| so i got an interesting call yesterday... from jason. random i know. i was surprised. and a little perterbed. we had a nice chat, better than many that we've had in the past. he asked how the wedding plans were coming and well i thought i would clear something up. Yes i am getting married in the near future (we're talking like a year or so).  but as for being engaged...well technically - No. yeah. Matthew and i have talked about it and we want to get married, but the whole getting down on one knee with a ring on a beautiful clear night with the stars and the crescent moon illuminating the sky above, with him professing his love and devotion and asking me to marry him - yeah, that hasnt happend.  i think it will be soon though. my bday is coming up and i know he's spending alot, even though i yelled at him and told him not to. i picked out the set i want. its really pretty. its white gold bands with crosses engraved on them. theres both wedding bands and the engagement ring. the engagement ring has a small "chip" of a diamond as Matthew calls it. hes upset that its not a huge like 18000 ct diamond, not that he could afford it (yeah, being in the millitary has its perks but when your low rank on the totem pole, you dont make a lot). but he wants me to have it. i told him that we could always have another larger diamond put into the setting later, but he would want it to be a surprise and well im never gonna take my rings off. i wear a clatter ring on my left ring finger now. its not from Matthew, but from my daddy. he got it for me when i graduated basic training. its going to move to my right hand after Matthew proposes. then...on my wedding day, im going to wear it on my left hand and when my daddy gives me away i want him to change the ring from the left hand to the right leaving my left hand bare and ready to recieve my wedding ring from my husband. (then ill put my engagement ring back on afterwards before the reception.) i think that will be nice and specific to my wedding. there will be a lot of specifics but it will be a very small wedding. we are thinking of having it here in Missouri or in Virginia (b/c his family is in Pa and mine is in Ga). we want family, immediate family, and a few individual family members we want there. he has a very small family, and a very very small extened family so all of them will probably get an invite. my family is huge, i have 5 brothers now and 2 sisters (mom got re married - got 2 new steps). so it going to be mom/dad, brothers, and all manner of immediate steps. then i dont know who of my extended family i will invite. but i have a while to figure all that out i guess. got other things to think about. like the dress, the cake, the location, oh and of course the date! i would love to use one of my old designs for my dress. (some of you know what i mean!) it would deffinetly be one of a kind then! as for the cake, well Matthew and i have had some issues with that. basically i told him that its my wedding and i will have any cake i want, to which he replied that i cant have a wedding without the groom. we're working on the cake... and as for the location, well i told you what we planned on roughly, but i wouldnt mind getting married here on base. yeah, but all of this doesnt mean anything if we dont have a date set. i would love it to be in spring, aroung march/april/may, but thats not likely. its hard to plan a wedding in that little bit of time. actually its really hard to plan a wedding in a year much less a few months. maybe we'll try for august/september, thats one year that we will have been together, or maybe next spring? who knows. should probably get engaged first. might help! just got off the phone with Matthew. told him i was typing this, said he cant wait to hear my ideas. well this is a lot longer than i planned and im sure you are probably tired of reading this so ill say goodnight. tootles! |
