Edit: My mom says I sounded fussy in this post. Sorry, didn't mean to come across that way. This post was so long that I didn't actually read over it and edit. :P I'll probably work on that later.
Sorry I haven't updated in FOREVER! Like a month.) There's been illness, a new baby, a wedding in which I was bridesmaid, Daddy's been traveling some, and he also had a birthday and I feel like I've hardly been home lately, and well, there's just been TONS of craziness! There's too much to tell, really, so I'll just write about the biggest thing. The wedding!
I don't like using real names on my blog however, so I'll use initials. My cousin who got married is C.F.H., her new hubby id P.H., the maid of honor, C.F.H.'s best friend is A.W. and N.H. is the other bridesmaid. She is P. H.'s sister.
I hope that made sense...
Things started to get interesting Saturday (Apirl 2nd) evening when I got picked up in N.H.'s car and headed to a hotel with her, C.F.H. and A.W.. At the hotel, we snacked on junk, went searching for forks, watched movies and at one point we went out and hung out around the "hot" tub. We talked about boyfriends (I don't have one...) and I fell into the hot tub at one point, after I'd confidently stated that I wouldn't fall. Hehe. We all of course laughed. :D
Because there were only two beds, I slept with N.H., which wasn't too bad. I mean, if you're gonna sleep in the same bed as someone you hardly know, she wasn't bad at all. A very nice girl and she didn't move too much. I didn't fall asleep until like 3:00 AM. Blame it on Alice in Wonderland and me having my usual hard time sleeping in a strange place. Oddly I was the first up that morning. We had the hotel breakfast. I had fried potato chunks, fruit and a carton of milk because it all looked like stuff I wouldn't be allergic to. Those potato chunks were really good... Anyway, after breakfast an Angel came to do our hair. N.H. and I opted to go ahead and have our hair done there at the hotel, but C.F.H. and A.W. decided to wait until we got to the inn that C.F.H. and P.H. were getting married in.
We got our hair done and then headed over to the inn, where we were given the library as a dressing room. We had lots of people just coming in and out of or dressing room, usually without knocking. kinda weird... Especially since one of the people who kept coming in was a photographer! (Did I remember to mention that the photographer was a guy?) I opted to change into my dress in a bathroom. :P
Photographer guy was pretty nice though. I found out that he hates really huge, ridiculous wedding dresses, he liked that C.F.H. had picked a simple, pretty one. I thought it was nice to know that there are other people who prefer simple dresses!
While getting ready Photographer Due took a picture of me putting on lipstick. That was weird... Said is was one of his more unusual putting on make-p-pictures because I'd just stuck a random mirror on the couch. Libraries don't make good dressing rooms. :P
One completely ready, make up on, dress on, hair up, I didn't recognize myself! I looked like someone else entirely! I usually let my hair stay down, don't wear make up, and do the whole rocker/punk style with clothes, to be all fancy like that was weird! And the dress wasn't as modest as I would've liked... :-/ Oh well, it wasn't too bad...
Anyway, I'll get to the actual wedding part. We lined up, then us bridesmaids realized that we forgot our bouquets, and the maid of honor was missing... We quickly found A.W. and our bouquets though, long before it was our turn to go down the aisle. When my turn came, N.H. and I went with the same guy, as there weren't as many groomsmen as bridesmaids. The guy who was supposed to be best man is a marine, and he got sent to Japan, couldn't return to be in his friend's wedding. :P
I remembered to smile the whole way through, even though the groomsman (A rather nerdy guy) seemed a tad intimidated by N.H, and I, and I wasn't terribly fond of him... When it comes time for the ceremony, being a bridesmaid is simple, just stand there and smile. Your cheeks get sore, but it's still pretty easy, even if the sun is beating down on your bare shoulders. o_O
Anyhow, C.F.H. and P.H. both seemed really excited (although P.H., being a rather shy man also seemed really nervous.) and happy. :) The wedding went beautifully, the only slip up being when the exit music played late, so C.F.H. and P.H. were stuck just kind of staring at the crowd, waiting for the music to play so that they could leave. lol.
It was like 1:00 PM at that point, and none of us had eaten since breakfast at the hotel, so we were all starving when it came time for the after-ceremony pictures. Photography Dude made it as fast and fun as possible. N.H. and I left as soon as possible to go get some food, only to find that we needed a refill on the appetizer! AH! And then just as we were about to be able to get food, we got called inside so that we could be there for the Bride and Groom's grand entrance. Then we were finally allowed to eat! Haha.
Photography Dude ate with my parents and I and the other family at our table because the seat wasn't taken and it was a good vantage point for a photographer. The steak was, um, rare... (In other words it was raw and gross!) And the salmon tasted like salmon, which is to say, not very good... I guess I'm just not into fancy foods... And the fact that I went home and had an allergic reaction did not help my view on these things!
Shortly after the meal, there were speeches, and cake! Momma smuggled in some candy so that we'd be able to have something sweet while everyone else had cake. A.W. wrote up a really sweet speech. The best man just kind of said a few words that could hardly be called a speech though. Ha.
We sent the bride and groom off with bubbles being blown all around, shouted and the clicking sound cameras make.
I wish C.F.H. and P.H. only the VERY best with their new life together! I hope that God works wonderfully with their marriage. :)
I went home exhausted, having fallen asleep at like 3:30 AM and awakened at like 7:30 AM. However, I wasn't sleepy enough to miss out on having a moment of rebellion against girliness. I changed out of that fancy dress into my Kutless T-shirt and my rocker jeans. Ah, much better! I also took my hair down, all those pins were getting painful. Ha, there were enough curls and enough hairspray had been used that I looked like I had poofy 80's hair! I found that really amusing.
Anyway, I'm glad to have been in my cousin's wedding! I'm so glad that she and her new hubby are happy. :)
On a completely different note, I've been searching desperately for new music, as I'm feeling a little bored lately. I want something new, something worth getting excited about! I've actually been having an interesting time with my search for awesome new music, and I have found some pretty good stuff, which only makes me want to find more. Haha, so if y'all know of any good rock bands out there, lemme know! I'll look 'em up! (Don't show me screamo or metalcore bands.)
There's a lot more to say, but anything else must wait for future posts.
God bless!
~Katie K.
(I'll be surprised if anyone can guess the meaning of my post title. lol)
2 comments:
Sounds like you had a good time :)
I think it's funny that you thought it strange to have to dress all girly. I wear skirts most of the time by choice :P I want to see some pictures!!
Hehe I bet it was awkward having the guy taking pictures while you were all getting ready, but maybe it was awkward for him too. ha. It must be hard to do that, I know I'd feel like I was imposing. . .
Hey and what do you classify as a huge ridiculous wedding dress?? I'd probably end up picking something extreme. . .more for the sake of being ridiculous than anything else. My mom collects Laura Ashley catalogs and the bridal one is so gorgeous. I think this is the one in the catalog I loved, not the best pictures though: http://www.retrodress.com/wdr326.html I would so wear this with converse. Yes. Then there's Willow who wants an emo wedding. . .:O
On a completely different note, I have to tell you a story about falling in a hot tub. I went to San Fransisco with a friend shortly after moving here. Her Uncle was loaded and had a swimming pool and everything :P We were bored with the adult stuff so we went outside to warm our feet in the hot tub, after being told specifically not to go in. So we er, accidentally fell in with our clothes on? hehe. We were 11 at the time, consequences did not mean a thing. Luckily her Uncle was good natured. . .we went home wearing his clothes. haha. So whenever I think of hot tubs, I crack up. . .:P
As for music. . .have you listened to Anberlin much? My favorite album by them is Cities. I posted a song of theirs on my blog. House Of Heroes are amazing too. I know you like rock, but I haven't really been listening to a whole lot of it lately. Crazily enough I'm really getting into folk music ;) Only certain kinds though, like Mumford & Sons and The Civil Wars. Ohhh you might like The Classic Crime! Have you heard of them? The Silver Cord is a good rock album, but so is their latest (that I sadly do not own yet.) You definitely might like them. ;)
Sorry for the convoluted comment, such is my mind right now.
Ugh, I tried writing a reply this morning, but when I published it, blogger had an error and ate the comment. And it was a LONG comment!! Okay, enough venting, I'll reply to your comment now. :P
I don't think it's strange to wear skirts and dresses, I just don't think it's very "me". The skirts with tights thing can be fun, I'm cool with that, but eh, I just mostly don't care for dressing up pretty. Call me weird, I don't mind.
As for photography dude, I don't think he was that uncomfortable, wedding photography is what he does. He probably spends lots of time in bridal dressing rooms. o_O
Hm, what do I classify as huge and ridiculous? So overly fancy that all you can do is stare at the dress, not the bride, and with skirts soooo big you could probably hide like three people underneath and you could never tell. :P
The one you like isn't too bad, especially if worn mostly just for fun. Converse shoes at a wedding would be awesomely fun! Us bridesmaids joked about it for my cousin's wedding, but C.F.H. didn't seem to care for the idea. Oh well. :P
Willow wants an emo wedding? Hm, uh, cool, I guess... The night before C.F.H.'s wedding she stuck in a chick flick that had a goth wedding in it. Weird stuff.
When I get married, I want something small and simple, but FUN! I want a wedding that I can remember with a smile. I just haven't figured out exactly what I want yet. I guess my future husband can help me with that. :P I think I might try the whole converse shoes thing though... ;)
Hm. Your story about the "falling" into the hot tub was funnier than mine. lol
On the subject of music, the fact that you like folk is no surprise to me. And, folk isn't too bad. Certainly better than country or gospel.
Let's see. I'm not fond of a lot of Anberlin songs, but some are okay. Anberlin is a band than I neither love nor hate. Same goes for House of Heroes and The Classic Crime. Actually, I'll be honest in saying that I don't know much about The Classic Crime... Haven't heard any more than five songs by them.
Thanks for the long comment!
God bless!
~Katie K.
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