back from Birmingham

Easton and I just returned home from a wedding in Birmingham, Alabama. That's right..Sweet Home Alabama. Actually, Birmingham was a lot prettier than I thought. Nice houses. Lots of green. Decent-sized city. We went to our last trio of weddings for the spring/summer. Amen. I think we both actually like attending wedddings, but Easton only gets one weekend off a month and we've used every "off" weekend since April to go to weddings. We definitely have our opinions of what we want in our own wedding after seeing so many. I guess that leads me into our next annoucement which should be no surprise to those of you reading this. Easton and I will be getting married next summer. Yay!!! No, there is no ring, yet. That may seem odd to some of you, but he's working on it. I think we knew we wanted to get married within the first month of dating and we've almost been together for two years in Sept. Hard to believe. We'll let all of you fine people know the date when the ring is on the finger and we've actually chosen one.
Lots of fun in Birmingham. Went to Easton's mom, Linda's best friend's daughter, Kim's wedding. She used to make Easton play barbies with her when they were little. He had to be Ken. Hehe. She wasn't a very outgoing bride. Beautiful, yes. Friendly and courteous, no. It was a dry wedding. Yes, I kid you not. As Easton says, "they're holy rollers." His mom, stepdad, Easton and I had flasks so we had our mixed drinks anyhow. No music except some gospel from a boombox. Very anti-climatic at best. Easton's wonderful step-dad James' only request at our wedding is to have Jack Daniels available for him. No problem. I love hanging out with his parents. They are so fun. New Orleans folks are the best. Laid-back, like to party and always show that good 'ole southern hospitality. I love it. Not to mention that my future mother-in-law is a fashionista. I need to take some tips for her, but God knows, I couldn't pull off what she pulls off. Each day I was with her and Easton, people mistook her for his sister. I want that when I'm in my fifties!!

I think our wedding will be awesome. We just want to be married to each other number one. Number two is to have our families and friends celebrate with us. Third, we are trying to honeymoon in Jamaica and possibly go to Sunsplash - a huge reggae fest.
More later...probably lots more since I'm unemployed for 44 more days!!