Clint & Danielle~~May 16th 2009

[dleggs15]

Well even though I'm new I wanted to start a journal for me and hopefully get more ideas/advice!

My FH and I have been together 9 going on 10 years. We met when I was a Sophomore in HS and he was a Soph. in College. We met through a friend and have been together ever since..well pretty much!

The first few years were a challenge! We broke up and got back together more times then I can count! I am happy though because without those breaks we wouldn't of had time to grow into the people we are today and realize even after our "breaks" we still want to be with each other!

We are originally from MD but currently living in Savannah, GA. We have moved twice in the past 2 years for his job. Although it was for good reasons I miss my family terribly and get very lonely because he works so much! being this far from family and friends is the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life! I know life isn't easy but being around family and friends always seems to make things a little easier! I love Clint with all my heart and know he is the one! he is so caring and loving and works hard for us and our animal family for now :)

We have been engaged since Nov 07. We had been ring shopping for about 2 weeks because we knew it was something we both were READY for. I wasn't expecting the way he asked me but it was cute and soooo him lol..I came home from work and he had bought the movie License To Wed. I asked him why he got that movie and he replied because he wanted to take the next step..at first i was confused so i asked next step for what??? then he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! I was very shocked and of course I said yes!
We wanted to have our wedding in 08 but my best friend and my FH brother got married in May 08 so we figured it would be best to wait another year before having another wedding for his family! so we set our date for May 16th 09:) I'm glad because we have had plenty of time to get things together and plan for it! even though it feels liek there is sooo much more to do! UGH...

We are having our wedding back home in MD in my parents back yard then having the reception at a local fire hall about 5 mins from the ceremony! I have always dreamed of having an outdoor wedding and my parents home couldnt of been more perfect location!

My mom and MOH and best friend have been working so hard to plan everything and make sure things are going to be special! We are doing a lot of things ourselves! thank god I have a a creative family lol...i sure didn't get that passed on to me :bbeek: I'm not to picky either lol..I know I should be but to me the wedding is not about everything we have its about sharing with our family and friends a time that means so much to us! all the decorating and nice things are just a extra thing! I like everything to be plain and simple like us :)

We have 2 dogs a English Bulldog named Rosie she just turned 5 and is our pride and joy and love of our lives! She is our child! we rescued a stray a few months back a min pin named Peewee! him and rosie are good buds! I plan on having Rosie in our wedding since she means so much to us! I also have a horse named Classy that is at my parents house and I plan on having her involved with the wedding..just to take pics!

Sorry this was sort of long I want to try to keep everythign in order but knowign me that probably wont happen lol!

I'll post some pics of things I have purchased so far (well pics that i have) so far we have these things taken care of:

Ceremony/reception site
photographer
DJ
cake
centerpieces
wedding dress
BM dresses
grooms/GM suits
Invitations
Thank you cards
favors
food/drinks
chair rentals

AHH I'm sure there are things I am forgetting but I'll add them if I remember lol :)

[dleggs15]

Well here is the wedding dress I picked out! I need to get it altered in a few places but once I tried it on I knew it was the one for me :) I only went to one dress shop and was there maybe 2 hrs! not bad huh? lol

http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/pictures/files/2/5/2/6/1/dresss5.jpg

http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/pictures/files/2/5/2/6/1/dress2.jpg

http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/pictures/files/2/5/2/6/1/dress4.jpg

I cant wait to wear it again! Its been in my closet since Aug...hehe...I need to get it altered by march so atleast I'll get to try it on again

[dleggs15]

This is the suit we picked out for the Groom and GM! Since we are having an outdoor spring wedding this fit us perfect! the color for the ties yet is to be decided our colors are spice and butter

http://www.sarnotux.com/image_show.asp?CatalogID=639&Which_Image=Image01

[dleggs15]

Here is the dress I picked out for the BM and MOH...I have one BM one JR BM and of course my MOH the MOH will be in the spice color and the 2 BM will be in the butter color.

Spice
http://s7d4.scene7.com/ir/render/AlfredAngeloRender/6128-600?wid=340&obj=main&color=209,96,87&sharpen=1 (javascript: changeImage('6128-600?wid=340&obj=main&sharpen=1',null,1);)


Butter

http://s7d4.scene7.com/ir/render/AlfredAngeloRender/6128-600?wid=340&obj=main&color=254,243,203&sharpen=1 (javascript: changeImage('6128-600?wid=340&obj=main&sharpen=1',null,1);)

the colors look much better in person

[dleggs15]

This is the pic we used for our engagnement announcement in our hometown paper! nothing special jsut a regular pic!

http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/pictures/files/2/5/2/6/1/engagement.jpg

Here is my ring..the pic does NOT do it justice! I already have our wedding bands as well but no pics of those!
http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/pictures/files/2/5/2/6/1/ring1.jpg

http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/pictures/files/2/5/2/6/1/ring2.jpg

[dleggs15]

For our reception our centerpices are going to be individualized cakes for each table! this serves two purposes! decoration and cake :) we are also having a wedding cake just not a big one! I loved this idea..my mom came up with it and she and a few other lady's will be making and decorating the cakes! the flowers in the pics are NOT the flowers that will be used to decorate the cakes for the wedding! she just picked these up at the grocery store just to play around with it! I love this idea and so glad she thought of it! we are also using old candle jars that we had saved up to add to the cake! my mom has made everything on this table other than the flowers of course lol...seh put together all the jars with ribbons and pearls!

http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/pictures/files/2/5/2/6/1/love_it.jpg

[PGDesigns]

Love the ideas so far! Your dress is beautiful!

I'm located about an hour up I-16 from Savannah, and ironically, my FH and I have been together 10 years, too! We went to high school together. I was a sophomore, and he was a junior.

Welcome to OW! I can't wait to see the rest of your plans.

[dleggs15]

Love the ideas so far! Your dress is beautiful!

I'm located about an hour up I-16 from Savannah, and ironically, my FH and I have been together 10 years, too! We went to high school together. I was a sophomore, and he was a junior.

Welcome to OW! I can't wait to see the rest of your plans.


WOW thats awesome! We just moved here in June so I'm still learning the area! are you near the Statesboro area? I know 16 takes us to Pooler but not sure where else lol Thats cool you guys were high school sweet hearts as well! I cant actually count us as HS sweet hearts i dont think since i was in HS and he was in College? hmm well anyways! We still have lots to do and time is running out lol

[dleggs15]

Unfortunatly I dont have any pics of the programs but we decided to DIY ones :) since we are having an outdoor wedding we found a template to use to make up fan programs that can fan out into like 6 pieces with all the info on each fan! they turned out very lovely but are also very time consuming! I'll try to find the template for them!

This is what they will look like finsihed product! these are not mine just a sample! very simliar to what we are doing though

http://www.gnyc.net/senseless/wp-content/photos/orig_070521fan01.jpg

[PGDesigns]

WOW thats awesome! We just moved here in June so I'm still learning the area! are you near the Statesboro area? I know 16 takes us to Pooler but not sure where else lol Thats cool you guys were high school sweet hearts as well! I cant actually count us as HS sweet hearts i dont think since i was in HS and he was in College? hmm well anyways! We still have lots to do and time is running out lol

Yeah, Statesboro. We ended up moving here for school and somehow just haven't left yet. We both work at GSU, and FH owns a pet sitting business here. We're getting married back home in Augusta, though.

[dleggs15]

Yeah, Statesboro. We ended up moving here for school and somehow just haven't left yet. We both work at GSU, and FH owns a pet sitting business here. We're getting married back home in Augusta, though.


Oh very cool! a guy I work with is from Statesboro! I never been lol! I haven't been to many places around the area! I'm a home body lol! Oh wow thats awesome you own a pet sitting business! do you come to the home or how does that work? I had to leave my babies behind for hte first time EVER in Nov when we went on a cruise at the vets boarding place and it broke my heart! I dont think I could do that again! they are like my kids and usually wherever we go they go along but of course they couldnt go on the cruise lol!

[PGDesigns]

Oh very cool! a guy I work with is from Statesboro! I never been lol! I haven't been to many places around the area! I'm a home body lol! Oh wow thats awesome you own a pet sitting business! do you come to the home or how does that work? I had to leave my babies behind for hte first time EVER in Nov when we went on a cruise at the vets boarding place and it broke my heart! I dont think I could do that again! they are like my kids and usually wherever we go they go along but of course they couldnt go on the cruise lol!

You haven't missed much by not coming to Statesboro. LOL There's not a whole lot here other than GSU.

For pet sitting, we stop by the home once or twice a day, typically, depending on the pet and how many times the owners would like us to come out. We feed, medicate (if needed), have playtime, go on walks, cuddle, clean litter boxes, whatever needs to be done to make sure each pet is content. We also bring in the mail/newspaper, take out the trash, water plants, and rotate lights and draperies to make it look like someone is home. We'll even send email updates with pictures if the owner wants.

[dleggs15]

You haven't missed much by not coming to Statesboro. LOL There's not a whole lot here other than GSU.

For pet sitting, we stop by the home once or twice a day, typically, depending on the pet and how many times the owners would like us to come out. We feed, medicate (if needed), have playtime, go on walks, cuddle, clean litter boxes, whatever needs to be done to make sure each pet is content. We also bring in the mail/newspaper, take out the trash, water plants, and rotate lights and draperies to make it look like someone is home. We'll even send email updates with pictures if the owner wants.


LOL yeah I heard there wasnt much there other than the university! I would still like to venture that way one day so we will see!

How far does your pet business travel? do you just stay in the Statesboro area or do you go in different cities as well? I know Statesboro is a good drive from Savannah lol! we are hopefully moving in the next couple of months to Richmond Hill area but right now we live rigth on the savannah richmond hill line sot hats not to much of a change!

[PGDesigns]

LOL yeah I heard there wasnt much there other than the university! I would still like to venture that way one day so we will see!

How far does your pet business travel? do you just stay in the Statesboro area or do you go in different cities as well? I know Statesboro is a good drive from Savannah lol! we are hopefully moving in the next couple of months to Richmond Hill area but right now we live rigth on the savannah richmond hill line sot hats not to much of a change!

We try to stick within a 20-30 mile radius to make sure we have enough time to spend with each pet in addition to our regular (i.e., boring :)) jobs. We're hoping to one day make pet sitting a full-time job, though.

I've heard a lot about At Home Pet Sitters in Savannah, but I'm not sure if they service Richmond Hill or any other cities in the surrounding area.

[bichonlvr]

Welcome to OW!!!

Congrats...everything looks great so far....I love your dress :)

[Kirby]

I love your dress!

I have never heard of having small cakes as centerpieces. I LOVE That idea! :)

[dleggs15]

Welcome to OW!!!

Congrats...everything looks great so far....I love your dress :)

Thank you :) I'm very excited about the wedding and I couldn't of done any of this without my MOH and best friend and my mom!

[dleggs15]

I love your dress!

I have never heard of having small cakes as centerpieces. I LOVE That idea! :)


thank you :) I loved the dress to its simple but yet elegant! it fits my personality perfectly!

I have never seen cakes used as centerpieces either but it has actually worked out PERFECT for us! I cant wait to see how it all turns out! I think its going to be different and so pretty!