The Last

Well, this is the last post before I have a new last name. I'm leaving tonight to go down to the island. Thursday and Friday will be days to finish last minute things, with a Bachelorette party on Friday night. Saturday is the Bridesmaid's Luncheon and the Rehearsal and Rehearsal Dinner. Then Sunday is the big day. We'll be back in Statesboro on Tuesday night.

I'm in the middle of packing right now. It's insane. It really isn't like packing for anything else. The beauty products alone get their own suitcase, and if you know me well, you know that this is pretty crazy.

I'll probably tweet a few times over the next week, but other than that it will be radio silence until I get back. I'll be taking my camera, but don't expect lots of pictures ASAP. They will come, but it will probably be slow. They will probably be posted here and on Flickr, not on Facebook if I can help it.

Now, a quick trip to Hobby Lobby to pick up some last minute ribbon, then packing, packing, packing.

Wish us luck and a cool breeze.

TEST

I'm doing a test to see how post scheduling works... please ignore this. :)

Dear Blog,

It's been too long. I know we've both been busy, but we really should try to get together more often. I miss you.
Love,
Katie

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So, we're less than a week away from the big day. Are you getting nervous? I am. We're sooooo close but I feel like we still have miles to go.

I spent three days last week with Chris' Mom on St. Simons working on wedding stuff. We learned on Tuesday that our ceremony site was kinda double booked. We're doing it outside, so we ended up scooting over a bit. The new site is under a huge old cedar tree by the river with Spanish moss hanging down above us and shading the whole area. I was disappointed at first that we had to move, but now I can see that it was meant to be this way all along.

Everything else seems to be coming together too. I'm leaving Statesboro to go down to the island on Wednesday and will spend Thursday and Friday getting the rest of the little things done, then Friday night my girls are throwing me a bachelorette party. Saturday we have the Bridesmaid's luncheon and then the rehearsal and Rehearsal Dinner. Then Sunday is the big day!

I'm so excited about all of it. Aside from the obvious reasons, I'm exciting to get spend some time with family I only see once or twice a year and some friends I haven't seen nearly enough in the last few years.

Okay, going for now. I need to admire my brand-spankin'-new haircut in the mirror for a while. Also, I need to go take the tooth whitening thingys out of my mouth....

Janice I'm Fallin'! Janice It Hurts!

Funniest video I think I've ever seen.

RIP Patrick Swayze

RIP Patrick Swayze, who uttered the greatest line in movie history (as far as I'm concerned), "Nobody puts Baby in the corner."

He will be sorely missed.

Bathroom: Repainted!

I think we got the meaning of "Labor Day" backwards. Because we did lots and lots of labor today. We worked most of the day repainting the bathroom. It was a lovely color of "very manly red" when we started and now it's a nice sunshiney, buttery yellow.

I didn't think to take pictures until after we'd spackled, but you can see the deep crimson here:


After a nice heavy coat of primer:
Chris had fun with the paint rollers.
And while the new paint was drying. This is probably the closest to the actual color, since we still had sunlight then.
Aaaaaaand the finished product! All cleaned, painted and organized! I can't believe I'm so lucky as be marrying a guy who lets me put alllll those hair products and allll that jewelry in our tiny bathroom!

Bored to Death

I'll watch anything with Jason Schwartzman in it.... this will be no exception:

Premiers September 20, at 9:30pm on HBO.