The ending

In the seventh grade Mrs. Stone made us do book reports. I never had a problem with this because of course I loved to read.  For one of the book reports I chose to read the first Harry Potter book (I think that since then they have banned them from school libraries,which I don't agree with).  I instantly fell in love with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.  The first book that I owned of the series was one that my bubby bought me.  After that, I made a point to own every single one of them.  There is a slight chance that I have read each book ten times, maybe more.  I cried when I read the last book, because I could not come to turnes with the series ending.  So yesterday as I sat in theater waiting for the last preview to end, I assumed I would cry.

But I forgot that Josh was sitting right beside me.  He had a million quesions, one being "does he die?" He asked me if Harry dies since the first time we watched a Harry Potter movie together.  I always answer, "Just watch." He finally got his answer, and no I am not saying what happens just in case someone has not seen it yet.  But it is still bittersweet that our favorite series has come to end. BUT we are going to Harry Potter World next year and I am freakin pumped!!!

On another note, yesterday I went swimming with Lindsey and her two beautiful children.  I am pretty sure that it is impossible not to fall in love with Greenleigh and Skyler, but there was one person who completely surprised me when he said that he thought they were pretty cool: Josh. Which in Josh terms it means that he loves them. After he saw them yesterday, he turned and looked at me "Hey did you see those kids? They are pretty awesome! We need kids like that."
Ummmm, did Josh just get baby fever?

Come together right now over me

Last night, as a stayed up late things to my freaking jaw hurting, I watched The Great Debt Debate. And I have a few things to say about that.  No I am not about to tell you to side with one party or another nor am I going to tell you to call your representative. 

Frankly I am annoyed.  I am sorry but do you (plural) mind getting of your high horses for all of ten minutes and make a COMPROMISE!  At this point I don’t care who is right or who is wrong, but someone (at this point anyone will do) needs to become a leader and get things done.  In six days, if someone does not agree then guess what? Yea our government shuts down.  That means millions of people will go without getting paid.  BUT the people who are refusing to compromise, they people WE elected, still get paid.  Does that seem fair? No I don’t think so.

Do you know what this reminds me of: divorced parents. When I was planning my senior trip to Mexico, my parents got into a huge argument over it.  My mom said it was fine for me to go with just my friend.  Daddy said that we needed supervision.  It took them weeks to finally agree. But before they agreed I was stuck in limbo.  I feel like both sides sitting on the Hill are refusing to make compromises, and at this point the American people are stuck in limbo.

Sigh.  I just needed to vent on this for a few minutes.  It really annoys that we are suppose to be the greatest county on Earth and yet we seem unable to agree on anything.  At this point all I believe that we can do is to pray to God for help and answers.


I will try my hardest to make this my last politcal blog.

Wedding planning!!!

Dress-check
Church-check
Save the Dates-Check
Honeymoon-an almost check

This past week was full of getting things done..THANK GOD! Monday Josh, Lisa, and I went to First Methodist Church to check things out.  We agreed that it was the best church us. 
Wednesday I planned on going to Prado's in Chattanooga to get the dress that I thought I was in love with...however, they were closed.  My mom was convinced this was a "sign" and her and my aunt Amy dragged me to Kennesaw.  Once there, they dragged me into David's Bridal.  I had a bad experience at the one in Chattanooga, so I was dreading this trip.  As soon as I walked, I ran to a dress on display, and told the saleswoman that I HAD to try it on.  Of course that is the one that I bought. 
Yesterday Amy, Ashley, and Jordan helped me assemble my Save the Dates.  I have no idea what I would do without them.  I learned that I am less bridezilla when I am with them.  They make me laugh when things go wrong.
I plan on booking the honeymoon tomorrow.  I finally found a hotel that we like and is at a reasonable price. Of all the wedding planning, this is my favorite.  I cannot wait to get of Murray County for a couple of days.  To bad that I have to wait another year.

Guess what?

Yep yep! I bought my dress! It is nothing like anything I pictured, but I feel so small in it! I always think my shoulders look huge, but this dress made me feel so confident. I cannot wait for y'all to see it! We also booked the church, First Methodist of Chatsworth.

I feel like everything is finally falling into place and I could not be any happier!

Exciting things

An approximately an hour and half I will be heading to First Methodist of Chatsworth to attempt to book the Church for the wedding.  I really, REALLY hope that we like because at this point I don't even care.
Also, today at five I receive my GACE scores.  I am kinda happy that I don't get to see them till after we see the church, because if I failed both of them it would put in an awful mood.  I have a million and one emotions running through my body, so please be with me and pray I do not lose my temper at any point today, especially at the church, because they would probably ban me from there.

I would give the world for this next year to FLY by!

HELP!

I am a planner.  I take the time to look into things before I make in purchase and I plan that purchase down to every little detail.

Now I had found a really nice hotel room in Orlando for our honeymoon.  If I booked it in a year in advance they would only charge me $87 a night.  It was right across from Sea World and Discovery Cove.  Today I check on it to make sure it is still that price.  Guess what? Apparently they are no longer doing that deal.  It is now $207 a night. That is a HUGE difference. 

So if any of you have been to Orlando and know of a place to stay that is not $207 a night please let me know.

The Adventures of Josh and Sherika -Take 2

So the other night my wonderful baseball player and I were watching a movie, Crush On You.  It is kinda like You Got Mail.  But anyways, in the movie a guy and a girl (who the movie is focused on) ask a serious of questions to each other, like what is your favoirte movie, food, and music.  Now I know a lot about Josh, but not everything. So I turned and said:
"Hey what is your favorite movie?"
"I don't have one."
"Everyone has one"
"Not me."
"Okay if you were dying and had one last movie to watch what would it be?"
"Well I'm not dying.  Oh my God are you planning on killing me?"
"Yes Josh.  Dang you caught me. I just don't know it."
"Well I know yours."
"Really, what is it?"
"The Notebook."
"That is not even in my top 5."
"Well what is it?"
"Sleeping Beauty."
Sounding alarmed"Since when!"
"Um since I was three."

Apparently we don't know everything about each other, but I plan on spending the rest of my life learning everything I can about him.

The world revolves around me!

Okay no it doesn't but it got your attention..right?  Anyways...Drama Drama Drama.  I hate when it happens and it seems to be happening a lot lately.  I think this one might slightly be my fault, so if it is or if I have offended anyone sorry.  I was upset earlier and had a really good status to follow it.  My cousin wrote back to me: "Sherika I am not sure what is going on - but I have found to not sweat the little things. People that act this way take up energy so stay away from them and take whatever they say with a grain of salt. What is most important is that the people that count in your life know the truth."  This really goes with the saying at the top of my page.  But apparently I have not been listening to my own advice...sad how that works sometimes.  I wear my heart on my sleeves and it is pretty pathetic at times.  When I was in middle school I had my emotions really well, but one day learned that all it was doing as hurting me.  So I opened my heart to a lot of people, the first person was Josh.  To this day he is one of the few people that I can completely open up to.  This is one of the reasons why I fell in love with him.

But even though it is healthy to share your emotions, I still need to learn to not swear the small stuff, BUT when enough is enough I need to learn to stand up for myself.  Sigh.  There is a good chance I may never do that, but who knows, people can change...right?

I was brought up in a small town in North Georgia

So my cousin Eli made me a copy of his Brantley Gilbert CD...guess who is my new favorite cousin?  So I thought I would give you a list of my favorite Brantley Gilbert songs, ones that Jason Aldean has not touched..yet.

1. Best of Me-became my theme song a couple of years ago.
2. Dirt Road Anthem-Yes Jason Aldean did one version, but Brantley Gilbert has a version where he raps the the last verse..which hits home to me.  You should really look it up.
3. G.R.I.T.S.-um yea if you are a southern girl you can't help but dance to this.
4. Saving Amy- I can't help but shed a tear for the girl in this song. I literally get cold chills every time I hear it. I don't know if it is my fear of losing Josh or what, but I can almost feel her pain.
5. My Kind of Crazy-already included the reasoning behind this on a previous blog
6. Them Boys-yep this is how we are all going to be when we grow old and watch our kids make every mistake we did. 

If you walk me down the middle of my momma's churhc

After Lindsey introduced me to "Walk Me Down the Middle" by The Band Perry, I have searched and SEARCHED for their CD.  I usulally don't buy CDs unless I am really in love with a group or song.  But once I heard "Walk Me Down the Middle,"  I knew that this band would become my favorite.  First, I love their sound.  It reminds me more of Blue Grass or older Trisha Yearwood and Faith Hill songs, which I love.  Second, they have those songs that speak right to your heart. What girl doesn't love a song that can speak for her? Isn't this why we love T. Swift so much?  So now I am going to give you my top 5 favorite songs on their CD (there is only 11 songs on the CD)

1. Why yes it is "Walk Me Down the Middle."  I think this one can speak for itself.
2. "If I Die Young."  It gives you something to think about.  Plus her voice is beautiful in this song.
3. "Independence"  If any of you have counted down the days till you were leaving this sleepy little town, this song is for you.
4. "All Your Life" Isn't that what we all want? I guy to just love us his ENTIRE life?
5.  "Lasso" whirlwind romance your thing? Or that guy that you really want to change but can't...yep here you go.
Okay I have a number 6.  "Postcard from Paris" I can't put my finger on why I like this one.  It may be all of the similes and metaphors but I really like it.

If you haven't heard these songs, I highly advise you to do so.  It might just change your life (yep a little over dramatic).