We've been waiting for this day for a very long time! Chris and I have signed for our very first place, where we will be spending our first year of marriage! How freaking exciting is that!?!? We found a quiet, cute little apartment over in Seneca, SC. It's literally .25 miles from Bloom, 3 miles from campus, and it's directly "on the way" to my internship for the fall. It feels so good to be able to visualize our place and finally get to talk about where we want to put everything we have, how we want to decorate, and all the fun we're going to have there! We get to move in on June 1st, about a week after we get back from our honeymoon. And on top of this, we were majorly praying about (and stressing) about how we are going to afford some of our furniture...and then my amazing parents (without knowing our stresses) gave us the furniture we need from their house in Columbia. We are so blessed and thankful that everything is coming together. A few weeks ago, we didn't even know these apartments existed, and they turned out to be such a perfect fit for us. God DOES provide!! 2.5 months to go!!

Assayas: That's a great idea, no denying it. Such great hope is wonderful, even though it's close to lunacy, in my view. Christ has his rank among the world's great thinkers. But Son of God, isn't that farfetched?

Bono: No, it's not farfetched to me. Look, the secular response to the Christ story always goes like this: he was a great prophet, obviously a very interesting guy, had a lot to say along the lines of other great prophets, be they Elijah, Muhammad, Buddha, or Confucius. But actually Christ doesn't allow you that. He doesn't let you off that hook. Christ says: No. I'm not saying I'm a teacher, don't call me teacher. I'm not saying I'm a prophet. I'm saying: "I'm the Messiah." I'm saying: "I am God incarnate." And people say: No, no, please, just be a prophet. A prophet, we can take. You're a bit eccentric. We've had John the Baptist eating locusts and wild honey, we can handle that. But don't mention the "M" word! Because, you know, we're gonna have to crucify you. And he goes: No, no. I know you're expecting me to come back with an army, and set you free from these creeps, but actually I am the Messiah. At this point, everyone starts staring at their shoes, and says: Oh, my God, he's gonna keep saying this. So what you're left with is: either Christ was who He said He was the Messiah or a complete nutcase. I mean, we're talking nutcase on the level of Charles Manson. This man was like some of the people we've been talking about earlier. This man was strapping himself to a bomb, and had "King of the Jews" on his head, and, as they were putting him up on the Cross, was going: OK, martyrdom, here we go. Bring on the pain! I can take it. I'm not joking here. The idea that the entire course of civilization for over half of the globe could have its fate changed and turned upside-down by a nutcase, for me, that's farfetched.

http://www.thepoachedegg.net/the-poached-egg/2010/09/bono-interview-grace-over-karma.html <<--full interview here.

I hate to write about this "holiday," because for very many years I never enjoyed it. So, to all of you who are single, don't celebrate it, or just plain don't like this holiday--I completely understand. However, Chris took the opportunity of this day to make me feel like a princess! Anyways, the place we went to for dinner is worth talking about because I've never been anywhere like it.

We went downtown Greenville to a place called the "Rio Grille," which is supposed to be brazillian style food if I gathered my information correctly.
We were seated and asked if we had ever been there, and both had not..so the hostess went on to explain how their restaurant works. Basically, the only menus available are drink menus which add on to the flat rate bill that you pay for a fancy "buffet" style meal..

But the catch is--the buffet is basically a whole section of just sides and Hors D'Oeuvres. You go up, get whatever you want from there, and then sit down and flip this two sided coster-like thing to the Green side. This means that the waiters will start coming out every minute or so with a different kind of meat. They bring it to you on this shaving stick, ask if you want a piece of that kind, and if yes-they shave it right onto your plate. At this point, you can either flip your "coaster" to red to let them know you want to wait a while before they bring you a different kind, or keep it on green so that they will continually come to your table with different types of meat. (You can guess which color Chris wanted to keep it on--He didn't want to "miss out" on any opportunities ;)

We were incredibly confused at the start..so we had to flag down the hostess to explain what were supposed to do again...then we got the hang of it and were able to continue going up to refill our sides and hors d'oeuvres to go along with the meat they brought. They continued bringing out anything from flank steak to top sirloin, to brazillian sausage, filet wrapped in bacon, ribeye, lamb, and even pineapple coated with cinnamon and 10-12 different types of meat.

It was crazy. After a while I was refusing anymore food and Chris went right along with his green side of the coaster facing up. :P It was a neat experience, I definitely would love to go there again.

"My next two Fashionistas will be bridal gown themed
which I think is appropriate
since we have wedding on the brain here at home.
May 15th is a blink away although my daughter would disagree.
:) <3"

Hey youuu. I just noticed this. ;)
Some would argue that it's good that I think it's going by so slow..it just shows how excited I am. :)

Lovvvvve.
and P.S. I'm super excited to see the bridal themed one!