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Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv I've spent almost all night downloading songs on these threads and if Tom will go for it I think I will walk down the aisle to that version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and back together to Some Great Heights. Thanks for the input or I never would have known these songs existed! tami - the postal service has a relatively newer song called "be still my heart"...it's such a cute song! you probably wouldn't play the entire thing, but at least the 2nd half.

we're having the same problem...we dont want to end up with lousy decorations and food...we know we'll be upgrading, and we're thinking about getting an outside WC to help (b/c the current one is worthless, as far as i'm concerned). i wanted a destination wedding so i didnt have to plan, but now i'm spending day and night in front of this computer, panicking (sp?) b/c i dont want my guests to feel that it wasn't worthwhile for them to come. we got the ultimate package, but i'm unhappy w/ the food choices. i think i may send our WC pics of what i want and see if she can do that. i have no idea if i answered your question or if i just rambled.....i'm becoming a (bridezilla kinda...)

we'll be 4 years sometime in early october...we think it's the 5th, but never really celebrate it anyway...sometimes, it seems like forever and then next day, it feels like we just met yesterday!

i'm chocolate on chocolate....makes sense

strippers and someone else's boyfriend? what could be bad!?!?

Quote: Originally Posted by amyh I just read this in the new InStyle Weddings! Very cute Maria! I think we may either do the poloroid book or make a photo book with our pics prior and have our guests sign it (kinda like a year book, I read someone else posted this too). oh i like the polaroid book....*note to self*.........

Quote: Originally Posted by akh you guys spend a lot of $$ ! girl, you don't even know the half of it!!!! lol

if i had a place to put them, i'd totally do the fiesta donkeys. i think they're hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!

everything looks awesome!!!! i hadn't thought of sam's for tylenol and whatnot.... where did you get the bm bags from? they are super cute!

oh oh oh!!!! me: i spent money on your boyfriend b/c that's how i roll!!!!! keith:i spent money on a stripper b/c i'm sexy as hell!!!! (wait, this is the guy i'm gonna marry?!?!!)

Quote: Originally Posted by Susan101207 Wow I never realized there were so many 2nd grade teachers at the BDW! Add me to the list too! This is my first summer not teaching summer school (per my FI's request actually), and I get it all the time from friends, "Must be nice.....", etc. Every once in awhile I fire back. If they would just walk in our shoes for one week (which most would probably not even survive)...they would have a whole different opinion. In fact, when my FI was waiting to get hired by a PD, he substituted for awhile. He actually subbed for my class..which was the BEST thing ever for our relationship He was practically on his hands and knees praising me for being able to teach for a living. Then he said, and I quote, "I will NEVER give you a hard time about teaching again"...and he never has People who make degrading comments like that are just plain ignorant. And the most frustrating part is that you cannot argue with an ignorant person because they are never going to "get it". AHHHH We feel your pain Martha. i have been begging FI to come in but he has no desire to...he knows how difficult my job is, just like i know how difficult (and different) his is....he came in w/ me to pack up my class at the end of the year and was shocked at how much junk i have in the class to occupy the day (centers, library, etc.). now that im moving schools, i may make him come in tho...just to say hi... i told FI that i expected an apology from the a$$hole, but he said not to hold my breath...to think about where the comment is coming from and ignore it...i said easier said than done............................. i'll no longer be part of the 2nd grade teaching club here, as i'll be moving back up to 4th grade this year!

i have 2 - a blue daisy on my lower back, left side (small, off-center tramp stamp) and a black and blue hieroglyphic elephant on the top of my foot, right near my pinky toe. the one on my foot needed to be touched up right after it healed (5 yrs ago) but i haven't done that yet...the one on my back needs to be touched up too. always forget sunscreen on them....i dont regret either one...the elephant had meaning when i got it (love elephants and teaching about hieroglyphics was one of the first things i taught my first class), but doesn't really mean anything anymore...when i got the daisy, i didt it b/c i was mad at my then-boyfriend....but i love daisies, so can't regret it! my back didn't hurt at all, but my foot - !!!!!!!!!!! wow did that hurt, and i have a decent threshold for pain! i also had my belly button done but took that out a few years ago after i thought i was too heavy for it.

hahaa, you'll laugh when i tell you what we're using.... "tied the knot" by digital underground...

i'm too late to vote, but i vote for whichever you like.... i like the fact that it will be accompanied by a journal, nice idea!

Quote: Originally Posted by Just Martha I took my sleeping pill an hour ago and should have been in bed 45 min ago....I am faaaaaaaaaaaaaaallig asleep, so if makes no sense, I correct in morning. that's been my summer - but taking them at like 2, 3 am!!!!!! wedding stuff on the brain.... i just changed districts - old district was one where parents thought i was day care...they dropped them off, and that was it...what happened in school stayed in school, they didn't want to know what was going on with their child, didn't care about anything....i've been told that it's my job to take care of xxx from 9 to 3:30, not the parent's. !!! i was mommy, daddy, doctor, nurse, policeman, teacher, friend, mentor, sometimes even grandma and grandpa (imagine how happy i was the first time a kid mistakenly called me grandma.....i'm 26...) these parents never bought stuff from fundraisers, joined the pto, or went out to vote for the budget because frankly, they didn't think or care if it affected them. my new district is all "new money," a very wealthy district where the schools have everything they need, the moms stay at home and are very into doing homework and helping their kids...i'm welcoming the change b/c i'd like to be treated like a human being, especially a human being who has gone to school for years to make something of myself.... i don't understand how someone of the same generation could have such obnoxious (for lack of a better word) things to say about a teacher - esp. a person w/ a kid...now i know that sometimes teachers say things that parents don't agree with, or vice versa, but what kind of example are you setting if you say that the teacher is an idiot right in front of the kid?! and then follow that sentence with "oh, but kidx really liked her"...thanks for the support jacka$$....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr .

so tonight, we went out for dinner to celebrate my FI's business partner's (dog's aunt's stepmom's, lol) 26th birthday...after a few drinks, he all of a sudden decides that it's 'pick on lauren' time. fine, i can blow most things off - until he asks, "so you chose to teach 2nd graders...what does that say about you? does that mean you're not smart enough to teach 6th graders?" ....... ok, this guy has a 6 year old son, who JUST HAPPENS TO BE A TROUBLEMAKER IN SCHOOL.....(not my school, tho)... has it occurred to him that the reason his child continuously disobeys the teacher is due to HIS OWN lack of respect for teachers? so i respond with some smart ass remark about how he's a mortgage broker and not using his own college degree; what does it say about him? (no offense meant to anyone here, obviously my FI is a broker as well) and then i followed that with something to the effect of "it's people like me taking the time out to teach kids like your son" and then he starts saying crap about how he wouldn't want me teaching his kid, how teachers don't make money, they don't do anything, etc...and this isn't the first time he's started with me, last time it was about how i have summers and weekends off (which isn't true - this is the first summer that i have EVER not worked, and i bust my butt on the weekend to make up for not doing stuff during the week, incl. lesson plans), how i have the easier job from 9-3, etcetc. now, i know that teaching is not considered a noble profession by most people....the old saying "those who can't, teach"?!?! but where the f*** would this A****** be today without teachers!??!?!!?!?! sorry so long, it's a common argument that i have with people, but i'm not as tolerant with people i have to regularly socialize with.

Quote: Originally Posted by JenandBrendanWedding I had my first wedding nightmare last night. I dreamt that I was meeting with Jennifer Hatton (the cake diva) and we were going over colors for the cake. Then I realized I never sent out the invitations and the wedding was only a couple days away. So I had to cancel everything. It was awful. But I'm pretty sure it's normal to have these types of dreams. I'm so worried I'm going to forget something for this wedding. I'm sure these dreams are going to keep on coming for the next 8 months. Lovely. hehe, you're lucky that you're sleeping!

that's a pretty cool idea, actually....another idea (i think from someone one here) was to have ppl sign sand dollars and then put them in a big decorative jar to display at home. we're not 'stuff' people, so i dont want another object that will sit on a shelf and collect dust; however i do want some kind of guest/best wishes book...so i'm thinking about either doing a plain guest book, or putting out tons of postcards for ppl to sign and putting them into a photo album which can sit on the shelf and collect dust.

amy i saw a centerpiece today and thought of you - square glass candle holders w/ votives in them...all set up in a pyramid, i think a 4x4 square, covered by a 3x3 square, 2x2 square and 1 on top...enough space for air to get in, looked VERY pretty!!!! set up some sea glass around it, or colored votives and voila!

Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak That's the great thing--- he "gets" me and has the exact same sense of humor that I do (only he keeps it coming all day long, every day!). He cracked up when I sent the letter to him at work... But, alas---- he killed the idea of me actually sending the email. (So instead I sent it to every *other* member of his family, so the Catholics could get a good chuckle!) hehehehe... hahaahahahaha, wonder how long it will take for word of the email to spread to FBIL/FSIL!!!!!! the letter is DAMN funny....i totally would have wrote something similar, maybe like a yearbook signing, tho... do have fun at your bible retreat, K.I.T., and please stay sweet!

ohhhh they must be having a busy wedding night! congrats drea and erik!!!!! happy marriage day!

hi! i'm a pv bride (or going to be)...i'll be married at dreams in february...i can try to answer any of your pv/dreams s but i'm probably still waiting for the answers to them. *sigh* welcome and good luck!

liam's artwork is fantastic - what a personal touch!!!!! everything looks perfect!

Quote: Originally Posted by Julesr I love them both. But, if I had to choose, I would pick the blue ones for your something blue. i agree! (says i need at least 10 characters to post this so im just writing this sentence to post.)

wow those are awesome - brown letters would be perfect! how did you do it? just glue the beads on or what?