Discussions by Original VC

I read this story last night and thought I'd share. A little girl suffered severe burns after her house was set on fire a few years ago - she also lost her dad and siblings in the fire, and is still...

DH and I are heading back to my hometown in two weeks, and will have to see my extended family. They will probably ask us when we're having children, since we already tied the knot and apparently...

I've been struggling with my dissertation for a while now - it's a long story and I don't want to bore anybody with it. My parents are pissed off that I'm not finishing this Ph.D. sooner, and it has...

My excuse for being here is that I celebrated Thanksgiving over a month ago, as we do in Canada. Who's here today? How is your day going?

Are there any British Columbia brides here? Hopefully nobody will be affected by this. Apparently the local agricultural land authority forbids any non-agricultural activity on farm land....

Thanks to Bethie for this idea! This thread is for those who love to travel, to talk about their past travels, and to hear/read about other people's adventures. Doesn't matter if it's a short road...

Last time we tried this, it was a bust - and I was one of the guilty ones that couldn't make it in the end, I'll admit to that! And now all of the Winnipeg WW ladies I've met are happily married. So,...

When we were budgeting for our wedding, I checked these links to get an idea of how much people spend on specific things. Of course, these should be adjusted to big cities vs. small towns, or whether...

We leave for our honeymoon in 9 days! It will be almost 3 weeks of sightseeing and walking a lot. I don't want to wear sneakers all the time. It will be late September/early October, so sandals are...

The other post was not about what I wanted to hear, so here it is. What unique wedding customs are common in your region or area? Or, if it's not from your area but you've heard of interesting customs...

It's been a few months now since my last Canadian shout out. Hello, everyone in the great white north! Please post below and introduce yourselves, tell us where you are and your wedding date. Maybe...

I thought of putting the cards we received from our guests in photo albums, but it turned out not to be very practical - made the album too thick to close, lol. How are you storing - or will you store...

American brides and wives: you're more than welcome to post too, though I'm wondering if this is more of a regional thing. Back home, guests who don't attend usually sent a greeting card. Not a...

VIstaprint has a sitewide sale with up to 50 percent discounts. Thank you cards have 40 percent off, and I think wedding invitations have the same - the code is SAVEBIG. Also, Michaels in Canada has a...

I got my BMs a pocket mirror with a gem design on the outside, and made them silver bracelets with a cabochon of their hometown and silver necklace pendants with a little pearl and a little pendant...

We'll leave for our honeymoon roughly around the time our photographer will have our pics ready, about 3 weeks after our wedding, and we'd be back about a month and a half after our wedding day. I was...

First of all, I'm really dumb and don't know how to get my wedding date to show again... it used to show and then it didn't. Second - any date twins out there? What do you still have left to do? We...

Happy Canada Day to all the Canadian brides here! Just wanted to share a nice Winnipeg tradition for Canada Day: the living flag. A bunch of people dressed in either red or white gather at a specific...