From Me, To You

Rachel of RachelJones Photography, started this nifty little fun thing! I responded to her blog post, so now I will pass this on to YOU!

The first five people to respond to this post (from my blog and/or FB) will get something made by me.

This offer does have some restrictions so please read carefully:
- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
- What I create will be just for YOU.
- It will be done this year (2009).
- It will be something made my own two hands.
- It might be a mix CD, a knitted scarf, stack of cards, a poem, baked goods, an original photograph....the possibilites are infinite.

In return, all you need to do is post this on your blog or facebook and make 5 things for 5 other people. Pass it on!

Survey Time! Couple's 25 Questions

This is kind of like the 25 things - except they are pre-decided questions, and they're about you and your spouse, not just you. Come on, play along - inquiring minds want to know! ;-) Once you've been tagged, send it back to the person who tagged you, and all those you want to do it as well!!To do yours: copy and paste to your notes/new note. Highlight these answers and replace with your own. Do your tagging, and post!!

♥ What are your middle names? Marie and David...I get really annoyed when people ask me that question.

♥ How long have you been together? Married for over 7 years, but together for almost 12

♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating? Well, we've actually known each other since childhood, but we became closer friends in high school, then really close friends. After getting really close, it was a couple months before we were "official". I was about to start my Senior year in high school and Scott was about to start at Samford.

♥ Who asked who out? We hung out a ton together, and with other people. The first "official" date that we consider, was when he took me to see The Sound of Music at the Alabama Theater and dinner at Salvatore's (the nice restaurant they used to have), right before he left for Africa for the summer.

♥ How old are each of you? 30 and 29

♥ Whose siblings do/did you see the most? Mine, definitely.

♥ Do you have any children together? Nope

♥ What about pets? Not anymore...RIP Katie Belle. Hopefully another cat in a year or so.

♥ Did you go to the same school? Yep. Scott was 2 classes older than me.

♥ Are you from the same home town? HAHA! I have to LOL this one... I have lived here all my life, but Scott was born in Buffalo, NY, lived in San Diego, then moved here when he was about 8 years old, and has been here ever since. So, basically, that makes him from Birmingham too! ;)

♥ Who is the smartest? Scott, for sure

♥ Who is the most sensitive? I am, I guess, since I'm a girl. But Scott is sensitive toward me, in a good way.

♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple? Chez Lulu's and Jim n' Nicks

♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? Paris, France

♥ Who has the craziest exes? Well, neither if us really have "exes", and none are crazy...

♥ Who has the worst temper? We don't ever really lose it with each other...but, I used to have a fairly bad temper

♥ Who does the cooking? Me, duh, but Scott holds his own in the kitchen right beside me. He does have exclusive control over the grill tho

♥ Who is more social? Scott, because he can go into any type of social setting and be comfortable. I usually have to battle some insecurities...

♥ Who is the neat-freak? Hmmm...well it depends on where you are looking. I'm neat at work, but Scott definitely is not. My car is for sure a wreak, but he's pretty OCD about his car. The house falls somewhere in the middle.

♥ Who is the more stubborn? Scott?

♥ Who hogs the bed? He hogs the space in the bed, but I usually hog the covers

♥ Who wakes up earlier? Neither of us...we both sleep until the last possible minute. Usually tho, I'm out the door before he is, since his commute to work is about 5 minutes.

♥ Where was your first date? Oh, well, see above for the answer

♥ Do you get flowers often? Not as often as I used to. ;) But Scott always brings roses to my office himself for Valentine's Day!

♥ How do you spend the holidays? Running around to family stuff, but Christmas Eve is always at church, then Christmas morning is just our time.

♥ Who is more jealous? ?? Both if us?

♥ How long did it take to get serious? Well, I knew by Christmas of my Senior year in high school that I was going to marry him, but he says he knew he wanted to marry me before that! So, pretty quickly, I'd say...especially being so young!

♥ Who eats more? Uh, really? Scott? Depends on what we are eating! ;) I win if it's something chocolate!

♥ Who does/did the laundry? Both of us, whoever can get to it...usually he'll wash and dry and leave the baskets full of clean clothes around, so I'll fold and put away

♥ Who’s better with the computer? Scott is, for sure.

Oh, Just Another Survey

I can't help it...I was tagged by Natalie on Facebook, so I gotta do it...

This is a survey for all of you married folk. Fill it out & don't forget to tag other married couples on your friend list. Don't forget to tag back the person that sent it to you.

1) When was your wedding day? November 3, 2001

2) What day of the week was it? Saturday

3) Did you get married in a church? yes

4) How many in your wedding party? 22, I think

5) Where was your reception? Church kids' area. AKA The Garage and Parking Deck

6) How many guests were invited to your wedding? 800+

7) How long did you wait to Tie The Knot after your proposal? 21 months=waaayyy too long!

8) Who did you hire as your photographer? Mark Lawley Photography

9) Did you have a DJ or a band? no, Herb Owen MC'ed the reception and played our "mix tape" CDs we burned with all our favorite music

10) Did your father walk you down the aisle? yes

11) What color were the bridesmaid dresses & groomsmen vests? BM=burgundy GM=black

12) What was your first song? we didn't dance since the reception was at church, but if we could've it would've been "Dreaming My Dreams" by the Cranberries

13) How long did it take to plan the wedding? all 21 months of our engagement....yes, I was that bride

14) What type of limo did you get? none, Scott surprised me with a vintage Rolls Royce

15) Where did you go for your Bachelorette/Bachelor Party? didn't have one, closest thing was my lingerie "after party" at Rachel Callahan's with all my bridesmaids and some other close friends

16) What type of wedding gown/tux did you two wear? My gown was made by Angelique and was a corset-style, Victorian gown with cathedral train and extra-cathedral veil. His tux was classic cut, black with ivory vest and tie.

17) How was the weather? Perfect, cool but not cold

18) Where did you go on your Honeymoon? We were planning on Paris, but then the 9-11 attacks happened, so we changed last minute, going to North Carolina. We spent about a week in the Asheville area in the mountains, and another week on the Outer Banks, in Manteo.

19) What was your favorite part of your wedding day? Taking communion together during the ceremony.

20) How long have you been married? 7 years

21) What was the worst part of your wedding day? The stress of a florist who wrote down the wrong day and almost didn't pull off the florals.

22) Did you see your husband before the ceremony? No

23) What kind of flowers were in your bouquet? Roses, in all fall colors

24) What were your "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue? My old=my ring and my great-grandmother's hankie pinned under my skirt. All the women in my family have carried this hankie! My new=my dress. My borrowed=the poofy slip under my gown, borrowed from Scott's sister, Heather. My blue=my undies

25) Did you light a unity candle? no

26) Did you cry during your wedding? No, I was too excited.

27) Where did you buy your wedding gown? Bridal Bliss, after going to every dress shop in Alabama...literally.

28) What flavor was your wedding cake? Chocolate! We didn't have a groom's cake because we had a dessert reception, and I don't like white cake. The icing was ivory though, and the design matched my gown.

28) Did you smash cake in each other's face or were you "nice"? No, I threatened Scott with his life if he stuffed that in my face.

29) Did you freeze the top layer of your cake and eat it on your first wedding anniversary? Yes. It was actually great! The key is multiple, alternating layers of foil and plastic wrap, sealed in Tupperware.

30) When did you open your wedding gifts? Well, you see, we were gone on our honeymoon for over 2 weeks, so mom and Abby opened them while we were gone. At first I was mad, but it did save me a lot of hassle.

31) Did you have a bridal shower? I had a Southern Living at Home/Tupperware shower (thanks Aunt Sandy), a couples' around the house shower (thanks Mawmaw and Aunt Marsha), a lingerie shower (thanks Rachel and 'Maids) and a HUGE tea. We were very, very blessed and received more stuff than we needed!

32) The night before your wedding, did you sleep much? Yes, and my best friend and MOH, Stephanie, spent the night one last time with me!

33) Did your bridal party deck out the get away car? No, I threatened them with their lives and Becky, my director, did too! Scott took his car to the hotel earlier that day anyway.

34) Anything special about the day/time of year you were married? I always wanted a fall wedding, but it's the height of football season. Our wedding day was also Alabama's homecoming. I also wanted a super-formal wedding at night, so we were married at 7 PM.

35) Words of wisdom? Follow God first, submit to His leadership together.

Sorry I don't have any pics to post here too...those were days of the advent of digital, so all of mine are prints from film. Crazy, I know.

Random Funness (AKA Chain Blog)

I know FB and Blogger have been virtually infected with surveys that you pass along like old-school chain letters, but this one was quick and interesting! Rachel did it and looked fun!

Random Band Generator

Here's my band's name and album cover:

Here's the instructions so you can have fun too:

1 - Go to "Wikipedia." Hit "random article" in the sidebar.The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations" (or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3) The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to Flickr and click on "explore the last seven days" (or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days) Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.

5 - Post it to FB with this text in the "caption" and TAG the friends you want to join in.

Like It? Merci!

I have a little bloggy makeover and the banner I created using clipart from the Graphics Fairy! Visit her site for beautiful, vintage graphics! She has lots of fun, Frenchy things I love!

This was a vintage Valentine!

22 Random Things

So, a bunch of people tagged me in their 25 Random Things notes, so I figured I would do it...

I'm publishing this on Blogger, but if I tag you in FB, you have to do the same! Then tag 25 others!

1. I have a weird accent. Pseudo-British-ish. I think that I trained myself out of a real southern accent when I was a kid and heard my self on a video. I was embarrassed that I sounded so country.

2. I also have a good phone voice, and sometime my friends call me and are not sure if it's me or not because I'm using my phone voice. I recorded a lot of the phone messages that you hear when you call my office.

3. I hate sports. I can't play anything, but secretly wish I could play tennis. Mainly because of the cute clothes.

4. I have a fear of heights and a fear of drowning.

5. Despite my fear of heights, I love roller coasters! My favorite is the Batman at Six Flags over GA.

6. I love to read! And I do not mind re-reading books. I try to re-read The Lord of the Rings every couple of years...it's better every time!

7. I secretly want to be an Elf (as in LOTR, not like Buddy the Elf) (yes, I realize that makes me a huge dork)

8. If I could do anything in the world for a job, it would be to go to work with Scott and help him.

9. I am realizing that coming up with 25 things about me is harder than I first thought!

10. I am still in college, trying to finish up a Bachelors degree at UAB in International Studies and a minor in French. I love school, but hopefully I'll finish before I'm 40!

11. I used to be scared that God would call us to the mission field and I would have to leave Birmingham. Mostly, I was afraid of "missionary jumper dresses" and no electricity. Now, I'm open to leaving, or staying. And I'm glad God changed my heart toward missions and leaving my "comfort zone".

12. I actually would really love to live in a different culture for a while. Preferably France.

13. I started learning French when I was in the 3rd grade at First Bapt. Church School of Pleasant Grove. I'll always remember those songs in French! "Sur la pont, D'Avingnon..."

14. I like to scrapbook, but lately I have not had the patience for it.

15. I love to decorate and I credit my ability and style to my mom and grandmother. We all have different tastes, but they taught me well!

16. My sense of style (for the house) has streamlined over the years. I think it has come from living with a boy. ;)

17. My sense of personal style has changed too; I dress much more casually than I used to. I think it's because we are always around college students or other people younger than ourselves! I typically wear jeans to church now.

18. I was a Hoover Belle while in high school. When I applied, I wanted that more than anything, and I was so excited that I got it! And I was super excited that I got to wear a hoop skirt! My dress was custom-designed by a lady in Mobile to look like Scarlett's picnic dress in Gone With The Wind, only mine was solid blue. I also had the biggest hoops of all the other Belles!

19. Despite my now-casual style, I love to dress up! I wish I had somewhere fancy to go so I could wear a pretty gown.

20. I also wish I had somewhere to wear a period dress. I secretly want to be a period reenactor.

21. I like etiquette and I read etiquette books for fun. I particularly like reading books from the early 20th century to learn how people (supposedly) behaved. I would secretly love to go to the Washington School of Protocol.

22. I have revealed several secret desires/wishes, so NO MAKING FUN!

Christmas Funness

Oh man, I found the funniest thing I have come across since "Elf Yourself"! It's a design-your-own holiday sweater! I found it through the Stuff Christians Like blog comment section.

Here's the link to mine!

Christmas Sweater!

Look at mine then design your own! Have fun! Share what you made too...that would be fun!

Wordle Funness!

Funness is my new word, have you noticed? ;)
Anyway, Greta had a fun little thing on her blog called Wordle. It's a generator that makes a fun picture out of text that you copy and paste or you can link your blog. Greta made a cute coffee-related Wordle!
Here's mine from the text of John 1:
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Have fun!!