My Someday Journal...Hoping for a Birthday Proposal 10/18/06

[Natasha]

Hi there! I am natasha, and this will be my planning journal! I am in love with a man named Bert, and we have two beautiful children, Ethan and Kelly. there is a lot of drama and confusion with our kids, so I will save that for another post.

So, I am not "officially" engaged. We were, we broke up, and now we are slowing building back to the engaged point. We rushed into things the first time, and we want to do it right this time. Before, there was no real proposal, and the ring was not what either of us envisioned for my engagement ring. He wants to do it right, I want to do it right. So, I am keeping my fingers crossed for a proposal on my birthday, or maybe Christmas or New Years.

I do have alot of ideas for the wedding, though, and need a place to keep them all. I know for sure our colors will be aqua, tangerine, and brown. I actually already have my dress, from our previous engagement. I also know we will be having a beach wedding, sometime between June and October of 2008.

[Amber818]

Welcome to Onewed Natasha!! Things happen for a reason...that is what my mom always tells me so I am sure things will work out for you! Wishing you all the best....

[SoontobeMrsClark07]

I was a "someday bride" not too long ago.... things will happen when the time is right! Welcome to the board and I'm sure you'll find yourself in a warm and welcoming environment with all the ladies here. Good Luck with your planning!!

[Natasha]

Hi guys, and thanks! It's just weird to go from being engaged, to single, to waiting for a proposal...

[SoontobeMrsClark07]

Hi guys, and thanks! It's just weird to go from being engaged, to single, to waiting for a proposal...
You're fine... all that matters is that you are with the man that you love. It doesnt matter how you got there or what happened to get you in this place... you are there and can look towards the future with him. Once I applied this logic to myself (and it was difficult), I was able to let go of our rocky past and look towards the future.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Welcome to Onewed...It will happen. Good things come to those who wait. ;)

[AngelinLove]

Welcome to Onewed and I agree completely with Shawna...your day will come and we will be here to support you through the planning process!!!!

[Kacie_bride]

I hope you get your real proposal really soon! It will probably happen when you least expect it. The weekly theme for week number 2 was a beach theme. (We have a weekly theme each week if you're wondering.) Here is the link to that thread. There are so many great ideas there if you want to take a look at it.

http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=3060

[Natasha]

Thanks, everyone! I already LOVE it here!

[AngelinLove]

We always do our best to be welcoming and help as much as we can!!! We hope you stick around!!!

[Natasha]

So, the one thing that is set in stone is my dress. I bought it months ago! Here is it:

http://www.justinalexanderbridal.com/photos_big/8196_b1_051109152130.jpg

It is a Justin Alexander, and I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE it!

[Natasha]

Finally, I got these pictures uploaded. This is my color scheme...

http://static.flickr.com/72/210740865_ade61bea5c.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/77/210740864_501af23462.jpg?v=0

[Natasha]

Ok, so these are the ideas I am mulling over at the moment.

The wedding will be in 2008 (I hope). Possible dates:
06/08/07
07/14/07
09/08/07
09/16/07
05/03/08
06/07/08
08/08/08
08/16/08

The ceremony will take place on a beach in Pacifica, and the reception to follow at Nick's Restaurant right next to the beach. I think 07/14/07 or 09/08/07 will be the winner, but they are less than a year away!

For flowers, I really dig spider gerbera daisies.
http://www.dotflowers.com/imageslarge/largeimages/products/product_2140.jpg

I think the groom and groomsmen will wear tan/khaki suits, and the bridesmaids will hopefully wear tea length dresses.

Those are the almost for sure ideas I have so far.

[Smile1Jen]

Welcome to Onewed! I love your dress its gorgeous! ANd your colors look great together...you have more planned for your wedding then i do and mine is in 8 months..i better get on the ball lol

[Natasha]

Well, I was engaged befroe, so I have had my wedding in the works for quite awhile! Thanks for stopping by my journal!

[Natasha]

My dream wedding ring...

https://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/8322/v052/www.helzberg.com/hzb/content_images/1637134-2lg.jpg


My ideal engagement ring is an emerald cut solitare.

[cowboysbride]

You'll get there! I drove myself nuts trying to figure out when Eric would propose...he caught me COMPLETELY by surprise! Relax and enjoy life with him, if it is meant to be it will be!

[Kacie_bride]

Your dress is very pretty! I love the color scheme too! Do you happen to have a picture of you in the dress? Around here we think that the dress always looks better on us than it does on the model!

[Natasha]

I do have one of me in my dress. I'll have to dig it up...

[SerendipityCrafts]

Welcome to Onewed...It will happen. Good things come to those who wait. ;)

This was the case for us. Hugh and I were almost engaged from the moment we first got together and we would have married right away if it weren't for waiting on paperwork to be finalized. 5 years later and our day is almost here - I can hardly believe it!

Welcome!

[Natasha]

OK, found some pictures of me in my dress!


Please ignore the face I am making...
http://static.flickr.com/35/118849677_5ee5f05767.jpg?v=0

Button Detail down the back...
http://static.flickr.com/37/118837921_3655a7c7c3.jpg?v=0

Very happy Bride-To-Be...
http://static.flickr.com/40/118849676_2f5182847a.jpg?v=0

[MOB Karen]

You look simply beautiful, Natasha!!! Your dress is lovely!!! :D

[LaceyinPgh]

It is a beautiful dress.

[Natasha]

Thanks! I am pickign my dress up TOMORROW from Bay Area bridal. If I leave it there for more than 30 days, they charge a storage fee, so home it comes. Where on earth am I going to put it!?

[Kacie_bride]

You look great in your dress.

[Natasha]

Thanks everyone!

So, we went to Bert's godbrothers wedding this last Saturday, and their first dance was to OUR song (Such Great heights). We were really bummed, but tonight we picked a new first dance song.

I'll be Loving You Forever
New Kids On The Block

Yeah
I'm not that kind of guy who can take a broken heart
So don't ever leave
I don't want to see us part
The very thought of losing you means
That everything
Would go down under
Chorus:
I'll be loving you forever
Just as long as you want me to be
I'll be loving you forever
All this love's for you and me, yeah
(I'll be loving you)
I'll be
(I'll be loving you)
Loving you
(The things you do)
Yeah, it's forever
(I'll be loving you)
I'll be
(I'll be loving you)
Loving you, yeah

I count the blessings that keep our love new
There's one for me
And a million for you
There's just so much that I want to say
But when I look at you
All my thoughts get in the way

Chorus

We've learned to fall to every turn by now
This love will last forever
I can see it all now

(I'll be loving you)
I'll be
(I'll be loving you)
Loving you
(The things you do)
Yeah, it's forever
(I'll be loving you)
I'll be
(I'll be loving you)
Loving only you, girl
Oh girl
I'll be loving only you
(I'll be loving you)
(I'll be loving you)
Be loving you girl


This song is so perfect for us. The lyrics are great, and it is so cheesy and old school. So us! We're very excited!

[cowboysbride]

Your dress is gorgeous! I like the song too, if it's perfect for you that's all that matters! Keep up the good work!

[AngelinLove]

Your dress is beautiful and you look great in it!!! As for storing it...it should be fine in a closet, as long as you leave it in the bag. I mean you are gonna have to have it cleaned and pressed before your wedding anyways, so it doesn't need to be hanging up and out of the bag. I would just make sure that any pets, kids, moths, or cigarette smoke can't get near it!!! Anyways...that's enough out of me..lol!!!

[hummingbird521]

your dress is very pretty and you and looks great as well.

[Natasha]

Rough Idea of the Wedding Party

MOH's: Amy and Rosa
BM's: Nicole, Megan, Mary, TBD, TBD, and TBD

Best Man: Clinton
GM's: Kelvin, Ken, Andrew, Brian, Mikey, Brandon, and Brian J

Ushers: Trebor, Sage, Krystal, and Vanessa

Ring Bearer: Ethan

Flowergirls: Kelly and Kaitlyn

[countrygirl]

A late welcome to you girl! The dress looks gorgreous on you. I just wanna say, be patient. I was a someday girl too, had a surprise birthday engagment because he wanted it right (his first mariage was due to preg) and it was a fairy tale. He will ask when he is ready, and when you do finally walk down the isle, you will be one beautiful bride!!

[Natasha]

Hey Heather! Like I said, we were engaged until about 3 months ago. The whole thing is sort of weird and awkward, but I know i am going to marry him, I love him, and he wants to marry me. He also want's to "officially" propose, since last time he just gave me a ring as a Christmas present...

[countrygirl]

Hey Heather! Like I said, we were engaged until about 3 months ago. The whole thing is sort of weird and awkward, but I know i am going to marry him, I love him, and he wants to marry me. He also want's to "officially" propose, since last time he just gave me a ring as a Christmas present...

Well best of luck to you Natasha. There is nothing greater than love, and I am sure that you two have plenty of it!!!

[blueeyedbride]

Thanks everyone!

So, we went to Bert's godbrothers wedding this last Saturday, and their first dance was to OUR song (Such Great heights). We were really bummed, but tonight we picked a new first dance song.

I'll be Loving You Forever
New Kids On The Block

Yeah
I'm not that kind of guy who can take a broken heart
So don't ever leave
I don't want to see us part
The very thought of losing you means
That everything
Would go down under
Chorus:
I'll be loving you forever
Just as long as you want me to be
I'll be loving you forever
All this love's for you and me, yeah
(I'll be loving you)
I'll be
(I'll be loving you)
Loving you
(The things you do)
Yeah, it's forever
(I'll be loving you)
I'll be
(I'll be loving you)
Loving you, yeah

I count the blessings that keep our love new
There's one for me
And a million for you
There's just so much that I want to say
But when I look at you
All my thoughts get in the way

Chorus

We've learned to fall to every turn by now
This love will last forever
I can see it all now

(I'll be loving you)
I'll be
(I'll be loving you)
Loving you
(The things you do)
Yeah, it's forever
(I'll be loving you)
I'll be
(I'll be loving you)
Loving only you, girl
Oh girl
I'll be loving only you
(I'll be loving you)
(I'll be loving you)
Be loving you girl


This song is so perfect for us. The lyrics are great, and it is so cheesy and old school. So us! We're very excited!

There is nothing wrong with old skool music such as New Kids On The Block..

[Kacie_bride]

I was probably the biggest New Kids on the Block fan there ever was! There is nothing wrong with using one of their songs.

[Twigler]

I just wanted to say a late Hello and Welcome to Onewed. All of us are here to help in any way. The girls' advice is wonderful! Make sure to take full advantage of it! Happy planning and the best of luck! Keep us posted!

[Natasha]

It's so awesome to have all this support! it is a little overwhelming to so SO's right now, but when i get to know you all better, i will be doing them all the time! I just wanted to post these...

wedding dress pictures...
Without Veil
http://static.flickr.com/80/212662264_887241b352.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/81/212662265_26af1a982c.jpg?v=0
You can't tell, but there are sparkly beads all over the tulle.

With Veil...
http://static.flickr.com/78/212662266_389375770d.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/88/212662269_657ced98e7.jpg?v=0
The embroidery is on the veil, not my dress.


Here is the BM dress I chose.
http://www.venusbridal.com/cgi-bin/images/Bridesmaids/d447fe.jpg
http://www.venusbridal.com/cgi-bin/images/Bridesmaids/d447be.jpg
And in person...
http://static.flickr.com/75/212662273_8b722a77b2.jpg?v=0

[MOB Karen]

Wow!! Your wedding dress and BM dress are beautiful!!! I love them!!! And you look just fabulous in your dress!! Great picks!!! :D

[Natasha]

Thanks, Karen! I am realy excited about both dresses. I pranced around the shop for a hour and a half in my dress!

[Natasha]

it is so hard to be patient! i know, if I wanted to, I coud just tell Bert we should skip the new ring, and proposal part and just go right back to being engaged. I know, however, that this is a bad idea, and we need time to reaclimate and whatnot, blah blah blah. And, we both really want to do it right this time, even though I am impatient as all hell... I need to take a chill pill. The next few months will fly by, and we will feel good knowing we did things the "right" way, and the way that will ultimately make us happiest. I just wish I was more patient...

[Kacie_bride]

it is so hard to be patient! i know, if I wanted to, I coud just tell Bert we should skip the new ring, and proposal part and just go right back to being engaged. I know, however, that this is a bad idea, and we need time to reaclimate and whatnot, blah blah blah. And, we both really want to do it right this time, even though I am impatient as all hell... I need to take a chill pill. The next few months will fly by, and we will feel good knowing we did things the "right" way, and the way that will ultimately make us happiest. I just wish I was more patient...

It'll come. I know how hard it is waiting. It seems like just yesterday when I was hoping and waiting. About a year ago, on my b-day, I was hoping for a ring. He had told me the year before that he was going to purpose then, but did not have the money for a ring. So another year went by and I thought I would get it on that b-day. I did not and I cried and cried. I did get it on December 23, 2005 and we will get married on December 30, 2006!

[Natasha]

Hey Kacie_bride. I know it will come. I guess the hardest part for me is I could tell him "scrap the proposal, let's just get married", and he'd agree. We both want a proposal this time around, so I need to just calm down! :bbredface:

[Kacie_bride]

Hey Kacie_bride. I know it will come. I guess the hardest part for me is I could tell him "scrap the proposal, let's just get married", and he'd agree. We both want a proposal this time around, so I need to just calm down! :bbredface:

It's really hard to calm down! I know the feeling!

[SoontobeMrsClark07]

I learned that once I calmed down about it, it was really easy to focus. I really wanted a christmas proposal and i knew he had the ring... it sucked knowing it was going to happen and soon. I just let it go and when it happend I was surprised. I cried one night because I thought he was going to propose and I was expecting it... it was so great not expecting it because I was truely surprised.

I know calming down is easier said than done. I had to let go of wedding related things because it made me think about it. I belonged to message boards and things like that and it really made it hard for me because I would hear about newly engaged couples and it made me jealous and made waiting that much harder.

Have faith that it will happen and dont think too much about it... When you start thinking about it, channel your thoughts into something you have to do thats NWR. It helps and I got a lot of things done with school and work that way.

[Twigler]

I was the same way you were too. Cody and I had been dating since March of 2002 and we were pretty solid at around five months after that. Around the time of Christmas of 2004, I was really getting my hopes up that he'd propose. Then I thought he'd do it before summer was over, then that summer came and went. Then the next Christmas came and went as did most of the summer. I just had to be patient and not bother him about it all of the time (although I still did sometimes). So just hang in there!

[Natasha]

Hi SoontobeMrsClark07 and Chelsea! I think the hardest part of calming down is that Bert is as excited as I am. He encourages my wedding habit! LOL Yeah, so as if I wasn't wedding obsessed as it is, I apparently signed up for free subscriptions to Brides and Modern Bride magazine that have JUST started coming. Jeez, people, I am supposed to be single! I am so wedding minded right now.

[Natasha]

Nothing new on the wedding front. Looked at some bridesmaid dresses. I think we are going to do messages in a bottle for our invitations. That's going to be pretty cool. Just been working hard, and trying not to stress out too much on wedding stuff.

[Twigler]

Just hang in there. I used to look at the bridal magazines before I was married too. There is nothing wrong with figureing out ahead of time what you want!

[Kacie_bride]

I see that you have a ticker now. Did you set a date?

[PurpleFlower]

wow your dress is beautiful!! You look so great in that dress!

[Natasha]

Holy moly, I had completely forgotten about my journal here! Wow! I am engaged now, and we are getting married in September. I'll post a recap soon!

[Natasha]

Man, it has been a while, hasn't it! Well, we moved in September, and I am a stay at home mom now. We got engaged on my birthday, 10/18/06, just like I wanted to! It was perfect! I'll post all of that in it's own post, in my WEDDING PLANNING journal!!!! I missed everyone! I ended up on another board, thinking it was this one, and I freaking hate it! I'm so glad to be back!

[Kacie_bride]

We're glad you're back too Natasha!!! We're also super excited you are an engaged woman now! Welcome back and I can't wait to hear all the plans.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Welcome back!! We can't wait to see your plans for you wedding. :D

[Twigler]

Congrats about being engaged! And Welcome back. I was wondering if he ever asked you or not!

[BriansBride07]

welcome back, and glad your engaged can't wait to hear more.

[Natasha]

WooHoo! I started an engaged wedding planning journal. Come join me there! http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=6611