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Advice For Planning A Last-Minute Wedding

Advice For Planning A Last-Minute Wedding

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The days where engagements had to last a lifetime are well and truly gone. While many couples still start their wedding planning with years to spare, others choose to leave it until the last minute, giving themselves just a few short months or even weeks. Planning your big day in this way is definitely exciting, but is also stressful (to say the least). The key to success lies in organization and flexibility. With that in mind, here are six tips for planning the perfect last-minute wedding.

 

1. Write Out A Checklist

With so much to do and so little time to get it all done, no one would blame you for forgetting to book, buy, or organize one wedding essential or another. The trouble is that this is your wedding day and anything that you forget to do could cause big problems. Writing a wedding task checklist will help you to keep track of all that you need to do so that nothing is overlooked.

 

2. Narrow The Guest List

Before you can begin booking anything, you need to figure out your guest list. After all, the size of the venue, cake, and many other essentials will be determined by how many people attend your big day. Because you’re planning a last-minute wedding, you should try to keep the guest list short. This will make it much easier for you to find vendors and will cut costs at the same time.

 

3. Choose The Right Day

Most people choose to have their wedding on a Saturday, with Fridays and Thursdays also being very popular choices. For this reason, you’ll find it a lot harder to secure a venue and vendors for these days last minute. Choosing any other day of the week, therefore, would save you a lot of time and hassle. If you can be flexible with the time of the ceremony, that would be a big help too.

 

4. Start With The Essentials

Everyone looks forward to different things at their wedding. Whether it’s the dress or the cake, you must book your essentials first. This gives you a higher chance of getting what you want. If you’re not entirely sure what that is yet, then take a look at the latest wedding trends. Seeing what other people are doing at their weddings might give you some inspiration for yours.

 

5. Ask For A Hand

Planning a wedding is far from easy. It requires lots of thought and work, especially at the last minute, which is a lot of pressure for any one person or couple to take on. Thankfully, there are plenty of people around you who might be willing to lend a hand. You could also hire a wedding planner, or simply delegate certain jobs to your closest friends and family members.

 

Advice For Planning A Last-Minute Wedding

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6. Expect To Make Sacrifices

If you go into wedding preparations expecting to get exactly what you want, you’re almost certain to be disappointed. With years to plan your big day, you might be more likely  to make your vision come to life, but with only just a few months or weeks, there will be one or two things that just aren’t possible. By accepting this before you begin planning, you’ll enjoy your wedding a lot more.

 

Planning a wedding at the last minute definitely isn’t easy, but the advice above should be able to save you some unnecessary stress.

 

X,

Emily

Coping With Sacroiliac Joint Pain

Coping With Sacroiliac Joint Pain

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If you are experiencing sacroiliac joint pain, a professional physiotherapist can assist you. Of course, you should also look into the prospect of pain medication, as well. In today’s post, you’ll find more details to assist you on this exact topic.

Your sacroiliac joints are an essential linkage system between your pelvis and lower spine, which connects your pelvis and tailbones. If you are experiencing issues with your sacroiliac joints, it can be extremely painful, as it can lead to sciatic pain, buttock pain, hip pain, and lower back pain. Resources like Inspire can be ideal in terms of finding the exact assistance that you require.

 

The different types of sacroiliac pain

There are two main types of sacroiliac joint pain: the first is called ‘hypomobility’ and is essentially stiffness, while the second is ‘hybermobility’, which is caused by instability. The latter is more common, because your sacroiliac joints should be a rigid and fairly stiff link disallowing for a lot of movement. If you have too much uncontrolled motion, you can experience excruciating pain due to the fact that your sacroiliac joints can adopt a position that is stressed or abnormal. This can happen for a number of different reasons, ranging from extra mobility to trauma.

 

What should you do if you are experiencing this type of pain?

If you are experiencing any pain or discomfort around this area, you should book an appointment with a professional as soon as possible to ensure that the issue does not worsen, especially because this can be very uncomfortable and painful. When you have an appointment with one of the experienced therapists available today, you can expect them to begin the process with a diagnosis of the issue, which is extremely important, as it helps them to provide you with the fastest, most effective form of treatment. Ultimately, you will be able to get back to your normal self as quickly as possible.

Physiotherapy is the best route to go down if you’re experiencing sacroiliac joint pain, as you can also combine this with the use of medication, which can be more effective for your health, as well; you are not merely relieving pain, you are getting to the root of the problem to rectify the issue. Depending on your diagnosis, a variety of techniques will be used. This ranges from exercises to hand manipulation, to ensure a return to normal functionality and a reduction in pain. An expert will also advise you on the steps to follow from here onwards so you can manage the condition effectively, including postural exercises, strengthening exercises and more.

 

I hope that this guide has given you all of the information that you require when it comes to pain experienced in your sacroiliac joints. Let me know in the comments what works best for you!

X,

Emily

Calmness & The Cause: Learning How To Relax

Calmness & The Cause: Learning How To Relax

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As there’s an abundance of stress in the modern world, it’s far more difficult than ever before to embody a sense of relaxation. When you’re looking for your own specific way to wellness, you have consider if you are living a relaxed life, or if are you simply more likely to be predisposed to stress than the person next to you. Learning how to relax isn’t necessarily a difficult concept to grasp, but to begin on this journey, you must determine how stressed you are in the first place.

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Incredible Canadian Experiences Not to Miss

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When you think of my homeland of Canada, you probably think of lots of ‘typically Canadian’ things. From poutine to ice hockey, maybe you believe that you have a pretty good idea of what Canada is all about, and what you can do here. Even if you’ve been to Canada before, have you really had a true Canadian experience? It’s a massive country, so getting a feel for it isn’t something that you can do in one short trip — in fact, I haven’t truly developed a sense of my own country until I began travelling from province to province in the past couple of years. There’s a lot to see and do, and you don’t want to miss out on some of the most essential Canadian experiences available.

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Make Large Group Travel Work For You

Traveling abroad with a big group of friends can be so much fun. It gives you a chance to ignore the pressures of work for a few days, and to forget all of your worries back home. You can have a great time catching up with your best friends and seeing some of the most exciting destinations that the world has to offer.

Unfortunately though, some people find that traveling in a large group to be much too stressful. People can have varying ideas of what they want to do and where they want to stay, and some find that a lot of arguments can arise as a result… But it doesn’t always have to be like that. There are ways you can make your large group travel work for you. Here are some great tips that can help you do just that:

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Make Sure Everyone Looks Their Best At Your Wedding

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Weddings are my favourite: a big party and the celebration of true love. Does it get any better than that? With my dad and step-mom’s wedding less than a year ago, I’m still reeling from that wedding planning excitement.

 

Whatever else you might have planned for your wedding, you can be sure that you are also going to be concerned with how everyone looks — not least yourself, the bride and groom. Of course this is actually quite hard to get right, and it can take a lot of time and effort to ensure that all the people involved in the wedding are looking their best. There is not much that you can do about the guests of course, but when it comes to the wedding party itself, there is always something that can be done to improve how everyone looks. Below, we are going to take a look at just some of the things you can do to ensure that all of your wedding party truly do look their best at all times… during what is likely to be the biggest day of your life.

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The Dos And Don’ts Of Traveling Southeast Asia

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It’s one of the most popular destinations for young travellers and backpackers. The region is made up of so many countries that border one another, making it’s the perfect place to go country hopping (even if you are only there for one week, I’m sure you could fit in a couple of countries). Not only that, but many countries in this area are very cheap, and you will be able to get by on very little indeed.

So, are you tempted to go traveling in Southeast Asia? It is important to get your injections for India if you plan to travel there.

You certainly won’t regret it! However, before you jet off, it’s important that you know a few dos and don’ts. You might experience culture shock while you are there, as the countries are so different from the Western world. Following all of these tips though, should help you enjoy your time there and keep you safe, too.

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Alberta Prairie Railway: From Stettler to Big Valley

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Boarding the beautiful train in Stettler before heading out to Big Valley for dinner.

 

Last month, during my time in Edmonton, I went on the Alberta Prairie Railway excursion with my family, from Stettler to Big Valley. Shortly after I arrived in Alberta for my month-and-a-half long trip, I heard from my family as well as a few others that the Railway Excursions were a must-see while I was in town. With it only being a several hour drive outside of the city, we decided that this would be a really cool thing to do as a whole family. In fact, my cousins’ boyfriends came along with us, too.

 

When I arrived at the Stettler train station and saw the massive locomotive parked out front, I was floored. The front engine looked like something out of the Harry Potter films, and the colours of the train were the perfect fit for the gorgeous rolling plains that we would soon be moving through on our way to a buffet dinner.

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Broadway Across Canada’s Les Misérables

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Javert (Josh Davis) and Jean Valjean (Nick Cartell). Photo taken by Jen Bates for Broadway Across Canada.

 

From the very first powerful notes of Overture/Work Song, Broadway Across Canada (BAC)‘s production of Les Misérables immediately sent goosebumps up my arms and neck. I sat on the edge of my seat, my lips mouthing the words of each song as one number led into the next. Despite having never seen Les Mis performed live before, it was a soundtrack that I grew up on. With my mum being a musical fanatic (and Les Misérables being among her favourite), I knew all the words to the play from the time I was a young child. From the get-go, I had listened to Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean on a soundtrack from the ’90s and truly couldn’t imagine anyone else portraying the character with the passion and beauty that he did.

 

Coming to see BAC‘s production, I was worried that my first time seeing the musical would not live up to the expectations that I couldn’t but help set up in my mind; however, with the first few lines carried throughout the theatre by Nick Cartell (Valjean in the 2018 production I saw), I was completely floored. The goosebumps started. My eyes widened. I knew that the foundation for this incredible show had been blissfully set.

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