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We danced to the Pennsylvania Polka at my brother's wedding (my paternal grandfather was big into Polka), and I don't know that I've ever been to a wedding where they haven't done the electric slide/chicken dance/conga line/etc. We're more or less letting the DJ pick what to play, other than our "songs we definately want to hear" list, but we've given her some guidance as to our musical tastes. She's supposed to be a really good DJ, so I'm excited to work with her.

The one thing we're not doing is the garter toss. I'm *ridiculously* modest (hell-o, dress with sleeves anyone?) from a ridiculously modest and conservative family, and the mere thought of having my future husband rooting around under my dress in front of my entire family makes me want to die. He, thankfully, has no desire to do so (at least, in front of my family ;)), so we just scrapped that part.
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2010-01-11 11:56:00
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My daughter has the chicken dance on the do-not-play list. :lol:


Not us :) We're doing the chicken dance, the cha cha slide, etc. We have some young kids and some teens who specifically requested we keep the "fun" dances in.

It works out, I love the cha cha slide :D

My only do-not-play song is Baby Got Back. I've heard it at so many weddings and it's just so out of place.

Edited by ScooterMac, 11 January 2010 - 11:40 AM.

ScooterMacFemaleCanada2010-01-11 11:39:00
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I got my hair done last night :D I think this whole wedding thing is finally starting to sink in now *lol*

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ScooterMacFemaleCanada2010-01-06 08:08:00
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We got our programs in yesterday, and I'm getting a trial run done on my hair today :) I have my headband and veil sitting on my desk at work! Tomorrow, we're going into town to order our rings and exchange some of our duplicate wedding shower items (and pick out some other stuff we want on our list!). Thursday, I have a bunch of thank-you notes to start on, and Friday we're going down to get our marriage liscense (I have the morning off - thank goodness my boss is Russian Orthodox and celebrates Christmas late!).

Next week my great aunt (grandma's sister) is coming in from out of town to help bake cookies, put together favors, and generally help grandma and mom stay (as) sane (as possible). We finally figured out all the song information for the wedding and are sending that, along with the final check, to the DJ tomorrow...also sending out the bill for the florist. We paid the cake lady (ohhhh excited about the cake!), and gave her last-minute detail information. Next Wednesday, Spoom has to call the hotel where we have rooms blocked and cancel any rooms remaining on our block, and contact the caterer with an exact count of people for the reception.

At some point, someone still has to pick up liquor. Not sure who's in charge of that, but I bet it's a Dad question.

Also, weren't we supposed to have marriage counseling? Why do I get the feeling Spoom and I are gonna wind up in my pastor's office the whole last week before the wedding? :lol:
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2010-01-05 12:44:00
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Congrats Peachy and Varba smile.gif

We have the programs and favors ordered, going out tomorrow (if I'm feeling better) to find ribbon and all that other frilly stuff. My bridal shower is on Sunday (but I have to preach at a different church first!). My hairdresser is doing a trial run next Tuesday and has the date of the wedding booked to do my bridesmaids' hair. Our cake is ordered and paid for. Our DJ has a check in the mail, and we just have a little more info to give her. We still have to get the ring bearers in to get fitted!!

<--going crazy with wedding planning!
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-12-30 13:23:00
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Flower girl's dress arrived on Thursday or Friday. She and her family came over to visit yesterday (and so her daddy could test-drive Spoom's new DJ hero game!), and as soon as she saw the dress she FLIPPED OUT. She wasn't even up the stairs into our apartment and was already trying to squirm out of her outfit so she could try on the dress laughing.gif Such enthusiasm!

She put on the dress and loudly declared "PRINCESS!" and told her brothers to shut up because they were jealous that they didn't get pretty dresses (the boys are our ring bearers - twin 6 year olds)

My lil flower girl trying on her dress:

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ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-12-21 09:57:00
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QUOTE (Rhiann @ Dec 11 2009, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I feel so bad for my fiance.
He just got beat down by his mom for not including her in the planning.


Traditionally, the bride's parents pay for the wedding/reception and are the ones primarily making decisions and the guest list. When my brother got married, my parents were told that the reception hall could only fit 150, and that they were allowed to invite our grandparents, aunts and uncles (no cousins) and one couple that they'd been friends with for a number of years. They weren't involved in any of the planning. My mother was taking it pretty well until.....My SIL decreed that no children under the age of 16 (except for her flower girl, ring bearer and other "important" cousins, all of which were on her side) would be allowed to attend. At the time, almost all the people in our family had young children, and they were all pretty upset. My mom caught all the flak about it, and wasn't allowed to mention it to my SIL. It finally all got straightened out (after my family started RSVPing "with regrets"), but I remember it being not an awful lot of fun.

After having heard my mother's lament about not being involved, I've tried to involve Spoom's mom as much as you can involve someone who lives 5 hours away smile.gif I sat down with her and made sure we weren't leaving anyone off her invites list, and sent her pictures of the church and reception hall (and then later, my dress!). I still think she feels left out, but I don't know how to involve her more when she's not willing to come visit!

Rhiann, I feel for you. Being on the receiving end of a maternal guilt-trip must have sucked for your fiance, and that whole crew certainly isn't making your life any easier sad.gif
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-12-13 10:06:00
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WOW Rhiann! That's crazy that all these people are being invited without your knowledge sad.gif I hope you're able to straighten it out or at least put an end to any new invitations! You guys know I'm all for big weddings, but ONLY when that's what the bride and groom want as well!

Our invitations are mostly delivered now (a few more Canada ones - we ran out of stamps! - and one or two US ones left to mail), and I keep getting phone calls and texts from my buddies asking me what the M______________ line on the RSVP card is for laughing.gif I love my friends.
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-12-11 08:10:00
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QUOTE (Sam and Ben @ Dec 8 2009, 05:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wow, did I ever make headway today.

Last week, my mom and I went into some of the bridal shops around here. Oh boy, was that ever a mistake. laughing.gif I do not have the patience it takes to deal with the women who work at those places. Anyhow, didn't find anything within my price range, nor did I find anything that I even remotely liked. Paying three times my limit for something I wouldn't want to pay $20 for stills a tad outrageous. So I gave up, told my mom that I'd just buy whatever was discounted at the David's Bridal just outside Ben's city...

So today, having planned out a ton of stuff I actually had to do (completely non-wedding related), mom and I decided to fluff it all off and and head to the mall in the city. blush.gif Luckily, one of the dress shops had some gorgeous holiday dresses, including a small sized, light cream one that fit perfectly and was exactly what I was looking for, only $125 at Fairweather (my faaaaavourite dress shop here in Canada). So, we put it on hold while we were looking around some more, and then when we went back to pick it up/pay for, it rang through at only $80!

Found some matching, light cream flats, for only $15 at Zellers!

So with that all taken care of, I came home and called up the office of the city where I want us to get married. There are two gorgeous parks, either one beautiful, where I want to simply officiate and take some pretty pictures... no real ceremony. Well the one park I guess isn't open during January because all of their flower gardens are done for the winter. But for the other one, once I explained what exactly we were planning, she said there'd be no issue with us going in there for our short period of time, so long as we didn't set anything up and didn't disturb anyone. No charge! biggrin.gif

So, then I called the number of my future mother-in-law's employee, the family friend who has his officiation license. She gave me his number and even said she'd let him know I was calling. So... I called him. And after explaining five times who I was, I told him that I was given his number from [MIL's name] and that she said he had his officiation license. "My what?" blink.gif "Um... your license to marry people..." "Oh, no, I don't have that."

blink.gif blink.gif blink.gif

So... yeah. No idea.




Turns out she accidentally gave me the wrong number, haha, which I just found out. So now I have the right number and will call him when he's out of school.

Aaaaaah, craziness. wacko.gif


Y'know, I have my officiant's liscense......I'll work for the price of a plane ticket laughing.gif


Our invites got sent out yesterday, so I'm just starting to get the "Ohhh these are so pretty!" phone calls smile.gif

Edited by ScooterMac, 08 December 2009 - 05:45 PM.

ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-12-08 17:44:00
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QUOTE (CDAgirlMI @ Dec 7 2009, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Quality, not quantity!
I don't think it really matters how many friends you have, you can still have a smashing time!
I don't have that many friends either, but the ones I do have are gonna make my bachelorette party a night to remember. (big rubber penises, woooh!)

For all you out there contemplating on having one...DO IT! You'll have fun & glad you did it.


I'm not wanting a big thing, I just don't have any female friends in the area to do anything with. There's no real "halfway point" for the chickees in my wedding party, and all the rest of my friends live about 4 hours away (which, when planning a wedding and trying to pay rent/utilities/christmas presents feels like a billion years away - I haven't been back since August.). I've only been in this area for about a year, and there aren't many people my age around to hang out with. My one close female friend around here is a retail manager at two stores and past her eyeballs in work because it's holiday season.

I think I'm still adjusting to being so far away from my friends, don't mind me tongue.gif
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-12-08 08:18:00
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QUOTE (Krikit @ Dec 7 2009, 11:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (ScooterMac @ Dec 7 2009, 11:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I realized not too long ago that I'll likely not have a bachelorette party, since I don't have many female friends.

My guy friends want me to tag along with Spoom for his bachelor party, which he has no trouble with, but my brother is *absolutely* against it. *rolls eyes*

That'd be too weird for me. lol


Not for me. I've always been "one of the guys."

And I guess that sounds kinda flip, but my brother and I are really close, and we've always done crazy stuff together. Our friends are our mutual friends. The places he's planning on taking Spoom aren't places we haven't been together already. I guess I just don't get how all of a sudden it's "not right."

I really don't mind not having a party for myself, I guess I just feel kinda left out in the whole "party" thing. My girls are in Canada, Pittsburgh, Columbus and Cincinnati (5, 2.5, 4 and 6 hours away, respectively) and I don't have any close cousins/sisters/friends around my age in my area - just relocated last year. I guess the reception is "my party" (it's not, it's my parents' party, I just get to stand around and look pretty laughing.gif), but it's not the same thing.
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-12-07 11:36:00
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I realized not too long ago that I'll likely not have a bachelorette party, since I don't have many female friends.

My guy friends want me to tag along with Spoom for his bachelor party, which he has no trouble with, but my brother is *absolutely* against it. *rolls eyes*
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-12-07 11:02:00
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QUOTE (Peachey @ Dec 3 2009, 10:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Sam it's your wedding. Do it how you want, and your officiant should be ok with that, unless, you know, it involves murdering someone tongue.gif

Like you said, it's your only wedding. Make it special!


QFT

I guess that's why I don't mind having the bigger wedding. This is the only one I'll ever have, the pastor who's been my pastor my whole life is officiating, and more or less everyone who's played a large role in both of our lives will be there. Fortunately, my parents are the traditional type and want to pay for everything, so we're just kinda enjoying the planning and getting ready smile.gif

Oh, and I found my flower girl's dress online yesterday!!! I've had one heck of a time finding a 3T flower girl dress that doesn't have spaghetti straps and fits our style (and hers). I found this one secondhand, but it's a david's bridal dress (which is what mine and my bridesmaids have) and in the same color. She's gonna look so adorable biggrin.gif

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ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-12-03 10:41:00
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Spoom picked mine out all on his own (with some help from one of my bridesmaids), but it's exactly what I would've picked.
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-27 14:14:00
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QUOTE (Arabella @ Nov 23 2009, 10:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We went to breakfast with Sean's mom yesterday and I told her all about our wedding plans, mostly because apparently all Sean had told her ws the date!


Guys are bad with wedding planning details, even if they have been involved in all the planning. Spoom's mom and I have talked a few times so I could update her, because she wasn't getting much detail from him laughing.gif I gotta give Spoom credit though, he's been more involved in our wedding planning than I expected - Aside from my dress, I think he's been here for all the planning stuff smile.gif
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-24 08:36:00
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2 months from today til the wedding! *happy dance*
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-23 08:50:00
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To everyone who gave advice about un-inviting the groomsman....thanks. He texted us this weekend and told us he didn't have the money to get fitted, and when we called him about it he suggested that maybe he should just be a guest. At least it didn't have to be ugly smile.gif
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-22 20:32:00
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QUOTE (Krikit @ Nov 21 2009, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (ScooterMac @ Nov 21 2009, 07:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The final count for total people invited to ours.....260.

Whoa. Do the thing where people have to pin money to your dress! Even if they only each give a dollar...... lol


We do the "dollar dance" around here - it's a polish tradition (even if our family isn't, the area has picked it up as an obligatory part of the reception!). It's usually right after all the "official" dances, before everyone is invited to the dance floor.

And 260 is a lot to me too, but we knew it was going to be like that. My family takes up the first 106 spaces on the invitation list (we're a close, and HUGE, family), and then another 50 or so "local" friends (church family, longtime family friends, etc). Spoom has about 50 friends/family that he's inviting and I have about 50 friends that I'm inviting. I'd like to have more of my friends there, but I think at that point we're getting ridiculous!
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-22 10:18:00
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QUOTE (Rhiann @ Nov 20 2009, 10:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (darkchilde794 @ Nov 20 2009, 10:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am getting married next Wednesday! I am so excited.

I hope that all my bad luck for this month has been used up by the Canada Post experience, and that everything else will be smooth sailing for POE and all the "marital plans", next week.

I just found out that an aunt and her family from NC are driving for the event, and that our photographer can make it for the court house ceremony. And my entire family is coming -- which was a huge surprise as it would be the middle of the school week and both my siblings are in school.

Our plan is to do the court house event, have champagne/appetizers at my future mum-in-law's house and dinner at the restaurant where my fiance and I had our first date.

Then my mum, grandma, aunt and future MIL are teaming up to throw us a wedding ceremony on Saturday... and apparently the guest list is now up to 60. My hunny and I are just planning to show up... I think it's just best to leave all the planning to them laughing.gif

I believe between the wedding event, ceremony and Thanksgiving at both our sides, I will be doing a lot of eating. I should start looking for my stretchy pants!


Wow, 60 people is alot.
I don't even think my wedding will top 20 laughing.gif


The final count for total people invited to ours.....260.

Now, some of those people are way far away, and we know won't be able to make it (older family members, college/underpaid friends, etc) and they say to estimate that 10% of invited people won't show....so we're estimating somewhere between 200-220 for the wedding.

Y'know, now that I think about it, I'm not sure how we're gonna fit all those people in my tiny country church! lol whistling.gif


ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-21 07:07:00
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QUOTE (Rhiann @ Nov 18 2009, 12:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Maybe you need to get a hold of him again and get a straight Yes/No answer out of him.
Tell him that you guys can't keep planning on hold for him, or something like that.
I mean, it's kind of rude for someone in your wedding party to not do what they're supposed to when you really need them to.


Two times ago when we talked, he said he'd have the money to do it after his next paycheck (get fitted, which is a $20 downpayment).

The last time we talked, he told me that he wasn't sure he'd have the money to pay for his tux (which Spoom agreed to cover, because we know his finanaces aren't exactly rockin' right now), and that he'd lost his job. He told me he wasn't sure where he'd be living by January, and that he might be moving back across the country. He said if he moved, he *might* be able to make it back for the wedding, but only if he hadn't found a job. He said on the off chance that he moved and was able to make it back, someone would have to pay for his bus/air ticket and hotel rooms. This is an expense we (obviously) can't cover.

Basically, he told me last time we talked that he didn't know if he'd be able to be here, even as a guest, because he didn't know where he'd be living by the time the wedding rolled around. Life changes pretty quick for him, but it's frustrating to know that one of your best friends puts your wedding at the end of his priority list.

ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-18 13:30:00
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Sort of on topic-ish....

Have any of you guys had to "un-invite" someone from your wedding party?

Backstory: Spoom invited one of our close mutual friends to be one of his groomsmen. Since the invitation was accepted this guy has lived in 3 different states, has held (and lost) 3 different jobs and has no savings. He hasn't gotten fitted for his tux yet. The last time I talked to him for any length of time (his cell phone's been shut off most of the time recently) he told me he was considering moving across the country to be closer to his kid, and that he might be doing that before our wedding.

Obviously, this kind of "Will I be there, or won't I" is going to cause us more stress, but I feel really bad un-inviting him (from the bridal party, not the wedding). What's the best (nicest?) way to go about this?

Edited by ScooterMac, 18 November 2009 - 12:09 PM.

ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-18 12:08:00
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I'm picking up my dress tomorrow night, the alterations are all done smile.gif Then I've gotta find a good hiding spot so Spoom doesn't see it before the wedding!
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-12 07:44:00
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QUOTE (darkchilde794 @ Nov 6 2009, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (ScooterMac @ Nov 6 2009, 09:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hopefully, we won't get the blizard of the century on 1/23/10 *crosses fingers*



Yeah, hopefully theres no blizzard (esp in Canada) that flights will be cancelled. BUT wouldnt it be gorgeous for pictures to have a white wedding??? AWWW I can just imagine it now!!!


I live in Erie, PA - right smack in the middle of the "snow belt". We actually get more snow here than Spoom does in London, ON thanks to fantastic lake-effect snow from Lake Erie.

My mom says she's envisioning a sunny day with blue skies and a pretty layer of fresh snow on everything. Dad says he's envisioning the worst ice storm our town has ever seen. (I'm hoping Mom's right!)
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-06 10:45:00
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QUOTE (Rhiann @ Nov 3 2009, 06:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Haha, so many January weddings. So close together too.
I'm not really excited about my wedding. I think it's just a formality we need to get passed.
I'm doing it for my family anyway, I could honestly care less about a ceremony.


My family is doing the all-out Wedding thing, and I'm kinda excited about being able to get everyone we care about in the same place at the same time...Considering out guest list hits people in about 3/4 of the states in the US, several provinces in Canada as well as friends and family in a couple other countries, it's probably the only time we'll ever get them all together! Our Pastor (who's been at my church since I was 12) is doing the ceremony at the church I was raised in, and our church choir is singing during the ceremony.

My Church

I've had my dress for a couple months now - walked in, tried it on and ordered it within 45 minutes...I just knew what I was looking for, and the dress is BEAUTIFUL (note: I hate dresses). Spoom hasn't seen it yet, so I can't post pics online, but I definately will once we get out pictures back from the wedding.

And our January wedding is actually something we decided on before we even got too far into the K-1 process (actually, we have a paper from my pastor with our intended wedding date that we sent with the I-129 paperwork)...the 23d is the closest we could get to our 3 year anniversary, which will be 1/19/09 (and it's 5 days after Spoom's birthday, which *should* help him remember our wedding anniversary!).

Hopefully, we won't get the blizard of the century on 1/23/10 *crosses fingers*
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-06 09:19:00
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QUOTE (Rhiann @ Nov 6 2009, 07:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Danu @ Nov 5 2009, 11:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
lol my mom freaked when I told her I want to wear flip flips. No one is going to see my feet so I dont know why it matters and I want to get ones that have a thick foamy bottom so I will be comfortable all night long.


That's what I keep saying!
No one's going to see my feet, so why bother get new shoes?


I'm wearing white ballet flats for the ceremony and white crocs for the reception biggrin.gif I was just going to wear crocs, but my mom went slightly off the hinges...so we compromised.

ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-06 09:07:00
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QUOTE (Rhiann @ Nov 3 2009, 10:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just bumping the list again:

June 9, 2009 - SapphireDreams (Civil/Legal wedding)
July 7, 2009 - PopRocks (Beach/Legal wedding)
July 17, 2009 - July09Bride (Church/Legal wedding)
July 17, 2009 - Kristin & TorontoGuy (Civil/Legal wedding)
July 24, 2009- Hapycloud (Civil/Legal wedding)
July 28, 2009- Chadlaure (Civil/Legal wedding)
August 6, 2009 - HuggleBuggles (Ceremonial/Legal wedding)
September 5, 2009 - Chadlaure (Ceremonial wedding)
September 19 2009 - TimandJoyce (Ceremonial/Religious/Legal wedding)
October 10, 2009 - Minnew (Church/Legal wedding)

November 14, 2009 - Hapycloud (Church/Ceremonial wedding)

January 23rd, 2010 - Spoom/ScooterMac (Legal/Ceremonial Wedding)
January 27th, 2010 - Rhiann (Legal/Ceremonial Wedding)
May 1, 2010 - Peachy (Ceremonial Wedding)
June 6, 2010 - Kristin & TorontoGuy (Ceremonial wedding)
June 22, 2010- Jennarationnext (Ceremonial wedding)
August 21, 2010 - Krikit's daughter (Church/Legal wedding)
September 4, 2010 - JillA (Celebration wedding)
September 25, 2010 - SapphireDreams (Church wedding)

(This was the most recent one I could find, please add yourselves if you're not in there)


Added!!!
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-03 11:26:00
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I have my first dress fitting on Sunday, and I got my shoes last night biggrin.gif

I *hate* dresses. I *love* this dress. I can't wait for my wedding smile.gif

<--geeked out.
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-21 07:12:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal

How does everyone make it through the rough patches? I sometimes feel like I'm falling apart.


The best way to make it through the rough patches is to focus on you guys :) Rent the same movie and watch it "together" over the phone or over skype, make the same dinner and talk online while you eat, stuff like that. It's not as good as the real thing, but it's better than letting the frustration you feel at your situation leak through into your relationship. Remember that you're in this together, with the same goal, and that the reward is SO worth the waiting.

Stay strong! I hope you get your interview soon! :thumbs:

Edit: I should also add....take some time for just you as well. Do something you enjoy and de-stress :)

Edited by ScooterMac, 04 January 2010 - 01:40 PM.

ScooterMacFemaleCanada2010-01-04 13:38:00
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QUOTE (Peachey @ Nov 19 2009, 08:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
202-663-1225

Press 1, then 0. Don't listen to the menu, it's super long.

Make sure to have your consulate case # ready.


Oh thank goodness I haven't had to dial that number in almost a month! laughing.gif
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-11-20 07:46:00
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QUOTE (bogartnoir @ Oct 20 2009, 01:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
congratulations you guys!!!

(says sofia trying to not let sour grapes get to her) unsure.gif


Try contacting your congressman, since you're seeing other people whose packets were submitted waaay after yours getting interviews. I was planning on sending in the authorization form to allow them to harass montreal on my behalf today, until they scheduled our interview. Maybe that'll help with the sour grapes?

ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 12:24:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
I called this morning with no wait time at all...don't know what it's like now though!
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 12:16:00
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QUOTE (ashenflowers @ Oct 20 2009, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (ScooterMac @ Oct 20 2009, 12:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (ashenflowers @ Oct 20 2009, 12:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
OMG you guys!! OMG!! This is fantastic news!! Congratulations to everyone! This is such a great b-day present for me to hear you all getting interviews!! LOL YAY!!!
kicking.gif


Did you try calling today yet?


I'm at work... I can't really... It was hard enough getting through this thread. I might try anyways from my cell (who cares if i get in trouble), but I don't have the number handy. Can someone please post it for me? thanks!


1-202-663-1225
option 1
option 0

You'd have to have your MTL number as well....
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 11:59:00
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QUOTE (ashenflowers @ Oct 20 2009, 12:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
OMG you guys!! OMG!! This is fantastic news!! Congratulations to everyone! This is such a great b-day present for me to hear you all getting interviews!! LOL YAY!!!
kicking.gif


Did you try calling today yet?
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 11:43:00
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QUOTE (Spoom @ Oct 20 2009, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I, uh, got tomorrow. sleep.gif


kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif good.gif
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 11:10:00
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QUOTE (Rhiann @ Oct 20 2009, 11:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Aw man.
The Toronto medical office is closed already, I dont want to leave a message.
I'll call tomorrow to see what date they give me and if I dont like it, I'll try Montreal :/


Let us know what happens - Spoom still has to schedule his medical as well (though he's in Toronto right now for a bit, so hopefully he can get in there).
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 10:01:00
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QUOTE (Arabella @ Oct 20 2009, 10:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (July09Bride @ Oct 20 2009, 10:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Arabella @ Oct 20 2009, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I just called and we have an appointment date too- November 20th at 8:00am.

I called me fiance and you would think he'd be excited but he wants me to post-pone the interview because we changed our wedding date to April 29th, and so obviously he can't activate his VISA until February 1st. He says he doesn't want to go that long without seeing me so he'd rather put off the interview.

I am crying right now . . .

If you do that, you could actually lose about 3 or 4 months for your interview. You very well could go back to the bottom. In fact, I believe that in order to change your date you need a "valid" reason, not just "I don't like the date."

As for seeing him, the USC can still go to Canada. . . . . . . unsure.gif



I don't know what to do. I told him I couldn't talk to him anymore and hung up the phone. Since March we had been planning a New Year's Day wedding, and then we went with April 29th because it seemed like we wouldn't get an interview until 2010.

I don't even know who to call to try and re-schedule.



If he's game, you could always have the "legal" wedding sooner, and the "ceremony" wedding in April. Just a thought!
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 09:34:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
QUOTE (Rhiann @ Oct 20 2009, 10:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
OH MY GOD, I'M BAWLING MY EYES OUT RIGHT NOW!

NOVEMBER 13TH!
NOVEMBER 13TH!!!

OH MY GOD!

JUST ON PERFECT TIMING WITH MY FIANCE'S VISIT!


Congrats!!!!
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 09:18:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
QUOTE (KnJ @ Oct 20 2009, 09:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This is 2.5 weeks away there is a LOT to do.


Yep. Now I have a whole new set of worries!
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 08:51:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
It looks like it! Thank goodness! It's almost enough to make me take back all the terrible things I said about them. Almost.
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 08:18:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
NOV. 9 8AM!!!!!!

*happy dance*
ScooterMacFemaleCanada2009-10-20 08:15:00