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Quote: Originally Posted by Christa Hey lady...I'll be leaving between 5 & 5:30 today if I don't go home first because I have this new-fangled chesty cough thing all of the sudden that makes me want to rip my own lungs out Oh joy! That sounds so fun, NOT! OK well let me know, I'm thinking I'll be there about 6-ish, depending on what you do!

I remember reading about it in People! It was crazy! And I remember it all over the news. They actually have a blog I read a bunch of when it was happening. I can't remember the web address, but it was so sad, reading how happy the family was trying to help their "daughter" to rehabilitate, and not seeing that it wasn't their daughter because even though it didnt feel right, their mind wouldnt let they see or acknowledge it wasn't her. Didnt the other girl's boyfriend help her tell the parents? So tragic.

They are pretty, but maybe you can contact the seller to ask the size?

YAY! 1 down, a lifetime to go. Congrats! So happy for you!

OK so 6 or 7ish at Smith on Cap Hill, right? Christa, I'll call you when I'm on my way, what time do you think you will be leaving work?

Hi gals! I'm sorry but I'm not sad to say I am no longer a Hawaii bride! For more info see my thread. I'll miss you guys! http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t18070 Here is an updated list, minus me. Jtds2713 August 7, 2008 Oahu, HI Twinkiez August 8, 2008 Oahu, Hawaii Waialae Beach azhuskergirl August 28, 2008 Kapalua Bay, Maui, HI Alyssa September 5th, 2008 TBD, HI CTHawaii14 September 12, 2008 Oahu, HI Sherry October 4, 2008 Wailea, Maui, HI Chiquita November 5th, 2008 Maui, HI Pisces (Jenn) December 30, 2008 Wailea, Maui, HI Tammy Jan. 13, 2009 Maui

Quote: Originally Posted by JUSTUSTWO Abbie, Congrats on all of this! I can only imagine how excited you are!!! It's really a good thing that you had the courage to bring it up & so funny that both of you were on the same page! Now you get to do what you really wanted to do in the first place! : ) My thoughts exactly! Quote: Originally Posted by hollisandsteph Besides how many woman are lucky enough to marry the same man twice? (with out a devorice...lol) hahahaha! seems like a lot of us DW gals get to do this, minus the divorce Quote: Originally Posted by carly Now you can actually begin BUYING stuff. Well, we're still working out the money issues, but very soon, like the next paycheck! Woohoo! I LOVEHEARTLOVE buying stuff! Quote: Originally Posted by SoontobeMrsE Oh Abbie! I am SO FREAKIN HAPPY FOR YOU!!!: YAY! Me too! Quote: Originally Posted by katrina aww yay, now we're date and country twins! How much cooler can we get?

Thanks for all the congrats guys! I am just jumping out of my skin happy about this. I couldn't sleep! Neither could Doug. We kept waking up and talking Now I'm at work and trying to get the hotel details together. So freakin excited!

Quote: Originally Posted by twelve_piece On a side note, I noticed that you changed your avatar photo, you look like you have a lost some lbs!!! What have you been doing? Is it something I can replicate in the next 2 weeks? actually, that pic is from last summer! i think it's just a better angle or somethin. but doug and i have been going to the gym religiously for the last month, 3 times a week, and we have both lost weight. since he's a guy, obviously he's lost quite a bit more than me, but even tho my numbers have only gone down a little, i can tell that things are moving around on me too! so excited! 3 weeks till engagement pics, and 3 months till wedding pics, can't wait to see how i look then!

Just had to put up some pics. I'm so excited I don't know how I'm gonna sleep tonight! Royal Solaris los Cabos

Quote: Originally Posted by Maura OMG Abbie!!! I love you! I'm so happy for you right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What hotel are you gonna stay at in SJD? I am so psyched that we are now DW city twins!!!! and you are just a month before me, so you have to take photos of EVERYTHING and report back!!!!!! I know! I'm so stoked! We'll be at the Royal Solaris, closer to San Jose, it's not like world class fancy, but we love it. They are so good to us because of the crew hotel part, and we always have a good time. And any pics you want, let me know. You know, back in the day before digital cameras, I actually went to the Westin, it used to be our Cabo crew hotel, and my aunt is a flight attendant with us, we visited her there while staying at a different hotel. Just tell me what you want to see and I'll get it for ya! Thanks for the margie! YUM!

Quote: Originally Posted by Just Martha So, no one booked anything for Hawaii? Is it just close family going to Mexico now? well actually the HI one was just gonna be about 16 or so people, all of who can travel on airline benefits. Doug's mom and I both work for our airline, and his bro works for another airline, so between the 3 of us all our guests are covered as far as airline and hotel. actually just my 4 parents, his 2 parents, his bro and wife/baby, and dougs 2 kids plus a couple very close friends. so same people to MX. we have to pay the intl' taxes for airfare to MX, and not HI, but with the money we'll save on hotel/car/food/alcohol (our hotel in Cabo is A/I!) it will be WAY worth it.

YAY Rachel and Steve! So excited and happy for you, and jealous too! Have a fantastic day and week, and just enjoy the moment together! We can't wait to hear all your crazy stories, I know it will be awesome fun as well as beautiful!

OK, grab some wine or beer and settle in for a little novel! As a lot of you know, Doug and I have been planning our Big Fake(symbolic) Wedding at home, and our Small Real(legal) Wedding in Hawaii. There are a few reasons we're doing it this way. One is because Doug and I have always talked about getting married on a beach in Mexico. We LOVE Mexico, and with my travel bennies at the airline, we go as often as possible! BUT, ever since we found out that we can't have our own officiant (Doug's Bro, very important to us) and still have the marriage be legal and recognized in Mexico, etc; we decided HI would work for us, it's a beach, and it's super easy to get married there. Another reason is because our at home wedding has just under 200 guests, and that's just the A list, we both have HUGE families, and a ton of the guests are families with lots of small children, as well as a big group of "over 60's". We didn't want to have any part in trying to co-ordinate that, and also asking that many people to travel that far, it was just out of the question. No matter what, we had to (and wanted to) have a Big Fake Wedding at home to accomodate all of that. Other than our parents and Dougs kids and siblings, that was on the hush-hush, everyone thought HI was the honeymoon. Lately I have been so stressed out about the whole HI part of the wedding. Traveling "non-rev" (as we call it in the airline industry) can be stressful, having to standby for flights, being worried about booking a hotel and losing a night or 2 if the flights are too full, all of that. We never have issues with flights Mexico, and the hotel we like to stay at is our crew hotel, so we get AWESOME rates as well as the ability to pay cash when we get there instead of bill it now. HI is a new route for my airline, and it's ALWAYS full. Not to mention hotel rates are thru the roof, rental cars and gas are a must, restaurants, forgeddaboutit. My stomach was twisting itself into a bigger and bigger knot everyday just worrying about it. The final thing that made me upset is that Doug and I have NO connection to HI. We both have been there, but not together, and neither of us has been there for over 12 years, by choice as it turns out! Altho it's beautiful, it's just not what we love. Mexico on the other hand, we've gone on many trips there together, we were engaged there for goodness sakes! We just love it. Finally tonight I got the courage to bring it up with Doug. I had called a few more hotels to check on rates and availability, with no luck in our range. I think Doug must have been having the same feelings as me about the whole thing because he starts to say something like "You know.." and I interrupted him with "I just wish there was some way we could get married in Mexico by Trevor(his bro)." He says, well, we could. And I say, well only a symbolic one, and he says, that's OK with me. When we had talked about it before, Doug had expressed that it was really important to him that the marriage certificate not only had Trevor as the one who did it, but also that the location was "beachy". And as you know, since he only has a few wishes in this whole wedding thing and has pretty much given me free reign on everything else, how could I not go along with it? For him to say it's OK to do the legal one at home, and still go have a symbolic ceremony in Mexico is like a dream come true for me! I have been so stressed about money and other than all the big stuff for the BFW, like photog, dress, venue, etc, we haven't done ANYTHING like buy favors, decorations, anything. We were planning on making things Hawaiian themed, to celebrate the week in Hawaii after the BFW. BUT, altho I have it all planned out, we haven't actually bought anything. It's like there was a reason! SO--bottom line is, we're still having our BFW at home, only now it will be known as the BLW (L for legal!) and we're just gonna do it up with a subtle Mexican theme instead of Hawaiian. AND the best part is, we get to have our SSW (S for symbolic) in Mexico like we wanted! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I am SOOOOOOOOOOO excited! We decided to do this in San Jose Del Cabo, where the hotel is, and we are thinking to have the ceremony at Santa Maria Bay, our favorite beach in Cabo. I am totally freaking out right now! I cried when Doug said it was cool with him if we do it this way! So, I'm very sorry for the freaking LONG A$$ novel, but I just had to share the news and how excited I am!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lilpaisley Why would we be scared? I don't think it would be the same w/o you. I'm counting on you for comic relief YES! HA! But you have to promise to walk in with a camera lens in front of your eye so we can recognize you

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan I haven't ordered mine yet so I didn't know. That's too bad. I think it will still be nice for a little gift for my gma. thats what i figured too but for our parents, just a cute little memento. The 8x8 books have a hard cover. You can also put a big picture on the front. we liked the hardcover so much more, BUT we like the little book too

Also to let you know, the 5x7 Shutterfly books are not what I expected them to be. I had the idea they were going to be nice hardcover books like the ones I had previously ordered. When I got them in the mail (less than a week, I think) altho they looked nice, they were very very thin, soft cover books. The entire book was less than 1/4 inch thick, the cover (front&back) was no thicker than 100lb weight cardstock. The quality is very good, pics crisp and clear and true to color, but the book itself was just not what I was expecting! For $3.24 each tho, who can complain?! I would recommend the 8x8 book, nice little size and, HARDCOVER!

Hi Lindsey! Welcome to official-ness!

Ooh Ang, I love the gift bags! Very beachy! Did you get those at Walmart too?

Those are fun pics Kris! My fave is the Bettie Page

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride08 I say screw it, and keep the ones you got. Why waste the extra money on something that probably no one, but you will care about? I agree. And it pisses me off too, how come no one but me cares if my colors match? Why am I the only one who notices the difference between a blue aqua and a green aqua? Because I'm the bridezilla, thats why. At least that's the answer everyone is giving me

Hi Nicole! Welcome! You can get some great fonts at dafont.com, but also if you use the search function on this forum, there is a thread with font trading going on, you just have to contribute a couple to get a gazillion! Have fun! Also, check out our Hawaii Brides thread!

Welcome! That is a funny story!

Wow! I haven't used them, but they look really nice! I just bookmarked 'em! Thanks!

Thanks for posting, I think we're going with this idea too. Lots cheaper than frames, which is our plan B