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i cried again at alex leaving when the announced it on thursday's episode. I think he'll do the next season. He waited 2 years already. I'm glad to hear it's not a career ending injury.

Changed my mind on 20% off. Everything is free now. I am tired of paying the monthly fee to keep up my shopping cart & video hosting. On most months, I'd end up losing money on the hosting. I started this because I got so many PMs asking for help with my brochure template. I thought that if I could make an easier to customize template & a video to walk through the steps, it would be really helpful. So now you can download any template free. But, now that I'm not paying for video hosting the bandwidth is limited so the videos might shut off during the month & restart the next. My roll over date is the 12th. ~morgan

my friends I used to watch the show with like to say, "Shut up and choreograph Mia." Too bad now she only talks & doesn't choreograph. She doesn't bother me as much as she did. They are doing a better job at limiting judge rambling time. Adam used to annoy me because he'd go on too long. Lil C is the worst though. Oh & what's up with mia always picking on the outfits? They don't dress themselves.

oh & I'm glad kent got to do a sweet prom love dance this week. He just wasn't ready for those other dances. he needed to get sweet, inocent love down before he can get dirty. it will be interesting to see if he ever does manage hot & sexy.

Quote: Originally Posted by drbrainfreeze Did anyone notice Nigel and his snide comments towards Travis this week. Yeah, his dance was kinda contemporary and not very Jazz. But when he was talking about Tasty Oreo's Jazz coreography, he made it a point to thank Tyce for a "real" Jazz routine. They panned to Tyce and Travis was sitting nex to him with a frown. He (Travis) said something but you couldn't tell what. I think he was pissed. I've ben meaning to google to see if anyone could read his lips. I think he was saying F off nigel. yeah, that was contemporary, not jazz but why take up the contestants time to talk about it. Quote: Originally Posted by carly BUMPING for Morgan! thanks carly. she knew I was upset about alex & needed people to talk to I love that kid & I'm so sad for him. and me too- I'm going to miss watcing him dance. I hope he got good news on his mri & can continue. ok now my rant of opinions. I love the new format. I just couldn't get in to last year. with 20 dancers it takes me a while to care about any of them, so they first episodes can be boring. i was thinking about skipping this season until I heard about the new format. I like jumping right in & knowing who everyone it. i wish mia would do jus a routine or two. although i feel like travis has filled the void nicely. I also love the music he picks which makes it that much better. during mandy moore rehersals, i like to guess which 80s song they will be dancing to. i'm not a fan of tasty oreo. i think he is my least favorite coreographer & i feel like his routines are often ehavily inspired by the others. love sonya & I thought her first routine of the season with alex an allison was amazing. I like so many of the dancers this season. lauren was my favorite out of auditions, but after the first episode i started to love alex. i want adecheke to go. he messed up so much in auditions i didnt get why they kept him. i'm just not a fan. i didn't care for melinda, but the girl is impressive. she has a lot of class. I'm not a billy bell hater, but he isn't my favorite. I really like robert. i thought he'd be getting the tween vote, but it's all going to kent. i think tweens these days don't go for the classically handsome men. i'm just assuming that when justin bieber is a heartthrob. for the all stars, I've loved seeing ania dance more. I really like her & during her season she wasn't one I was routing for. I was a big pasha fan, but I really like seeing him out of his style. more goofy than I Am The Sexy Man. I've liked getting to know allison. she'd great. I didn't watch her season. was it 1 or 2? I started after that. I lvoe getting to see twitch in his style each week. He's another favorite. I think they should discontinue the quick step on the show. nigel can be really creepy when he comments on these 18yr olds. things like, "Your legs darling." and jokes about their dresses coming off. ick! i love cat! best tv host ever. like when the mic mesed up at the start of the episode & she made a joke out of it. she's so witty.

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yeah, i think I'm the odd ball about the suites. Our guests loved them, but I really liked our room. When we were there the yucatan side was the wild side. dancing, loud music & topless sunbathing. I loved how the place was small enough that we were always running into each other. Sucha great size for a group trip. I want to go back!

I think we may have been upgraded, but it was to a delux room, not a suite. The room was pretty large. I liked it better than the suites. Some of the suites have their bathtub on the patio, which is kind of weird. Our guests loved the suites, but I was much happier with our room.

are there not suites on the yucatan side? If not, I'm pretty sure you could upgrade when you got there. They had signs at the front desk with upgrade prices & many of our guests upgraded to suites when they checked in. Actually most of our guests stayed in suites and we stayed in a regular room, but they did give us a larger room. One of our guests upgraded to ocean front on arrival & they put them in yucatan. So I don't see why you can't check in at yucatan & be put in RM.

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no, they aren't required. It just helps. You end up typing the same words out a lot so it's so much easier to use the letters.

Quote: Originally Posted by josietoms Strange question alert!!!!! Does anyone remember if you have a key to your room of whether it is a swipe card entrance on the door? We have one guest who is being a bit difficult over things and this in the only question they have raised that I can't answer...... swipe card some employees can get into the rooms & people do get robbed. I gave everyone luggage locks with a combination that we set to all be the same (so no one lost a key or forgot their code and couldn't get their stuff). These are much safer than the hotel safes. While we were checking out someone's hotel safe had just been robbed.

I felt the same way about the white tent. It was on my Cons list while picking a resort. I also pictured a gazeebo or an arch. But, it ended up being something I was really happy with. Our guests needed that shade. Open shade is also great for photography. It kept them from having harsh sun on their face & squinty eyes in pictures. I can't remember is mike & I were under the tent, too. During the ceremony, the guests will be under nice shade, but looking out onto a beautiful ocean. Having the ceremony at a lagoon instead of right on the beach was also really nice. I think it made it less windy & not as loud. Overall, the ceremony location was just so nice & I ended up really happy to have the tent.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kplanta For those of you who hav already been to the resort...Can anyone tell me what is the exact difference between the Riviera Mayan part of the hotel and the Yucatan part? I know they share all ameneties and everything, so I am wondering what is the difference? Does one side have nicer rooms or is one side rated better? My TA has given me a group quote for the Yucatan side, but she said her vendor has not yet released the prices for the Riviera Mayan side. I am wondering if there will be a difference? Thanks! Kristen they are pretty similar. I believe the RM side deals more with the US & the yucatan side deals with europe. If you didn't already know, you probably wouldn't think they were two hotels. The two lobbies is the only clue.

Quote: Originally Posted by hoyt75 Sorry ladies, but I disagree when you say that credit cards are a necessary evil. They are not necessary, and only bring risk into your life. I can tell you that living debt free is the only way to live life. No stress, no worries. If DH and I don't have the money to pay for something, anything, then we don't buy it. We scrimp and save until we can pay cash for everything. And for those you that still believe that you need a credit card to build your credit score, I think you're wrong again. If you don't borrow money then you don't need a credit score. Your FICO score is an 'I love debt score". Trust me, it is possible to live a wonderful life without the stress and worries of debt. You willl never be able to build wealth if you're constantly giving your hard earned cash to make payments. Just my $.02.... It sounds like you are a fan of Dave Ramsey. I'm just assuming because you said "I love debt score" which is something he says a lot. I agree that a debt free lifestyle and not spending money you don't have is the way to live. But, I don't like his one-size-fits-all approach to things. For some people, using a credit card just a little with the intention to get points can turn into a lot of debt. Others have no problem consistantly paying of the balance and never overspending. I never carry a balance. I never buy things I can't afford. I save money every month. But, I use my credit card a lot. It's not to buy things I don't have the money for. I like the convenience, points, statements, etc. I also like having a great FICO score. I got a wonderful interest rate on my mortgage. Hmm, so maybe I do love debt. I love that I can pay my mortgage off over 30 years at a rate lower than what I'll eventually be able to make putting money into a CD (once rates are back up). I think debt is like anything addictive. If someone has a past history of having a hard time managing it, I think they should keep all temptations away. So I'm not suggesting everyone get a points card & keep it paid off. But, for some people it's a wonderful system. I have a $100 giftcard coming to me this week & I'm close to getting another $50. Although, I am feeling conflicted about supporting citi with the fees they get from retailers every time I use my card. I try to pay cash when I'm shopping at a small, local company. Now on topic: I have the citi diamond card. A point is similar to 1% cash back, but it's giftcards. I get 5 points on gas/ groceries & 1 for everything else. No fees. There are many great cards to chose from in the Thank You Network. I have a lowes & kohls card on the way. We put all of our bills & anything else we can on the card so that the points pile up. We get a $50 card every few months. Lately they have all been to Lowes or Home Depot for a house project. I just got one for Kohls to buy clothes for our next vacation. I love spending these "free money" cards. I did a citi american airlines deal to get a free flight to hawaii (that I'm using in 1 1/2 months.) I didn't like the way miles worked vs points. The miles it required kept going up & took one leap right before we booked. My mom had to buy miles for her trip. We also had to book way in advance to get seats. I would have prefered to do a regular points card. You can book flights with points, too. We also have some miles left over, but won't likely get enough to be able to use the remainder. I think points are just so much easier to work with. scan the slickdeals.net forums for good promo offers for getting a card. I don't think they are as easy to come buy, but at the height of cheap credit (2005-2007), it was easy to get $100-$250 just for signing up for a card. I used to use the citi dividend card, because it was cash back. When we got cash back, we just saved it. Then that card stopped giving us 5% on gas & groceries so we switched to a points card. The dividend cardmight still offer 5% for new customers.

the legal script is somewhere on the forum. maybe a thread called "share your ceremony script." It's a set thing & some judges will only read it in spanish. Depends on the judge, I think.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Andrea~ We have a flip: Amazon.com: Flip UltraHD Camcorder, 120 Minutes (Black): Camera & Photo. I love it! We have taken so many videos of Penelope that I know I will cherish. It's so easy to use and upload vidoes. You can extract the videos from Flip to your computer and save/burn them. You can also capture screen shots from videos and save them as images. They aren't the best quality but it's still fun sometimes. You can also edit videos and put clips together. I love the email feature too. Simple and easy. Worth every penny! I can PM you my YouTube channel if you want to check any of them out. I'll PM you. Thanks! Quote: Originally Posted by autjo We got a Flip as a wedding gift and love it. Our friends even had our logo put on it, you can put your own pic or pattern to personalize it. We take short clips of our friends playing sports and of our neice and nephew. I really like it becuase you don't have to have a cord to upload or even charge (as long as you have a computer nearby). I actually bought a mac for the ease of editing videos, but it works on our PC as well. We send them to the grandparents, upload to facebook and picasa so I know they get shared and watched a couple of times. Also we have an AppleTV that plays our itunes on our big screen so we show those kinds of videos and stuff when we have people over to the house. As for camera and video, I like having both because DH will take pics and I can video at the same time. The Flip is small enough to fit in your pocket so you can take it almost anywhere. And for us we have a point and shoot camera for the crazy times and a Nikon D60 for the important pics. Does your frined already have a nice camera? If so, then the Flip is the way to go. If not, maybe check out the smaller cameras that also offer video. I feel like I just rambled on for 10 minutes. Let me know if you have any questions. They don't have a great camera. Just a Canon A series. Nice for a small, cheap camera. So that's why I was thinking photo + video would be nice. But, I see there is a big difference in price ($300) between a canon g11 & a flip video camera. Quote: Originally Posted by carolina24 i have a sony handycam with a touch screen and i LOVVVE it!! it's small and so easy to use. and uploading is super quick. all you do is plug it into the computer and you're good to go I'll check this one out, too.

Right now I'm looking at the canon g11 camera. Canon G11 Review: Makes You Feel Like a Real Photographer (Almost) - Canon g11 review - Gizmodo scroll down & you can see some video footage. My thoughts on filming babies & children is you don't need hours of footage. Who watches an entire birthday party? I think it would be nice to take some pictures, switch over to video & film a few minutes & then go back to pictures. I'm interested to hear what others do for filming their children. I get the impression that most video never leaves the computer or gets watched again. Some of my friends take quick videos with their phone of their babies & they are so much fun to watch. Just like a 30 second clip of them being adorable. So right now, i'm leaning towards a camera with video, but I just started my research...

I'm shopping for a video camera for a friend. I'm looking at the flip cameras right now. The top priority is ease of using & uploading video. I want something that makes it really simple & take very little time. Do the flip cameras make it easy to create dvds? Do you need seperate software to burn the dvd? They have a PC & I think it has windows XP. I bought a camcorder a couple of years ago & found uploading to be such a PITA I stopped using it. I'm also wondering if using a regular camera that has video would be simplier. I think they'd just do fairly short clips. It's for expecting parents.

Hmmm...I knew the rain back up plan at one point. I think it's the pure chill out bar, which I think would be beautiful for a rainy wedding. The bar is an open air place. I can't remember if it had curtains like the restaurants they could pull in the rain. I am pretty sure it did. it was rainy the few days before my wedding & they said if it rained, they'd set up in the other location, but I'm not 100% sure that was the backup spot. if it is, I think you'd be very happy with it. It's right on the beach.

I don't know that it was capped at one, but they didn't have a big staff to coordinate weddings, so I think they only do one a day. The entire week we were there, I think there was one other wedding. I didn't love the white tent at first, but I really liked if for the actual day. It was a great shade for guests. When people have the four post covers, it's usually over the bride & groom, not the guests. The white tent was something I originally had on my Cons list, but ended up as something I was really happy they provided.

I think there are better ways to save money. You can have a desserts & drinks only reception if you start after dinner.

I'm helping a friend plan a wedding in 40 days. I think all she has left is to find a DJ & a hairstylist. It would be great to find a stylist who would come out to the beach house where all the BMs are staying. Any suggestions?

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