notjustamilitarywife

I now have the honor of having been tagged for the first time within the blog community, at http://threetimesabridesmaid.today.com/ .  Kristine blogs about her experiences as a veteran (currently working on #3) bridesmaid and it’s a lot of fun to read about!  Like pretty much every woman who has or plans on getting married, I love everything wedding- and it is very refreshing reading about it from a perspective other than the brides!

The rules of the tag are that I’m to post eight random facts about myself.  I’ve actually been reading a number of wedding-related blogs recently, and it’s made me nostalgic for my own.  In that vein, I’m going to stray from the military life theme of the blog and post eight facts related to my own nuptials:

1.  I was married on September 16th, 2006 in Norfolk, VA (gotta start with the basics).

2.  During communion my husband and I both served as chalice bearers, and my wonderful Grandma Vera, who was 94 at the time, was the only person to cut across the alter space and partake of the communal wine from both cups.

3.  My favorite personal touch in the wedding was the invitations, which I designed and made myself.  However, these were also one of the biggest sources of conflict in the process, as my mom and I almost had a huge blowout over the envelopes (weddings have a tendency to make all parties a little irrational).

4.  I ran into the most infamous substitute teacher in the history of Kempsville High School, Mr. Buddo, on the Tangier Island Ferry on my honeymoon.  Anyone reading this who went to KHS can appreciate the amazingness of this fact.  We also ate a lunch of crab legs with him and his wife, which is about the only thing to do on Tangier Island, outside of maybe catching a case of oral herpes.

5.  We had a groomsman drop out 2 days before the wedding, and my Maid of Honor skipped out on the reception before Justin and I arrived.  Luckily, an awesome friend stepped in on the wedding party last minute and my mom delivered an impromptu {mom}-of-honor speech, so crises were averted.

6. We had a mashed potato bar at the wedding, at my insistence.

7.  My mom put a silver six pence in my wedding show for good luck.  Since I bought such awesome wedding shoes, I’ve worn them often since, and I didn’t remember until after our one year anniversary that the coin was still wedged in there.  It’s still firmly in place, two years later.

 8.  My bridesmaids slapped together a little bachelorette party the night before the wedding, complete with the requisite male genitalia  items, including a 5-foot blow up penis which they all signed.  I made the mistake of carrying the oversized member out to my car via the hotel hallways, and happened to pass by my Great-Aunt-In-Law’s hotel room just as she was peering out the peephole.  Ah, wedding memories . . .

 So here are the rules of this tag:

1.  Each player starts off with eight random facts about themselves.

2.  People who are tagged need to write their own blog post about their eight things and post the rules.

3. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to be tagged and list their names.

4. Leave a comment telling them they were tagged, and an invitation to read your blog.

So, here’s my eight:

 http://thebridescafe.typepad.com

thefeminest.today.com

http://oldpueblowedding.blogspot.com

http://www.apracticalwedding.com/

fatacceptance.today.com

http://thatengagedgirl.blogspot.com/

 http://thepreppywedding.blogspot.com/

Annnnnnds, I’m going to count my original link, to Kristine’s blog, as my eighth, because I just spend about two and a half hours surfing wedding blogs, and as amazingly fun as that was, I really need to go get some other stuff done now!

Enjoy the wedding blogs!