I haz a SHINY!!

[blueerica]

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n263/blueerica/EngagementRing.jpg

[BarTopDancer]

SHINY!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!

:cheers:

[Gemini Cricket]

Woo hoo! Congrats!
:) :) :)

[Deebs]

It's gorgeous and sparkly! It looks beautiful on your hand.

I'm happy for you!

[Alex]

New Movado watch?

[blueerica]

New Movado watch?

Good lookin' out, Alex!

Incidentally, I think I need to get mine re-buffed, or whatever they do to make it less scratched up.

And thank you, everyone... :D

[3894]

Gorgeous. :snap: May it bring you much happiness.

[Andrew]

Congratulations!

[bewitched]

Beautiful...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

[Morrigoon]

Yay! Congrats!

[Kevy Baby]

Conga-rats!

[Chernabog]

Woohoooo!!! Congrats!!!!!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Alright! Congrats!! :D

[Stan4dSteph]

Congratulations! :cheers:

[JWBear]

Congratulations!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yay! Going to have the ceremony at The Temple?

[katiesue]

Congratulations!!!!

[wendybeth]

Wow- very pretty, Erica!!!!! :)

[ToriBear]

Yay! Congratulations!!!!!

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Congratulations!

[RStar]

Yes! What a great looking keyboard!

[CoasterMatt]

Congratulations!!

[lashbear]

What cereal does THAT come in? ;)

Congratulations !!! :cool:

[Strangler Lewis]

Congratulations!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Happy, happy congratulations! I want to hear all about it. *pulls up chair*

[wolfy999]

Purdy! Congratulations!

Good things do happen in Utah!

[Tom]

*pulls up other chair*

[~MS~]

Congratulations!!!!! What a beautiful shiny!

[mousepod]

Congratulations!

[The Lovely Mrs. tod]

And it's a BEAUTIFUL shiny!

I wish you all the happiness in the world. :D

[tod]

Very nice.

is there another person involved, or was it free with purchase of a watch? ;)

Much happiness.

--t

[€uroMeinke]

Woohoo! Congratulations - but now you have to tell us a story

[blueerica]

I will get a story out, but I will probably wait until tonight or tomorrow to get it just right. Besides, we're about to have a day out with the shiny! :)

I will tell you I was surprised. Surprised enough to not realize what he asked me. :)

[Kevy Baby]

I will tell you I was surprised. Surprised enough to not realize what he asked me. :)When I proposed to Susan, it was a bit of a production. She missed about 2/3 of it.

[lindyhop]

Congratulations!

Waiting for the story...

[Disneyphile]

OMG!!! Such happy news! I love engagement stories. :D

Congratulations!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Yay! Congratulations! Gorgeous. Just beautiful.

[blueerica]

So, the story is actually rather silly, and completely "us".

Sometime around 1 PM or so, I get a call at the office from J, asking if I could get out of work early... that there was something cool going on that he wanted to check out. Since I've been slammed for the last two weeks, the offer was tempting, but there was just so much to do, and I'm not sure I could do it. Besides, our director was in the office, and calling us in at random for different things. J said, "Well, I am still leaving work early. They've got a generator hooked up, and it smells bad..." blah, blah, blah. I say, "I'll see what I can do.

Well, hours go by, and I'm still just trying to plow through some work. Finally, it's close to 5, and I have enough work to justify bringing in a cot and working through the weekend. But, I'm wiped, and I just had to go. It had been one hell of a week.

It takes at least 45 minutes to get home, and I was already hungry. I called the house, and ask J to start marinating the salmon I had in the fridge. When I walk through the door, the thought of fresh salmon was too much to bear and after a quick hug and a kiss, I dash to the kitchen to start pre-heating the stove.

Out of nowhere, J is in the kitchen too, saynig, "No, don't do that yet."

"What? We need to preheat the oven to start cooking."

"I know this is in the wrong order, but..."

Arms outstretched, J asked, "Wanna get hitched?!"

"Yeah, sure..."

Turning back toward J from the stove, I realize that J is on one knee, and that I didn't give him a serious answer. Which, of course, was yes. The serious answer, that is.

We never did eat any salmon. We did, however, find the perfect ring.

I'm so excited. I know there's going to be a lot of planning, but this is a super low-key thing. I do know that we will be having parties in both California and Florida - that maybe we'll keep the wedding smaller to accommodate bigger bashes with our hometown friends and family.

We'll see.

Again, thanks for all the congratulations.

[Prudence]

Yay! Congratulations!

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Big CONGRATS!!!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Awesome.

[3894]

So, thoughts about the dress?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

So, thoughts about the dress?That will be shiny too.

[blueerica]

So, thoughts about the dress?

Only vague notions at the moment. When I start getting into that, I'm sure I'll be posting pictures, getting advice, etc.

That will be shiny too.

But, do I want it to compete with the ring...? Hmmm...

[BarTopDancer]

I found your dresses.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pihQxgMQL._AA280_.jpg

http://www.shinyshiny.tv/Wedding%20dress.jpg

Happy to help.

;)

[cirquelover]

Congratulations!

[SacTown Chronic]

Congratulations!!!:snap:

[innerSpaceman]

I want you to make up another engagement story, or at least embellish that one for your grandkids.


Still ... the shiny is nice ... and the engagement makes me so happy for you both! :D

[3894]

Happy to help.


The words My Little Pony barf in a red circle with a slash through it!

[Not Afraid]

Awwww, I'm very happy for you both! Congratulations!