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Re. destination weddings, I wouldn't do one myself for these reasons:

(a) I would feel guilty for guests having to get on a plane to travel just to go to a wedding and also the expense incurred
(b) If you wanted to have your honeymoon at the wedding, you'd be stuck having the honeymoon with all your guests still there (not exactly honeymoon territory eh?!)
(c) If you wanted to go to a different destination for your honeymoon, it probably would involve even more flights than if you just went straight from your home airport

My idea of a dream wedding would be super low-key with only very close friends and very close family, somewhere here. And then go on an amazing honeymoon to the Maldives in a water villa :girlsigh:
 
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pursecrzy said:
I feel your pain ATG! I lived with a nasty kitchen for far too long.
How did I cope without a dishwasher for so long???????
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I ask myself this very question - daily.

Need some advice peeps. My aunt is still in the hospital and it sounds bad. Today she's a bit better. My original plan was to go out after she recovered and visit her & help out. This weekend, however, my other aunts and uncles are heading out (they live fairly close). My mom asked me to buy her a plane ticket - I did. So now I'm wondering, should I go, too? It's like a THOUSAND bucks to go!

My mom is pushing me REALLY hard to go. When my aunt (who's running interference and sending updates) sent today's latest - which sounded good. My mom IMMEDIATELY emailed me to say that this news does not mean she's recovering, 'got it?!' - implying that I'd still better get my booty out there.

So now I'm freaked and worried and kinda flinching at spending a grand to rush out there. What if it's nothing and I just tick everyone off? What if it's SUMTHIN' and I need to be there?! It's just soooo hard to get info!

So, help me figure out what to do? Keep in mind that I've got my best friend's wedding to go to next weekend...and I haven't been home for longer than two days in nearly a MONTH!
 
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JulesB68 said:
Gosh Purse! Kitchen remodelling AND planning a wedding at the same time! What are you, some kind of superwoman??! Looks fantastic! Enjoy your first meal!

Hi Avril!
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LOL Jules! The kitchen remodel is one of the steps in selling my house. It's not over yet. I'm also going to school. The only thing I'm not doing is working which makes the other things possible.


Avril said:
Love the new kitchen purse!!! :yahoo: :yahoo: And by the way, IKEA rocks!!!
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I'm happy with the quality and the looks but the store experience was not fun at all.

If I had to do it again, I'd go to another Ikea location and have them deliver the materials. That way they'd be responsible for the wrong items I received.
 
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A-T-G, I'm not sure what advice to offer, I'm sorry :sad: Why don't you phone your aunt to talk to her if you cannot go? $1,000 is a lot of money so if you feel you cannot go, do not feel bad about it. Can your aunt take phone calls? My thoughts are with you :hugs:

purse - IKEA store experience is NOT fun. I hate it. What I hate most is how parents treat it like a daycare centre and there are kids everywhere. Whenever SO and I go, it feels like there are more kids than adults there, and the kids are running around the place causing havoc. There are women and men there pushing prams and blocking up the whole place, aaaargh. I don't understand how a furniture store is a place to drag kids to! People bring NEWBORNS there!!! I'm thinking to myself "that poor baby, being dragged to IKEA and being exposed to all those germs!"
 
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ATG, you're in a tough position, but I guess I would err on the side of going, especially if everyone else is heading that way...something's going on to make everyone hop a plane to be with her. The money and timing does suck big time, though.

IL, nice to see ya!!!!!

Purse, what a fantastic kitchen! I can't believe the big day is just a few months away! :yahoo:
 
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Hi everyone,

Feeling a little guilty. Warm Orange Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies. Fresh out of the oven, not too hot, not too cold. In a word, perfect.

ATG, I agree with OB. I would make the trip. Is there anyone else you can talk to who would give you an objective opinion of the situation? But I would err on the side of going. Regret is a powerful emotion.

IL!!!! So glad that you are back!!!!!!!! I hope you and the doggies are doing well. Give a hug to Twinkie and Murphy for me.

Purse, Congrats on the invites. Be careful on the flowers. I had a flower disaster for my wedding. The floral designer quit the week before my wedding and never ordered my flowers. They had to make due with what they had in the shop. I was beside myself, but there was nothing I could do about it. That and the 40 degree F temperatures with rain for an outdoor wedding in September. Gotta love New England. But then again DH and I have been happily married for almost 24 years, so the wedding (though wonderful) doesn't really count. The marriage, however is the important thing. Never forget that.

Going back for another cookie.
 
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Thanks, peeps! I decided to go when my other aunt wrote me. She said my ill aunt had done better before but, crashed suddenly. She's worried that my ill aunt will just 'check out' (her words) and she thought, since we're close, that seeing me might just spark her up again. And that, if it didn't, and something happened - at least I wouldn't regret not seeing her.

which seems to be the consensus here as well. Thanks for the advice!
 
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