She does exist...

I know, I know...it is amazing. Pick your jaw up off the floor, apologize to those around you for the crazy outburst of excitement and get ready for a new blog entry! TA DA!
Ok, so when I decided back last summer to have a blog, I knew I would not be one of those people that updated the blog daily or even at a highly predictable interval. But even I will admit that I did not think it would be over nine months between posts. As my last post (I know it is hard to think back that far, but just scroll down) said I got engaged...and boy was it engaging. There are a ridiculous amount of decisions and details that come along with that little ring! Needless to say I got all the details handled and had the perfect wedding in March. I am currently working on uploading pictures to send around to friends and family from the event and I will post some on the blog!
I am going to try very, very hard to blog more consistently. So hopefully you have not given up on me completely and will check back from time to time to see what is going on.

What to do first!

Well now that it is sinking in that I am engaged, I am starting to think about all of the planning ahead! There is certainly a lot to do when thinking about planning a wedding! I am beginning to think or rather starting to accept the fact that I am not your typical bride. When people ask simple questions like "What are your colors" or "What type of dress do you like" I have no answers. It is not something I ever really thought about...so I am finding that these are difficult questions to answer if you are the oddball girl who never really had the perfect wedding dreams. The funny thing is that I have long hoped and dreamed of being married to this man, but have not really ever thought about the ceremony that gets us married. I was not the little girl that had huge barbie weddings or dreamed of the Princess Diana event...I was the tomboy more interested in dirt and trouble than all those "girly" things. So now I have to work extra hard...I don't even know what some of the words mean! It is like learning a whole new language, sweetheart line, A-line, Empire waist....this is just crazy.
I am lucky though, I have an amazing mother, friends, and a soon to be sister-in-law that I am sure are going to make planning a breeze. In fact, after a four hour round trip drive with my soon to be S-I-L I think I have some ideas about color, theme, and bridesmaid dresses! So next step is to see if the crazy ideas I have come up with look okay in reality!
I will keep you up to date on how things...on more than just wedding stuff I promise!

On Cloud Nine, Maybe Ten!

Well so here is how my day went yesterday. I went to work, generally not a highlight of my day lately, but I had a really great meeting and I may get to start working on a really cool new project! So that was good. Spent the afternoon away from the office doing some field work, always a bonus to be outside. Especially since lately it has only rained!!!! And yesterday was sunny, a little hot, but most importantly sunny! So then at the end of the day my boyfriend texted to see if I wanted to come over for spaghetti. I of course said yes, as it is my favorite meal! So I headed to his place after work and walked in to find a beautifully set table. He had put out a tablecloth, bought me a dozen roses, a great bottle of wine and the food was on the table waiting! I was somewhat surprised by all of this, because although he is an amazing boyfriend none for surprising me, I could not think of an occasion. So I posed the questions "What is all this about?", to which he replied that he knew I had been stressed lately and just wanted to cheer me up! Well did it ever work.

So then we sat down for a great dinner and wonderful conversation. After we finished he said he was going to get dessert. Dessert...could it get any better! Well just keep reading!

So here I am sitting happily full from pasta, dreaming of cake...when he comes around the corner with a small silver platter with a small box that appears to have a shiny object in it. Before I could even wrap my mind around what I was seeing, he asked "Will you marry me, baby?" And through the tears I said YES! At which point I jumped up and hugged him. He then asked if I would like to see my ring, which he had to hastily put down when I jumped up into his arms. I said yes and he put it on my finger. This has got to be on of the best moments of my life. So, that is why I am still floating in the clouds. And if you will look over there, you will see my beautiful ring!