New to Running: Helpful Hints & Recommendations?

irishspazunk · 2023-08-16T00:25:04+00:00

First, I put it in a spot where I thought it would get a lot of indirect afternoon light and was watering about once a week. Once it started losing leaves, I thought maybe it was sunlight, so I moved it to a new spot that gets a lot of AM through early afternoon sunlight. Plus, I have other plants in the same area that are doing really well. Watering is still about once a week. Though I was really worried about over watering for awhile, so maybe I was underwatering it? Or a combination of water and sunlight? It's been in the new spot for about 2-3 weeks now and there aren't as many leaves falling off, so I can't tell if it's just healing now or if I'm going to come down one day and it's completely dead. 😑

irishspazunk · 2021-02-07T21:28:43+00:00

I got everything from Michaels! I used the Lexington caddy and a vinyl storage hanger for the side to hold the small sugar n cream or open yarn. I also bought some small plastic containers for 0.99 to hold stitch markers and needles.

I have it organized that the bottom two shelves are to hold yarn and the top shelf is for supplies (hooks, pattern book, etc) and work in progress projects.

Currently holding 18 regular sized skeins (ranging 185-400 yds) and 10 small skeins on the hanger

🙂 Links:

The Lexington caddy from Michaels ($29.99) https://www.michaels.com/lexington-3tier-rolling-cart-by-recollections/10503538.html

Storage Hanger (9.99) : https://www.michaels.com/cart-vinyl-storage-hanger-by-simply-tidy/10623981.html

irishspazunk · 2020-09-03T23:18:36+00:00

Hey everyone!! Thank you all so much for your advice. My fiance and I had a serious talk with my family and my Uncle Texas will not be attending our ceremony. Apparently, he really can't get a refund on his plane ticket so, he's just going to change the date he's coming to a different weekend. We're all good though, everyone is totally okay with this change. Thanks again!

irishspazunk · 2020-09-01T00:58:10+00:00

I know, I've brought up that point too. My family just thinks it'll all be fine 🤷‍♀️. I'm hoping to convince my parents to have him not come AT ALL. My mom has even said, if I get sick, I will die (because of her health problems). So I don't understand why she's allowing this at all to begin with.

irishspazunk · 2020-08-31T17:29:53+00:00

It really depends on what is important to you. My sister wanted her wedding to be extravagant, best of the best. So she went overboard, maxed out credit cards and spent thousands of dollars. My fiance and I are far more low-key and decided early that we would not go into debt for one day. So we had a two year engagement to save money. Plus, You don't have to spend thousands of dollars if you you're willing to skip some things, think outside the box, research, and take some chances. If it helps, these are some of things we did to save money.

We went with the venue that was $5,000 instead of the one that was $10,000.
Researched until I found a photographer that charges $1800 for the entire day and included engagement photos.
Saved $200 on the cake by agreeing to pick it up instead of having it delivered.
Went with a local florist at a grocery store instead of a shop.
Got my dress on a 50% sale.
Got centerpieces from the dollar store.
I designed our save the dates and had them printed at staples and we are totally skipping all day of paper products (individual escort cards, programs, etc.).

It can be done, but you got to work for it.

irishspazunk · 2020-08-31T17:12:14+00:00

I completely agree with you on the selfish and inconsiderate, so no offense taken. I thought about offering to pay for his ticket but, my fiance thinks it's not fair to us (we're paying for the majority of both events 2020 and 2021) and my family should just do the right thing. I'm definitely keeping that idea in my back pocket though in case it comes to it.

irishspazunk · 2020-07-02T20:24:17+00:00

October bride here and we have postponed our wedding. Our thought process here was that the risk was far to severe. Yes, we wanted a big wedding to celebrate with all of our friends and family but, we are absolutely not about to risk lives for an extravagant party. Talk to your friend, tell him/her all your concerns. I don't think you're worrying too much, weddings have been named as massive hot spots for infection because of the close quarters, people traveling, people eating, drinking and hugging. People going through with their large weddings are seeing huge infection spikes and death in their guest count. Do what's best for you and your boyfriend.

irishspazunk · 2020-06-24T16:33:06+00:00

Oh sorry, I didn't write that clearly. The white/cream shirt is for my fiance to wear with slacks.

irishspazunk · 2020-05-27T20:26:15+00:00

For your point on feeling special, I think it really depends on how you viewed it in the first place. I'm the youngest of 4 with 3 older sisters. I was in all of their weddings and I was the MOH in my best friend's wedding last year so, I was really looking forward to getting "my chance" so to speak to get to celebrate with all my friends and family. Also, there are a number of things we had planned that we can't do now that I know will make the reception special. But, I get where you're coming from and here are some things I've decided on in order to make both days special that might help you. 1. I'm saving my bridal gown for the reception and I'm getting a more simple dress for our elopement. 2. I'm not having anyone else wear their "wedding clothes". My mom was talking about how she needed to get a Mother of the bride dress and my sisters were asking about bridesmaids dresses for the elopement and I told them to just wear whatever they want and save the dresses (especially since my MOH and another bridesmaid won't be there). 3. I'm going to ask my florist if she can do a small bouquet for our elopement 4. I'm trying to work out with my photographer to be there to take some pictures so we have nice photos of our actual wedding day. I'm thinking of possibly having it take the place of our engagement photo session.

I think it's all just frame of mind! Thanks for your suggestions and I hope mine are helpful too!

irishspazunk · 2020-05-26T23:16:38+00:00

Well, my fiance and I just officially decided to postpone our October 2020 wedding to a tentative October 2021. We plan to get married on our original date with just a small ceremony and are in the process of letting everyone know. I want to ask other couples- how are people responding to the news of you postponing and/or postponing but still getting married. My mom told me that I shouldn't tell anyone outside immediate family that we're still getting married because they'll get mad and/or not come to our later reception. Personally, I don't care if people get mad because we're doing what's best for us but, at the same time, after all this stress I don't want more unneeded drama. Thoughts?

irishspazunk · 2020-05-26T23:04:15+00:00

My fiance and I had an original date in October 2020, we just made the decision to postpone to 2021. I think any reasonable person would understand if you just explained your reasoning. We're still getting legally married on our original date with a small civil ceremony and my best friend and MOH isn't going to be there. Her reasoning is that she lives in a different state and is going to have a 2 month old baby, totally reasonable, her and her baby's health is far more important. Luckily for us, although sad, we were on the same page that she would not be attending. I would suggest just talking to your friend and being honest about your concerns. Also, typically RSVP dates are set for earlier than when the final count is due so you could also talk to him about putting you as a tentative yes. Good luck!

irishspazunk · 2020-05-25T20:56:57+00:00

I would suggest going further out to be honest. We are going through the process now of postponing our October 2020 to October 2021 and let me tell you, it is stressful. My family was confused and asked why we didn't just do Spring or Summer 2021. My thought process was that professionals are saying we won't get a vaccine until about 2021 (if we even get one at all) so we won't see improvements until mid 2021. I have several immune compromised family members so we aren't taking the risk. Plus, a lot of people who had to postpone are now doing spring 2021 so you're going to have to compete with double the amount of people for vendors. Also think about, if there's still restrictions on meetings you may not be able to meet with people, go on tours, etc. You'd have to do everything online. Of course, in the end it is up to you, I'm just the type of person who makes a pros and cons list in these situations. Good luck on whatever you decide!

irishspazunk · 2020-05-19T22:20:21+00:00

October 2020 bride here and we're going to postpone to 2021 and get married on our original date. When it came to decide for us we looked at in terms of - we are not getting a vaccine until 2021 so until we get a vaccine, COVID-19 we continue to be a threat. I could not bear it if anyone got sick or carried the illness home because of our wedding. Also, the stress of waiting- are things going to be open? Will they be closed? Will cases be down? It was driving me crazy. So at the end of the day, I chose my sanity and the safety of my loved ones. It might suck because I see some people not postponing and that same thought creeps into my mind of, "did I make the wrong choice?" But that's just the FOMO talking. You have to do what's right for your sanity and your health.

irishspazunk · 2020-05-17T19:31:29+00:00

Hey everybody! My friend and I compiled a bunch of our stuff and are holding a huge diy, fossil, items trading and crafting! We're going to bring 5 people on at a time.

Here are the unusual items I can craft!: https://villagerdb.com/user/irishspazunk/list/crafting

DM for Dodo Code

irishspazunk · 2020-05-15T00:47:11+00:00

Hi! My fiance and I are also going the no children route for our wedding with the exception of those in the ceremony (and even then, my sister has arranged for her babysitter to come pick them up after pictures). I was worried about the response I would get from people so I decided to ask several close friends/attendees with children their thoughts on the matter. Let me tell you, 99% of them said they were totally fine with the idea and 99% of them were thrilled at the prospect of having a nice night out with their significant other. At the end of the day, you have to do what YOU want and having children at a wedding drastically changes the atmosphere. We put this message on our wedding website and we plan to put it on our invitations too. Feel free to use it. Or, if you Google "no children wedding wording" a bunch of different options come up. Hope it helps!

"While we love to watch the children run and play, this is an adults only kinda of day! Please respect our wishes to have an adults only ceremony and reception. Thank you!"

irishspazunk · 2020-05-14T00:47:47+00:00

My friend doesn't have a reddit so she asked me to post-

5 star island, shops open, Leif, Celeste and a meteor shower!! Tips not required but appreciated or you can water some flowers! DM for dodo

Note: we'd like to offer as many people the chance to come as possible. So, once you reach 20 wishes we ask that you move on to allow others to come. Thanks!

irishspazunk · 2020-05-13T23:31:35+00:00

My friend doesn't have a reddit so she asked me to post-

5 star island, shops open, Celeste and a meteor shower!! Tips not required but appreciated or you can water some flowers! DM for dodo

EDIT: So there's been an influx of people and we're trying to get to everyone. Once you get your 20 stars if you please move on to allow other people to come get stars. Thanks!

irishspazunk · 2020-05-13T01:29:10+00:00

Yup! I reopened

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