When I decided to transfer schools just for my journalism classes—Sewanee was liberal arts and, thus, had no specific majors as such—and wound up at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, I hemmed and hawed and hemmed some more. Practically everyone I know from my hometown goes there (there were 30 alone from my graduating [...]
Going to the Chapel: The Reception
July 29, 2010 By 21 Comments
After the ceremony, the rest of our wedding day was a total blur. Were we really there? Did we experience the following four hours? I don’t actually believe it. It all seems like a complete dream. I now fully understand what every bride before me was talking about. But before we could get to the [...]
Going to the Chapel: The Ceremony
July 14, 2010 By 29 Comments
This post follows Going to the Chapel: The Preparations and Photo Friday: Muir Beach. Check them out if you haven’t already! ***** In all the planning we did to ensure everyone had a bangin’ good time, we neglected one “small” facet of the wedding itself: the ceremony. In fact, up until THE DAY BEFORE, SVV [...]
Going to the Chapel: The Preparations
July 7, 2010 By 27 Comments
Having SVV out of work on disability leave (thanks to that pesky shattered wrist from the dirtbike riding accident) for the five weeks leading up the wedding turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as we did a lot of the small things ourselves and it was nice having an extra hand (notice I [...]
Photo Friday: Muir Beach, California
July 2, 2010 By 47 Comments
Alright, alright. FINE. I will tell you about my wedding. Finally. And since you asked so nicely. (Just kidding! It’s not because I’ve been holding out on you, but rather waiting patiently for the photo proofs back as I took exactly zero photos on my wedding day. And they arrived this week!) But first! A [...]
First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage
June 21, 2010 By 16 Comments
What do you do when you cross this impossibly cute furball… …with this horndog who can’t keep his pants on? (You see where this is going.) Well, if you’re SVV and me, you get…your first baby! (Of the little white rat persuasion, that is.) That’s right, in a twist of fate, the day we touched [...]
Photo Friday: Mojave Desert, California
June 11, 2010 By 27 Comments
Putting aside the shattered wrist and accompanying titanium plate, this trip was epic. Blustery temperatures, nary a soul on the trails and vistas that surely inspired many a spaghetti Western. Once again the crew assembled for a long four-day weekend in California’s southern deserts. We do this every year but quite often schedules do not [...]
We Did It!
May 24, 2010 By 41 Comments
As my mind is still a chaotic clutter from this past weekend’s week’s events, I thought I’d post this slideshow my sister made us for our rehearsal dinner at Foreign Cinema until I can collect my thoughts: Kristin + Scott Wedding Slideshow from Camels & Chocolate on Vimeo. Since it’s 14 minutes long, some highlights [...]
One Month: Commence Freakout
April 22, 2010 By 38 Comments
It’s been 337 days since I said I’d marry that boy. How have we gotten to here already? Am I ready from a logistical standpoint? Heck no. Am I elated in an emotional sense? You better believe it. So many of you have requested wedding planning updates along the way, but truth be told, there [...]
Photo Friday: Lago de Atitlan, Guatemala
March 12, 2010 By 16 Comments
It’s been 17 months since we went to Guatemala, and I only saw the visual evidence for the first time this week. (We have nine computers between the two of us—ridiculous, I know, I know—and the folder was deeply buried on a dormant one.) And, as the whole experience left a bad taste in my [...]
