Clear your calendar...

[fiberaddict]

for Jan. 1.

Why? you ask....well......err.....because....there will be a weddin' on that day.

I've been sitting on this for almost a week now - I wanted to simply post a pic of a ring, but a)it's way too big and b)we're going out Sat. to get a new (brighter/shiny-er)one, and I can't sit on it no more. *eg* (And, if we can't find the perfect one, I've found some online that we will order Sat. evening. ALWAYS have a fallback plan.)


So, ummm...yeah - how's *your* week going? *g*

Comments

[gypsybaby1.livejournal.com]

uh...

that thud noise you heard was my jaw hitting the desk!!

Wow... Congratulations!!

[serenya-loreden.livejournal.com]

Wow! Congratulations! :)

When it's right, you know quickly ;)

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

Sheeesh! It's just as well I've got new knees, I just had to do a happy dance for a friend who's had some successful surgery, then for another who's just announced a much-wanted pregnancy, now you.

January 1st? Guess that means no seeing the New Year in with a bang this year then. :)

MEGA-CONGRATULATIONS!

I hope you all are very happy, even the horses and dogs and looms!

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

Eeeeee!!! I'm so happy for you!

[redmelde.livejournal.com]

SUPER MEGA CONGRATS!!

That was way fast, but when it's right, it's right!! My proposal was induced by extreme whiskey-related illness less than 6 months after we met.

[ritaspins37.livejournal.com]

Yes, happy dance indeed! Congratulations! Waiting (im)patiently for pic of ring.

[itsjames2u.livejournal.com]

Woo-hoo! Congrats!! At least one of us will be there, camera in tow. (It might be too soon for the other two to make it, diaper bag in tow, but we'll see)

Congratulations

[(Anonymous)]

Congratulations! That was quick but I wish you guys the best.

Erin
http://yesiknit.typepad.com

Congrats!!!

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my word! Congratulations! I've been reading your blog religiously for over a year - I'm so glad you've got great news to share! I'm happy for you!

PBnJ

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

I thought I felt the earth shake...*g*

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

Yeah - and I did pray about it (3 x, in fact....the 3rd time the clue fairy came and smacked me with the cluex4. Not the most pleasant way to wake up, but it was effective!) *eg*

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

Thank you! We are - Dad says he hasn't seen me this happy for, well...years!

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

extreme whiskey-related illness less than 6 months after we met.

OK, there's a story there I *need* to know, I think! *g*

Thanks - and, yeah, it was fast, but...it's right, y'know?

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Soon as we get it, I'll slap a pic up. Hopefully Saturday!

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

Cool - at the moment, it's going to be small. Like, REALLY small - I don't know that I want to do the whole big shebang again. We'll see....the ladies at church will probably have something to say about the matter. *g*

Re: Congratulations

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Re: Congrats!!!

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And thanks for un-lurking!

[marmota-monax.livejournal.com]

there will be a weddin'

Holy Ned! Congratulations!

[itsjames2u.livejournal.com]

What a coincidence! The baby will be really small then, too! :)

No matter how big or small it is, you'll want pictures, and I'll want to take them.

Yessss!

[(Anonymous)]

When it's right, you just know! Conga-Rats m'dear, and wish I could be there to celebrate on that day! --Kae

[mariora.livejournal.com]

Conga-Rats!!

[redmelde.livejournal.com]

Well, we met in January 05 after some friendly (non-flirtatious!) messaging on Myspace.

Fast forward to a July 4 party. It was a bunch of his friends/our friends/coworkers/coworkers friends. There was a lot of booze there. We brought a bottle of Wild Turkey 101, and managed to drink nearly all of it between the two of us since the other options were sweet vodka cocktails and gin-based drinks. No sugar, no juniper berries, thanks.

The next day, when we finally woke up, we were both severely ill. Like barely able to move, need to turn off the sun, completely dehydrated and with splitting headaches ill. At one point, he was sitting in the bathtub in the dark with the shower running, and I needed to come in and throw up. I slumped on the bathroom rug, he remained sacked out in the shower, and we both tried not to puke because we knew it would set off a neverending chain reaction of vomiting between the two of us. When we were finally able to move enough to get back in bed, chills, nausea, headaches, wet hair and all, we cuddled miserably and he smoothed the filthy, greasy hair back off my forehead and asked me if I wanted to marry him.

Definitely not the romantic proposal I had always thought was somewhere in my future as a girl, but pragmatic and somehow totally right for the two of us. He's still saving up for my real ring, and hopefully we'll be able to get the diamonds his stepmother gave him reset by Christmas this year.

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

I must say, romantic proposals are over-rated....nice, but not all that.

*You* have a great story - and you'll always laugh over it. *That's* worth it's weight in gold! *g*

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* I hadn't even *thought* of pictures! Of course, I haven't really thought of *anything* other than the date (can't do it *this* year, as the 2006 IRS refund is slated for a family (now, with more members!) vacation in either Florida or California....and adding his income to ours penalized us $1400. *sigh* Ah, well.....it's worth it. *g*

Sunday we'll get to see if we'll have it at church with our pastor, or at my house with Dad preforming it. This should be a fun ride.....

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Re: Yessss!

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

Thanks mucho! You and your darling daughter would be made most welcome!

[fiberaddict.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[redmelde.livejournal.com]

We often joke about the stories we'll tell our grandkids about meeting and getting engaged and all that. Definitely not anything like the stories our families had to tell!

Most of our friends that he works with don't know how we met--he always makes up new stories every time they ask. I think the latest tale involves a hot air balloon race and a hair-raising resuce from a flaming passenger basket.

Since Myspace has gotten huge and filled with rapists and pedophiles, it seems better not to tell people. Even my family doesn't know, because they staunchly believe that the internet is the source of all evil.

[thornsandlace.livejournal.com]

Congratulations and Lots of Happy wishes for you!!!