My mother became LDS two years before I was born, but she promptly went inactive and took us to church occasionally and sporadically. I was baptized when I was 13 with my sister, who promptly went inactive and has since been baptized as a baptist. Couldn't be baptized earlier because my father was violently opposed to the church (threatened to kill any mormon who ever stepped foot inside our house), but after his brain aneurisms and resulting brain damage when I was 12, he was no longer in a position to stop me from being baptized, so I was.
I consider myself first generation LDS simply because I'm the only person who benefited from it in my family, I'm the only one who ever took it seriously and actually tried to be a good LDS person, and my mother was never active. In fact, she's probably broken just about every commandment that there ever was, with only one exception. I doubt she's ever killed anyone. My father, on the other hand, is a whole other ballgame. . .
Mennonite by heritage. Both my parents grew up in Mennonite households raised in Mennonite churchs. And we therefore lived in a Mennonite culture. I am genetically a purebred Mennonite going back to the beginnings of the Mennonite religion.
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Lovely, mack. I vote against flowers in the hair, assuming I get a vote. But, a necklace? Are you going to wear a necklace? And just carry a small, simple bouquet. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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I have a necklace. I forgot to put the damn thing on and didn't remember until I was back in my jammies. And my sister is a cosmetologist, so I get my own hairdresser. Right then it was end of the day I'd rather be wearing my jammies and don't care what my hair does...hair.
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Oh, that wasn't a comment on how your hair looked in the picture. It was just that Mrs. M had suggested a floral wreath above, and I agree that those can look really great on short hair. But I don't think it would go well with the outfit.
End of the day is definitely jammie time.
You got your shoes picked out already, too?
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*grumps* Everyone needs to wake up and gush over how gorgeous and stylin' mack is. :pokepoke: Come on, Hatrack! Get with it!
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Wait, am I reading this correctly--you're getting married in New Hampshire? That's a stone's throw from me! Whereabouts in NH? Northern, southern?
[edit] The jacket is very nice. For the purposes of full disclosure, I'm not a fan of wedding dresses, so I'm particulary partial to alternatives. Mack, yours is particularly good.
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Mack, I sell suits for a living...drop me an e-mail, and I will hook you up as best as I can.
Not a black tie, he is getting married not going on a mission.
Well, a mission of sorts for the honymoon, but we won't go there....
I would go with a light grey shirt, with a grey and black tie....it is classic, tasteful, and perfect in that it will match anything you wear perfectly.
And I would be more than glad to help throw a party for you afterwards, if I can.
And Goten is where we are going for food, in Sunderland....let me know when is good for you two.
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I think I have it straight that the wedding is in Utah and then they are driving to NH. Which is 40-50 hours of road time actually driving. I think 8 hours a day is rather conservative. I reccommend breaking it up into 4 legs based on mileages. Salt Lake to Kearney Nebraska, to Chicago, to... uh, probably New York and then New Hampshire. I used to think those eastern states were all just pennyfarts, but one time I tried to drive to Vermont and it took 13 hours from D.C.
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I prefer Wedding dresses, but that coat is wonderful.
If you haven't decided, there is a wedding dres shop here in MA that gets all their syuff from NYC...Jenni got her dress and veil for less than I believed, and she looked wonderful.
I have never seen a bride in a coat and pants before, but one way or another I am sure you will be beautiful.
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No way, after today, I'm doing another picnic in the dead of winter. Well, not one where we have to roast hotdogs by a fire.
I'd just like to say that I appreciate everyone who has posted in this thread. I really do. I appreciate the caring advice that has been giving, both now and previously with the engagement announcement. Thank you. Posts: 530 | Registered: Jan 2003
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Right now I'm living in Montpelier, Vermont. It's about an hour from West Lebanon, NH. I have relatives in Temple, NH. I'm on Christmas break right now, but when I'm not eating good food and sleeping until 11:00AM, I'm at University of Vermont in Burlington.
I ski, when I have the money and inclination. My usual spot is in Sugarbush in Warren, VT. Killington is the hot spot to go for the ski people so it's always crowded, and as a result it's hard to have fun skiing. It's still a good place, if you know where to go.
[edit] I have no idea where exactly Temple is, since I havn't been there in years (before I cared about roads and signs and the like). Mapquest says Temple is about an hour southwest of Manchester.
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I was thinking. Jamie and Nathan have both been here a long time and are fairly well known, and they have both met many Hatrackers in person. I wondered if there would be Hatrackers who wanted to send cards, gifts, or money to them this month. There is obviously no time for a wedding shower and the wedding itself is going to be very small.
I asked Jamie if she was going to register anywhere and the answer was no. She isn't really sure what precise things they might want for their apartment, plus they might possibly be moving to a different one soon. She did say that they will really need more bookshelves and a closet storage system.
If anyone wants to send them something, you can email me or Jamie to get her address. She gave me permission to give it out. Or, if you wanted to paypal money for bookshelves or other purchases you can paypal me or her directly. Both of us use paypal and the emails listed in our profiles are the correct ones for paypalling money. If you send it to me I'll keep track of your names and the amounts and give it to her in one lump sum, maybe after they get back to New Hampshire.
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That's what I call big news ! Congrats, to both of you. Be happy, and try not to mind what the others will say or do. I was 19 and Vinnie 25 when I started to live with him, and we had had our first kis a few days ago. We already knew we were made for each other and that we wanted to marry and have children (we still don't agree on the number, but I guess life will decide that for us).
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Much as I love Calla lilies, I wouldn't do a white flower with a cream suit. I vote for the Lisianthusi.
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A single flower would also be lovely. I'm most partial to the lines of some of bouquets at the Calla silks -- very elegant. There is a single-like version there, too. Note that a lot of the Calla styles, e.g., the first one I linked, have an abundance of green to set them off.
I think some versions of white, off-white or soft pastel-tinged (e.g., peach) would look lovely with the suit. You'd have to try it out, though, and see what you think.
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Tulips will be expensive this time of year. I'm a fan of the gerbera bouquet linked by CT.
Silk flowers can be nice, but I've always been a bigger fan of real flowers.
I don't think I'd have a corsage and a bouquet at the same time. If you're having a wedding ceremony then a reception-like get together, you could put on the corsage after.
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The first rose clutch pic that Sara linked is exactly what I was thinking of, but I really like the gerbara one. That would be fabulous.
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I love the Gerbera one (get out of my head two you! out! it's already crowded in there with other friends).
And the callas are...awesome...as a flower in general. They very well might become my favorite flower.
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I wouldn't wear flowers, but you definitely need a colorful bouquet to set off that jacket -- which is lovely, by the way.
Forgive me for also thinking, with the geeky part of my brain, that a lightsaber would also complete the look.
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BTW, while I have a long-standing policy against giving money as a gift, I'd love to send a wedding present. That said, I also recognize that you haven't settled into a new place yet and don't know what you want -- and I don't want to ship you something that you're just going to have to move immediately. What are the odds that you two will register for gifts after the wedding?
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Wow! If I ever get married again (God forbid) I'm going to use Hatrack as my wedding planner. You all here have some great ideas as to what looks nice..
I like the Callas for their extreme purity of line, a line that echoes perfectly the curve of that upstanding neckline of the jacket. The Angelica bouquet at the Calla silks link would -- in just this one person's opinion -- be extraordinary.
But the Gerberas would be awesome, too. As would anything that Jamie ends up picking, I'm sure.
The Gerberas do seem the most "mack-ly" to me.
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Congratulations to you both! I married at 19 and we're going on 13 yrs. It has been tremendously hard yet I can't express how worth it it has been. I would never change the decision even knowing the dark times we've gone through.
We drove from MD to AZ to UT for our "honeymoon" and it was quite nice. That was when I got introduced to OSC for the first time (his books anyway).
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Did you know you can get mini calla lillies? We used them in my place settings. Also, it's perfectably acceptable to mix cream and white flowers in a bouquet. I did, because the roses that I wanted didn't come in white.
I love the outfit, mac. It's elegant and romantic all at the same time. I would still go with a garland, though. A very small, understated one. Also, the necklace should be very short - not much longer than a choker. You don't want it to fight with the lace.
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Chuck and I had Gerberas (and Ivy) for our wedding. It was just lovely. Have you seen the pictures? I should email you some.
I also wore cream...oh, I wish I could lend you my "princess dress". Hehe. Aside from being Way Too Big, though, it's entirely not your style. Heh. I just wish I could lend it to someone, I think it's getting lonely in its garment bag. Sigh.
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