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Red Soup's getting married!
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Apr 15, 2007 4:24pm
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I know that a lot of you are aware that I am and have been engaged for some time now. My fiancé and I have had to delay our wedding several times now due to health issues and red tape. It looks like the red tape problem will be cleared up in a matter of weeks and we have decided to proceed with our ceremony and have chosen a date in July. We are very excited about this turn of events as we have been engaged for two years now and really would like to get on with things. However, planning a wedding in a space of 3 months will be very hectic and stressful.

I have been thinking about my postal commitments that I have. I started and joined rings not knowing that I was going to be getting married this summer. I have no interest in being a black hole or even a grayish hole of any kind and I think that the only way to prevent this is to lighten upcoming commitments I have. The fact is that if I didn't send out a new PLB from now until the wedding, I will still have packages coming from the rings I am currently in all during this preparation time. While I feel like I can probably cope with those, I would be asking for trouble if I took on any others.

I will contact the leaders of the rings I need to leave privately but I thought a message here would be best so that I don't have to explain the situation over and over. I also have a number of rings that I am the leader of that I would really like to see carry on. I am going to list them here and also contact the participants to see if there is a member of each ring that would be interested in taking over as the ringleader so these rings didn't have to be disbanded. I am hoping to find someone to take over the following rings:

Candy Madness!
Fun Fruits and Veggies
Girl Guides
Harry Potter
Mother's Day Love
Father's Day Love
Scooby Dooby Doooooooo!
Shrinky Dink Ring
Summer Flowers
Super Seuss

I can't even tell you how much it pains me to give up some of these rings. I have really been looking forward to them but I have to be realistic about my commitments and anyone who has been involved in planning a wedding in short amount of time will probably understand why I feel that adopting these rings out is in the ring's best interest.

I can't bare to give up these rings but I may delay them until after the wedding. I'm not sure, I will have to see how crazy things are when it gets nearer their start times.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Nancy Drew: Our favourite girl detective!

If you are interested in taking over one of the rings listed please AQ mail me. Preference will be given to people who are already a participant in the ring but if no one from the ring wants to do it and someone from the outside does I will consider that option.

I want to stress to everyone that I am NOT leaving any of the rings I am currently in and I have every intention of seeing these rings through to their ends. It just doesn't seem smart to start any new ones until the wedding craziness is over.

If you have any questions or concerns about this situation please don't hesitate to contact me.

Red Soup
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Reply to: #85776 by JennieGee
Apr 15, 2007 4:37pm
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I will run the harry potter ring if you will let me join it... my dd was distraught that we mised the sign-up notice...

night writer
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Reply to: #85776 by JennieGee
Apr 15, 2007 4:40pm
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
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Reply to: #85778 by The Weatherlys
Apr 15, 2007 6:27pm
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congrats! and i thought as your NEW best friend i would have known sooner.
deniserows
*pouting*


KIDDING ;)
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Reply to: #85776 by JennieGee
Apr 15, 2007 6:41pm
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Congratulations!!! :)

Geez, my wedding isn't until December and I'm already stressed. Hang in there and have fun. Don't sweat the details. :)

Forget about PLBs... we'll cope!

LG.
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Reply to: #85776 by JennieGee
Apr 15, 2007 6:54pm
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Congratulations! Take a deep breath & enjoy yourself! Have a great time!

BasketCase
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Reply to: #85802 by LibraryGrrl
Apr 15, 2007 7:01pm
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I just got engaged in January and I'm already stressed out about planning a wedding. Any tips you guys have would be greatly appreciated!! Congratulations and good luck on the planning.

dolphinwanderer
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Reply to: #85810 by dolphinwanderer
Apr 15, 2007 7:10pm
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I advise jumping on a plane and getting married in Jamaica. :)

LG.
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Reply to: #85811 by LibraryGrrl
Apr 15, 2007 7:24pm
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Very, very tempting!!
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Reply to: #85810 by dolphinwanderer
Apr 15, 2007 7:30pm
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After my sister's huge, stressful wedding, I decided to alope. I let some friends talk me into having a small wedding instead. I decided on a Wednesday that I was going to get married on the following Sunday. Instead of month of stress, I settled for 4 days of stress. Although I have fond memories of my carefree wedding day, I still wish I would have aloped. *sigh*

Mandy
GJ
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Reply to: #85776 by JennieGee
Apr 15, 2007 8:09pm
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Congratulations! If Dumb Blonde and I can go from start to finish in 44 days, I'm not worried about you guys at all. Glad you're gonna stick with The Chroicles...been looking forward to starting tomorrow. Y'all have a wonderful life together. God bless!

J--
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Reply to: #85810 by dolphinwanderer
Apr 15, 2007 9:11pm
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We got engaged in Febuary and married in July of last year. In some ways its better to give yourself less time to plan a wedding because than you will spend less money and less time being indecisive. The best advice we can give get your gown early, when they say it takes five months to get it, they mean it. Because photographers are so expensive I had an aunt and the mother of one my bridesmaids take all the pictures that worked beautifully for us, but it was admittly, a huge risk to take. There were times when we wanted to elope because of bridesmaid and mother of the bride drama but all in all, we want to stress that it was all worth it. Our pictures are on facebook...

Claudia and Alex

P.S. If you live in the Seattle area, we highly recommend I Do Bridal in Wallingford
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Reply to: #85810 by dolphinwanderer
Apr 16, 2007 6:11am
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Love is in the air! I have seen a lot engagements on AQ lately.

I am the party girl in my family, so I am often called upon to help when there is a big shebang in my family (or among my friends). Here are some suggestions:

An easy thing to do is just tackle one thing a day/week. You can cross off a ton of things off your to do list taht way. My sister procrastinated (even though I called and tried to keep her on track) and had to crunch everything in 2 weeks before her wedding, which not only made her stressed, but also everyone else that had to help.

Don't sweat the small stuff. People aren't going to know/care that you have matching purple stamps for your purple wedding, rose petals instead of rice, etc. Your friends and family are going to be excited for you no matter what. Just tackle your list and if you don't get to a small detail, tell yourself that it's ok.

The wedding is just one day. Marriage is for the rest of your life. Try not to take out your stress on your family and fiance. Don't forget to take time out of planning "the wedding" and focus on your relationship with your fiance.

Shenyd
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Reply to: #85802 by LibraryGrrl
Apr 16, 2007 7:20am
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Our wedding is in December too and we are freaking out...so I can see the problem. I can't imagine making it happen in July.
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Reply to: #85776 by JennieGee
Apr 16, 2007 9:15am
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Yay Red Soup, I'm so excited for you! :) The story between you and your fiance is so sweet -- I'm glad the wedding is finally a go. Good luck getting all that planning done in 3 months. Atom 118 and I recently decided to go with the other route and are waiting until next spring for the wedding since 1) I have too much going on with work this summer to add on the stress of wedding plans, and 2) we found a really nice place to have an outdoor ceremony, but that doesn't work with winter in Chicago. :P

So anyway, I personally have no problem with postponing the Buffy ring until after your wedding. Since the launch wasn't until July 15th anyway, a few more weeks or whatever isn't a big deal.

Congrats again!
Coffee Beans
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Reply to: #85776 by JennieGee
Apr 16, 2007 10:26am
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In best British/Cliff Richard style:-

All together now 1-2 -3

Con~gra~tu~lay~tions ~and~Cele~bra~tions



YT
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Reply to: #85776 by JennieGee
Apr 16, 2007 12:01pm
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Just wanted to add my congrats! Have fun planning and keep smiling!

Mama Bear of the 4 Bears
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Reply to: #85776 by JennieGee
Apr 16, 2007 1:34pm
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Congrats!

We got married last year & I was so stressed planning everything & wanting everything perfect. The night of our rehersal we found out that both our best man & back up best man were going to be unable to attend. I was so sad! Not because they weren't IN the wedding but because they couldn't share the day with us. I had so many problems the day of the wedding. From rain to our cds not working properly in the DJ's stereo. The place we had it at wanted us to wait a little longer for guests to arrive & by that point I was just like "I want to get married!!!"

In the end all those little details I worried about, I didn't even notice. One of our friends took over the role as best man & another, who wasn't in our wedding party, stepped up for us. The one who stepped up happened to fit perfectly in the now MIA best mans tux & I didn't even notice he had been wearing the tux until I saw the pictures!!!

Don't sweat the small stuff. Just make you & your fiance happy..that's all that matters in the end.
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Reply to: #85946 by Littlemonkey
Apr 16, 2007 3:21pm
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OK, now it is time to spill the beans. The big question everyone wants answering is..........is he a letterboxer or a muggle?

YT
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Reply to: #85815 by Geometry Junkie
Apr 16, 2007 7:13pm
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Did the eloping thing... that didn't work. Helped plan ALL my brothers and sisters 'BIG' weddings... (Being an event planner/caterer) that didn't work either.

My husband and I got married the day after our birthday (We share June 1st). My daughter stood up for me and his daughter stood up for him. We had 35 friends and family in a local restaurant. It rained CATS and DOGS! We had cake... and that was about it....

It was the BEST day of my life! And since then we've added two more to our brood of mudflinginfools... seems we work out best when its the messiest out!

Take a deep breath... decide what YOU want from your special day and don't ANYONE talk you into more than what you want... and it will be spectacular!
mff
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Reply to: #86017 by mudflinginfools
Apr 17, 2007 4:01am
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Quote decide what YOU want from your special day and don't ANYONE talk you into more than what you want


I agree 1000%! Most of the stress in wedding planning is in trying to please everyone else. This is your day - everyone else either had or will have their turn. J and I got married at city court and it was perfect for us.

Woodsong
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Reply to: #85967 by The Yorkshire Tortoise
Apr 17, 2007 8:32pm
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Thanks everyone for all the wonderful messages and stories! I really appreciate all the suggestions and the good wishes!

My fiancé is not a letterboxer in the sense of logging finds or looking up boxes to find but he is always willing to go out and letterbox/geocache with me!
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Reply to: #86268 by JennieGee
Apr 17, 2007 8:40pm
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That would be good enough for me! Just the fact that he's willing says it all!

Good luck & enjoy yourself!

BasketCase
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Reply to: #85776 by JennieGee
Apr 17, 2007 9:03pm
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Congrats! OH to finally see the happy day approaching must be great.

I'm sure that everyone here has already told you not to worry... PLBs will be here for you when you are ready for them.

Tee