For those of you who don't know already, Kim and I just got engaged.
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Anonymous
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Congratulations to both of you ! 
Blessings,
Fairlight
Blessings,
Fairlight
Congrats again, I know that we already told you when we were driving. I am so happy for you and for Kim.
Paul
Paul
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Anonymous
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Congratulations to both of you !! We wish you all the best in the world.
Cecil and Cindy
Cecil and Cindy
Thanks everyone for the well wishes. We really appreciate it.
Ok, so here is the requested proposal story. I had been trying to think of a special place to do the proposal and never could think of anything. I mean, I just didn't want to do it in the driveway or something like that. I wanted it to be somewhere out of the ordinary. So the only thing that I could think of was the Biltmore Estate. We already had twelve month passes, so why not? Well the weather took a turn for the worse this weekend and I was really worried about being able to do it. So this morning the rain kinda let up and it was actually fairly warm compared to the way that it has been so I decided to go for it. Well on the way there the rain kinda picked up a little bit and there was more people there than I thought there would be. So when we were walking towards the house we turned up at the big wall in front of the house and headed up the hill towards the marble statue at the top. As soon as Kim got out of the truck she wasn't happy that I was dragging her out into the rain much less making her walk up a hill that really had no other significance (or so she thought). Well, when we got to the top I was actually kinda out of breath and a little short winded so we kinda stood there a minute catching our breaths and I made the comment that maybe I should sit down for a minute to rest and she said "Don't do that. The ground is wet." She started to pull her camera out and take photos of the house and I commented "Well, how about I just kneel for a moment." She said "No, don't do that..." and about that time she turned around and saw the ring box. OH BOY!!! In an instant her face went into convulsions and her lips curled back into her mouth and I wasn't sure if I should call the ambulance or not. It didn't take very long for her to partially recover and grab the ring out of the box and put it on her finger. She was crying up a storm and I didn't have much time to stand up and hug her. I asked her if that was a confirmation and she "YES YES, definately YES". And the rest is history. Oh, except for the friends and family who we notified of our engagement and they immediately asked "Have you set a date?" A DATE?!?! A DATE?!?! We hadn't been engaged for even an hour yet and they were already asking for a date!!!! They've bugged us so much today that we've started planning things out and actually have about three quarters of the wedding planned out.
Another funny related story: Friday was the day that I went out and bought the ring. Well I spent about three hours going between jewelers finding a ring. And when I finally found the ring that I liked and the company that I was going to buy it from I just casually asked them what kind of a deal they had for repeat customers. "You know, if I find another wife in the future." The lady said "Well, we hope you don't get divorced and stay together." And I said "Oh no, I don't mean that. I mean if I find additional wives." She kinda hesitated for a minute and then said "Well, we won't go there." and continued with the rest of the conversation and the transaction. She didn't really know what to say when I said that. lol!
Ok, so here is the requested proposal story. I had been trying to think of a special place to do the proposal and never could think of anything. I mean, I just didn't want to do it in the driveway or something like that. I wanted it to be somewhere out of the ordinary. So the only thing that I could think of was the Biltmore Estate. We already had twelve month passes, so why not? Well the weather took a turn for the worse this weekend and I was really worried about being able to do it. So this morning the rain kinda let up and it was actually fairly warm compared to the way that it has been so I decided to go for it. Well on the way there the rain kinda picked up a little bit and there was more people there than I thought there would be. So when we were walking towards the house we turned up at the big wall in front of the house and headed up the hill towards the marble statue at the top. As soon as Kim got out of the truck she wasn't happy that I was dragging her out into the rain much less making her walk up a hill that really had no other significance (or so she thought). Well, when we got to the top I was actually kinda out of breath and a little short winded so we kinda stood there a minute catching our breaths and I made the comment that maybe I should sit down for a minute to rest and she said "Don't do that. The ground is wet." She started to pull her camera out and take photos of the house and I commented "Well, how about I just kneel for a moment." She said "No, don't do that..." and about that time she turned around and saw the ring box. OH BOY!!! In an instant her face went into convulsions and her lips curled back into her mouth and I wasn't sure if I should call the ambulance or not. It didn't take very long for her to partially recover and grab the ring out of the box and put it on her finger. She was crying up a storm and I didn't have much time to stand up and hug her. I asked her if that was a confirmation and she "YES YES, definately YES". And the rest is history. Oh, except for the friends and family who we notified of our engagement and they immediately asked "Have you set a date?" A DATE?!?! A DATE?!?! We hadn't been engaged for even an hour yet and they were already asking for a date!!!! They've bugged us so much today that we've started planning things out and actually have about three quarters of the wedding planned out.
Another funny related story: Friday was the day that I went out and bought the ring. Well I spent about three hours going between jewelers finding a ring. And when I finally found the ring that I liked and the company that I was going to buy it from I just casually asked them what kind of a deal they had for repeat customers. "You know, if I find another wife in the future." The lady said "Well, we hope you don't get divorced and stay together." And I said "Oh no, I don't mean that. I mean if I find additional wives." She kinda hesitated for a minute and then said "Well, we won't go there." and continued with the rest of the conversation and the transaction. She didn't really know what to say when I said that. lol!
Bwahahahahahaha............DukeOfMarshall said:
That's so funny! At least you had the guts to ask the lady. Last month, I went to a christian bookstore because they were giving away marriage covenant certificates. Even though Paul & I have been married for a long time, I thought it would be nice to have one. When the sales person handed the certificate to me he said, "Just in case you were wondering, we only allow one per customer." I said, "That's okay. If my husband takes another wife, I'll just have her come in and get one herself". I'm pretty sure he stopped breathing for at least half a minute.
Congrats again!
Congrats again!
Too Funny!
SweetLissa
SweetLissa
Congrats bro! And the ring story was pretty funny as well. Out here if you ask them they'll tell you quick what ever makes them a comission,lol.
Congratulations! Thanks for sharing that beautiful engagement story--how exciting! LOL to the story you told the lady in the jewelry store.
Blessings,
Michelle
Blessings,
Michelle
Congratulations Tod! But I think Deann stole your thunder with that covenant certificate story.
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Yaaay congrats!! That is incredibly exciting!!!
BlessedOfGod
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Congrats also, Duke & Kim. Here's to a great future for you and your whole family. (-;
DeeAnn said:
Oh, no. I'm still on cloud nine over the whole deal. So there's no way for anyone to steal my thunder. I rather enjoyed hearing your story as well. Thanks for sharing.