour slot... so we thought they stopped bar service during dinner. I asked and they still have bar service through dinner, so I am so confused why did we only get 3 hrs for reception with the ultimate package? I have lots of questions for the October brides once they return