A NOT so simple Goal

Ok so I thought I picked simple goals....that's a lie. I tried really really hard but I just can't think simply. I always think big and accomplishing (if that makes sense). So needless to say I haven't accomplished much. I DID buy some cute little doodads to start making jewelry though!! That's a start right? I'd say so.

I also started school today. booooo. It actually wasn't terrible. I was reminded that I really do deep down inside have a fondness of school. I like learning new things. It's just the whole thousands of dollars is weighing on my shoulders as I strive to do well in a class. I have to do well; I paid for it. Anyway, I had my Romanticism class today. Kinda boring but I think it will be interesting. I get to read some classics, i.e. Pride & Prejudice and Frankenstein! I won't be that exclamatory when I'm actually reading them though.

I will be at school at EIGHT IN THE MORNING!!!! I know I"m insane. I will take on 280 8 o'clock traffic head on! I will conquer it too. Hopefully. Then I will work and take on TWO english classes back to back until 8pm tomorrow night. Pray for me. Pray for Jared (Joke).

Anyway, Save the Dates are out. Everyone didn't get one because we only got 100. Everyone will get invitations though ( well everyone who is invited, that is). I will be ordering those within the next week or so. That will be another adventure. I work on everyone else's invitations day in and day out, but now I get to work on my own!! It will be fun, but a little intimidating too. I mean they have to look good; it's my job. It'll be interesting!

Well, we're off to Macon this weekend. It shall be the beginning of many Adrienne-Jared-Macon Adventures over the next 4 months. I think it will be fun. This post was supposed to just be about my inability of accomplishing 4 goals...not so much.

4 Simple Goals

I ran across this post in my reader from A Beautiful Mess and thought it was a cute idea. I think I will do it. It will be a fun thing to do that is not wholly wedding-oriented. And hopefully I'll get some things done that I want to do.

So here are my goals:
1. exercise at least 3 days a week This is not meant to be hard on me; just something to motivate me a little more because I do want to be healthy 2. make handmade jewelry for each of my bridesmaids I know this is wedding but it's something I really would like to do and I would also like to get into jewelry making since I love jewelry so much:) 3. write a letter of some sorts each week This one is my favorite because I LOVE STATIONERY! 4. be able to fit into a pair of wide-leg jeans I have I have had these jeans for quite a while and have been able to wear them on and off. They kind of fit weird but they are absolutely adorable, so I'd love for this to happen:)

Well, there they are. I suppose I'll be posting on how it is going over the next few months!

The days are flying by...

Well, it''s official. I'm terrible at blogging. I'm good at reading blogs but terrible at writing them. Maybe now that I'm out of school for a while I'll actually keep up with this. It's been a month since my previous blog so now I am 5 months to a new life.

Wedding plans are moving swiftly. Everything hasn't snowballed yet, but I can feel things starting to pile up. I got the majority of the Save the Dates out a couple days ago. We still have a few more to do; we're just waiting on addresses. I will be ordering the invitations in the next week or so (this is going to be my favorite part). Then, I think it will be mostly details from there. We have decided on dessert for the reception. I think it will be fabulous! And.... the best part of the ENTIRE thing---I will be with my sweet man. finally.

This summer has been wonderful. It has had its ups and downs, but as a whole it has been a great summer. I've never been happier than when I am with Jared and just spending time with him. Even if we aren't even close to one another, just knowing he is close is enough after almost 2 years of him being really far away. I wouldn't change the long distance, but it has definitely made being with him so much sweeter. The Lord is good. He knows what He is doing. It's such a peace to know He has it all under control.

I can't promise more soon because I don't have a very good track record for that, but I'm going to try real hard!

July

It is July. We have six months til we're married! Yesterday was the 4th of July. We celebrated my nephews' birthdays. It's hard to believe they are already a year old. It seems like just yesterday that we were all at the hospital. Time has begun to move faster; that is for sure. Anyway, the trip to Macon went really well. We will find out something in about a week or so!

As for the wedding planning...I have been working hard.

First, I finished my bridesmaids' cards:

















Second, I ordered my Save the Dates and they are in!! I love them! Sorry these aren't very good pictures.







Third, Jared and I have started registering places! It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. I am not advertising my registries though because they are not nearly ready.

Fourth, I went thrift store shopping and got some really cool stuff for my reception tables!! I'm excited!! I'll put pictures when I get around to playing with them a little bit.

Well, I have to say it's been a good weekend though. I got to spend time with family and my wonderful fiance!!

Our New Life in the working...

Well, This coming weekend J and I are making a trip to Macon, Ga for a prospective church. J made it into the top 3 of the music pastors they are looking for. It is completely a God-thing because he apparently wasn't even supposed to be looked at seeing that he has no experience and has not been to seminary. Either way, we're going to visit and just spend time with the people and staff at the church. He will lead worship Sunday so I know he is nervous about that. We are both just praying a lot about this because we will really need the Lord's guidance and direction during and after this weekend. We have to be so sensitive to the Spirit and not get Him confused with our own wants and desires. It's exciting but kind of scary at the same time. I trust the Lord will guide us where he wants us to be. I know Jared is seeking God through this whole job-search process. I am so blessed to have such a God-fearing husband-to-be. He means the world to me!

I'm really bad at this whole blogging thing. I love reading blogs, but I just don't take the time to sit down and write my own blog. Anyway, we are about 6 months from the WEDDING DAY! It's so crazy how fast everything goes by. I am a junior in college and about to become a wife to a wonderful man. There are so many changes coming up here within the year. I will turn the big 2-1! I will get married. I will move out of my house and then to a brand new place that I don't know yet. Then I will be living with a boy ;) And I will have to make all new friends on top of that. I know the Lord is so sovereign and will give me everything I need to keep going with a servant's heart and a joyful heart. It's just definitely a daily struggle to continue trusting in His good will for everything. I have an awesome fiance who helps me with that all the time. He is so trusting of the Lord in all this; it's such an encouragement to walk alongside him and know that he is not making all these decisions on his own-he is consulting the God of the Universe! Well, now I guess I'll update some wedding plans (yes I am doing things despite what many people seem to thing).

Well, as said in the last post we are getting married in good 'ol Sylacauga:) It's a beautiful place. I can't wait til we can play with it and decorate it. We also found a caterer I think-us...I know. Well, all our quotes from outside caterer's were WAY out of our budget and then I got this grand idea of having a...drum roll...Nacho Bar! I know it's brilliant. Hah, no but for real I think it'll be fun to do. Just have chips, tortillas, meat, and all the fixins. Then instead of the groom's cake I think we're going to do a dessert table.

I also finished a special project for my bridesmaids. I'll put a picture on here as soon as they all get them. I also ordered my postcard Save the Dates. They are too cute. I will put a picture of those on here too. I hope they turn out as cute as they were on the computer. J and I had our friend, E, take some pictures for the Save the Dates and they turned out so cute. They aren't engagement pictures because I want those to be taken in the fall (I love fall clothes and just fall in general), but they are still really cute.
















well, those were some of my favorites. Hopefully I'll be putting more fun pictures up. I think our next big project is making a veil...should be interesting!

A daunting task accomplished!

Well, it has been far too long. A LOT has happened.

I have officially been engaged for more than a month and am around 9 months away from being married to the most amazing blessing of a man!
In the past month I've managed to break down only about three times(haha) and have accomplished the daunting task of FINDING A VENUE FOR THE WEDDING AND RECEPTION. We found it!!!!!!!!! We are having it at Harvey's on Noble. It is in Sylacauga...I know it's kind of random but it was totally a God thing(but then again what isn't a God thing). A friend of ours grew up with the man who owns it and they told us about it. We went to look at it and it is PERFECT! It's an old warehouse that he redid for his daughter's wedding and now rents out for events. I LOVE it! I'm so excited about decorating and what not. We are doing the wedding and reception there so yay!
So, that is really the only thing I've totally accomplished since my last post. I did get a wedding planner.

My wonderful friends, Katie Emily and Kyle, went with me to look for planners. It was fun.

Kyle didn't have as much fun with the planners though.....so he read handgun magazines.

Yes, that is a calculator...

That was all from a couple weeks ago. I've been busy trying to come up with fun ideas for the wedding along with trying to do well in school. It's been interesting. We are working on the guest list. I have a fun idea for asking my bridesmaids but I just have to finish it! haha. A friend of ours is going to do our cake for us so that is a blessing. But other than all that, things are kind of slow right now-not. I'm ready to be finished with school so I can really think about all this wedding stuff without feeling bad about not doing my schoolwork-kind of like what I feel right now.

A quote we found in the "Christian Wedding Planner" at Books-A-Million. The book was a little dated but the quotes were really solid:

I regularly have the best view in the house at weddings as I stand only three feet from the joyous couple. In joyous luminosity from the candles behind me, I see everything in intrinsic detail-the bride’s blush, which often extends to her shoulders, the moist eyes, the trembling hands, the surreptitious wink, their mutual earnestness of word. Sometimes in my enjoyment I let it all blur for a moment as I imagine the ultimate wedding when Christ will officially take us to himself- and then I blink back to the living parable before me.

-R. Kent Hughes