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Haydee, both look great!! As far as the dresses go, that one is beautiful!! I don't have to think twice about you making a great decision!!

Good morning everyone!! Today is the memorial service for M J. I am sure it will be a circus. As a matter of fact tomorrow is the circus!!

Okay full week of work for me!! Charlie is gone today so the phone is all me, and after a long weekend!!! I don't have to be there until 1:30 but think I will go in around noon to answer the phones!!

Have a good day everyone!!!

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Love that first one Haydee, don't see the 2nd. But if you found them online, you can just copy & paste the URL into a message and we can click on it.

I am a bad mommy, last night at about 1am he woke up; we were both up but I had JUST drifted off. So Russ got up to feed him. We closed the air vent because it gets freezing in there, but it makes a LOUD whistling that goes through the monitor, so I remember turning it down and planned to turn it back when he returned.. but then I fell asleep. Russ swears he heard it at 3am whistling on the monitor.. but in any event, at 8am I wake up and I realize I hadn't been woken up all night!! I look at the monitor, and it was turned all the way down.

I felt so horrible as I ran to his room. I keep a Teddy Bear in the corner of his crib, almost 2ft from his head.. and when I went in there, he had scooted all the way up to it and had his face between the bear's legs. :) :) :frown:

He's never moved like that before, so he must have been crying and kicking a lot last night. Bad mommy. I immediately picked him up (he was asleep) and got him a big bottle and took him to our room and was talking to him and trying to make MYSELF feel better apparently, he was still all giggles and coos.

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awww poor baby carson! I wouldn't fret too much laura. i'm sure it has happened to countless mommies!

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Love both of them, Haydee, but my vote is for the second one.

Glad Laura figured out how to post the pic. I couldn't do it through email.

Laura...Carson is fine and you've learned a lesson, no more stuffed animals in the crib.

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I love the 2nd one too Haydee, but the cap sleeves.. I told you my thoughts on those. Make sure you try something like that on, and if it falls off... move on!!

We altered mine and re-sewed them, used double sided tape, and they still couldn't stay up.

LOVE the back of that one.

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BCBS still screwing me around. I have had to call at least once a week since MAY. Last week they said they had everything and would get it processed. Then dated July 1 I get a letter (a copy) of what they sent to my doc, needing EVEN MORE INFO!! Lab reports, medical history, physical, blah blah.

So I call today going, how come every damn week it's something new. I pay ridiculous premiums for insurance and when I called in May to see if it was covered, I was told I needed an Rx and a medical form (which the lady sent me a packet of). Then it was something else, then something else, then more and more.. and now something else..

I was getting pissed off at the supervisor, I ended up hanging up on them.. all he kept saying is "I'm sorry ma'am". I'm sorry doesn't cover up for all the BS and run around they are doing.

I hate insurance, I wish it was something I could go.. alright assholes, I'm swapping insurance since you can't seem to get it together.. but you can't.

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I don't care about the memorial really, but someone at work keeps IMing me saying how beautiful blah blah, so I turn it on just in time to see Jennifer Hudson sing that song from Free Willy.. that was cute, and then Al Sharpton. Oh please. I hate that man. That's like inviting the Westboro Church to a funeral. It's not about the memorial, it's about making an unnecessary statement and being a complete jerkoff. He always has to make everything about race. MJ transcended race, I can't imagine he'd want Sharpton there with all his venom.

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did sharpton say something about race?? i can't stand that man. i agree, jackson transcends race...

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There were lots of great moments, musical and spoken, during the service. Al Sharpton was not one of them.

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oh lordy. I pushed MUTE when he came on because i knew he would be saying foolish things...

okay girls. i found another dress and i think i'm in love love love. the only problem is that it doesn't have sleeves. i wonder if a sheer cap sleeve can be sewn in? or a fluttery sleeve? OMG, i can't wait to go try this one on. this is kinda what I wanted all along. a princess dres!

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I think I still liked the one you posted before this one.

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the all lace one or the other one with sleeves? i'm gonna try them all on. they have all of these at the bridal boutique i'm going to...

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