...gets posted on LiveJournal!!  :)

OK, so first: this was the BEST VALENTINE'S DAY EVER!!

After running a few errands in the morning, Jason and I got all gussied-up and headed to New Orleans, a 3-ish-hour drive from our house, where we stood in a lot of lines until we boarded the Carnival Fantasy.  It was SOOO cold (low 60s, maybe), but lovely to be ( Read more... )

It is just comical that, whenever I give up something for Lent, that thing is available in abundance ( Read more... )

 So, what do you all think of this deal?

http://www.simplybridal.net/

Hi, folks,

Ok, so this is a desperate and shameless cry for help.

A friend of mine, Nela, from Montenegro (she was one of our interpreters, and has worked for the OSCE, among other organizations, many times in the area; very sweet, very smart, and we've kept in touch closely since 2006, when I monitored their Referendum there in Nikšić), has a 13- ( Read more... )

Um, ok, so this wedding budget thing?  Yeah -- now I'm broke, at least until I get my paycheck next week.  This totally blows ( Read more... )

 I've been wedding dress shopping online (and in stores) for 5 months now, and so far, this dress comes with the best accessories, BY FAR:

http://www.impressionbridal.com/pop_up.php?style=2784.jpg

In other news, I've learned that even the schools are closed here today.  I guess it makes up for not having the luxury of snow days like we do up north.  ( Read more... )

I have a lot of stuff to write and a little time in which to do it, so I'll try to be brief:

1.  It's Super Duper Tuesday!  I still don't think we'll have any definitive nominees by tonight, but hey, you never know.  I'm not exactly a paid Washington pundit.

1.a) I so loved the Coke commercial with James Carville and Bill Frist -- rollin' on their ( Read more... )

I've found a pattern, and have decided I'm going to make my own veil, based upon these samples.

What do you all think?

http://www.candleonthehill.net/store/catalog.php?category=15 

OK, folks (primarily ladies), these are my floral choices for bouquets (a silk version):

The BMs will carry small bouquets of white stephanotis (4 small bouquets pictured here together in one vase; so picture 1/4 of what you see in each vase -- that's what each girl's carrying.  I can't stress that enough -- SMALL bouquets), with Tiffany Blue ribbon ( Read more... )

I guess Jason's failure to book our weekend at the Hard Rock Hotel in Biloxi wound up being a blessing in disguise, in two ways:

First, when he realized I was SEETHING over it, he offered to book us a trip to Vegas.  Convincing him that was a lot of money spent on a short (2 night) trip, I poked around the internet and found great cruise prices on ( Read more... )