So, Big News. Melissa and I are engaged to be married! Living so far away from her and her family made it challenging to ask her dad for permission to marry her without Melissa finding out, but with the help of her family (as in, they kept a secret), i did it. And this weekend, I asked Melissa to marry me. It happened to be light-up-night in Owego, NY friday night, so it made the night special. She said YES. And I kinda feel like the luckiest man in the world. Yes, it was a good weekend. Here are a couple of pics of the ring...one in the box, and the other on her finger. It fits and shines and she loves it and everything.
We are thinking March 2010 or August 2010....It depends on how things work out with her schooling and such. We are excited about getting married and spending the rest of our lives together. We are looking forward to what God has in store for us as well.
As at least some of you know...Scott, my younger brother, is getting married June 19, 2010. I'm really excited for him and his fiancé. I guess there will be a couple of weddings pretty close together. I kinda like weddings. :)
So, there will be a lot of wedding planning type stuff going on between me and Scott and our fiancées. (weird how that word is spelled)
In other news, we have had our first significant cold spell up here in WNY. We got dusted with snow all weekend and the ski slope are getting white as they are making snow now that it is cold enough. Now i will get to try my snow tires out. lol
I also put my bike (motorcycle) away for the winter....last week I rode it down the street in the rain and filled it up with gas and put fuel stabilizer in it. I rode it back to my place and put it in the shed on the property...the landlady said i could keep it there for the winter. I will have to take the battery out sometime. so it doesn't freeze or anything.
Thanksgiving was great...we had nine total at dad's house for the eating....nine pies total too. :) Dad got DSL internet and a network extender from verizon wireless. The network extender used the internet and broadcasts a cellular signal for the cell phones to use...it allows you to use your cell phone in areas where there is really poor reception. all you need is an internet connection and a clear spot to get a GPS signal. The network extender has a GPS locating device in it that is supposed to be used for locating purposes in case of a 911 call. Anyway, after 3 hours on the phone and a couple of service calls, he now has internet at home and is able to talk on his cell phone without getting super frustrated with constantly dropping the calls. :)
Melissa and I made some cookies this past weekend. We made date balls...my favorite. it's like a rolled up rice crispy treat except they have caramelish stickiness instead of marsh mellows and they have dates in them and are coated with colored sugar. they are really good and are fun to eat right out of the freezer. We also wrapped the presents that we have gotten so far.
Ok i guess that about covers it..i hope to be snowboarding soon with this snow.
Until next time....
Congratulations to you and Melissa!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations :-) My "vote" is for a summer wedding 'cause I've been wishing for a vacation in New England for a number of years now.... but August may not be any better for us than March unless it's early August... so I guess my vote doesn't count for anything anyway... :-)
ReplyDeleteWe're real happy for you.
Congrats and all that. I'm glad you have time to make date balls. I have a similar recipe called humdings, but I have not the time nor the patience to roll them into balls, especially after I triple the recipe. Rather than roll them, I pat them into a jelly roll pan and dot them with J... no, that's not right. After they cool, I cut them into cubes and toss the cubes in powdered sugar. In fact I did all that as recently as yesterday and took a mess of them to the Finger Foods Fellowship after evening church. It's a good thing I saved myself some at home because there were none left to bring home.
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