I Love This Show!

As most of you know, I was the owner of a wedding consulting and coordinating business when I lived in Texas a few years ago. It was a challenging business to say the least, especially for a perfectionist like myself. Most of my clients were the more traditional wedding type, but occasionally I would run across a group of well, for the lack of a better word... REDNECKS!

If you are not familiar with these folks, let me tell you what I have learned. They are probably the most honest people I've ever met, they truly know how to budget their funds and they are pretty easy to please. They use the words yes ma'am and weddin' a lot, they like to chug their beer out of ice cold kegs and slurp jello shots out of sonic drive-in cups.

Speaking of shots, sometimes a shotgun and a few mounted deer heads are included in the weddin' photos too! But most of all, they are a proud bunch of pickup drivin'; loud cussin'; overall happy people. It really seems as if they don't have a care in the world and just make their own fun wherever they go, which to me sounds like a pretty good way to exist.

Anyway, as usual I was channel flipping and ran across a show that caught my eye and I decided to check it out. It comes on CMT and the name of the show is: "MY BIG REDNECK WEDDING". It is hosted by Tom Arnold, yes Rosanne Barr's ex husband. I just had to watch this show, I wanted to see if maybe I knew someone!!! Turns out that I didn't know any of these couples, but I am going to continue to watch it. You should watch it too, it's quite entertaining.

I never knew anyone would even think of "mattress surfing and hog chasing" at their wedding. As I look back at the weddings I have done, I think I could have made more money working with a crowd like this and had less stress to deal with. Let me tell you their vow writing was something to die for... "I love you 'cause you're hotter than a hot pocket" Wow, the bride was in tears, who could top that!

So, who really needs all that traditional foo foo stuff when you can decorate with empty beer cans, get hitched by someone wearing camouflage, entertain your guests by mud wrestling in your wedding dress, chase and catch a greased hog with the winner receiving a $10.00 gift card from Wal-Mart and last but not least... mattress surf all in the same day? Maybe next season we can witness, "MY BIG REDNECK HONEYMOON" Well, on second thought, maybe not!