~July 2007 K-1 Filers~

[Jeraly 4]

Haha - that sounds awesome!! Hoping I get my interview the same day as someone else so we can have a little party

[Jeraly 4]

Umm - I don't think it is too bad - I've seen others and they seem to be between 100-150 words so I think the length is ok - I am reading mine anyway - there is no way I am going to memorise - I will just stress and forget the words!! Jeremy is memorising his though!!! I just couldn't do it - like I haven't got enough to worry about!!

[a-jeanne 2]

Ooooh Audrey - swimming and shopping sounds grand!!

Debz - babbles is right - what you are feeling is horrible but perfectly normal... I know I will prolly be just the same I'll prolly even cry at my interview as well because I am good like that I cry at the drop of a hat so I should be easy pickings

Oh and for anyone who wants to critique, here is where my vows stand right now:

Jeremy, today in front of our friends and family, I pledge to be your loving wife. I take you to be my husband as you are and for who you are, just as I offer myself to you as I am for all my faults and virtues. I also offer my heart and soul because I know they will be treasured by you and safe in your love. I vow to build a loving and trusting relationship, to be your companion in joy, comfort in adversity and to bring happiness and laughter into our marriage. I will cherish your company and look forward to working together to build a life of dreams and adventures. I promise that on our journey through life I will find the sunshine behind every cloud and make each day as beautiful to you as you are to me.

The vows are very thoughtful - I wouldn't change a thing...

[Jeraly 4]

Yay!! I think that means I am good to go on them!! I might read them through once tomorrow and then print them Yippee!!

[bakofoil 27]

I think your vows are beautiful Aly. Succinctly saying everything you need to

[tucson_chick 0]

the words give me chills, aly, it's very very moving! and again, for me it would be too long because of the language. no way that i could make it through so many beautiful meaningful words without

1)bawling

2)forgetting

we wanted to memorize it, but to make it equally hard: so eric had to memorize it in german, and i in english. the night before we were at the rehearsal dinner and freaking out because we couldn't remember anything. so we cut 3/4 of it while we were drinking WAY tooo much prosecco. our priest couldn't believe that we did cheat-sheets.

the sweet things to remember!

[Jeraly 4]

Hahaha So did he say his vows in German? I can understand them being shorter if you are memorising them but there is no way I am doing that so!! And yeah - I get to the last line and that is where I just well up. Even my mum got all teary when she read them!!! Hehe!!!

Oh - poll of the day:

Is tito a troll? I don't think I have ever met anyone so infuriatingly opinionated!!!

[bakofoil 27]

who is tito?

[tucson_chick 0]

who is tito?

didn't read anything either.

eric's german is better than my english, so it was only fair that we do it in both languages, plus his family should understand too.

i'm off for bed, i hope everybody has sweet dreams and a great start in the new week!

[Jeraly 4]

Night Agnes!!

[KGSodie 0]

I see what you mean about tito. Reading some of his posts, he does seem to like to come on a little strong. Some people seem to do that because they want to 'keep it real'. I've never run across any of his posts before, but from his language he implies he is an attorney ('in my professional opinion', etc). Some people here on VJ are rainbows and butterflies, some are Eeore from Winnie the Pooh, and most are somewhere in between. Myself, I lean toward the rainbows and butterflies philosophy.

[Jeraly 4]

Yeah - just gets my backup as while it is fine to be realistic about things it is also nice to have hope and look on the bright side of things - I wouldn't want to live through my life being bitter and miserable

Oh - on another note, I thought I would post this so people can pick a background for certificates. There are other designs too so if anyone has any grand ideas then let me know and I will accommodate

[Jeraly 4]

Aww - I thought I was *blatantly* the must-have-the-last-word poster!!!

Another gem from the... keyboard... of moxie Will again, steal, prettify and stick on my website Just giving Jeremy his instructions now

And where is your certificate?!?!!?!?!? If you do not submit your certificate within 90 days then the conditional status of your July-filerness will be revoked and you will have to submit a waiver on... blah blah blah...

[StillThePrettiest 4]

GREAT summary, mox

in the words of Homer: it's funny because it's TRUE

I don't think tito's a troll, but -

*sigh*

one thing in ten makes sense, but then you read on and the rest is outrageous #######... and he then spends another twenty-five posts (and six thousand words) justifying the original post... like the one to the guy whose wife ran off: 'she WILL do this and she WILL do that' and then trying to say 'this isn't all Russian women, I know that; blah blah blah...'

he needs to learn a bit about expression

oh, after he learns about facts, and empathy, and pulling-your-head-in

[Jeraly 4]

I don't mind trolls because...you know...they're kinda fun to mess with. (Witness JASONandDAA's complete immolation in the 'Off Topic' forum, for example.)

Ooooh - linky?!

Am knackered today - got about 4-5 hours' sleep as the panic set in - was total nightmare... went to bed about midnight, watched three episodes of Red Dwarf. Got ready to settle down then the cat wanted letting in. SO I let her in, got back into bed... she decides to join me. But she's wet. So there she is trying to climb all over me, soaking wet and purring loudly trying to give me a cuddle...

FINALLY I get to sleep then wake up about 6am and can't get back to sleep... I have another three nights before I leave and if I go through three nights like last night I think I might end up going crazy... or at least crazier than I already am!!

So! Relaxation methods, tips, hints and fail-safe strategies will be most welcomed! I tried the deep breathing, relaxing from my feet up, drinking camomile tea/sleepytime tea... Had a bath, lit my oil burner with lavender oil in...

Of course - I blame it all on debz... I think I am getting sympathy-panic... either that or her neurosis has rubbed off on me Wonder when she is due to head off to London... Will text her later