Full of Spunk

As Dezi was being introduced to a teacher yesterday by one of her co-workers her co-worker told the teacher, "Don't be decieved. She may be little, but she's spunky."

Dezi was thrilled with the idea that she could be classified as spunky. I asked her what it meant to be spunky and she gave me a nice flowing definition. I told her that she just wanted her definition to be The definition of spunky. So after she gets home she gets online and sends me the definition. I thought I would share the vocabulary building experience.

Main Entry: spunky
Pronunciation: 'sp&[ng]-kE
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): spunk·i·er; -est:
full of spunk : SPIRITED
- spunk·i·ly /-k&-lE/ adverb
- spunk·i·ness /-kE-n&s/ noun

Since the definition is recursive and refers to being full of spunk, I had to go look up spunk
Main Entry: spunk
Pronunciation: 'sp&[ng]k
Function: noun
Etymology: Scottish Gaelic spong sponge, tinder, from Latin spongia sponge
1 a : a woody tinder : PUNK b : any of various fungi used to make tinder
2 : METTLE, PLUCK
3 : SPIRIT, LIVELINESS

So... technically by this definition, her co-worker could have been saying she was full of spongy fungus.

Wedding Fiction

I haven’t posted a lot of information here because I was asked by Desiree not to post things that would give away too much about the wedding. I personally think it’s funny because if I wanted to use this later to see what we were thinking at the time I can’t. I also understand that I have to follow her rules in order to not impede upon her happiness. With all that being said I have been given leave to tell you everything about the wedding and what will take place.

Wedding:
The wedding will feature a Star Wars theme. All the groomsmen will be dressed as Jedi Padawan Apprentices. The bridesmaids will dress as handmaidens. The brides’ dress has to be stunning though, so it’s going to be altogether different. It’s the dress Arwen wears in the bridge scene of “The Lord of The Rings.”

The ceremony will be officiated by a Mace Windu look-alike. (It’s just too hard to find someone who can play Yoda.) Desiree will walk down the aisle to the Imperial March. When we are ready to leave, the groomsmen will form a lightsaber arch for us to walk through.


Reception:
As we speed off from the wedding site, we’ll arrive at the reception hall to find a very different theme. You’ll swear you’ve entered the jungle with Indiana Jones. To get to the reception hall you’ll have to walk over a rickety suspension bridge with rabid squirrels underneath. (Of course you understand that crocodiles are an endangered animal)

The buffet will feature snake surprise and chilled monkey brains. (With all our expenses going to clothing it’s important to keep the catering bill manageable) The band will consist of a series of drummers with a lot of wacked out people chanting something unintelligible.

A plane will be parked out back so that we can escape from the envious mob our reception will create.

Honeymoon:
From the reception we’ll depart for Las Vegas where you can walk from Paris to New York to Ancient Egypt and back to the Caribbean all within a day. If we get tired of all our travels during the day Elvis can chauffeur us.

Talk about a travel bargain.



Now if you really think I talked Desiree into any of this you’re crazier than I am.


Blue collar Jedi Humor:
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Broomball, Bowling & Brides

Friday night was marathon night at church. David and I were assisting in that we were drivers and chaperones for the evening. Forty-one youth attended marathon night. We did a variety of activities, including bowling, rock climbing, broomball, swimming, and movie watching. I had three junior high girls in my car. So, of course, the subject of our wedding came up. They wanted to know who David was, how we met, when and where the ceremony was going to take place. We drove right past St. Andrew, so I pointed it out as we drove past.

While we were playing broomball (well, the kids were. I was cheering them on from the sidelines.) a couple of girls were talking to me and admiring my ring. I pointed out David to them, and they started talking about wedding plans. They wanted to know what I was going to wear, what I wanted my attendents to wear, the flowers, the music, accessories, you name it! They then started talking about what they wanted when they got married. I thought it was really funny that they barely knew me, yet we were already discussing weddings!

I know David has commented before on how wedding planning should be a sport. I think it is definitely a woman thing. It starts when we're five years old, playing with Barbies. Barbie marries Ken and everything about it is perfect. Then we get older and we talk about what we want our weddings to be like. We can do this for hours on end! Then the day comes when we are actually planning the wedding we have dreamed about for years. It is something that connects women together across generations. Women are (usually) willing to help and give out all these ideas in planning a wedding. My new co-workers in Lake Dallas have offered to help me in any way they can with the wedding, and they just met me last week! Ahhh, women and weddings.......

Adventures in Bridal Shows: the Aftermath

Well, today was very productive. Among other things, I waded through all the brochures, business cards and flyers from the vendors at the Dallas and Ft. Worth bridal shows. I threw a bunch out, such as the brochures about finding a reception site or having a harpist at the ceremony. While a harpist would be nice, I think the pipe organ at St. Andrew will be wonderful all by itself!

Anywho, I went through all the bridal show stuff, and organized it into piles. My next step is to put the piles into the official handy-dandy wedding binder. I've already started, but have a lot to put in there. The insanity continues....

Maid of Honor Link

My best friend/maid of honor Heather decided to create a blog about her experiences on being a maid of honor. Introducing her new website! Check it out!

Weddings in the Funnies

I thought this was really funny!