I'm Bringing Weddings Back......

This weekend was totally productive on the wedding front. Rev, Mom, Miss Beasley and J.J all went on a mission for wedding favor supplies this weekend. Our first stop was Micheal's Arts and Crafts. Before I left the house, or really the whole time up until this day, I had a clear plan on what it was that I was going to buy. Hell, I even had a chart made up along with prices and materials. Of course since Mom was there, all of that went out the window. I had the idea to make 300 bubble favors, since those are the most popular favors. I know when I go to a wedding, I look forward to getting them. Also they serve as something for the guest to use in lieu of rice or birdseed when Rev and I depart to our after party. Mama didn't think so. According to her, bubbles are for children and there is not going to be 300 children at my wedding. *sigh* So of course, being the bridal wimp I am, I only bought 48 bottles of bubbles. But, Mama was nice enough to purchase a DIY book for weddings for me. That is going to be a help to me. Mama decided she was going to make favors consisting of votive candles wrapped in tulle. That's going to be fly. She wants to decorate the votives. Even flyer. After spending an hour in Michael's, then deciding that a lot of the stuff we put in the cart we could probably buy at Garden Ridge, we kept only what we thought was at the lowest price(tulle circles, Save the Dates, and bubbles). Before I take you to the next part of our adventure, I have to tell about the shenanigans that ensued between Miss Beasley and J.J. I keep telling my child she doesn't want a brother or a sister, and I think she got the message why I am always saying that. While Mom and I were embroiled in the "Nobody wants bubbles" battle, I turned and Miss Beasley says, "Mommy, J.J. hit me in my chest". My blood ran cold. NOBODY hits my baby! Rev obviously read the, "Get your belt" look in my face because he immediately says, "I took care of it." Uh huh. Usually when he disciplines(I use that term VERY loosely) J.J. he starts crying. I ain't hear any crying(I am going to prove this point in a minute). At that point I go on about my business, but I keep my eyes and ears more open this time around. I draw the line at my child. About thirty minutes later, I am standing in the aisle, and I SEE J.J. hit my baby on the side of her face. That did it! I told him to stop hitting my child, and told Miss Beasley to come stand by me. Rev turns around, grabs him and fusses at him, and he starts crying(see what I mean?). Rev needs to get that in check because I will not have my child in a home where she is being terrorized by someone who is bigger than her(even though her and J.J. are the same age, he is a foot taller and 20 pounds heavier than her). I told her the next time he does that give him "the business". Boys shouldn't be hitting girls. Period. After that drama we head over to Garden Ridge, where we should have gone in the first place, because they were having a major sale. We bought 18 tablecloths, plates, napkins, a unity candle, and ribbons. The napkins were only 50 cents per 50 count pack. That was a steal. It felt good to get some of the stuff out of the way. I also bought a glue gun. I started on my bubble favors that night and got just about all of them done. During this time, I discovered 2 things: 1) I am doing 300 bubble favors.....this is MY wedding. 2) I love my glue gun, I want to use it for everything.
Church on Sunday was cute, fabulous and wonderful. There was more praise from our "Praise Team" than there has been in a while. Pastor had some good advice for me. I think sometimes he is misunderstood, but I got a lot of my questions answered about his methods from our conversation. He answered a lot of my questions about himself without him even knowing. The most fabulous part of church Sunday came after 8 o'clock service. I went to Miss Felton, a lady I am supposed to interview for the Member of the Month to see if we could do the interview before Sunday school started, and you know what she said? She declined the interview because she doesn't want recognition, she just wants to work. That is beautiful. My church has a plethora of people that feel they should always be recognized for the things they do at the church. I have had some MOTM chase me down to get their interview because they want someone to see how important they are. It was so refreshing to come across someone who did not care about having their name in a church newsletter. Be Blessed!