Life or Something Like It: Life Before The Big Bang (or sounding of the gong)

Now a happily married woman I wanted to share a few of the funny events that happened right before the wedding. The much needed stress relievers that help us get over ourselves and the ridiculousness of the wedding.

The first one happened the night of my bachlorette party. My wonderful MOH Blaire made me a beautiful sash and veil to wear out, and she along with Alyssa and Nicole took me out to Bovine's for dinner. (Yummy) The evening was going splendidly, we enjoyed a wonderful glass of wine and amazing food. Kim and Jessica joined us later that evening. Since it was a weeknight in the inlet and a little late for that matter we ended up at Dagwoods in Surfside to continue the libation consumption. It was here on fabulous outdoor swinging tables that my last Bridezilla moment would occur. Blaire, Kim and I were sitting talking when a random (not at all sober) guy walked up to the table and asked Blaire if the beer in front of her was indeed her beer. She replied "YES" but with confusion. Then this guy reached across the table, picked up her beer, and proceeded to walk away drinking it. Needless to say we were stunned. A few minutes later we were joined by Jessica and upon me telling her the story the guy came back up to the table because he heard me talking about him. Well suffice it to say, I used my Bridezilla powers to scream at him until he gave Blaire $10 and went away. :) Of course once Rob and Craig arrived (yes they are one of the girls :)) all got quiet!

The next day consisted of getting our nails done and our fancy Bridal Luncheon that consisted of me and the MaOH and the MOH having Chic-Fil-A on picnic table outside of the church. Pure CLASS!!!!

And with the flood in Nashville we thought it would be appropriate to take our picture on the Arc. :)

We then went inside where the Mother's decided that Frank should be the only participant in a wet t-shirt contest.

First they made a huge carafe of tea and upon putting it in the fridge the door hit the nozzle spilling tea all over the floor and inside the fridge. Then if that wasn't enough as soon as the groom and groomsmen were done cleaning that up...my mother put the lemonade into the dispenser....which leaked.....so this time Nance had to clean it up. :)

Wedding chaos is so fun!!!

We got the church decorated despite all of the madness. Thank you all so much! This could not have happened without Chad and Tina Randolph, Paula Marez, Nance Meeker, Gwen Owens, Matt Creech, Frank Grimmer (sorry about my mom), Nicole Dunn and Blaire Cartwright! Marc and I are so lucky to have you!!!

Paula with the help of the other girls made these amazing centerpieces. I had the idea, but she took it to a new height! Wow! I am so lucky to be surrounded by such amazingly creative people!!

Then we headed to Casa de Owens to set-up chairs and decorate the house!

Here is when the men provided NO help! All four of them went on a 45 minute run to get 1 can of bug spray and once they returned they all four had to go back to the store to get some pillow cases to decorate with. All of the chair lifting, placing, and heavy plant moving was done by the women.

Here was the final project! All ready for a wedding!!

And back to the thought of reincarnation...I think that my Mema came down to say hello to me....just to let me know that she was going to be a part of the decorating process!

Then the rehearsal happened. This picture was hilarious because we had Paula standing in for Stephanie. (she wanted to be gangster Stephanie but we wouldn't let her) And I love the look on Blaire's face...she is scowling at Marc making sure he does everything right. And poor Frank...he was bored to tears!

We then proceeded to get pretty and take over River City cafe. The night air got thick with love and some amazing moments would happen. We really didn't want the night of our rehearsal to end. All of our best friends in the same place at the same time was AMAZING!!!