lucky girl.

So...this past weekend was full of marriage preparation and a whole lot of Catholicism.  Chris is a wonderful husband-to-be for going through all of it for us to get married in the Catholic church :)  We started our weekend out EARLY Saturday morning by having to arrive at a church in Vienna at 8:30 (we skipped the optional mass at 8 AM...oops!).  This was for our 'Conference for the Engaged' which consisted of two Catholic couples, a priest, and a psychologist preaching to us for 8 hours on what it means to get married in the Catholic church.  Our weekend ended on Sunday around 4:30 after our meeting with a "Holier than thou" Catholic couple in their 50's...

I'd like to share with you some of what we learned this weekend...

1.  Pornography is the devil and is a cancer to marriages.
2.  Birth control is a sin.
3.  Sex before marriage is a sin and will only be forgiven through confession.
4.  Jerry Miller has a twin in the form of a priest in Fredericksburg.
5.  Yes, there are women girls out there who are mature enough to get married but giggle and blush when they hear the word, 'sperm'.
6.  Don't sit on the opposite side of the room from the food because there will be NONE when you get up to the table...
7.  Pornography is the devil and is a cancer to marriages.
8.  Natural family planning is AS effective as the birth control pill (says the couple with 4 kids and the other couple with 7...)
9.  Today's cartoons are terrible and teach sarcasm.
10.  Catholicmatch.com is an effective way to meet your soul mate.


Ok...so in all honesty, we actually did learn a few things that I have taken to heart and have not thought of before.  BUT the Catholic church really needs to catch up with reality on some things.  And Saturday wasn't bad.  Sunday was absolutely dreadful...we definitely got lectured about pornography (TIP:  If you have EVER watched pornography you have an addiction and you must get help ASAP) and living together by a couple who are insanely Catholic.  They had a picture of Joseph and Mary on their fireplace and they gave me the heebie jeebies.  At least the worst part is over now and we just have to meet with Father Bob (who was more understanding about living together than the loony Catholic couple) a couple more times and we're ready to get hitched.

In the end, it will all be worth it because I will be able to walk down the aisle of the beautiful new church that I have dreamed about for many years to my amazing husband who stuck through this weekend all for me.  And, I have my very own guardian angel in Grandma who I know will be looking down on me and very happy that I went through this weekend.  I'd say I'm a lucky girl. :)