PMS in a Handbasket--Don't be afraid, just bring us food... Part 2a

[ChrisnSteph]

Hi Steph! I hope I have never made you feel invisible. If so, I apologize. It was not intentional.

I think we all have our times where we are feeling invisible. I sometimes feel like the biggest reject on the DIS.

Don't feel bad about my little invisible comment! I wasn't upset or anything. You guys are a great group, I just can't keep up! My dh is already pissy at me because I spend too much time at the computer and not enough time getting things done around the house, and we had a big fight about it yesterday. I think I'm really hormonal too. Ever get in one of those funky moods where you aren't happy with anything, you think the world hates you and you can't stand to be around yourself? Well that was me last night! Anyway, my intention wasn't to make anyone feel bad - sorry if you any of you felt that way.

 

[Shugardrawers]

Steph, how could we miss you with those fabulous new headlights???

 

[disneymom3]

Mornin' everybody!! I am such a good mom today. I feel yucky as can be so I am on the computer and my kids are watching Roly Poly Oley, it some Movie time Monday thing. Hey, it's Disney, right?

Phors--I would print the envelopes. Somehow, I don't see the reason behind that little piece of etiquette. I would not even notice. For our wedding news, I finally got an answer from MIL and she is watching my kids for my nephews wedding. EVeryone on our side is still in shock that my kids are not invited, but at least we can still go. the $70 I was going to have to pay a sitter, plus the gift, plus possibly a new outfit for me, was about to put me over the edge. It is more than an hour away, and on a Friday night so the drive time alone was costing me a bundle in babysitting costs. Then the only sitter I would leave my kids with for that long had a schedule change at her job and couldn't do it. Wasn't looking good for awhile there!

Nope, the girls just stay home. My oldest is 12, so she can babysit and it gives me a little more freedom and I don't have to drag them out of their beds if they are asleep.

See, you are living my dream. I cannot WAIT til DD is old enough to babysit. Not that we'd be able to leave them alone for long enough to go to this wedding even at 12, but I could at least go to Curves.

On the M.Night scary scale, it was much closer to The Village than it was to The Sixth Sense (in other words, not too bad). I am not a horror movie fan, but his movies are in a whole other category to me. There is no blood or gore involved, and they're not really what I think of as occult oriented either. However, that's not to say that there's not some scary moments that made me jump. They're just not the kind of scary that makes me afraid to be alone in the house at night later, or gives me bad dreams.

You know, it's funny. Movies like that are something I would never ever see, but I read very suspense filled books all the time and love it. I think it is something about the sensory overload from a movie. You just can't get away from all that tenseness.

 

[princess pooh]

Morning all

Phorsenuf, a lot of people print out the addresses on wedding invitations and it can look very pretty if you pick the right font. All of the invitations I have gotten in the past few years have had printed or labled envelopes. We printed out the envelopes for our invitations and we didn't get any negative feedback from our guests

I'm just doing a drive by today. I'm going for a long walk to prepare for all the WDW walking I'll be doing next week

 

[Missy1961]

You know, it's funny. Movies like that are something I would never ever see, but I read very suspense filled books all the time and love it. I think it is something about the sensory overload from a movie. You just can't get away from all that tenseness.

I agree with you. I remember when I saw "Silence of the Lambs". Great movie, I loved it. But I had dreams about it for a week afterward. When I read the book, I was fine. Words on the page, nothing more. The images from the movie just got to me.

 

[LiteBrite]

See, you are living my dream. I cannot WAIT til DD is old enough to babysit. Not that we'd be able to leave them alone for long enough to go to this wedding even at 12, but I could at least go to Curves.

Hang in there, Julie - before you know it they'll be teenagers and you'll mostly see the backs of their heads on their way out the door.

You know, it's funny. Movies like that are something I would never ever see, but I read very suspense filled books all the time and love it. I think it is something about the sensory overload from a movie. You just can't get away from all that tenseness.

You want to know what's really funny? The thing that kept scaring me at Lady in the Water was the dadgum sprinklers coming on! I can't explain that remark without giving away plot points, but I have never seen scarier sprinklers in my life.

 

[phorsenuf]

OK, printing the envelopes is the way I will go.

I sent them samples of the invitation, reception and RSVP wording choices and possible font styles.
They already got back to me with their choices so I guess I'm good to go now!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

4's, I would print the envelopes and not worry about it. That's what we do for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah invites and we've never had someone not come because of it. I would think the same rules would apply. Do you have a special program that you are using to design the invites? Maybe we should look into doing our own--wonder how much $ we would save.

DM3, it was so wonderful when my DD was old enough to babysit. It was the single most important thing that made me able to survive the early years with Jake. When my 3rd child was little and I had to always bring all the kids everywhere, it was so much harder. But when I had Jake and Alyssa was able to babysit (when he was a year old), it was so much more pleasant, even though Jake was a much harder child.

No, I still haven't heard anything from Becky. I PMed someone and asked them to post something on the trying to conceive thread asking about her since she started that thread and posted there, but so far they didn't post there even though they did respond to my PM. If any of you are trying to conceive you can post on that thread asking about her, but I'm not!!!

Steph, sorry about the DH problems. I feel very unmotivated to do things around the house and I'm trying to get motivated, but I'm just not feeling the love with my house. Not sure why, other than "I don't wanna"! I spend too much time on the computer, too much time doing errands, and I spend a lot of time running kids here and there (not too much time, because they need to be driven here and there, but it doesn't leave a lot of time for the home). I am plugging away putting out fires and doing what needs to be done--dishes, vacuuming, etc, but I'm not doing the extra things that I should be doing. I did do some things last week, though, and need to do more this week. The more I do the more motivated I get, but that's not saying much.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

opps never mind. Thanks T&B. I was feeling invisible. I am really worried about her.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

I do have an etiquette question for you all. The wedding is small, about 70 people. Pretty much everyone that is coming is my side of the family, about 12 of my son's friends, a few friends of the family and Anna's dad and friend from Germany.
While it's going to be a nice ceremony and all we aren't throwing a huge formal elaborate wedding. (That will be in May in Germany for her side of the family).
Anyway, they say you shouldn't print the invitation envelopes. You should do them by hand. But my family is not going to care if its done in a nice font on the printer. It would probably look nicer than my own handwriting.
What do you think? Should I just go with the printer?

I have received invites both ways, and they both look nice! If your family isn't going to care, then go the printer route. If you have doubts, you can always handwrite the non-family ones.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

opps never mind. Thanks T&B. I was feeling invisible. I am really worried about her.

Me, too. Hey, I'll let you post on the TTC thread. Seriously, maybe you can look over the people and see if there's anyone you "know" on that thread you could PM and ask them to post about her (unless you see a post asking about her--it was yesterday I last checked). It was Lisa Loves Pooh who I'd asked, so don't PM her--maybe she's asked since I last read the thread.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Okay, let me do some investigating. I'll report back.

 

[Briarmom]

I am very worried about Becky.
I hope she is just very sick. Maybe she had to be put on an IV to rehydrate? I am hoping that's what it is at this point.

 

[phorsenuf]

4's, I would print the envelopes and not worry about it. That's what we do for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah invites and we've never had someone not come because of it. I would think the same rules would apply. Do you have a special program that you are using to design the invites? Maybe we should look into doing our own--wonder how much $ we would save.

No, I don't have a special program but I'm sure they are out there. For the save the date cards I just did everything in word, estimated the spacing, printed it out on a regular sheet of paper the put that behind the card and I could see how it would line up. Once I had that all set (which was real easy) I just printed away. The cards cost me about $8.00 or so.

The invitations I got were from Michaels and on sale. It included 100 invites, reception cards, RSVP cards, program sheets, all the envelopes, ribbon and seals for $29.99. They are a nice card stock and very pretty. There were about 5 designs to choose from and the kids picked one that had a green fern leaf imprint and green sheer ribbon that is the same green as in their wedding colors. They had some very fancy styles too.
So I figure $30 plus maybe a tank or less of ink and some of my time for all the invites isn't too bad!
Plus I like doing stuff like this.


ChrisnSteph, I feel the same way as you sometimes, but don't we all at some point? I know what you mean about DH I go through it too sometimes. It's that whole motivation thing I think. When I have to much to do I do nothing. Don't know why, I just do.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

I went ahead and just posted on the Trying To Conceive thread. We'll see what happens.

 

[LiteBrite]

I went ahead and just posted on the Trying To Conceive thread. We'll see what happens.

Thanks, Miss J. Really wondering about Becky.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

When I have to much to do I do nothing. Don't know why, I just do.

This is so me big time! Right now I feel overwhelmed with my DH's job situation, Zach's Bar Mitzvah coming up (which is a really good, fun time, but lots to do and with the job uncertainty, it just something I'm dreading), etc. There are also things that we wanted to do around the house before November (the Bar Mitztvah), but right now they are on hold, so that's frustrating. Why can't I be one of those people who goes into overdrive when I have lots to do?

OK, I checked and Becky still hasn't posted since 7/14. She never opened the PM that I sent on 7/19, so I assume that she hasn't even been on the DIS. She doesn't accept e-mails, so there's no way to get in touch with her that way. Seems that the only way is if someone has her personal e-mail. And nobody has asked about her on the TTC thread--haven't they noticed that she hasn't posted?

This is a good reminder that it's a good idea that someone on the boards should have a personal e-mail for each of us. Of course it's not a requirement and nobody has to give it to anyone, but I know that I have a few personal e-mails. I don't know if I'd ever be able to find them in my e-mails since they are WAY worse than my PM mailbox has ever been, but I should at least bookmark them just in case someone goes MIA. Not to harass the person, but to check in with them and make sure everything is ok.

Thanks Jasmine for posting on the TTC thread!

 

[phorsenuf]

Here's what they decided on;


How beautiful is the day
that is touched by love...
Together with our parents, we
Ann-Sophie J. XXXXX
and
Jeffrey A. XXXXXX
invite you to share with us a celebration of our love.
The ceremony will be held at
ten o'clock in the morning
Saturday, the thirtieth of September
two thousand and six
XXXXXXXX Church
X XXXXXX Street
Concord, New Hampshire


I tried to post it in the same font but it wouldn't let me. Its going to be done in the monotype corsiva. It will also be centered and not left justified.
I love the wording.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

Here's what they decided on;


How beautiful is the day
that is touched by love...
Together with our parents, we
Ann-Sophie J. XXXXX
and
Jeffrey A. XXXXXX
invite you to share with us a celebration of our love.
The ceremony will be held at
ten o'clock in the morning
Saturday, the thirtieth of September
two thousand and six
XXXXXXXX Church
X XXXXXX Street
Concord, New Hampshire


I tried to post it in the same font but it wouldn't let me. Its going to be done in the monotype corsiva. It will also be centered and not left justified.
I love the wording.

That's really nice! I like it!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

That's very similar to our wording--I like!