Joyful Abode

The wedding was fantastic-ly beautiful. Everyone kept telling me at the reception that the food was delicious and all of the decorations and flowers were breathtaking. The food and decorations were conceived and executed by my talented stepmother. The wedding was unlike anything the lady who works at the park (and has seen hundreds of weddings there) had ever seen… surprising and gorgeous. I sadly only got a few bites of food, which I guess is how most not-sit-down-dinner-receptions go for the bride and groom.

My sister did an amazing job with the flowers. I had no idea what she was planning, but I trusted her completely and didn’t worry about it… they were more beautiful than anything I could have picked out of planned myself. My sister’s husband said it was one of her most gorgeous weddings, probably because she had free reign with it rather than putting up with a picky bride. There were cattails and pussy willow, lotus seed pods, pitcher plants, and all sorts of gorgeous stuff that I don’t know the names of.

I thought the DJ was pretty great, but he surprised me with bubbles during our first dance… I’m not a big fan of the bubbles. I whispered that to him later and he didn’t bubble us again. They’re fun in general, but from wedding pictures I’ve seen, they often seem to screw with the focus and stuff in photos…

The photographer was really nice and I like her personality, though I wish she had taken charge a bit more during posed shots, especially since we had talked about what my guy and I wanted beforehand… she kept looking to me for what to do next, and that made everyone else look at me and I feel like I made people mad. Posed pictures was where I felt the most anxiety during any part of the day… besides a snafu with my hair, but Catherine saved the day on that one. Also, I later found out that she didn’t take any photos of just my groom and the groomsmen… she just did me and bridesmaids, and then both of us with the whole wedding party… and me and my guy together of course. Oh well, I’m looking forward to seeing her pictures, because then maybe I can see the wedding the way guests saw it, instead of in a crazy blur.

The honeymoon was lots of fun. We stayed on Tybee Island near Savannah, GA, and mostly beach-bummed around and ate fabulous seafood. We went into Savannah for one day… showed up at Lady & Sons (Paula Deen’s restaurant) at 9am to get put on the lunch list. We got to come back at 11 to eat the best fried chicken I have ever tasted. Ever. And I’ve eaten a lot of good southern fried chicken! I got tickled there too, when my guy told me that he likes my cheesy garlic biscuits better than Paula’s. Woo! I win again! So far my biscuits have beat out the Woodlands Inn’s biscuits (reeeeeally upscale place in Charleston) and Paula Deen’s biscuits.

We walked around Savannah near the river and visited almost every shop. We should’ve started at the museums though, because by the time we got down to that area (around 4:30) everything was getting ready to close. We entertained ourselves until our 8pm ghost-story carriage tour. Pretty fun!

The beach was fantastic, and it was very cool that it was east-facing. That meant we got to watch the sun rise over the ocean from our little ocean-view balcony. I’m really looking forward to getting to go to the beach every weekend in Florida though! Pensacola beach is delicious.

Maybe pictures later? We didn’t take a lot of beach pictures… mostly just Savannah stuff, but there are a few from Tybee.

In any case, we’re back! We’re married!

My mother sent me her flickr album with her pictures in it, and here’s a great one of me and my man, his best man, and my maid of honor. The lady crouching in the background is our photographer.

More later, I’m sure.

Today, we’re packing up the U-Haul trailer, and tomorrow we’re driving down! Not sure when the next update will be, but I’m still here!