LEAVE YOUR EXPLETIVE KIDS AT HOME!!!!!

You can get it cheap at asian markets. and oh i know -- we've done it in ramen before. beef ramen, seaweed, beef broth. also, sis makes her own miso soup. OMG SO GOOD

and most definitely. i miss my childhood more than i think i should, lol.

hey, my cousin in MD is thinking that her engagement might start soon...i'm trying to get her to join WW as soon as the ring goes on her finger LOL are you familiar with vendors etc in your area?

Aaaaand this post may be my biggest accomplishment on WW.

I certainly never got a 300+ comment thread, much less the ability to keep it on track occasionally LOL bravo!

Yeah they sell it at the store on base, I just always forget to get it. Although I'm thinking of trying the cauli rice sushi, so I might pick some up one of these days. Mmmmmm thanks for reminding me of my crappy salad LOL

I know *some* from when I was engaged last time, but we ended up just doing JOP because I was preggers. I have the bakery picked out, as well as several venue/caterers that I'm looking at. Once I move back there I'll be able to give more detail. Even if that ring is not on her finger, get your sis on here! I won't be "officially" engaged until my annulment is finished, but check out me rocking my 5 stars

LMAO @Lady

Longest thread everrrrrr

@catrapoin i was actually perusing before i got engaged...officially joined afterward but my cousin gets overwhelmed just from ring shopping...i think she's going to run away screaming if i tell her to join on here before it's official LOL

Well FH lives on a different continent for now, and I'm currently with a lot of time on my hands during the day, so I'm trying to do all the legwork now. That way when I am "officially" engaged I don't have to freak out so much. I'll have a much different job them, be in a new place, dealing with a new school for the kids, and FH will also be in a new place (although nowhere near us). So I have basically planned the entire thing right now. It is, of course, based on certain contingencies, but I have back up ideas, and FH has his opinions too. So I can do this planning now, and then sit back and enjoy being engaged once I have the ring

Oh well yeah if i were in your situation i'd be doing everything now too! my FH travels a lot for work so i figured i'd be doing most of the research etc by myself, but by no means is he living on another continent lol my cousin and her bf live together and actually work for the same company (different depts) so there's not really the same space issue for them. they've been dating for a few years now, live together, the whole shebang. she was afraid he was going to take forever to make the next move and thought she'd be waiting an eternity to get engaged...well earlier this month she had to leave for about a week and he realized he wasn't about that bachelor life anymore, and decided to tell her to start ring shopping

Awww that is a totally cute story! She must be wishing she took a week off a long time ago LOL

What part of MD is she in?

LOL right?? i told her he'd do it when he was ready to but noooo, she was all convinced he was happy just dating. i told her he wouldn't have gone through with living together and integrating life with his daughters from a prior relationship if he just wanted to date! she's close to baltimore, about 20 mins north, or 40 mins from BWI

LOL awwww

Oh and that's not far from me! I'll be about 15 min south of BWI!

I am so proud to be able to say that I have been a part of this thread. This thread will never die it seems lol. What have we not covered now?

I just asked her where she was and told her why i was asking and she was like "i don't need any advice yet, no ring!!!!" lol i told you!

@missb how about we talk about people we're dreading coming to the wedding who aren't kids?? i've got a couple on both sides...

Oh Lordie Angie I was sooo glad that we didn't have the issues I was dreading

my dad is an abusive alcoholic and can get crazy

it was actually my sisters bf that ended up being our offensive guest he was rude and crass

he left the morning of the ceremony and came back late that night after it was over I was soooo glad and then when they broke up the next weekend I did a happy dance

Working on seating charts now. Wish we hadn't invited some people.

@Lady just leave their names off the list accidentally and pretend you never invited them. Then I simply won't let them in (unless of course they show up with International Delight). Then they won't get in, they won't eat, they won't need to sit anywhere, and when it's all said and done with, you can just blame the CIA (Cat In Action).

You might wanna turn your phone off for the day though... Just sayin.

Come on noe ladies I wanna hear some stories from you all

at my first wedding I was 19 and 6 months preggers we had the wedding at my dads house

they had white carpets

my uncle came in a blue leisure suit, brought his kids and grandkids that were not invited, his daughter changed their 3 month old baby on the floor, no changing pad

my ex husbands loser friends were hitting on my step mom

it was crazy

my second wedding to crazy, his family was in the bathroom bad talking my family, who were in the stalls almost came to blows

WORST day of my life