He is 1 Corinthians 13

He is patient
-----And I push his limits daily

He is kind
-----He has the heart for others I wish I had

He does not envy
-----He trusts me completely

He does not boast
-----Unless it's about me

He is not proud
-----There is no job that he believes he is better than

He does not dishonor others
-----He encourages his friends instead of mocking them or bashing their ideas

He is not self seeking
-----Others boast about him

He is not easily angered
-----He is so easy going... and he makes me laugh so much

He keeps no record of wrongs
-----He forgives and never brings it up again

He does not delight in evil but rejoices in truth
-----When he proposed, he said the first thing he noticed about me was my noble spirit

He always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres
-----He prays for me, He trusts in Him, He talks about our future, and is the hardest worker I know.

OUR LOVE WILL NEVER FAIL

Can someone else make decisions for me?

I have "bridal block".

I'm sure that's a thing.

Whenever I make a decision on what I want for the wedding, then go to pay for it, the amount is so much more than I usually spend on things that I rear back on my haunches and snap the credit card away from the counter (figuratively, of course, I'm not a rude shopper) 

It's mostly window shopping anyway right now but everything seems so expensive for just one day! 

I will say that Pinterest has jaded me into thinking my wedding will never be perfect without the perfect cake, the gorgeous rows of lights, the antique-looking everything, and the cute cutout signs displaying where cards should go, where the dance floor is, and what side you should sit on.

What did people do before Pinterest??

I guess I am just having buyer's remorse before I even put the payment down.

Emergency Bag

Maybe I'm new and naive about being a bride, but I'll tell you one thing: I'm a pro at being a bridesmaid.

No, really. I'm awesome. I've got the walk down, the pretty smile, and best of all, the emergency bag.

"What's that?" you ask...

I'll show you!

1. Safety pins (can't tell you how many times we've used these)
2. Toothpicks
3. Pads and Tampons (cuz, well, you know)
4. Q-Tips
5. Hand Sanitizer
6. Hair Spray, hair pins, hair tie
7. Tums, Pain Killers, Vitamins
8. Protein Bars!
9. Candy (Even the officiant needed a sugar rush the last wedding I was in)
10. Pens
11. Lotion
12. Sunscreen
13. scissors, nail file, nail clippers, tweezers
14. Mirror (but what is better is you constantly telling the bride how gorgeous she looks
15. Chapstick and Lip gloss and back-up makeup
16. Batteries
17. Phone Charger
18. Tissues
19. Mints



If you have any more let me know and I'll add it to my bag!

I'm always hungry

Well, after a week of someone else's wedding taking a demanding front row seat in my life and an adorable toddler running around my room finding things I had thought I'd lost 6 months ago, I'm ready to start back in on my own planning.

Where did I leave off?

Oh right...

THE FOOD!!!

Hands down, the most important thing to me (aside from marrying the love of my life) is the food. I want food the entire day. People try to tell me I won't be eating and will be too stressed to even think about food.

To which I reply politely, "you must be new to my life." I always want food. I'm obsessed with finding new goodies and I have die-hard favorites that I can always fall back on.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a little *ahem* a lot picky.

I don't like cheese (I know I know). I don't care for mushrooms or curry. And I never really have liked sausages.

But I love all other veggies, and meat, and starch. I'm excited to try unconventional wedding food. Food trucks? Farmer's Markets? Mom and Pop catering? Bring it on...

Let the tastings begin!

Wedding Photographers

Question- How do you feel about your wedding photographer?

My question is sensitive for a few reasons:

1. My photographer will probably read this post.
2. I know of several people, although many years have passed since their wedding, who are still really upset with theirs and the photos that came to pass during their special day.
3. I'm a little jaded with photographs of "the perfect day" and am not sure how much I care about having them.


I know that in 40 years, I will want to have something to show my grand kids about that crazy event that ended the war in Iraq and rendered all weddings illegal in 45 states and closed down social media for 36 hours straight... but I'd rather just retell it in my animated, wild-eyed way, making them imagine it with their minds instead of seeing them on yellowed old computer screens we found in the basement among the pile of iPhones, toilets before they were all remote controlled, and those things we called books.

Linen? or Lace?

Finding the perfect wedding dress was the last thing on my mind today.

If you know me at all, you'll know that I would have been happy walking down the aisle in sweats. But to make everyone happy, I decided to keep the surprise appointment my almost sister-in-law made for me and try on a few. I only wanted to get an idea of what would look good and what shape fit me best.

There are so many shapes!

Ball Gown, Mermaid, Fit and Flair, A-line... just to name a few that I remember.

After trying the first one on though, it was like magic. I was suddenly a bride. I know they say "you'll feel it" but I didn't believe it. Suddenly I had gone from the nerd in glasses to a bride in white.

I won't tell you if I found the one today but I will say I was blown away by the feeling you get in one of those gowns. I was really a princess for a few minutes.

Coffee and Donuts

One time, in the early stages of our relationship, Andrew called me around 7 pm one night and told me about a marathon that was going to happen in his city the next morning.

"What?? I can't do that!" I exclaimed, full knowing that this was going to be the end of our relationship if he was going to be this demanding about exercise. 

"No," he reassured me softly, "I was thinking we could wake up early, go get coffee and donuts and sit in lawn chairs watching the runners from my front yard."

I'm gonna marry this man, I knew right then and there.

Which is why, in my own little weird way, I want to have coffee and donuts at my wedding. Probably sans the lawn chairs though.