Decisions, decisions

I need help. I think most of the people who look at my blog are married, so I'm enlisting help from ALL of you. Planning a wedding is ridiculously difficult. I had no idea there were so many decisions to make. And so many decisions that cost loads of money. Yikes! What I need from all of you is advice. Please leave me a comment with any tip you have for wedding planning. Think back to your wedding, and try to remember if there was anything you did that made everything wonderful or anything that you would change, etc . . .

Right now, we're debating open bar vs. just beer & wine, sit-down dinner vs. buffet, spending tons of money on flowers or cutting back on that to spend more on the reception. Do we really need a videographer? How long should the reception be? Three hours? Four? I have no idea, people. I need to have 6 bridesmaids, but Mr. Wonderful claims to only have 1 friend. THIS IS STRESSFUL! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

Holy Farkles!

A few years ago, my niece Madge (aka HRH from Three Minutes and a Rainbow) had an adorable little speech habit, where she would not say any words that started with "sp-" or "sm-". For instance, "spit up" was "fit up", and "smart" was "fart". It was hilarious to hear her call herself smart. "Mano fart!" Juli would always follow with, "Yes, Madgalene, that's right. You are SMART!" My favorite was sparkly. She's very complimentary, so she would always say, "Hey, Yaya, I like your farkly shoes!" Well, Madge, have I got something farkly to show you!

On Friday night, my sweet Mr. Wonderful decided that despite my big teeth, ridiculously loud sneezing, slight tendency toward argumentativeness, and crazy 17-member family, he wants to spend the rest of his life with me. And even though I would have said yes to a Lifesaver, he gave me the most beautiful, most sparkling diamond ring I've ever seen. It makes me want to dress up and put on some makeup and fix my hair so I can be worthy of its beauty. It's a good thing that I wear gloves at work. Otherwise, I'd never get anything done because all I want to do is stare at it. Holy moly, this thing is farkly!

I was tagged by Juli.

Juli tagged me.....
Here are the rules:

1. Open your pictures folder.

2. Go to the sixth folder.

3. Open the sixth picture.

4. Import into your blog and tell the story.

This is a picture of me and my friends Lauren and Teresa at a BSF social in February of 2006. Makes me miss my long hair . . .

Now I tag Cara Beth! I know you have some beautiful pictures to share, Mrs. Buie!

Who Has Read "The Life of Pi"?

This is one of my all-time favorite books. If anyone has read it, please tell me what you think about this! While in Peru, we visited a place on Lake Titicaca called the Islas del Uros. These are floating islands made of totora reeds that the Uros people built over 500 years ago to escape their enemies on land. And get this: You can eat the reeds! I did. They taste like celery and are supposedly very rich in protein. This is the most bizarre thing we saw on our entire trip.

The Andes Mountains

Now THIS is the reason I went to Peru. Breathtaking!

Peruvian plants and flowers

The First Stamp in My Passport

So my amazing birthday trip to Peru has come and gone. I can't even describe how cool it was. We crammed so much action into 9 short days that I took over 900 pictures! Mr. Wonderful was the perfect travel companion, and we are even more puke/vomit than ever. There is entirely too much to write about in one blog, so I'm going to break it up into sections, some chronological, some categorical. You'll see what I mean. Today will be our departure from DFW, arrival in Cusco, and subsequent sightseeing there.