I forgot about our sand ceremony!!! I'm excited about this. I think it's a really good idea. Read more at the link below. But for a quick summary, it's basically a tradition that can replace the unity candle, when that isn't possible, like for an outdoor wedding. We will each have a container of sand, maybe in our wedding colors for example. First we will have our "foundation" sand. Which may be sand from Baw-Beese Lake. When we lived at Jonesville, that was actually where we spent a lot of time. When we'd go out for food, alot of the time we would get it to go and eat at the beach. That and Baw Beese was the sight of our oh so romantic (and cold) first Valentines Day. After the foundation sand Scott will pour in some of his sand, then I pour in some of mine, then we pour in the rest both at the same time.
The person who is marrying us, would say:
_______________ and ______________, today you join your separate lives together. The two separate bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate sets of friends. They represent all that you are and all that you’ll ever be as an individual. They also represent your lives before today. As these two containers of sand are poured into the third container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be.
http://www.unitysandceremony.net/
Monday, January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
wedding stuff recap...
Ok, I want to do a quick wedding recap so if I happen to get new visitors they will know what I'm talking about. So, here it is. Scott and I have been together for over 7 years. He officially has not popped the question (he's too worried about making it PERFECT) but we know we are getting married. We know we want a summer wedding on the beach, and are thinking of August 2009. We are also thinking we want to save money, therefore we have unofficially decided on a Sunday morning/afternoon wedding with a lunch reception. Also, we want bright tropical colors. Mainly bright pink, maybe with some orange and lime green, probably in the flowers.
For the wedding party, my bridesmaids will be Ally, Steph and Holly. I'm not sure who Scott's groomsmen will be. His best man will be Shane, I don't really know who else from there. He wants his brothers Mark and Brad to be Ushers. We will have 2 ring bearers, (cause I can't choose between them) Owen and Brandon. I THINK we will also have 2 flower girls, also cause I wouldn't be able to choose between them. They would be Alexis and Scott's niece Naomi, they are about the same age. I think I'll have Bry be in charge of the guest book or something. I dunno, I'd try and find something, he'd be comfortable doing. Oh, I already asked him and he agreed, if we can get him a bunch of pictures of Scott and I when we were younger until now, he'll make us a video montage that we can show at the reception maybe....
One other major thing we've decided on is to get married in August, but have our honeymoon in October or November. The reason for that is because we are going to Hawaii, and August is the hottest time of the year there, and peak tourist season. If we wait until closer to winter the tourism dies down, so the hotel prices plummet, and it will be about 80 degrees everyday, as opposed to close to 90, like it would be in August or September.
And here are some details that we found that we like:
Wedding/reception location
Here is the first location that we've found that we like. This is the Holiday Inn in Grand Haven/Spring Lake. This is not on the beach, but it's on their "Great Lawn" over looking the marina which is behind the hotel.
http://www.higrandhaven.com/
This is the first place we've found that we like. Obviously when the weather is not 5 inches of snow on the ground and -9 wind chill we'll go out and look at some more. There is one reason I can not wait until Spring!!!
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We have decided on a fairly casual wedding. I don't want a really fancy dress, and Scott doesn't want suit and tie, etc.
So... on to clothes.
I apologize, these pictures do not show the whole dress, but I really like the tops of these. Even though they are quite different.
And for the boys:
I really like the idea of using the starfish instead of a bout for the boys.
And an idea for the bridesmaids (who will be Ally, Steph and Holly)
I actually really like this wedding dress too :) I've already told Ally that I don't care what dress they get as long as it's the right color shade and it's tea length, like the ones above.
I like the idea above, sun dresses. I think it would almost be something they'd be able to wear again, like to the beach or something...
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My favorite flowers
Mango mini calla lilies and watermelon roses. I also like gerbera daisies, but haven't found any pictures of arrangements I like. I talked to Scott and we both like really tropical flowers like orchids, bird of paradise, hibiscus- but those flowers are quite expensive.
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Food and cake
Ok, like I mentioned earlier, we want a lunch reception. We are thinking just like casual picnic-y food. Sandwiches, salad, pasta salad, potato salad, fresh fruit, etc. Scott also says he likes the idea of a BBQ with different bbq'd meats, then corn on the cob and the variety of salads, but I think that might be too messy.
Here is the cake that I've found that I like most.
The obvious pain will be having to make it myself. Cause well, it needs to be dairy free. I think I can do it with the assistance of perhaps Dad and Steph. I like really simple designs with bright colored flowers. I'm also thinking about maybe doing some cupcakes or something that could be gluten free. Obviously those would be for Ally and Brandon, but I also think it might be a nice kid-friendly thing too. Or maybe something else, like a gluten free cheesecake or some other kind of dessert. Gotta make sure everyone is covered. However, I kinda want gluten in my cake... sorry Ally ;)
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Programs/Invitations
We haven't really decided on any invitations. I know I want to at least attempt to do something myself. But, don't really know what. I do know what programs I want though.
I love the idea of these. Since ours will be outside in the summer, I think a program/fan would be awesome. Scott thinks it's really cool too :)
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Escort Cards
I found an idea I like for something that could have everyones name/table number on them. We don't want a big wedding, so there might not be a whole lot of tables, but I like this idea anyway.
I figure I can try to find rocks that are smoothed out on the beach, and use a paint marker or something. I have neat handwriting, I think I could do it :)
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Drinks
We don't want a bunch of liquor at our reception, maybe beer, wine, and like Ally suggested, a signature tropical drink. Not sure what it will be yet, but here is a picture of a drink that I really like. I'd have the signature drink available with or without alcohol.
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Here is a quick picture of a table set up that I like, with the pink and white that I'd like to incorporate into our wedding.
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Well, I think thats everything. Now you are all caught up :)
For the wedding party, my bridesmaids will be Ally, Steph and Holly. I'm not sure who Scott's groomsmen will be. His best man will be Shane, I don't really know who else from there. He wants his brothers Mark and Brad to be Ushers. We will have 2 ring bearers, (cause I can't choose between them) Owen and Brandon. I THINK we will also have 2 flower girls, also cause I wouldn't be able to choose between them. They would be Alexis and Scott's niece Naomi, they are about the same age. I think I'll have Bry be in charge of the guest book or something. I dunno, I'd try and find something, he'd be comfortable doing. Oh, I already asked him and he agreed, if we can get him a bunch of pictures of Scott and I when we were younger until now, he'll make us a video montage that we can show at the reception maybe....
One other major thing we've decided on is to get married in August, but have our honeymoon in October or November. The reason for that is because we are going to Hawaii, and August is the hottest time of the year there, and peak tourist season. If we wait until closer to winter the tourism dies down, so the hotel prices plummet, and it will be about 80 degrees everyday, as opposed to close to 90, like it would be in August or September.
And here are some details that we found that we like:
Wedding/reception location
Here is the first location that we've found that we like. This is the Holiday Inn in Grand Haven/Spring Lake. This is not on the beach, but it's on their "Great Lawn" over looking the marina which is behind the hotel.
http://www.higrandhaven.com/
This is the first place we've found that we like. Obviously when the weather is not 5 inches of snow on the ground and -9 wind chill we'll go out and look at some more. There is one reason I can not wait until Spring!!!
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We have decided on a fairly casual wedding. I don't want a really fancy dress, and Scott doesn't want suit and tie, etc.
So... on to clothes.
I apologize, these pictures do not show the whole dress, but I really like the tops of these. Even though they are quite different.
And for the boys:
I really like the idea of using the starfish instead of a bout for the boys.
And an idea for the bridesmaids (who will be Ally, Steph and Holly)
I actually really like this wedding dress too :) I've already told Ally that I don't care what dress they get as long as it's the right color shade and it's tea length, like the ones above.
I like the idea above, sun dresses. I think it would almost be something they'd be able to wear again, like to the beach or something...
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My favorite flowers
Mango mini calla lilies and watermelon roses. I also like gerbera daisies, but haven't found any pictures of arrangements I like. I talked to Scott and we both like really tropical flowers like orchids, bird of paradise, hibiscus- but those flowers are quite expensive.
--------------------------------------
Food and cake
Ok, like I mentioned earlier, we want a lunch reception. We are thinking just like casual picnic-y food. Sandwiches, salad, pasta salad, potato salad, fresh fruit, etc. Scott also says he likes the idea of a BBQ with different bbq'd meats, then corn on the cob and the variety of salads, but I think that might be too messy.
Here is the cake that I've found that I like most.
The obvious pain will be having to make it myself. Cause well, it needs to be dairy free. I think I can do it with the assistance of perhaps Dad and Steph. I like really simple designs with bright colored flowers. I'm also thinking about maybe doing some cupcakes or something that could be gluten free. Obviously those would be for Ally and Brandon, but I also think it might be a nice kid-friendly thing too. Or maybe something else, like a gluten free cheesecake or some other kind of dessert. Gotta make sure everyone is covered. However, I kinda want gluten in my cake... sorry Ally ;)
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Programs/Invitations
We haven't really decided on any invitations. I know I want to at least attempt to do something myself. But, don't really know what. I do know what programs I want though.
I love the idea of these. Since ours will be outside in the summer, I think a program/fan would be awesome. Scott thinks it's really cool too :)
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Escort Cards
I found an idea I like for something that could have everyones name/table number on them. We don't want a big wedding, so there might not be a whole lot of tables, but I like this idea anyway.
I figure I can try to find rocks that are smoothed out on the beach, and use a paint marker or something. I have neat handwriting, I think I could do it :)
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Drinks
We don't want a bunch of liquor at our reception, maybe beer, wine, and like Ally suggested, a signature tropical drink. Not sure what it will be yet, but here is a picture of a drink that I really like. I'd have the signature drink available with or without alcohol.
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Here is a quick picture of a table set up that I like, with the pink and white that I'd like to incorporate into our wedding.
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Well, I think thats everything. Now you are all caught up :)
Saturday, January 19, 2008
And winter is back.....
So, after last weekends January thaw, winter has returned, with a vengeance. I think last weekend the temps were close to 50. And now...... the high for today is 10, the low is 7 and the wind chill right now is -9. We have about 3 inches of snow on the ground I think. We are under a winter weather advisory and they are expecting 2-4 more inches of snow today and tonight, and then more tomorrow. But hey, thats winter for you. I don't really mind. I mean, I live across the road from where I work, and plus they are pretty good at keeping the roads clear here.
Not really much else going on. Oh I went online and ordered the Orbitrek elite. Scott said we could put it on his credit card. So, they charged 19.99 now, then in six weeks, they will charge his card the full amount. Instead of doing monthly payments. Then I can just give Scott money whenever that he can pay on his card. Plus, he said he wants to use it too, so he'll pay for some of it too.
I think thats all.....
Not really much else going on. Oh I went online and ordered the Orbitrek elite. Scott said we could put it on his credit card. So, they charged 19.99 now, then in six weeks, they will charge his card the full amount. Instead of doing monthly payments. Then I can just give Scott money whenever that he can pay on his card. Plus, he said he wants to use it too, so he'll pay for some of it too.
I think thats all.....
Monday, January 14, 2008
I almost forgot.....
I think I'm getting the Orbitrek Elite this week!!! After payday of course. I figure I try out the the 6 week trial period. I hope I like it!!!!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Yay for the library!!!
Scott and I went to the library Saturday cause well, we were bored and didn't want to spend any money. I ended up getting Fodor's guide to Hawaii 2008, a book called Bridal Bargains, and one called Top Careers for Communications graduates. Scott got 2 Star Wars books (he loves reading those), a book called The Clueless Grooms Guide, a book called Big Weddings on a small budget (we don't want a big wedding, but he liked the small budget part :) ) and we got the DVD The Exorcism of Emily Rose. And..... we ordered Season 1 of X Files from another branch. We've been wanting to watch some of the old creepy episodes, and now we'll be able to for free!!! And the lady told us when we pick up this one, we can order another season. See the library we go to is Kent District Library, the Walker branch. And there are a whole bunch of other branches, so whatever we want that isn't at our library, book, dvd, etc., we can have them order from another branch. I never even thought about this before. Boy am I glad we did :)
That was pretty much the highlight of our weekend. Oh and when we were getting back into the car Scott ripped his jeans LOL! I was crying I was laughing so hard, it wasn't even on the seam, it was like below his right back pocket almost down to his knee!!! He said those jeans are from like 10th grade, but still, that was hillarious!!!!
Oh and one final note, Scott had 2 subbing jobs last week. He was eligible to start subbing Tuesday, I think. He is signed up for some phone thing. They can call him as early as 5 am. It's an automated system. It will say there is a substitute position available, if you are interested you push some button and it will give you more information, then you hit another button to accept the position. Well, Wednesday they did call at 5:30, and he hit the wrong button and hung up...... bummer. But, he got another call Thursday where he ended up subbing a first grade class. Then Friday he got another call and ended up subbing 9th grade science and shop class. It's kinda funny cause I guess he can substitute any class, even though he majored in history. He can check for subbing jobs on the company's website too, he looked today and there was an art and music one. He didn't sign up for it though, I think he was nervous cause thats a little too far outside of what he knows. He could get another call in the morning though. It's kind of exciting, he's getting some more experience while he searches for a full time teaching position. I think it pays like $75/day. I think. So, thats good. It's more than I make. And, he's still working at Meijer too, which I'm sure makes for a long day. Like Thursday he taught from 8:30-3:00 and then worked from 4-11. But, hey he's making money, paying for groceries, and promises he'll start saving some of it too. Woo hoo!!
That was pretty much the highlight of our weekend. Oh and when we were getting back into the car Scott ripped his jeans LOL! I was crying I was laughing so hard, it wasn't even on the seam, it was like below his right back pocket almost down to his knee!!! He said those jeans are from like 10th grade, but still, that was hillarious!!!!
Oh and one final note, Scott had 2 subbing jobs last week. He was eligible to start subbing Tuesday, I think. He is signed up for some phone thing. They can call him as early as 5 am. It's an automated system. It will say there is a substitute position available, if you are interested you push some button and it will give you more information, then you hit another button to accept the position. Well, Wednesday they did call at 5:30, and he hit the wrong button and hung up...... bummer. But, he got another call Thursday where he ended up subbing a first grade class. Then Friday he got another call and ended up subbing 9th grade science and shop class. It's kinda funny cause I guess he can substitute any class, even though he majored in history. He can check for subbing jobs on the company's website too, he looked today and there was an art and music one. He didn't sign up for it though, I think he was nervous cause thats a little too far outside of what he knows. He could get another call in the morning though. It's kind of exciting, he's getting some more experience while he searches for a full time teaching position. I think it pays like $75/day. I think. So, thats good. It's more than I make. And, he's still working at Meijer too, which I'm sure makes for a long day. Like Thursday he taught from 8:30-3:00 and then worked from 4-11. But, hey he's making money, paying for groceries, and promises he'll start saving some of it too. Woo hoo!!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
I suck.....
Sorry guys! I really have to figure out how to get it so my comments post automatically. I didn't realize it wasn't like that, I thought I fixed it, so everyday I came on here, it looked like no one posted anything. I figure no one was visiting so I didn't write any more.....
Oops! Sorry. And Steph you prolly did send a message when you first started your blog, but I'm dumb and I don't know how to fix my comments, so I prolly ended up deleting it or something...
Well, not much really going on anyway. We didn't do anything for New Years. We didn't have any money and Scott had to be at work at 3am on New Years Day, so we laid around, watched a movie, played Monopoly on Playstation and then watched the ball drop. Woo hoo! lol Shortly after New Years Scott started feeling really sick and was like that most of this week. I think he just had a bad cold. Crappy cough, stuffed nose, etc. He went to go to Biolife to donate plasma on Wednesday and they sent him home cause his BP was too low. I think he's doing better now. Hopefully he'll be able to donate next week.
Our snow is almost all the way melted. And I think I'm going to take down my outside Christmas lights either today or tomorrow. I just finished dying my hair. It's an Herbal Essences color called Disco Inferno, it says that the color is Deeply Intense Ruby. When I first had the dye on my hair, before I rinsed it, it looked like my head was bleeding, like I was Carrie and it was a bucket of pigs blood all over my head, thats how red it was. I think this is the reddest red color I've dyed my hair, it was so bright. After I dry it I'll have to post a picture.
Other than that, not much else is going on. I'm excited because I got my issue of People magazine, and it's an issue called "Half their size" It's like 15 stories about people who lost half of their body weight using just diet and exercise, no drugs, no surgeries. They do this every year, right after New Years. I find this issue very motivating, this year more than other years. I think thats because, I'm finally ready to make a change. Eliminating dairy from my diet was a start, and it was a start that I didn't choose. I didn't have a choice in that matter. But, if you think about it, there are a LOT of foods that I can't eat anymore, that I prolly shouldn't have been eating in the first place. Pizza, ice cream, cheesecake, mac n cheese, etc. Yeah I know I can make all of those with my ingredients, but I don't. I am going to make a pizza later this week, but I think it's going to be healthier now with mozzarella flavored rice shreds than regular mozzarella. Also, Scott and I have been eating salads a lot. We figure if we don't have much money for groceries, what we will buy is stuff for salads. I think I ate salad for like 3 lunches and 1 dinner last night.
Eating well has never been particularly difficult for me. It's the exercising that is always the problem. I wish I had the money, and the room in my apartment to buy a piece of exercise equipment. I was thinking that I wanted an elliptical, but I saw an infomercial at like 1am for something else. It's called the Orbitrek. It's like an elliptical, the same movement, but a lot smaller. It's like $240 which is kind of expensive, but ellipticals are usually over $1000. Plus right now I could buy it for $20 to try it for 6 weeks. If I don't like it I can send it back and get my $20 back, if I do like it I can pay monthly payments. What do you guys think??? I've been thinking about this a lot because right now I do have a membership to go work out at Grand Valley, which I did a few times in the morning before work. However, lately my issue has been 1.) I don't want to drive 10-12 minutes on crappy roads, and 2.) Gas prices keep going up, if I don't have to drive to Allendale, I don't want to. My membership is up in April. So, I need opinions, is this a good idea???
Oops! Sorry. And Steph you prolly did send a message when you first started your blog, but I'm dumb and I don't know how to fix my comments, so I prolly ended up deleting it or something...
Well, not much really going on anyway. We didn't do anything for New Years. We didn't have any money and Scott had to be at work at 3am on New Years Day, so we laid around, watched a movie, played Monopoly on Playstation and then watched the ball drop. Woo hoo! lol Shortly after New Years Scott started feeling really sick and was like that most of this week. I think he just had a bad cold. Crappy cough, stuffed nose, etc. He went to go to Biolife to donate plasma on Wednesday and they sent him home cause his BP was too low. I think he's doing better now. Hopefully he'll be able to donate next week.
Our snow is almost all the way melted. And I think I'm going to take down my outside Christmas lights either today or tomorrow. I just finished dying my hair. It's an Herbal Essences color called Disco Inferno, it says that the color is Deeply Intense Ruby. When I first had the dye on my hair, before I rinsed it, it looked like my head was bleeding, like I was Carrie and it was a bucket of pigs blood all over my head, thats how red it was. I think this is the reddest red color I've dyed my hair, it was so bright. After I dry it I'll have to post a picture.
Other than that, not much else is going on. I'm excited because I got my issue of People magazine, and it's an issue called "Half their size" It's like 15 stories about people who lost half of their body weight using just diet and exercise, no drugs, no surgeries. They do this every year, right after New Years. I find this issue very motivating, this year more than other years. I think thats because, I'm finally ready to make a change. Eliminating dairy from my diet was a start, and it was a start that I didn't choose. I didn't have a choice in that matter. But, if you think about it, there are a LOT of foods that I can't eat anymore, that I prolly shouldn't have been eating in the first place. Pizza, ice cream, cheesecake, mac n cheese, etc. Yeah I know I can make all of those with my ingredients, but I don't. I am going to make a pizza later this week, but I think it's going to be healthier now with mozzarella flavored rice shreds than regular mozzarella. Also, Scott and I have been eating salads a lot. We figure if we don't have much money for groceries, what we will buy is stuff for salads. I think I ate salad for like 3 lunches and 1 dinner last night.
Eating well has never been particularly difficult for me. It's the exercising that is always the problem. I wish I had the money, and the room in my apartment to buy a piece of exercise equipment. I was thinking that I wanted an elliptical, but I saw an infomercial at like 1am for something else. It's called the Orbitrek. It's like an elliptical, the same movement, but a lot smaller. It's like $240 which is kind of expensive, but ellipticals are usually over $1000. Plus right now I could buy it for $20 to try it for 6 weeks. If I don't like it I can send it back and get my $20 back, if I do like it I can pay monthly payments. What do you guys think??? I've been thinking about this a lot because right now I do have a membership to go work out at Grand Valley, which I did a few times in the morning before work. However, lately my issue has been 1.) I don't want to drive 10-12 minutes on crappy roads, and 2.) Gas prices keep going up, if I don't have to drive to Allendale, I don't want to. My membership is up in April. So, I need opinions, is this a good idea???
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