Going to the Chapel...

This is one of the most special things I have ever gotten. I have wanted to post this for a while, but I have restrained myself. (hope I don't get in trouble) Megan always posts cute little things she finds out in the cyber world, so I have decided to post this because I deem it worthy of posting. I love it. In fact I think I may frame it. I can put it next to my diploma... Poor lil nugget stayed in her room for hours making these sweet concoctions. Creative genius I do believe.

Betty bridesmaid is going to be down for the count soon. Today I plotted out the old wedding track. Here it is: Wedding next weekend, Bachelorette weekend some time in May, wedding May 15th (woo hoo), June 19th (Betty makes her first bridesmaid debut), July 31st, August 21st, October 15th (2nd debut/dancing the night away). Man. I have decided to increase the bridesmaid work out regime also. It's time to shine.... So get ready. Let the games begin.

On to other news. I miss Emily Jones. My long lost bestie in Florida. You can call her Mike Jones if you want. Emily I miss you. Come back. Tell your mom hey. I miss her too. She basically changes lives everyday. That's right.

(That's Mike-She rocks)

Logan I miss you too.....You make me laugh. I don't have anyone to watch High School Musical with or any one to force me to sing "The Climb." Those Virginians don't know how good they have it with you up there....You may be mad that I put this lovely picture up, but I love it and this is my blog. I do what I want...


On a happy note-we got a new roommate. His name is Captain Jack. He is Carol Hannah's cat. He is here for fashion week. He is very sophisticated. He rode the subway and the air plane yesterday. I like him, but he concerns me a tiny bit. I always catch him following me. So I try to hide from him. Then he just stares at me and it makes me nervous....

PS-Betty Bridesmaid is going to her 1st ever fashion event. Carol Hannah's Bridal Couture Runway show...Can't wait to share about this later.

Sorry this post is so super random, but it's all I've got....

Love you long time,
Betty Bridesmaid

Burn Baby Burn

43 minutes. I sat in direct sunlight for 43 minutes straight today. All in the name of Bridesmaidship. I came home from church and saw that the sun was out. It was only 63 degrees but I only have a few months to not be pasty white. so I went out and laid by the pool for 43 minutes. I tried so so hard to get burned. Then I began to shiver so I ran back inside and watched "Fried Green Tomatoes." As I was basking in my short glimpse of sun rays I began to think of the upcoming weddings. What happens if I trip as I come down the aisle. I mean I haven't worn heels since 2002. What am I going to do?? Sometimes when I am nervous I bust out laughing. What if I can't control myself up there in front of everyone. Plus I habitually cry like a red headed step child at weddings. I am going to laugh then cry laugh then cry. Trouble. I am going to get in trouble. Oh well. I will just have to train my emotions before the big day.

Last night I attended a monogram shower. It was my first one. Many items can be monogramed. I am attaching a pic from it.

The other day a fellow bridesmaid/friend, Betsy, took some really cool shots of my guitar. I thought I would share them with yall. Betsy is actually more powerful in the wedding line up than I am. She is sister of the bride. Maid of Honor. She wears the big girl shoes on this wedding train. I look forward to standing up there making funny eye contact with her. I just pray that I won't be the one to cause a scene, but knowing my luck-something is bound to happen....
Pressing on in the wedding vortex,
Betty Bridesmaid.

My dearest Lowcountry Waters

Please don't be jealous. Yesterday I went in the boat. And I witnessed one of my favorite sunsets. Not going to lie-it was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L! I had it all to myself too. I didn't see any other boats. Nights like this give me a glimpse of Heaven. I love it! Why would I ever want to leave it? People always ask me if I want to leave because I have lived here all 24 years but how could I leave a place this awesome?? I just don't think I have the power.

3 times. 3 times this week I have walked the bridge. As you know I am in bridesmaid training. I decided I was going to become a bridge walker/runner. Much to my surprise I actually like it.....I don't know who I am anymore....the wedding vortex is changing my life. For the Good. Yesterday I had a moment on the bridge. As I was making my descent back down the bridge Mariah Carey's "Always be my Baby" happened to come on. I completely lost all my inhibition and began to totally rock out. I came back to reality just as I was about to belt out the bridge. I realized that the people who were once a good bit ahead of me had stopped and had begun to stare at me. That is when I realized that I was actually singing out loud. So if you were in your car yesterday headed into Mt. Perfect. I was the girl rocking out (hand motions and all) while walking down the bridge. Just another typical trial of trying to be a good bridesmaid.

Hope you get to see a sunset like mine,
Betty Bridesmaid

Rocking out to:
Mariah Carey
Rolling Stones
The Temptations




Several of you want to know my lil secret. I still am not at liberty to share yet, but please don't get your hopes up. It will be trivial to you most likely.

Gnomes will travel..

Ok. So today mom got a double knee replacement!(doesn't she look good) After enduring 3.5 hours of surgery she now has 2 new bionic knees. She is doing really well in case you are wondering...really well. She even brought one of the garden gnomes to her room to add to the ambiance.....She said the food was up to par also. We had a little family time in her room tonight. Just me, dad, lili and mom. Not going to lie-we crack each other up.

On another note-today I got off work early, but mom still wasn't out of surgery. So I took it upon myself to go enjoy this beautiful day. Since I am in bridesmaids training for MC's wedding I went over to Sullivan's Island. It was so so so beautiful! It made me miss the island so much. I walked from one end to the other. It was glorious and I even got a lil bit o sun on the old pasty skin.

Something else cool happened, but I have to keep it a secret for the time being, but I will be sure to fill you in shortly.

Love you long time,
Betty Bridesmaid

Currently listening to:
The Gap Band
Ray Lamontagne
Griffin House

Bridal Tribulations...and what Knot

Tired. That is an adjective that currently describes both my mental and physical state. But it's one of the good kind of tireds. Like when you do too much, but it was worth it...So this past week has been crazy/good. On Friday I headed up to McClellanville. Cassie and some other peeps rented an awesome house on Jeremy Creek for the weekend. The boys were playing in the IP Classic. (that's baseball for those that don't know). We went to Georgetown to watch the game. I went in support of Robbie Dodds who is awesome! He hit two homers his first two at bats. Not gonna lie-he is my favorite player. See the pics below. Then we went back to the house for an awesome afternoon oyster roast and such. It was beautiful! I stayed way too late then headed back to Mt. Perfect.

Now today was a little harder. It was Alpha Holy Spirit day, so it was for a good cause. Only it was from 9-4. I almost spontaneously combusted from being in there too long. However, I am glad I went because I do enjoy our lil group.

Ok. I am probably going to offend some people with these next comments, but this is my blog so I have to tell the truth. Please if you choose to read this, I reserve the right to not be attacked. This is my property....haha. Here goes- I don't know if I can handle any more wedding stuff. And by stuff I mean planning, fitting, food, shoes, toasts, invites, wedding blogs/websites, monogramming, registering, music, venues, planners, etc....There is only so much the single, unmarried/dating mind can handle and my limit has been reached. Now don't get me wrong. I have enjoyed the many wedding updates and showers I have been a part of. In fact I feel honored to be a part. I am in full support of my friends tying the knot. In fact, I highly enjoy the big day! But somehow I feel like have been sucked into a wedding vortex. But I guess that's just the way the cookie crumbles...2/4 people in my abode are on the wedding train. One of my best friends in the whole world is also aboard the train. I am super happy for them. However, everywhere I go I keep seeing bridezillas in training. I was at Publix and some girl was ripping into the poor cake lady about her initials on a proposed cake. I could feel my blood pressure rising. Then I was at the gym on Wednesday totally keeping to myself on the Eliptical. Discreetly boxing out so no one would get next to me. I turn my head for one second and enemy forces moved in. All of a sudden two bridal magazines are posted up on the machine to my left. On hops barbie for a little pre wedding work out. Half way through her workout she proceeds to start conversation. I think ultimately to get me asking her about her magazines...I was onto her tricks so I avoided it. But then she dropped a grenade and started her wedding talk. She just knew after dancing at the silver dollar that she met her dream guy.....Classy....I mean I was innocently walking the bridge the other day for some nice exercise and people watching. As soon as I get to the top, what do I see? Some scrawny runner punk down on his knee proposing to another scrawny running punkette. This is not the 1st proposal I have recently witnessed. They are every where....I promise I am not a Debbie downer. I am just in a phase. ****MCC, Lulie and Megan-This is in no way directed toward yall or any wedding ish events. I am just venting about being hit from behind by complete strangers. All I have to say is-When I get married, even if it is when I am 50, I am making everyone be in the wedding vortex with me.
-Betty Bridesmaid....
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Here Fishy Fishy

As I told you yesterday I went fishing. I caught my first fish on a fly rod. Don't get excited..it was a baby fish, but it still counts!(See below) I finally figured out how to get the pics off of my vintage phone thanks to my technologically advanced younger sister...I love fishing. Flat out love it. And I plan to do a heck of a lot more of it this spring and summer. So I want to share something with you. I am a little hesitant to share it out here on the Internet highway, but I think I am going to go for it. This year I have been exposed to some new things and have been learning a lot spiritually. After the retreat I came home knowing that I needed to spend a lot more time with the Lord. I felt like I couldn't hear the Lord. A couple of weeks ago I had a crazy dream. I hesitantly shared it with a friend who is super wise and on a side note-super cool. I have been learning that God sometimes speaks to us in dreams (this used to freak me out by the way..) There is a verse about this in Matthew somewhere. In the dream I was at the intersection on 17 and 5-26. Then I saw a plane crash. After much prayer and thinking we came to the conclusion that maybe the plane represented an end off a season for me. (I thought that was pretty cool) So weeks have gone by and another incredibly awesome friend mentioned the importance of the 5-26 part. This was totally something that just came to her. She said to look up Deuteronomy 5 (5 th book of the bible) Verse 26 (5:26/5-26 get it?) Here is the verse: "For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the Living God speaking out of the midst of fire as we have and still lived." Now in this part of the passage Moses is teaching of the commandments. I still have to research the context of the passage. Verse 27 reads: "Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say and speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you, and we will hear and do it." CRAZY. I think this is really cool. This may freak you out- I have no idea. But this pumps me up! All along I have been thinking that the Lord doesn't speak to me or that I don't have the ability to hear him. When all along He has been speaking to me. I just didn't know how to listen. He speaks to us all in different ways. I have been consciously and sub consciously comparing myself to others which is always frustrating. Wondering why I wasn't measuring up and what not. I'm am done with that. I am going to enjoy where I am right now because I am excited and super stoked to see what the Lord wants to show me this season. So far it has been pretty incredible. I pray that you would experience the Lord's Joy and that you would take time and listen to what He wants to tell you. So now that I just told you about my spiritual dreams....I hope you will still be my friend and not think I am crazy..ok great.

Love you long time

-Betty Bridesmaid

(This is my baby fish I caught..and yes I threw it back)

Also, as you know I love music. Writing, playing and listening. I have happened upon some stellar tunes today.

Currently rocking out to: "Maybe" by Ingrid Michaelson and "Sing my Lonesome Away" by Matt Wertz. I hope you enjoy. Best 2 bucks you will spend today.

"It's a BEAUTIFUL Day!"

Holy Mackerel am I ever so thankful for where I live. Every day God shows me something beautiful. Today I slipped back into my adventurous self and did a little pond fishing before being late to alpha. I couldn't help it. I got the fly rod out and gave it a go. Much to my surprise I got a bite. After a quick fight I brought it a pretty nice brim. Then I saw the sky start to turn pink so I booked it over to the I'On dock where I found something beautiful. I love when you can see the clouds reflecting on the creek. I love it! I could go on and on, but I will spare you because you are bound to read about it repeatedly...Every time I see a sunset like this I see God. He made this beautiful landscape that I get to see. I actually think it's majestic in a way. I love these little reminders every day. Plus this makes me super excited for spring and summer!! WOO HOO!

P.S. 3.5 months until the big wedding. I have a lot of work to do. It's on!

-Betty Bridesmaid signing off