The October Wedding

Alright, so enough time has passed. I really need to blog about the October Wedding. So, here you go!
Well, let's just say: my, oh, my. It was a beautiful wedding. Eli and Leah got married in a church and they had it decorated beautifully. The theme was a fall wedding, and there were pumpkins everywhere, yellow, red, and orange flowers, and tulle with leaves and butterflies in them. Here, you can see the front of the church, how they had draped tulle above the cross.


The ceremony included Leah's father singing a song to the newlyweds, and the couple combining black and white sand together into a heart-shaped jar. It was also so sweet because as the bride came down the aisle, she was crying; and then I looked back at the groom, and he was crying, too! Such tears of happiness. It was so sweet to see. And the ceremony itself was so beautiful. The pastor really talked about how a marriage should be based on God, and there was a real emphasis on putting your trust and faith in Him to guide you. It was awesome to hear.

At 5ish, we went to the reception. Our table was decorated like this:

It was a lovely reception, too. The speeches were hilarious and heart-warming, the food good, and the location beautiful.

Here is the cake that they had:

Look carefully to see what the bride is doing!!! (Too funny!)

Then, it was time for the First Dance of the couple. It was great! it wasn't exactly conventional, but it wasn't weird, at all. Just a great first dance. Eli sported a fedora all throughout it. Here he is, with his new wife Leah being dipped and kissed!

All in all, it was a LOVELY wedding. I'd write more, but the battery on my laptop is about to die and the charge cord isn't working for some reason... (Don't ask me why! But I hope it gets fixed!)

Anyways, that's all for now!

Love,

Maid Marian

PS. Did I mention my shoes??

I'm home!

Well, I have returned from across the country. The October Wedding was FABULOUS. I'm so glad I had the chance to go. I'll upload some pictures of it later, once I have a chance to upload them to my computer first.
But let me just say it was a gorgeous wedding. The groom (let's call him Eli) just looked so happy to be marrying his bride (let's call her Leah). They were both crying as Leah walked down the aisle; it was so sweet! I had a chance to meet the bride beforehand, while my cousin Juliet and I helped with some decorations for the reception. Leah was just so nice - one of those people who is always smiling, always considerate, always friendly. And I met some of her bridemaids - and they were so nice, too! Especially one bridesmaid, Jenah. It was so funny, because during the rehearsal dinner, we were talking, and the subject of relationships came up, and she just straight-out asked me, "So, are you seeing anyone?" It was just so funny because she just asked straight upfront, and I just laughed and told her, regretfully, no. But I have to admit being single DOES have its advantages sometimes. (Like scoping out the guys at the wedding haha.)
But anyways. I'm supposed be describing Eli and Leah's wedding. It was simply beautiful. The theme they played around with was the fall, and on their favours, they had a little sticker that said "Fall in Love, Leah and Eli October 2009" - too cute!
Oh, and her dress! Gorgeous! It had beading on it, and while it wasn't a big princess dress, it did have some body to the skirt. It was simple, classic, and elegant. She wore no veil and carried a bouquet of orange, yellow and red flowers. (PS. Right now, I am loving the white hydrangea for bouquets! But I'll talk about that another time...)
One interesting thing at the wedding was that the bridesmaids all wore different style dresses made up of the same material. I like that concept in theory, and while each bridesmaid looked beautiful, it was... interesting because all the bridesmaids - Allie, Jenah, Catherine and the other one I never really met - all had different lengths of dresses. They had red dresses which were all beautiful, but it was interesting that the lengths were all different.... I don't know.
But anyhoo. I will continue this later. Right now I'm super tired and I have a midterm to write tomorrow, and so I should finally head to bed. But I thought I'd quickly update my devoted fanbase of millions to the wonderful story of Eli and Leah's wedding.
But for now, adieu.
<3 Maid Marian

Just Because.

Just some pictures to make you laugh... :)

Aha! Found it!

Here's the Mac and Jac jacket I bought to go with my dress for the October Wedding...

Mac and Jac

I went to the Mac and Jac website (http://www.macandjac.com/home) to see if I could find a photo of the jacket I bought, and unfortunately, I didn't find one. But, I found this really neat verse that is their kind of ... 'slogan,' I guess you could call it:

She's beautiful,
Modern
And not quite like
Anyone else.
There's an inner knowing,
An ease about her.
A confidence.
A comfort.
She calms the chaos
And invigorates the mundane.
She sparkles when she talks,
When she listens.
Maybe she's in love,
Maybe she's just happy.
She's the new classic woman.
Mondern,
Sensual and
Ever so in love with life.

I love it! That's the kind of woman I want to be! :)

So Far, So Good

Well, as my last post stated, I am on a diet to lose a few pounds. (What wedding would be complete without a crash diet? And this isn't even my own wedding!) And I am happy to announce it's going well so far. I just tried on my dress and already it's much better. And I haven't even been doing this diet for a week!
Haha, and when I say diet, maybe I should just say, making healthier choices. It's not really a diet in the way that I count carbs or have a rigourous, structered workout with cardio and such coupled with a scheduled list of what I can and can't eat. But I just haven't eaten any junk food, and have been walking a lot. It's been pretty good generally, but every now and then, I wish there was something I could eat. Like, the other day my dad came home and he had a big bag of Doritos chips and I LOVE Doritos. Well, since I'm trying to eat healthier, I didn't have any. And that kindda sucked. And then, the other day, my sister, her friend, and my mom all went to see the movie Fame and they all bought popcorn and such. So many times, I almost asked for a few pieces, when I remembered that I shouldn't have any. But that's ok, I had delicious Yogen Fruz frozen yogurt, so that made up for it. :) And there will be other times to have popcorn.
So, mostly, I have been living off of veggies. They are SO good - celery, cucumber, yellow pepper.... And I have been having some good wholesome sandwiches with said vegetables (minus the celery), plus sprouts (mmm!), cheese, sometimes egg, and tomato. I <3 sandwiches! And the other day, I made calzones for my family and they turned out SO well. I stuffed them with all those veggies, and added some tomato sauce, my own version of alfredo sauce (not made with cream, but skim milk - it looked disgusting but it added the perfect touch to the calzone), mushrooms, and chicken breast. Yum!!
I haven't checked the scale yet to see how much I actually have lost- mostly because I don't really think that it's relevent. I mean, it's a number, a number bound to fluxuate throughout the course of the day, a number that can mean the weight of fatty tissue or of muscles. It really is pretty deceiving. I mean, yes, the scale gives you a good idea as to how you're doing health wise, but I certainly won't live my life by it.
But yeah, so far, so good! :)

Le cinq octobre

Well, I'm supposed to be looking over some English notes as I have a little quiz today... But... I just don't feel like doing it right now. And I think I know the works we need to know well enough.
SO I decided to blog a bit while I wait for my class to start.
Well, the October Wedding is fast approaching. And I found a dress! It's so cute. Maybe I'll post pictures of it later. It's black and falls to about the knee. It has a relatively tight fit and little cap-sleeves. And I got a jacket to go with it since it is getting colder by the day! The jacket is kindda unique and funky. It's a fitted jacket, made from red, purple and black threads and has three-quarter length sleeves. I love the look! Now, just to find a bag and shoes!! :)
The only thing about the dress is that it might be a little snug. Just a little. They didn't have the next size up in the store, so I just got the dress. But now I am on a crash (but healthy!) diet and hope to lose a few pounds so the dress fits perfectly. So, we'll see how that goes... I'll try to keep you updated!
I am getting so excited for the wedding, though. It will be the first wedding I've actually attended in a few years, and I can't wait to see family and just hang out across the country with my cousins etc for a few days. It will be so nice!

Well, another thing I've been thinking of is names. Yes, not really wedding-related, but I love names, too. And considering that after I get married I will have kids, names are kinds-sortta-maybe related to the topic of weddings. SO without further ado... I have thought of a new name to name a little girl. I already have a million names in the wings (my poor husband - he will have barely any say!! Haha), but I thought of this combo and really liked it. It's Lucy Evangelyn. I think it flows nicely and has a good connotation. Lucy means light and Evangelyn comes from evangelist, meaning Bringer of Good News. And plus, I've always loved the name Lucy because of CS Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia . So we'll see. I don't know, I really like it! :)

Well, that's all for now. Maybe I will review the English works one more time....

<3 Maid Marian

I Am Such a Hopeless Romantic.

Well, that's an obvious title. But I was really struck by it today. I'm reading this book, and it's not at all a romance; more of an adventure. But it has a romantic element to it. This girl is trekking through the wilderness of Early 1800 Mississippi, with a bounty on her head (for numerous reasons from the previous books in the series) and her fiancé is chasing after her, though she doesn't know it. The two characters have been separated for a long time and fate is just not on their side. It's a pretty good book. I started the series probably about five-ish years ago, and am onto Book 5 of 7 (so far. I don't know if there will be more books after the seventh). But it just got me thinking about love and life and fate. I don't know. I've sometimes wondered if there really is a special someone for everyone. But I read books like these, and it feels so convincing, so true that an idealized (if a little crazy at times -- the girl character is just that: a character!) perfect love could happen, and I want to believe it with all my heart, but sometimes I wonder...
Is love just a choice that we make? That we happen to find a person that we could live with for the rest of our lives, and they agree that living with us would be fine, too? Or is it that magic moment like they portray in movies and books where beautiful music plays and the wind blows softly and the couple gaze into each others' eyes and the whole world is right? Or is that just a gimmick that Hollywood uses to sell titles?
I know I started this post about saying that I am a hopeless romantic. And I am. But lately I almost feel ... cynical about it. We all want to believe in love at first sight and finding the "One." And I believe he's somewhere out there... But then I start to doubt myself. Maybe he isn't out there, maybe I'm just fooling myself, trying to make myself feel better. Maybe I am wasting my time on waiting for this imaginary person. I don't know.
I just don't know.