Kingston,Jamaica

[CharlieD10]

Wow chelley! 80lb cardstock! Can I hire you to do my resume when I start job hunting? LOL.

 

[SmoothiesQueen]

Ahh so I can make a book...in order....with all my pictures...and captions underneath. I think Im gonna do about four pics a page to keep it easy to flip through..what a great freaking idea. So glad I asked...because I was thinking that I was gonna write in the back and dump them all in one big envelope and that idea was not sitting well with me because I prefer much more order to things.

And I want it to be in order.

 

[chelley]

LOL chelley...you are a born sales person, you don't need a lot of words to get your point across!

heheh noooooo i hate sales..... bite your tongue!

sales people drive me NUTSOID! we work with them all day long and some of them are just impossible!

 

[SmoothiesQueen]

If they are ok with binding it.....do you think they would be ok with me making a few books....one before we got married, one of the wedding and one after the wedding...our life till now??? And doing four to eight pictures a page with labels underneath with a piece of scotch tape underneath each so its easily removable if they want to?

 

[chelley]

Wow chelley! 80lb cardstock! Can I hire you to do my resume when I start job hunting? LOL.

absolutely it wasn't *quite* cardstock, but it's pretty hard to mash up... non-glossy... (we have 120lb cardstock here and i didn't want to use that... would look like i printed the thing on cereal boxes or something lol)

 

[chelley]

Ahh so I can make a book...in order....with all my pictures...and captions underneath. I think Im gonna do about four pics a page to keep it easy to flip through..what a great freaking idea. So glad I asked...because I was thinking that I was gonna write in the back and dump them all in one big envelope and that idea was not sitting well with me because I prefer much more order to things.

And I want it to be in order.

i used a timeline to keep things in order and refered to it quite often... it helped paint the big picture...

 

[chelley]

If they are ok with binding it.....do you think they would be ok with me making a few books....one before we got married, one of the wedding and one after the wedding...our life till now??? And doing four to eight pictures a page with labels underneath with a piece of scotch tape underneath each so its easily removable if they want to?

i used alligator (also called bulldog) clips... they're cheap and easy... smaller ones for different sections and a large one to hold it all together...

as for pictures, i took digital jpgs and just inserted them in a word document... resized as needed... if you don't have digitals and still wanted to go that route, you could scan them?

 

[CharlieD10]

I used binder clips, those are the ones with the little fold-back arms. One huge one for everything, and smaller ones to section the application forms from the evidence. Same idea as chelley's.

And yes, you can re-size digital photos and print them in Word. About 4 to the page leaves you with room for captions.

 

[chelley]

argh... it's 9.. i want to go HOOOOME... but i'm stuck in the office waiting to see if the sales team has any more changes to the presentaton we're working on... and of course they're on the west coast and have a few more hours before the printer closes.......... sigh...


i just messed up my diet (i had a village salad (no lettuce, just tomatoes, peppers, etc) with chicken and some roast veggies, and the roast veggies were just soaked in oil (and stupidly delish)... just put my fat intake thru the roof i was doing so well too! If i'm back up an inch or two tomorrow morning i'll know exactly why! lol)... i'll blame my workplace for this one!! LOL

argh... sitting here waiting for someone to give you permisson to leave is just oppressing! hehehe (man i'm sounding like a spoiled brat!)

 

[CharlieD10]

Diet? Wha dat? LOL, just blame work for it, like you said, you'll feel so much better about it.

I hate doing that. My boss has a habit of dropping work on my desk at 4:30 (we finish at 4:45) and then telling me to "See me after you've reviewed it", which usually means I can't leave until I have spoken with her about the files. Hate it. Hate it. She comes in at 10:00 and stays until 6:00 or later, and has no issues keeping me there, when I've been in office since 8:00. Argh.

 

[SmoothiesQueen]

Wait a sec...I was gonna print all the pics out at Walmart...does this mean I can just print them all out on a page of paper/ or picture cardstock with labels?

Interesting!

 

[chelley]

Diet? Wha dat? LOL, just blame work for it, like you said, you'll feel so much better about it.

I hate doing that. My boss has a habit of dropping work on my desk at 4:30 (we finish at 4:45) and then telling me to "See me after you've reviewed it", which usually means I can't leave until I have spoken with her about the files. Hate it. Hate it. She comes in at 10:00 and stays until 6:00 or later, and has no issues keeping me there, when I've been in office since 8:00. Argh.

hehehe the diet is operation "i'm not fitting into anything i own but my maternity pants" sad sad sad LOL but i'm down (or was down) over 3 inches in 5 days, so things are starting to fit again!

my job has been pretty good lately... we do a lot of work from home, but this project needs continual support and if they haven't chained us to blackberries yet, so i have to stay in the office until someone else can come online and take over... they have until 8PM PST when the printer closes, but i'm leaving here by 10PM EST regardless!

Wait a sec...I was gonna print all the pics out at Walmart...does this mean I can just print them all out on a page of paper/ or picture cardstock with labels?

Interesting!

yes!!!!... print them on paper, save yourself the money and a trip to that godawful place (hehhehe)... it's so much easier to caption them and size them and not have to worry about them getting lost or out of order or anything like that... and it makes it much easier for the person reviewing who doesn't have to worry about the same (or getting them back to you)...


sorry... deleted my other post and combined... someone's going to think there's an update with all the post whoring i've been doing

speaking of updates... where are the updates?!?! COME ON KGN!!!!!

 

[kc416]

hi ladies,

I wish i was at work because I had a cover letter (not manditory) which I have shared with other people and they have said it was handy. It is some where on one of the 600 odd pages of this as well but I couldnt tell you what page. I am going to be going to work this weekend to pick up something so if i remember I will post it again. It may be helpful.

lol Chelley, I thought u frigged up your diet by doing something bad like eating a big bowl of icecream or something. Hush.

I have the same anxioties though, I better fit into all my clothes and more importantly my SHOES, I have gained 30 pounds and am feeling like a BLIMP, even with the 30 pounds I have managed not to buy any maternity clothes, tights are doing it and my sexy sweater dresses are well... just sweaters right now.

Right now I cannot wear ANY of my shoes, not my tims, not my boots, not even my trainers, nothing. I dont know what I am going to do this weekend when I go out - I am going to have to take my laces out of my shoes just to fit in them. I am getting HUGE. SIGH. Only approx 15 days to go....

 

[CharlieD10]

Hey kc!

I think I have that letter somewhere, I remember asking for assistance, and you posted it again for me. I copied it and emailed it to hubby, so it's should definitely be in my email, I don't delete things I email to him!

SmoothiesQ - If you are interested, just let me know, I will send it or paste it here again.

 

[RandysGirl]

SQueen, take a deep breath lol. I used clips too and made sure to do an index and page numbers. I was told not to go crazy on the pictures and was told 10 was good enough as long as it shows various points in our relationship. I printed 2 perpage with references and explanations about each picture. It was also suggested that I include pics of us with family and pics of our travels together. It has been suggested that you should send originals of your marriage certificate and his and you childds birth certificate ( I did not and am kicking myself) good luck and have a good visit back to Canada.