Summer's Planning Journal 08/20 Update 08/10/07

Summer,

I've been lurking, and finally got caught up with your WPJ this morning.....:surfweb:

Congrats to you and your DF....you're gonna have a SPECTACULAR wedding and I am so glad that you got everything resolved with the issues at AKL. It really stinks that the powers that be at WDW are waiting until the last minute to get the issues with construction dealt with at AKL. That really stinks. I had to deal with the same type of situation for the Maui resort we were scheduled to stay at when we got married there in 2003. We ended up demanding that our booker move us as well........why pay ALL THAT MONEY to deal with construction noise and views.

Anyway, just wanted to say :woohoo: for you !!!!!!

:cheer2:
 
Hoorah! You're moved! I'm so pleased - it never hurts to drop the "law" title - well done! I'm sure you'll have a great time - 44 days to go, woo hoo! I'm surprised you can see for the pixie dust that has been sprinkled on you! :):cheer2: :wizard:
 
woo hoo! :banana: congrats on the GF!!! You're going to love it! :)
 

im so glad you got that mess with the AKL solved....and now you get to stay at GF..yay!:banana:
 
Congrats to getting that all solved. I've never stayed at the GF, but I hear it's beautiful.
 
woop woop :cool1: :cheer2: :yay: :banana: That is great news Summer - you'll have a fab time at GF. Now you need to think about what surprises you want to order from the GF bakery - yummee :goodvibes

Did you ever get your hands on the Once Upon a Time album and papers? The album is available here and the papers here from a UK shop.

Kx
 
hey Summer, that's awesome!!! I am absolutely thrilled for you guys.....can't wait to see more pics - when are you going for a fitting?

Michelle :cloud9:
 
Summer! That is wonderful news! I would never be able to stay there either if something like that didn't happen- I hope you love every minute of it, you really deserve it!!!:hug:
 
Summer!

I can't believe I missed all this. Boy have I been overwhelmed lately. Needless to say I'm SO happy that your tour operator resolved the problem for you. And I'm SO excited for you. The GF?!?!?! That's an awesome upgrade. Way to hold your ground!

I really hope to be around more often now that I'm "on vacation". I'mm off galavanting around on the weekends for the wedding tour but now I have the weeks to scrapbook, chill out and hang out on the DIS.
 
Thanks girls for sticking behind me with the resort change fiasco, I'm sooo glad it all worked out well in the end, I must say I was stressing so much and had really bad migraines all last week, so glad it's over.

Anyway, I know that most people do this at the beginning of their PJ, but since I started mine ages ago I have decided to do it now.

How Steven and I met...

Steven and I have known eachother since I was 6 and he was 10. My brother who is also 4 years older than me, became best friends with him and I like a little lost puppy used to follow my big brother around, or rather he was told to take me with him. We would play armies, fenceball(made up game) Polo (like Red Rover) etc. Now Steven tells me he thought I was shy and all he can really remember about me is that I always had my hair in pigtails and always wore pretty dresses. I however remember kicking peoples a***s at armies and making a mean mud pie, but that's just me:rotfl:
When I was 8 my mom and dad decided to move to Australia again. However when I turned 12, we returned to Scotland. My brother resumed his friendship with Steven, and I started to like Steven more and more. I was at that horrible stage in a girls life, feeling really awkward and totally shy around boys. Through the years, my brother knew I liked Steven but thought this was only a crush, so disregarded it. Lucky for him, when I turned 15, my mom and dad decided we should up and move to Malta.
I loved this idea, as I had went through a rough time with this guy who I thought had been my friend, and I really just wanted to disappear. My exams were through so it seemed like a good opportunity.
I stayed in Malta for 2 years and returned a totally different person, I had lost loads of weight while there, and well basically I had grown up a lot. I now looked like a young woman, I had worked and studied while there and I felt more confident. I told my mom when we got back to the UK, that Steven and I would become an item:rolleyes1
When I returned my brother was still best friends with Steven and when Steven saw me for the first time, he was stunned, I looked so different, he said to himself he no longer saw me as my brothers little sister. Still even though we had a mutual attraction at this point, it took 18 months for anything to be said...
I dated some guys, never long term things meanwhile Steven stayed single. I thought I loved this one guy I had been dating for 4 months, he broke it off with me after he said he had cheated on me with a bridesmaid at his friends wedding. Oh well then!
I remember calling my brother, crying down the phone and telling him what had happened. He was at Steven's house and Steven told me later he remebered thinking that if only he was my boyfriend he would never have treated me like that.
Four months passed and I didn't date. One day I decided to go into town and Steven popped past and said he would walk with me, we spent an hour talking about loads of things, just not what was really on our minds. It was the first time we had ever talked without my brother being there. My heart leapt:love:
A week later my brother was working, Steven called and wanted to talk to me, he asked if I wanted to come up on the Monday and go for a walk. I jumped at the chance.
We met and walked and talked for several hours, after 4 hours or so, on the way back home, I started thinking maybe I got the wrong impression, he only likes me as a friend. That moment, he said to me,
'I really like you',
I responded saying, 'I really like you to'
Steven 'No I relly, really, like you'
Me 'I really, really like you'
Steven, stopping me in my tracks, 'Did you just say what I thought you said?'
Me, 'Uh, huh'
We both started walking and he took my hand, and held it tighly and we walked to his house together and didn't speak the rest of the way, we both just walked.
He kissed me on the bridge and it was the most perfect kiss ever, awkward, nervous and romantic and I fell in love, right there and then.:love:
8 years later and we are completing our fairytale, we have had our ups and downs, but we have survived them and always found our way back to eachother, I couldn't imagine anyone in this whole world I would rather spend my life with. To put it simply, he completes me:love:
 
Awwww that is the most sweet and romantic story I have ever heard, got a big lump in my throat :hug:
 
How romantic :cloud9: you're right it's just like a fairy tale.

I'm sorry to hear you've been having migranes. I get them from time to time and they completely wipe me out. I hope that now that the issue is resolved that the stress will dissappear...
 
What a lovely story you and DF have! :love:

I love the dress you've chosen! The pick-up skirt is beautiful. Your engagement ring is stunning! I love all of the fancy shape diamonds and haven't seen an emerald cut I like as much as your's.

Thank you for posting where you got your Sand Ceremony set from! I've been looking everywhere, but nothing seemed to have the cork stoppers. I don't understand how anyone is supposed to transport these without a stopper...:confused:
 
Thanks girls for sticking behind me with the resort change fiasco, I'm sooo glad it all worked out well in the end, I must say I was stressing so much and had really bad migraines all last week, so glad it's over.

Anyway, I know that most people do this at the beginning of their PJ, but since I started mine ages ago I have decided to do it now.

How Steven and I met...

Steven and I have known eachother since I was 6 and he was 10. My brother who is also 4 years older than me, became best friends with him and I like a little lost puppy used to follow my big brother around, or rather he was told to take me with him. We would play armies, fenceball(made up game) Polo (like Red Rover) etc. Now Steven tells me he thought I was shy and all he can really remember about me is that I always had my hair in pigtails and always wore pretty dresses. I however remember kicking peoples a***s at armies and making a mean mud pie, but that's just me:rotfl:
When I was 8 my mom and dad decided to move to Australia again. However when I turned 12, we returned to Scotland. My brother resumed his friendship with Steven, and I started to like Steven more and more. I was at that horrible stage in a girls life, feeling really awkward and totally shy around boys. Through the years, my brother knew I liked Steven but thought this was only a crush, so disregarded it. Lucky for him, when I turned 15, my mom and dad decided we should up and move to Malta.
I loved this idea, as I had went through a rough time with this guy who I thought had been my friend, and I really just wanted to disappear. My exams were through so it seemed like a good opportunity.
I stayed in Malta for 2 years and returned a totally different person, I had lost loads of weight while there, and well basically I had grown up a lot. I now looked like a young woman, I had worked and studied while there and I felt more confident. I told my mom when we got back to the UK, that Steven and I would become an item:rolleyes1
When I returned my brother was still best friends with Steven and when Steven saw me for the first time, he was stunned, I looked so different, he said to himself he no longer saw me as my brothers little sister. Still even though we had a mutual attraction at this point, it took 18 months for anything to be said...
I dated some guys, never long term things meanwhile Steven stayed single. I thought I loved this one guy I had been dating for 4 months, he broke it off with me after he said he had cheated on me with a bridesmaid at his friends wedding. Oh well then!
I remember calling my brother, crying down the phone and telling him what had happened. He was at Steven's house and Steven told me later he remebered thinking that if only he was my boyfriend he would never have treated me like that.
Four months passed and I didn't date. One day I decided to go into town and Steven popped past and said he would walk with me, we spent an hour talking about loads of things, just not what was really on our minds. It was the first time we had ever talked without my brother being there. My heart leapt:love:
A week later my brother was working, Steven called and wanted to talk to me, he asked if I wanted to come up on the Monday and go for a walk. I jumped at the chance.
We met and walked and talked for several hours, after 4 hours or so, on the way back home, I started thinking maybe I got the wrong impression, he only likes me as a friend. That moment, he said to me,
'I really like you',
I responded saying, 'I really like you to'
Steven 'No I relly, really, like you'
Me 'I really, really like you'
Steven, stopping me in my tracks, 'Did you just say what I thought you said?'
Me, 'Uh, huh'
We both started walking and he took my hand, and held it tighly and we walked to his house together and didn't speak the rest of the way, we both just walked.
He kissed me on the bridge and it was the most perfect kiss ever, awkward, nervous and romantic and I fell in love, right there and then.:love:
8 years later and we are completing our fairytale, we have had our ups and downs, but we have survived them and always found our way back to eachother, I couldn't imagine anyone in this whole world I would rather spend my life with. To put it simply, he completes me:love:


oh my gosh, I got chills reading this - isn't it amazing how life turns out sometimes?! and I feel the same way about JJ - I've just never seen it in print before - "he completes me"

wow Summer, wishing the two of you a happy laughter filled everyday for the rest of your lives!

Michelle :cloud9:
 
:sad1: (whiping the tears from my face...)

summer! that is the sweetest story ever! What a wonderful guy- it sounds like a movie. It made me love steven too! :laughing:
 
Well I have also decided to post everything here, on this page as I know throughout my planning journal I have changed my mind, several times;)

So here we go...

Steven and I will be having a 3 week wedding/honeymoon at Walt Disney World. We are getting married on August 20th at 10.00am at Sea Breeze Point, dining at Citricos for lunch and then Victoria and Alberts for dinner.
Wedding Coordinator - Tanis Armstrong
Reverand - Randall Miller
Photographer - Randy Chapman
Videographer - STVS
Hair and Make Up - Beaute Speciale
Dress Steaming - Carolyn Allens

MK Photo Shoot and Honeymoon Shoot booked, plus Randy is coming back for Wishes at The GF Marina on our wedding night!

We arrive on August 16th where we will be staying at CBR for 3 nights,
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moving on to POFQ the day before the wedding and staying here for 4 nights.
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Then going to the big one, The Grand Floridian for 7 nights.
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We managed to squeeze in a 3 night Disney Cruise after this:
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and finally we move on to The Crowne Plaza Universal:
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We will be visiting the following theme parks:
Discovery Cove including the Dolphin swim:
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Busch Gardens:
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Sea World:
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Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure:
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and of course Disney (MK, Epcot, MGM and AK):
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Steven and I purchased our wedding rings yesterday:
My one, 18ct White Gold, 2mm plain band:
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Steven's one, 18ct White Gold, 5mm plain band:
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My wedding dress, it's a two piece, with a really long train with 8 white roses on the back with silver and black trailing leaves, it's gorgeous and this pic doesn't do it justice:
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Shimmer Veil with blusher:
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Tiara, swarovski crystal:
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Shoes:
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Gloves, white satin fingerless gloves:
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Earings teardrop:
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Necklace, my Evenstar:
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Cake, will be 2 layers, bottom Chocolate cake with Peanut Butter mousse, top layer, Almond Cake with Amaretto mousse:
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Sand Ceremony kit, black and white sand:
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Steven's suit, charcoal, white shirt, white tie:
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Waistcoat, silver grey:
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I have loads of surprises for Steven planned, including the Personalised Menu and diver at Coral Reef, Carriage ride at POFQ, staying at POFQ (can't believe I still haven't told him about this) he really wanted to stay here!!! The Exotic Rasul on The Disney Wonder, tuxedo strawberries in our room at The GF, upgrades on the airport lounge, and a couple for my mom also. I think that's about it for now, although I am going to post my final and updated ADR's within the next couple of days.

Steven and I:
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WOW!

Sounds like you two are doing it up right!

Good for you guys!

Congrats and best wishes to you both for a most magical event!
 
That's such a cute story of how you both met!!

Wow what a Honeymoon! I hope everything is as romantic and special as you hope!

Do you have any relaxing days planed?? Sounds like you might need a vacation after this vacation :)
 












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