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Quote: Originally Posted by BeckyN So much fun! Thanks for sharing. : ) It is funny to look at all the different dress and hairstyles of even just the last 20 years. Too bad the pictures don't really show my hair. In the ones with an updo I just look bald.

Quote: Originally Posted by DougsGirl Morgan, I love this! Every time you mention all the weddings you've been in, I start to wonder what all the dresses look like! Thanks for showing us! That's fun! I like the short one best, soooo cute! And you were super cute as a flower girl! yeah, I figured it was time to prove it or y'all would stop believing me. I'm SOOO excited to get that black dress in the mail. I feel like after the wedding it's going to be my LBD. The April 09 wedding is going to outdoors at a dairy farm/ B&B. I imagine our dresses will be pretty casual. The place is so cute.

I have been a BM 7 times with 2 more on the calendar. Counting the time I was a flower girl & my own wedding, that makes 11 weddings. I thought that deserved a collage.

2 new pages Mike the ring bearer & me as a flower girl Me & gma

Quote: Originally Posted by DougsGirl sad to say, but i have some friends who split before the year would have been up I meant to say "can't" make a photobook with them. They will be too low resolution. really, if the marriage didn't last a year its a good thing they didn't have their digital negatives. Then they'd have all those photobooks to store away somewhere.

congrats have a great move

Quote: Originally Posted by DougsGirl Sad, our digital pics on CD are not available until 1 year after our wedding!! YOWZA! I fell in love with our photog, and *sigh* this was the only thing i didnt like about our package So we can scan all our proofs (400-600!) and use them as we wish, and we get 100-200 pics on a website within a few weeks, but our photog is very savvy, and I'm sure he will have the kind of pics if you try to right click, it will say something smart like "Contact us for rights to use this photo" or whatever. I wish I knew a way around this I understand it's the photographers art and all, and that is how they make money, but it's pictures of ME for jeebus' sake, and it's not like I'm gonna go advertise with my pics or something. pictures on a website are too low resolution to print so even if do a screen capture, you can't make a photobook with them. a year will go by fast. I have friends who have to wait 4-5 years for theirs.

Quote: Originally Posted by DougsGirl Yeah, Morgan alerted me to the ebay code thing, I'm gonna use that for wedding pic photobooks, after we get our gazillion proofs back and scanned into the computer that is! Yay Kat! I'm so happy you found the coupon book! And the email code too. That rocks! are you not getting digital negatives?

Quote: Originally Posted by jean-marcus i say why stop there... how about every year you two get into it all and rewnew the vows. have another honeymoon.... that would be something. hahaha someone on the forums aunt & uncle does this. renews their vows every year.

looks great. where did you go?

I'm a huge fan of the bunny The angry guy and all of these

beautiful. I love cherry blossums. It seems like they just pop up in a day & make everything look so beautiful.

Quote: Originally Posted by BillysBride And therein lies the problem a lot of women have with their men-folk reading "skin rags". I know Maxim is far classier than many. But for some women...it gives them, a negative body image. You know what I'm saying. Many women see their guy looking at something like that and they feel as though THAT is what he wishes he had. Afterall, he's looking, right? Don't beat me up...I'm just saying how it is for a lot of ladies out there. We are already our own toughest critics. These are the same women that have issues with their men watching porn. "What, I don't give you what you need?" Me? Like the other ladies here, I wouldn't care. Hell, I've been known to point out beautiful women to him. But I do know lots who would. Especially if they come in from the beach wearing their bathing suits and see their men sitting on the bed reading Maxim. very true. I'm not going to throw them in. It's not worth possibly upsetting someone. The guys can just read the tabloids I'm throwing in for the ladies. Instead of airbrushing in those, they tend to try to get the celebs looking their worst

You look so beautiful. can just members see the random thoughts section?

Does this mean your FSIL's party is tomorrow at noon?

Have fun! Don't ride home with strangers.

my dress is now available online (for $50 less). I saw it on Dillard's website.

Quote: Originally Posted by lyrebard LOL. Thanks for the tips so far, everyone! And those are great suggestions, Morgan. I think we think alike: Pods were my first idea, but see below. Re: my bird. I'd actually love to fly with her--I've moved a gajillion times, and whenever I do it by plane she flies in a little carrier underneath the seat in front of me. It's great, especially as the silly thing gets carsick. But she's moved cross-country in a car, and does get used to it. Re: Pods. I really, really thought this was the way to go! But when I called to get an estimate, they told me that neither NYC or San Diego have parking allowances for them, and there's certainly no room on our "property" to park it. (love apartment life in New York, LOL!) Wonder if we could pack it up fast, and unpack it fast, so that parking wasn't an issue. Since Mark is going to have to work from the day after we leave Mexico, coming back to NYC post-wedding isn't really an option. Although I LOVE the idea of our stuff moving across country while we're sunning ourselves on the Caribbean shore. =) Just have to figure out a way to handle it all... If we drive, I'd have to put all we need to live for the next week, as well as wedding stuff, and my bird, in my little Mini Cooper. Having problems visualizing that one, hee. Christine: I would love any and all suggestions for housing you have! (So far I'm looking at the Hillcrest neighborhood, as it seems quaint enough to keep me satisfied and close enough for Mark to walk or bike to work.) Alyssa: Thanks for the concern, but don't worry, we haven't bought our plane tickets yet. We were being held hostage by the Match, and decided it would make more sense to know where we were moving to and when the residency would start before we bought tickets. And man, I'm so glad we waited! Guess I'd better get my butt in gear and start organizing our wedding, since now it doesn't look like I'll have much leisure time as it gets close. I was worried about that since you are in NYC. Is there a facility where you can take your stuff & load it up since they can't bring it to you? Do you have a lot of stuff? I have a friend that moved from Washington to NC by flying her stuff. She shipped all her books media rate. Then she checked everything else on her flight. It was when southwest allowed 3 checked bags weighing 75 lbs each. Also her parents flew with her so she got all their luggage too. Probably wouldn't work for you. That is so great your bird can fly in the cabin with you. I'd be so scared to check a pet.

Quote: Originally Posted by carly Wow, sounds stressful! Luckily you have Morgan to walk you thru it! Morgan - you are so knowledgeable! Ha Ha! I'm just surrounded by people moving all the time. Just about everyone I am friends with where I live now moved here from another state & will move out of state once they are done.

Also, save all your moving receipts. You can get a good tax deduction even if you don't itemize.

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa Wow! that is exciting and nerve wracking at the same time did you already book your airline tix from NYC? can you change them from SD? at least you have a much faster flight. i think Morgan convered the bases...the only other thing i would add is to inventory your boxes when you pack. you may need something and not have time to unpack every single thing. what i recommend is (i know it sounds tedious) to make a list of everything that is going into a box (on excel if you can) and number the boxes and match those to the lists Great tip. I labeled my boxes really good when I moved from Texas to NC. I also packed a box that was labeled "open first." It had shampoo, soap, showercutain rings & liner, a pot, plate, bowl, scissors, towel...just all the stuff you might want right away. We had driven 24 hours & unpacked a bunch of stuff in the heat. It was nice being able to shower ASAP. You can also ship your car. I think that can be expensive though. Are you moving a bird? Another option is to leave your bird with someone & your car and then get it later. SD is a place you can do without a car at first right? I've seen friends have to move off fast, so they left their cats, dogs, cars, etc. with someone else for a few weeks.

I'm a phd student on the east coast & I see people move to california for postdocs pretty often. They usually use pods. They drop it off where you live now (if the place you live now allows that- if not I think there is another way). You fill it with your stuff & it shows up when you get there. I would not do a UHAUL this close to your wedding. Also with the cost of gas I doubt it's any better. Here is an idea of what you could do: 1 Pack everything you need for the wedding so you have it with you. Also hold on to the necessities to get you by until you settle down again. 2. put everything is a pod & send it on it's way to california 3. get your apartment lined up in san diego (I'm assuming you are renting an apartment). Confirm with them it's ok to have a pod delivered. I've seen them sitting at my complex for weeks waiting for someone to show up. But, I'm pretty sure they have storage facilities too. 4. go have a great time in mexico while your stuff is making it's way across the country 5. when you return to NYC, pack up the last of your things & fly to california so he can get started Would something like that work? PODS - Reinventing Moving and Storage > HOME

I love how much we all hate pantyhose. I haven't worn them in so long. I remember when I was a kid it wasn't even an option not to.