favorite things

Cinco

by oh amanda on June 23, 2008

I think this is the 5th day of my oh-so-amazing week long meme while I’m in California. (I’m actually there now. I didn’t auto-post this far in advance…)

I can’t wait to get back and find a real internet connection (I am on DIAL UP right now. *choke*) so I can show you pictures of the wedding. Of Lydia with ~~her~~ my cousins. And just the beautiful California scenery.

So, I’ve been thinking about my question for the day. In all those silly memes and forward-this-emails, there’s always that question that makes you say, “for real?!” You know, like, “What color crayon would you be?” or something like that. Well, I can’t think any more like that and since we have already established that purple is indeed the best color in the whole wide world, I thought we needed something new.

Being on the opposite coast has got me noticing the differences between east and west. Growing up in a very metropolitan area, I think we’re pretty similar in dress and tastes. But there is that certain something that I can’t quite put my finger on that makes Southern California different than Atlanna, Georgia, y’all!

There are definitely more tattoos here. Isn’t that weird? I thought we were pretty tattooed up in Atlanta. Not so.

Definitely more surfing attire. The mall was full of surf-brand stores.

Weddings are just different.

It’s hot as BLAZES here. I guess that’s not culure, but goodgodinahot tub, I couldn’t live in 115 degree weather.

So, my question for today is my eternal culture question:

COKE or Pepsi?

(I’m from Atlanta. And Coke is the REAL thing. Just in case you were wondering.)

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A Few Of My Favorite Things The Fourth

by oh amanda on June 22, 2008

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My very favorite chapter in the Bible.

1 O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.

2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.

3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.

4 Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.

5 You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?

8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”

12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.

19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

20 They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.

21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and abhor those who rise up against you?

22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

What’s your favorite scripture?

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Fave Things Pt3

by oh amanda on June 21, 2008

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It’s Saturday! We’re day 3 into my big awesome and amazing meme. And since I’m actually in California at my cousin’s wedding, I thought it’d be appropriate to post something wedding-ish!

Well, first I was thinking, let’s do a photo tag of wedding pictures. Because, seriously, no one has better wedding pictures than mine. Oh, you don’t believe me? Well, it’s true! Click here. (I’ll wait, because you really have to see them.)

WAS I RIGHT?!

So, not only do I have THE WORST pictures in all of the world, I also used to work at a bridal salon. I mean, come on! How unfair is that? I knew all the trends and cool things going on in weddings. I got married in 1998. To me it felt like a cut off for all sorts of cute wedding stuff. The round bouquets? Started in 1999. Different bridesmaid dresses just of the same color? 99. Digital cameras. Certainly after 1998. The wedding picture with the large mat to sign instead of a book you shove in the back of your closet? 99. Save the date cards? At least 2000.

*sigh*

I still adore weddings, even though I kinda cringe each time I look at beautiful wedding pictures. In fact, I would love to be a wedding planner and spend other people’s money on some of my favorite wedding things!

The first thing I’d do was hire a fabu photographer. Like this amazing woman. *swoon* and *double swoon*

Then I’d do some cute save-the-date cards and fun invites. I adore these.

I’d want every single fun thing you can do at a wedding–sparklers while the bride and groom ran to their car, special music that didn’t come from a CD or a middle schooler, gobs of flowers at every corner and at least a few hundred delicious things to eat. (One of my bff’s, Yancy, had two-packs of Krispy Kreme donuts as her wedding favor. Talk about favorite things.)

One of my favorite gifts I didn’t receive, but heard about at another wedding, is going to be my new wedding gift for family members. It’s a goblet. You know, a chalice. A cup! I want to find one that would suit the new couple and maybe have their names or wedding date engraved on it.

The idea is that when they take communion at their wedding, they will use this glass. Then on their anniversaries, they take communion again from that same glass, reminding themselves of the vows they made to each other and to God. Isn’t that great?!

So, what’s your good wedding tip? Favorite gift? Horror story? Wish-you-woulda-done?

Spill it! I LOVE wedding stuff!

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Fav-o-rite Things Part 2

June 20, 2008 favorite things

It’s Friday. That means I’m at the rehearsal dinner tonight and the wedding is tomorrow! But for all of you in bloggityville, it’s the Oh Amanda A Few Of My Favorite Things Week Long Meme. (*snort*) If you missed Part 1. Well, you are really missing out. Really. Let’s do a quick one today. This [...]

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A Few Of My Favorite Things

June 19, 2008 favorite things

So, I’m on vacation. In California! Home to my 4 aunts, 3 uncles, 14 cousins, 5 second cousins and miscellaneous in-law-types. Also home to Disneyland. So naturally, I’m very very excited. Of course, I’ll probably have some internet access. I’m not afraid to stand on one foot at the front corner of the porch and [...]

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