THE BEACH

Well I have now returned from a week away. I am trying to catch up on my sleep from Church camp.

Anyways, I am glad to see how many people voted for the beach. That is exactly what I was hoping would happen. Right now we are in the midst of trying to work out all these wonderful details surrounding the rehearsal and the dinner. It has to deal with when we believe people can get into town and when the church will allow us in to start our rehearsal.

The good news for you is that anyone who is in the wedding party will probably get a chance to go to the beach. I just couldn't think of trying to bring all of yall down to Savannah and not heading out to the sand and waves. It might not be for hours but even an hour or so would be plenty of fun.

We could always look back and remember the fun times we spent with yall on the beach. I think it would be a blast. The girls can then head and do their girly things while the guys could head on and do the MANLY things.

O and guys, i am trying to work out some awesome details for Thursday and Friday. I know that where there is guys and water there is a need for Jet skis (i am trying to find either a rental place or some people that could loan them to us to borrow. I will give out more details when I figure them out)

Look for a new poll soon by the way.

Seth Stone

Inspiration

I've had a good amount of free time this week to think of wedding details, so I started looking at invitations.  Of course, the ones I like are all expensive... duh.  If they're inexpensive, it means you print and assemble everything yourself.  I'm not sure that I want to do that for the estimated 250 guests we're inviting!

So I've been thinking - why not find a SCAD student who needs some portfolio work?  They could come up with a custom design.  Then I guess we could find someone to print them for us.  I wonder how it all actually works. 

What do you think?

Also, I can foresee an obsession with Etsy.  If you haven't gone and shopped, go.  www.etsy.com

I lasted a week!

So, today is a bank holiday in Ireland, meaning no class!  Since I had such a busy weekend (check out the details at ssstravels.blogspot.com), I decided to just stay in today and get my readings done for class this week and grocery shop and stuff like that.  Well, it's been a long day and I'm bored and so I've started looking at wedding stuff.  Silly me for thinking I could go the whole trip without planning something! 

Mom and Dad and I are working right now on a photographer, at least for engagement photos.  Seth will be in town for my birthday and we're trying to get as much done that week as we can for the wedding, including pictures.  Hey, I figure they can also be 21st birthday pictures!!!  Good stuff.  Anyway, every once in a while on my bus or in a town I'll see a wedding dress store and I really want to go in, but I don't think that I should.  That'd be kind of silly.  So I won't, but I want to!

I think I'm going to work on karaoke songs.  I have no idea if that form of entertainment is even what we'll use, but it's worth a shot.  I know many of you have your doubts about karaoke at a wedding, and rightfully so.  I can imagine tackiness to the extreme.  However, hear me out.  You guys - our friends - are majority musical.  You would be doing the entertaining.  Those of you who are not get to be entertained!  I still have my doubts and will have to do some thinking, but I think as long as the playlist is classy and romantic, the effect I'm hoping to achieve could actually happen.  Hmm....

I don't think I ever told the blogosphere this info, but I've found my bridesmaids' dresses.  I found them actually the first night Mom and Dad and I looked, at the first store.  I believe it was the 2nd dress :)  I kept quiet about them because I have changed my mind about this wedding stuff so many times that I didn't want to change my mind again, but it's been almost 3 weeks since I found them, and I still love them.  You don't get to see them till the wedding though :)  Sheesh, my bridesmaids haven't even seen them!  They will soon, though; hopefully all of them will be able to visit Savannah to be fitted in person. 

I guess I should go get homework done... yeah right...

Shelley

Sad Week

I will be gone this week with very little internet connection. This means that there is not a great chance that I will be posting or be able to update the poll until Friday or Saturday.

Tell us if you think of something exciting that we should try to include in our wedding plans as we will really start planning here soon (when Shelley gets back into America)

Have a good week and I will talk to yall soon.

Seth Stone

Rehearsal Entertainment

I have come up with a fabulous idea that I must first pass by Shelley and see if she agrees.

I think that going to the beach together as a wedding party could be fun and then separating for the night, but we shall see what yall think.

Once I talk to Shelley I will come back with some more information, but for the poll:

The Beach: Eat some good food and then go as a wedding party and enjoy the waves
Comedian: Someone tell jokes as we eat
Guitar: Someone can play guitar and sing as we eat
Movie: It was the only other thing I can think of but eat and watch a movie.

I think the beach is the best because how can we invite people to Savannah and not allow them to enjoy the beach.

Seth Stone

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting

Karaoke has officially won so I better hear this song. If we choose karaoke as the form of entertainment we will hand pick our songs that you can choose to sing. We will want upbeat songs that are fun or about love.

Respond with your favorite non-cyrus or gaga song and we will try our best to include it into the festivities.

Thanks guys
Seth Stone

Last Call!

Ladies and Gentlemen, the next time you hear from me, I'll be in Ireland!  I'll be setting up a separate blog for pictures and stories so I don't interrupt our wedding planning.  Speaking of, the wedding planning has taken a back seat these past few weeks: I've been busy getting ready for my trip, and Seth has been in class from 8 am till 5 pm every day PLUS hours of homework (WHEW!).  Not much has been done, but you guys keep paying attention because Seth is working on rehearsal dinner locations and music while I'm gone.

I hate that we haven't revealed much information yet - I know this blog is pretty boring so far (except for the polls!).  As soon as we can make some concrete decisions, and after we let those in the wedding party know, we'll let YOU know! 

Thanks for reading :)

Shelley

A Matter of Preference

This new poll and the almost-results are very interesting to me (and to some of you, I'm sure!)  How do I say this nicely?  Hmm...

I'm just not a classic, black & white kind of gal, Seth is just not a classic, black & white kind of guy, and we just do not have a classic, black & white kind of relationship.  It's sweet that some of you imagine a nice, classic wedding for us.  Maybe after we're married we'll turn into that couple.  Actually, I'm sure our parents would like it if we suddenly became a simple, classic couple, because it'd be a lot easier to plan the wedding!  Anyway, I'm working on a new question for the poll; I have to admit that if this poll stays the way it is, we won't be following the results. 

We haven't done much else planning.  These days, with Seth in Maymester at CIU, planning consists more of just me looking for things on the internet and emailing them to our joint address for future reference - things like linens, invitations, music, etc.  We had a good time yesterday in Hilton Head and shopped for wedding rings, but we didn't decide on anything specific other than we both have excellent taste in jewelry.  Uh oh.

I hope that if you voted for classic, you know I totally don't mind!  These polls really are more a way for me to figure out what you're thinking.  Thanks for reading and please keep voting.  More of you could start commenting, too.... ;)

Well, well, well...

So, Savannah at my church WON.  Congratulations to all of you who voted (maybe more than once?) for that venue!  The only thing that surprised me is that Columbia and the beach were tied.  Hmm... I guess we'll just have to have two extra parties! 

There's a new poll out, so remember to vote for your favorite.  If you have any suggestions of new polls, let me know. 

Finally, there was absolutely no point for me to write this new post.  Hope you enjoyed!

Things I have learned from CIU

There are so many things that I have learned in one semester at Columbia International University that I could not possibly include everything. I am going to actually include some bigger picture ideas and maybe discuss small details later.

1. I have learn to think through everything.

Hermeneutics and Philosophy have taught me to take everything I read and hear and take it through the Bible and think about it.

2. How cool is the Bible?

I have known this fact but taking NT and OT Survey have just taught me more about the Bible. It is just cool to look at how God used ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

3. Prayer

I know how important prayer was going into school but never saw it implemented in such a big way. CIU's prayer days are awesome. It is also cool to have the teachers constantly praying for the students.

These are just a few things that I have learned this school year. CIU is an awesome school. If you are thinking about what school to attend then CIU should be the one.

Seth