today tomorrow and foreverrrrr
We are supposed to talk about what we are going to continue to do as a result of iron brides. One thing that I am commited to continue to do is the five tebetin rights/monks. Whichever it is! ..Anyways it is so relaxing and really gets you centered and focused.
I have shared this with Stevie Rae, my fiances younger sister and we do it together on tuesdays and thursdays when she comes over after school as well. She has totally embraced it as well. I will share it with Jack when he is older and hopefully it does for him what it has for us! …
I’m also going to continue the path of the complaint free world. I still complain all the time!!!! But hopefully it will become less and less. My father has actually been through the complaint free braclet cycle, and did his 21 days, and Lance is working on it with me as well.
a whole new me…
Okay maybe not a whole new me.. but Iron Brides and the wonderful group of girls we have on the show have really shown me the potential that I have. I think one specific part of me that has changed is I am not going to hold back, and I am going try to me more of a dreamer.
After Jack was born, I imeadiatly became a realist. Having children put your life into prospective pretty quick. I had a job, I had a degree but I knew I wasnt where I wanted to be and after I had my son I decided I wanted to get there. But my “there” so to speak, was corporate, making lots of money for my family.
I will have completed my second degree by my wedding date, but I don’t think I will venture the corporate route. Thanks to iron brides I will most likely be doing something that relates to art in some way or another. Weather it be literally art with paint and paper, or something with fashion, or food. I do not know. But I am going to stick with what I am passionate about, and I don’t think I would have done this if it had not been for Iron Brides.
Rustic Elegance
Rustic elegance will be the underlying theme on our wedding day. In this blog, I am supposed to chose one word to describe the feeling at our wedding, but I can’t. I had to chose two because Lance and I are so different, our wedding will be incorporating us both.
I guess the underlying theme or feeling I want people to get when they arrive at our wedding, is the feeling of Lance & I. The wedding, and reception is a celebration of our love for eachother, so I want the atmosphere to be representitive of that.
How are we going to do that? …Well first of all lets start with the setting… Loon Mountain. Now we are not huge skiiers or Snowboarders, but have dabbled lol. But Lance loves the Mountains, loves to hike, loves to repell, loves outdoors. So getting married at the summit of Loon Mountain over looking the presidentials, a no brainer. Its gorgeous. 
We also both love the fall, and October is our favorite month. So our wedding date is set for Oct. 2009
Next the recepetion. Heres where we have to get really creative. Lance wanting rustic, comfortable, and me wanting fancy and elegant. I also think its very important to appeal to the five senses.
Our reception is at the Mountain Club on Loon. They just went through a 7 million dollar renovation, and I love the rooms. They have a spa YAY, and lots of activitys for everyone to do if they decide to stay longer then just for the wedding.
After our ceromony at the summit, our guests will take the gondola back down the mountain and head inside to the Black Diamond Grill. Which is a pub like atmosphere, for cocktail hour, while the imeadiate families and wedding party get whisked away for pictures. Once cocktail hour is over the guests will move to the Seasons Resteraunt. This is the resteraunt in the mountain club at loon, where the reception will take place.
This is where I want the senses to come into play. I’d like the smell to be of cinnomin and apples, or mulled cider. (those are my favorite smells!) I’d liek the tables to have candles, and the ambiance be very romantic. There needs to be tons of texture, which is how we are going to get rustic, and elegant to blend. I am not going to give away any specifics, but I am planning on including antlers, burlap, crystals, and satin. WHAT? You will have to wait and see.
Our cake, I would like it to encorperate the outdoors, and also represent Lance, & I and our son Jack. Who will be our ring bearer AWWWW. I am thinking something with Birch trees. I have a pretty good idea of what I want, but again I don’t want to give everything away! .I also will probably change my mind 348972398472 times before the actual wedding anyways.
The colors you will see, well I would like to have chocolate brown, and vintage gold. I might add another accent color, but I am not sure. Any suggestions? ..I also don’t know what kind of flowers we will carry during the ceremony, but I will not be using flowers in my center peices.
My dress, my dress, my dress. I havent picked one yet but I intend to very soon! I can tell you that it is not going to be puffy. I am thinking slim A-line, or maybe trumpet or fit and flare kind of look. It wont be white, but probably cream, or ivory. It wont be simple, but its not going to be over the top.
We are having a sit down dinner, and I know that chicken will be on the menu because it is all I eat :). I want the flavors to be representative of NH, and the fall. There will be more then one choice of entrees but I am letting Lance decide those because all I care about is the chicken!!!
As for favors, I am having a hard time deciding what we want to do. One thought was to give away a nip and recipe for our signiture cocktail, if we have one. Another idea was rusic candles. But what I am thinking now might be a donation. There is a website that you can order truffles from, and they donate a portion of the price for the truffle to a charity of your choice. Then they personalize them for you.
This picture was taken from http://www.trufflesforacause.com/products.htm
http://www.trufflesforacause.com/ I just thought that this might be a cute idea. As for a cause, I was thinking we could donate to Heifer International. It is a non-profit organization that in general want to end world hunger, and care for the earth. They beleive that a holistic approach is neccisary to build sustainable communities. http://www.heifer.org/ Check them out! ..It is one of my Dads favorite charities to donate too. So if we decide to go with this option our guests get some yummy chocolate, and hopefully a good feeling knowing part of there favor was a donation.
After the reception I don’t know if there will be an after party. I am sure a lot of people will be staying at the resort, so if this is the case there could be. I guess we will figure this as well as brunch out when the date approaches.
Last but not least, I want people to walk away happy, satisfied, full, and smiling. As I said in a prior blog, I want people to feel like we gave them a peice of us. I really hope that through all of our effort of incorperating ourselves into this that they will.
Romance, and all that junk ;)
Lance and I met when we were 7 years old, and we grew up together. However we were never in the same circle of friends, he was kind of the bad boy. He was never a follower, and never cared what people thought. I on the other hand swam with the other fish, I had lots of friends and was never a “bad” girl, although I have had my fair share of crazy nights. p.s don’t get me wrong I wasn’t a follower EVER, but I did swim with different fishys then Lance.
We actually started dating after a canoe trip in 2006. My friend Katie and I were sharing a canoe, and Lance was sharing a canoe with my older brother. Katie and I’s canoe somehow tipped, and all of our food, clothes, and sleeping bags were SOAKED!!!!! So Lance offered me the shirt off of his back, built a fire with the other boys to warm up kate and I, and let me sleep in his sleeping bag. We have been basically inseperable ever since. Aww I know romantic
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Lance although I’m sure he doesnt consider himself romantic is infact romantic. He is always thinking of me and doing the little things so to speak. I think our most romantic times are sporadic things. Our most recent romantic outing was when he came home from combat training in NM, I surprised him with a trip to Canada. Although I was rejected at the border UGHHH!!! For the most ridiculous reason (a whole other story), we made the most of it.
I quickly got to work on my Iphone found a romantic little Inn called “The Sunset Hill House” In sugar Hill NH. Booked us a room, programmed it into the GPS and we were off. It was a gorgeous setting, the staff was awesome, the room had a Jacuzzi bath tub, and a fire place. We ate an amazing, dinner and there wine list OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought I died and went to wine heaven. Although we were only there for one night, It was worth the money, the long drive to Canada and back, and all the stress of finding it. We will definitely go back.
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I think one reason that Lance and I get along even though we are opposites for the most part we also have a lot in common. For instance we are both passionate about music and we enjoy the same tunes. We like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blind Melon, Black Crows… okay I could honestly type forever on the music we like because music makes me so happy so I’ll just stop there!!! ..
We also both want to travel. I think that Lance likes Europe a lot, I’ve never been. For our honeymoon we want to do a european cruise. Lance and I have been together for about 2 and a half years now, and we have traveled a few places. When we first started dating we went to CT, for a DMB concert. Then a few weekends later he took me to Montreal, very romantic. We have also been to North Caralina, as well as St. Martin together. I think traveling is an experience no matter where you go, and expericing it together is what is important.
Another reason why we get along so well is, I LOVE TO COOK, and Lance loves to eat. Although Lance is huge on comfort foods, and I guess I make comfort foods, but try to kick them up a notch. BAM! His Mom is an awsome cook as well, so he’s grown up on good food, so he is very happy I can cook!
When we have talked about our wedding he has basically given me full control over the day. But I really want our wedding to speak to both of us. I want everyone who comes to really feel like we shared a peice of us with them.
Ive been day dreaming…
Although I am not wedding planning 24/7, it is always in the back of my mind. I guess when I day dream about it I think about all of the things I havent decided yet and try to think of what I want. I think every girl dreams about there wedding day, even if they are destined to be a spinster for life :). J/P. But really, I have dreamed of my wedding day since forever.
When I was little I probably wanted pink everything, I remember I used to wonder why people didn’t paint there houses pink and have hearts all over them. I knew thats what I was gonna do for my house when I grew up. YEAH RIGHT! lol..
So my thoughts on my wedding, as well as my um… house have changed as I’ve grown into the woman that I am today. Being on Iron Brides has really made me more open minded as to what I want at my wedding. It’s also taught me to let go, of things I don’t really need that I have been fussing about.
Weddings have always been a blast to go too, dressing up and celebrating with friends and family, what could be better? I think that what I like best about weddings is how different they can be, and how they represent the people who are having them.
All of this day dreaming is really making me want to get married tomorrow! lol…
Broken Glass
We all have things that hold us back.. or down. Sometimes its people, sometimes its fear, sometimes its money! For me it has been all of these things at different times. A big “glass ceiling” for me is the fear of failure. I would be mortified if I stuck my neck out there for something only to have a guilateen come down and chop off my head. No what Im saying???
I’ve always had security in my life. Growing up there was never a stress of how are the bills going to be payed? or how can we put food on the table. We always had everything that we needed. So I guess a glass ceiling for my fiance and I is stability. We want security and stability for our son, and don’t want to risk losing either of those for something that can be put off for when we are more comfortable.
Lance and I have our whole lifes to live together, and I think when the timing is right, we will break through our glass ceiling, and come out on top! Speaking of the rest of our lives together, we have so many goals to accomplish in this lifetime. This spring we are going to sky dive together, we were supposed to go two years ago but I was pregnant! Then last year, we just couldn’t justify the expense with a brand new little one!
We also want to go on an Alaskin cruise, Lance has a 5 year goal of climbing Mt. Mckinley. We want to see the world. We also would like to live in another country for a year or so. We love NH/New England so we wouldn’t want to move for longer then that. Lance has more outragous goals then I do. He is an adventurist.
The purple braclet!!!
In a world that is full of negativity, we all strive to find something posative even at the worst of times. Wouldn’t it be nice if the world was complaint free? ..A complaintfreeworld.org, has actually started to implement this concept, by raising our awareness of how much we complain and beleive me we complain alot!
How does this work? If you go to the website www.acomplaintfreeworld.org you can order yourself a purple braclet. The goal of wearing the braclets is to eliminating negativity from your own thoughts. The braclet creates awareness because you have to be more concious of what you are saying. Everytime you complain, you switch the braclet from one wrist to the other. They say that it takes 21 days to form a habbit, so if you can go complaint free for 21 days, you can take the braclet off.
Now I like to think of myself as a pretty posative person, however I am always empathizing, and I consider myself a realist. When someone tells me something sad, or negative I always want to empathize, which just creates more negativity. I find that sometimes I cannot go an hour without complaining. I’m always cold, thirsty, tired, etc.
The founder of the non profit organization is a Minister named Will Bowen. He suggested that his congragation wear purple braclets to monitor, and his idea exploded! They say being complaint free will help you have a happier relationships, better health, and greater prosperity.
My fiance and I have both embraced the “purple braclet” in hopes that we will be able to be complaint free before our wedding! Wish us luck… : )
Santa Baby
“Santa Baby” is one of my favorite songs during the holiday season. It’s upbeat, and cutesy! I actually like the Madonna version, but it was originially sung by Eartha Kitt in 1953. There isn’t any profound meaning to the song, its just playful and fun. The girl who is singing the song, wants lots of expensive and materialistic things.
Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree, for me
Been an awful good girl
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa baby, a 52 convertible too, light blue
I’ll wait up for you dear
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Think of all the fun I’ve missed
Think of all the fellas that I haven’t kissed
Next year I could be o’ so good
If you’d check off my Christmas list
-Bee Doo Bee Doo
Santa honey, I wanna yacht and really that’s
Not a lot
Been an angel all year
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa cutie, theres one thing I really do need, the deed
To a platinum mine
Santa cutie, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa baby, fill my stocking with a duplex, and checks
Sign your ‘X’ on the line
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Come and trim my Christmas tree
With some decorations bought at Tiffany’s
I really do believe in you
Let’s see if you believe in me
Boo doo bee doo
Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a ring
I don’t mean on the phone
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Hurry down the chimney tonight
Hurry down the chimney tonight…
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Santa-Baby-lyrics-Madonna/A01CD39509F0A9BE4825688C000DB76A
Twas the night before christmas…
Growing up I always looked forward to the holiday season. After Thanksgiving went by, the count down until christmas was on… My Dad always went all out with the Christmas lights outside. He even built us a 15 foot high Rudolf, to put in the front lawn. My mom made every kind of cookie imaginable, and always let me help. Then on Christmas eve, we would watch “The Grinch who Stole Christmas”, put out cookies and milk for Santa, and carrots for the reindeer. Just before bed we would run outside to listen for sleigh bells… (either my mum or dad would go out the other door and ring a bell). Of course when we were little we didn’t know that so we would get so excited and go straight to bed, so Santa would come!! Then we would sneak down in the middle of the night and peak at our presents and in our stockings. First thing in the morning, i’m talking like 5am, we would run into my parents room and wake them up telling them Santa came. Then we would open up all of our presents, later on our grandparents and great grandparents would come over and my mom would cook up a huge feast. One family tradition we always do, is make butter from scratch. Which requires a lot of shaking, we all pass the jar and shake until the cream turns to butter, then have it with dinner. After everyone leaves we were all exhausted from a long, busy day and we would crash early!
One of my most favorite christmas memories was when I was 5 years old and in Kindergarten. My Mom was pregnant and a couple weeks past her due date. I had a holiday party the next day at school, and my mom was making chocolate santas for it. I had gone to bed around 8, and around 10 o-clock she woke me up and asked for my help. I thought it was the middle of the night, and I thought I was so cool, making chocolate santas in the middle of the night with my mom. After we finished I curled up on an over sized chair with her and fell asleep watching MASH. I never understood until I was older why she woke me up in the middle of the night to make chocolate santas. What had happend was she thought she was going into labor, and just wanted some company. She didn’t want to wake my Dad unless she knew for sure. Turns out it was a false alarm, and my little brother showed up January 8th, a month past his due date!
So much to do!!!
Has everyone finished there Christmas shopping? Cause I havent… AHHH! I need to drive to Manchester to return my books, then drive back here let Jack play, cause he hates the car for that long then drive to the Kittary Trading Post to get Lancifer stuff. Then drive back to pick up Stevie from school, then drive all the way back to Portsmouth to go to Barnes & Noble for my grandmother, and the mall for my mummm. Then back home to cook dinner for Stevie, and drop her off at her house. ..I also need to get my Christmas cards out at somepoint because at this point I will be lucky if it gets to people by New Years. RARRRRRR..
and im offf…
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