I think it was pretty crazy when the American embassy in Frankfurt gave my German husband-to-be a stamp in his passport allowing him to come to the U.S. and marry me within a 3 month time period or else he'd have to return to Germany and we'd need to file all over again which at that point, had taken nearly a year to get approval. So my husband sold all his belongings and relocated to America and we had 8 weeks to plan an entire wedding, start to finish and we pulled it off with a DIY style wedding that was better than if I had taken 2 years to plan it. I have no regrets and now, 7 years later and happily married, I see it as a great advantage that my planning time was limited because with all the options out there I almost feel bad for the modern bride, especially one who may suffer from 'my wedding has to be perfect syndrome', the category I would have EASILY fallen into.

So that was the crazy wedding experience that I can relate. All the best to you!!!

I think it was pretty crazy when the American embassy in Frankfurt gave my German husband-to-be a stamp in his passport allowing him to come to the U.S. and marry me within a 3 month time period or else he'd have to return to Germany and we'd need to file all over again which at that point, had taken nearly a year to get approval. So my husband sold all his belongings and relocated to America and we had 8 weeks to plan an entire wedding, start to finish and we pulled it off with a DIY style wedding that was better than if I had taken 2 years to plan it. I have no regrets and now, 7 years later and happily married, I see it as a great advantage that my planning time was limited because with all the options out there I almost feel bad for the modern bride, especially one who may suffer from 'my wedding has to be perfect syndrome', the category I would have EASILY fallen into.

So that was the crazy wedding experience that I can relate. All the best to you!!!

I didn't do this on purpose, but I just about killed myself a week before my wedding. I rolled the quad (4 wheeler) on myself down a steep embankment and into three huge fallen trees. I was barely able to scramble on top of the rolling quad (I swear an angel had me since I hovered for a moment...really!) and escaped with a swollen knee and scraped up hands (not that bad though!). It was pretty darn close!