Okay, this is too darn cute not to share, here is the converstion I had with my 3yo niece(Sissy) yesterday:

Siss: "Aunt Amanda, are you going to be Uncle Tom's wife?"

Me: "Yes"

Sissy: "Oh, what's 'wife'?"

Me: "Well, when two people get married the girl becaomes the man's wife and the man becomes her husband"

Sissy: "What's married?"

Me: "It's when a man and a...

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I can't say no. Well, I can say no to drugs, but I can't say no to "Will you babysit my kid today while I lay around and do nothing and you go to school, work, shopping, paying bills, and do your homework all while toting around my three year old that I frankly don't want to spend any time with because I am impecibly self centered?

Okay, I may have added it a little, (everything after "today") but it is all true. I watch my DF's(Tom) niece(Sissy) while his sister(Rhiannon)...

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First, thank you to all of you that offered advise on the wedding:THANKS4:

A quick update: We picked a time, I called the pastor and he said I could do what I wanted because the church was mine ALL DAY, so I don't have to share anyway, Tom wanted 3:00 and I wanted 2:00, so we are having it at 2:30

We ordered invatations

This makes me feel a lot better, I really still don't know what all needs to be done, I need to find a photographer and a DJ, I...

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ARRRGH planning this wedding is stressing me out like no other

I have no clue what the H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICKS I am doing! Where do I start???

We have a date-9/19/09

We have a location, talked to the pastor, counseling later in the spring

I ordered my dress, it is custom so it won't be here until MARCH...it was supposed to be
in by the first of the year.

Have the place we WANT the reception at...haven't...

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One of my cousins just had a baby. She is very "green" and doing the cloth diapers, organic/local produce, etc.

The whole family went to see the new edition, including my 90 yr old great grandma .My great grandma pointed out the diapers and how much work it was when she did it for her five kids, when she(cousin) started talking about how it's better for the enviornment and such and went off on a tangent about resusing, buying local, getting meat that isn't pumped full of...

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