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With the help of my mom, there is a new blog peeking over the horizon. It brings hope (of an affordable wedding), peace (in the midst of a whirlwind of planning), and joy (when we find stuff on sale!) to all who cast their weary eyes thereupon. It speaks of shopping, catering, and hiding in a trailer to surprise an unsuspecting fiance! It welcomes all with blog posts, pictures, a love story, and a guest book.
Contrary to all wedding planners who predict clients spending thousands on the dress, food, and flowers -- this blog stands in assertive rebellion. It will not close down until it sees every to-do list checked off and each decoration perfectly put in place. And when it's all said and done, the bouquet is tossed and the cake is gobbled up, it might just stick around a while longer, just for the fun of it!
Anyways... Tim and I have a wedding blog now and I've been itching to share it with you all! Have fun visiting and we hope you will stop by often to stay updated on all the planning! =)
Tim and Suzette's Wedding Blog
I am having quite the time trying to squeeze all the wedding planning I can into one short summer! In the past three months my family and I have bought the dress, a few silk flowers, the bridesmaids' shoes, some wedding favors, lots of wedding planning books, and an off-the-beaten-path "guest book" in the form of a scrapbook! Tim and I have started our registries, bought some Starbucks coffee mugs to put in our home, and discussed many ideas and plans. Before he left for the summer, Mom and Dad hosted our engagement party at my house and took pictures of us at the place Tim proposed to me, the Japanese Gardens at Maymont Park. On top of that, I've had work, traveling all over the East Cost for various family trips (and they were NOT for leisure), and trying to get some senior year "stuff" figured out.
So yeah... I've been kind of busy!
Sorry if I've been strangely quiet the past few months; I have a lot on my mind and would appreciate your prayers. Also, one of my room mates from my freshman year told me that her mom has breast cancer, so please keep her in your prayers also. GloryBound has had a safe summer so far, so we are very thankful for that.
So basically everything is fine except my sanity! I never knew planning a wedding involved so many details, and I am definitely NOT a detail person! In my mind, a wedding was buying a dress, getting the lady at your church who's really good at baking to bake your cake, hiring a photographer, inviting your friends, walking down the aisle, eating the cake, and leaving.
Oh no, my friend.
First you have to figure out what style wedding dress looks best on you, then try several of them on at the bridal salon, only to come to the conclusion that there are WAY to many choices. After you finally pick out your dress, you do a fundraiser to be able to afford the thing.
As for the cake, you begin thinking about saving money by just doing sheet cakes, but think about how cool it would be to hire a culinary student at VCU for super cheap, but don't want to make your church baker feel left out either.
Wait. Cake... that means you'll need plates, napkins, tables, chairs... where is all of this coming from, anyway?! Should you rent round tables, or use the awkward rectangle ones your venue already has for no extra charge? Venue. Oh my goodness -- where are we having this thing? The church? The park? My parent's backyard? A plantation? The space museum??
And hiring a photographer. Don't even get me started.
I have a bunch of friends from Oklahoma (hi guys!) who want to make it to our big day, but what hotel would be the nicest for them, but still reasonably priced, especially after paying for half-way-across-the-continent airfare? Should the in-laws invite all of the out-of-town guests to the rehearsal dinner? That's a lot of food, you know. Food? Hey, are we having a full-course meal or just cake and coffee at the reception?
And the little sparkly stuff people put on the tables at receptions... what do we do about that? Should we use candy? A centerpiece filled with flowers and bows? Confetti? And what should the guests throw at us when we leave? Rice? Bubbles? Silly String? Rocks? What do we ride away in? Limos are so expensive. Maybe my grandpa's old truck... it's kind of "vintage." It could be my "something old." But wait, if it breaks down on the way to the hotel, that could be really bad...
See? So many DETAILS! So pray that my head doesn't explode anytime in the next year. =)
These two quotes I found made me think about having the right perspective on life. Sometimes famous last words force us to us consider just how "off" our point of view is until we reach the end of our life, and begin to see it all in perspective. In the words of Issac Newton and Leonardo da Vinci, let's see how these two very successful men would have lived differently if they could have done it all over:
Isaac Newton,
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
Leonardo da Vinci,
"I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have."
We don't have to wait until the end of our lives to realize how very short of a time we have to live each day for all it's worth. While it's true that this world is so vast that we could never explore it all in one lifetime, Newton's regret suggests that we ought not to be so tunnel-visioned that we forget about everything outside our immediate interests. Just take time to let things soak in. So what if you're not a biologist, take an hour and study what makes grass green! God made this great big world in such a manner that we can enjoy it... pause and discover something new.
If you've ever studied Leonardo da Vinci, you know that his work is anything but ordinary. He put his very best on canvas, time and time again. Yet at the end of his life, he regrets not reaching the quality he felt God deserves. Is our work half-done or blown through without regard to excellence? Do we brand high-quality workers as "OCD" and laugh them off as nerds? If so, imagine the regrets WE will have at the end of our lives.
I'm sure these quotes could have been picked apart far better than I ever could, and if you have any suggestions regarding their interpretation, please leave a comment. God wants us to enjoy life! Let's live in a way that won't leave room for regrets like these.
