MistressOfAllEvil
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 10, 2007
Okay, I'll start a PJ. Nevermind that my wedding is only 82 days away. Nevermind that I should probably be spending more time doing and acting and planning and less time lamenting.
I think a PJ will give me a great place to organize all of my thoughts, ideas and purchases. I'm a little worried though, that I'll realize how much I really have left to do and then freak out.
So, here we go from the top:
A Breif History
DF and I met 11 years ago this month at a Fraternity party he had been heavily promoting. DF had met my best gf online (this was when things like this happen with instant message and such) and invited her and her friends to the party. So, we decided to go. We figured if it was lame we could bail, otherwise it was something to do on a Friday night. DF originally liked my gf, but he backed off when his friend also liked her. So, he instead turned his attention towards me. (His version differs, claiming he liked me all along from the begining
)
We began dating and then we kept dating and then we dated some more. Then we broke up (for a couple of months) and then we dated again. Then we dated some more. Then we broke up again (for 4 months). Then we started dating again. Whew. That's a lot of dating. So, I designated 2006 as The Year Of The Ring: Operation Coal. However, I left in the middle of year and moved to Florida to do the Disney College Program. I came home from that 2 months early (November instead of January) and DF and I began living together. (We had lived together once before but then broke up... eek!)
Finally, DF realized that having to propose was imminent. So, we planned a vacation to Disney (by far, my favorite vacation spot. DF likes it too... his family has spent nearly every Christmas of his life there.)
The Proposal
Okay, I'm copying this portion from my blog on my myspace:
Thank You Everyone for you patience, I just this morning found my thumb drive, got the pictures off of Chuck's computer and took some not so great pictures of my ring while sitting at my desk, lol.
If you haven't heard my little story yet, here it is...
There was a hopeful plan to get engaged while we were at WDW recently. We flew in Thursday, May 17th and our flight home was Tuesday the 22nd. So, there we were having tons of fun; overfed (ddp) and exhausted (too short of a trip.) We were finally going to Magic Kingdom on Monday, my home away from home, MY MECCA! At this point there has been nothing. A beautiful dinner at Narcoossee's at the Grand Floridian... Nothing. An amazing Segway Tour at Epcot... Nothing. Hmmm. What did I do. Give up. I stopped thinking about it. I had almost forgotten about a silly proposal, heck I was in Disney. I was at the Magic Kingdom - Spectro and Wishes were later in the evening. Life, was (is) pretty good. Besides, Chuck probably forgot the ring (which no, I had not seen yet,) or got cold feet (surprise, surprise) or whatever. All I know was that I was unexpecting. On top of it he had been slightly sick all day (lol, if I only knew!) and blamed it on our really, really late dinner the night before!
Moving along...
We had a wonderful day at MK, at 5pm we watched the Flag Retreat Ceremony and then caught the monorail to the Contemporary for our dinner ressie at Concourse Steakhouse. At this point I think Chuck is dying so I am willing to miss Spectro and Wishes and go back to our room so he can rest. He assures me that he's fine and we head back to MK. Due to some poor transportation and an innocent detour on our part, we don't make it back until ten to eight. I'm freaking out because the parade is in an hour and we haven't gone on any fantasyland rides!! No pan, no small world, no philharmagic! AND we haven't been to Cinderella's Fountain. An often overlooked gem, Cinderella's Fountain is situated behind the Castle and off to the left. It's kitty corner to a designated smoking area that often spills into that space (boo!) The great thing about the fountain is that Cinderella is dressed in rags but from a child's perspective (yes you have to crouch down to really see it!) Cinderella is always a princess, no matter what she is wearing!
We enter into the park and Chuck says that we have time, we could do at least do one thing, so we head up Main Street and walk through the Castle and make our way towards the fountain. For some reason he hold me back... there were some people in front of the fountain and I assumed that he didn't want clutzy me to get in their way. So we wait and when the coast is clear, approach the fountain. I'm crouching down, trying to get the best view; fumbling with my bag to get my camera out and I look over an my dork of a boyfriend is fumbling with pennies and has his eyes closed and is tossing a penny into the fountain. I wondering what on earth he's doing. So I ask... What are you doing??? He said that you make wishes at fountains, but really you should throw the penny over your shoulder. I'm very gullible as any one who knows me knows. Alrighty then - Let's Do It! He hands me a penny. I turn around. I close my eyes. I'm poised to toss my penny. And I make a wish...
What's my big wish... please don't let Chuck be so sick that we can't enjoy Spectro and Wishes! lololol.
I toss that penny in the fountain, open my eyes and Chuck is down on bended in knee, on wet stone, hold a beautiful ring up with two hands. He told me how much he loved me, and that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me! And then he asked if I would marry him! I immediately started crying, nodding my head up and down and asking "really? really?" all at the same time!
Beyond that, I kind of went into shock. I know that a kind stranger took pictures with Chuck's camera, I know that people said nice things. So, here are the pictures that the stanger took and some ring pictures that I tried to take that didn't turn out to well. They do not do justice to the ring, but they give you and idea of what's what!
I'll try to get basic wedding info up this afternoon and pictures of anything I have tonight or tomorrow!
I think a PJ will give me a great place to organize all of my thoughts, ideas and purchases. I'm a little worried though, that I'll realize how much I really have left to do and then freak out.
So, here we go from the top:
A Breif History
DF and I met 11 years ago this month at a Fraternity party he had been heavily promoting. DF had met my best gf online (this was when things like this happen with instant message and such) and invited her and her friends to the party. So, we decided to go. We figured if it was lame we could bail, otherwise it was something to do on a Friday night. DF originally liked my gf, but he backed off when his friend also liked her. So, he instead turned his attention towards me. (His version differs, claiming he liked me all along from the begining
) We began dating and then we kept dating and then we dated some more. Then we broke up (for a couple of months) and then we dated again. Then we dated some more. Then we broke up again (for 4 months). Then we started dating again. Whew. That's a lot of dating. So, I designated 2006 as The Year Of The Ring: Operation Coal. However, I left in the middle of year and moved to Florida to do the Disney College Program. I came home from that 2 months early (November instead of January) and DF and I began living together. (We had lived together once before but then broke up... eek!)
Finally, DF realized that having to propose was imminent. So, we planned a vacation to Disney (by far, my favorite vacation spot. DF likes it too... his family has spent nearly every Christmas of his life there.)
The Proposal
Okay, I'm copying this portion from my blog on my myspace:
Thank You Everyone for you patience, I just this morning found my thumb drive, got the pictures off of Chuck's computer and took some not so great pictures of my ring while sitting at my desk, lol.
If you haven't heard my little story yet, here it is...
There was a hopeful plan to get engaged while we were at WDW recently. We flew in Thursday, May 17th and our flight home was Tuesday the 22nd. So, there we were having tons of fun; overfed (ddp) and exhausted (too short of a trip.) We were finally going to Magic Kingdom on Monday, my home away from home, MY MECCA! At this point there has been nothing. A beautiful dinner at Narcoossee's at the Grand Floridian... Nothing. An amazing Segway Tour at Epcot... Nothing. Hmmm. What did I do. Give up. I stopped thinking about it. I had almost forgotten about a silly proposal, heck I was in Disney. I was at the Magic Kingdom - Spectro and Wishes were later in the evening. Life, was (is) pretty good. Besides, Chuck probably forgot the ring (which no, I had not seen yet,) or got cold feet (surprise, surprise) or whatever. All I know was that I was unexpecting. On top of it he had been slightly sick all day (lol, if I only knew!) and blamed it on our really, really late dinner the night before!
Moving along...
We had a wonderful day at MK, at 5pm we watched the Flag Retreat Ceremony and then caught the monorail to the Contemporary for our dinner ressie at Concourse Steakhouse. At this point I think Chuck is dying so I am willing to miss Spectro and Wishes and go back to our room so he can rest. He assures me that he's fine and we head back to MK. Due to some poor transportation and an innocent detour on our part, we don't make it back until ten to eight. I'm freaking out because the parade is in an hour and we haven't gone on any fantasyland rides!! No pan, no small world, no philharmagic! AND we haven't been to Cinderella's Fountain. An often overlooked gem, Cinderella's Fountain is situated behind the Castle and off to the left. It's kitty corner to a designated smoking area that often spills into that space (boo!) The great thing about the fountain is that Cinderella is dressed in rags but from a child's perspective (yes you have to crouch down to really see it!) Cinderella is always a princess, no matter what she is wearing!
We enter into the park and Chuck says that we have time, we could do at least do one thing, so we head up Main Street and walk through the Castle and make our way towards the fountain. For some reason he hold me back... there were some people in front of the fountain and I assumed that he didn't want clutzy me to get in their way. So we wait and when the coast is clear, approach the fountain. I'm crouching down, trying to get the best view; fumbling with my bag to get my camera out and I look over an my dork of a boyfriend is fumbling with pennies and has his eyes closed and is tossing a penny into the fountain. I wondering what on earth he's doing. So I ask... What are you doing??? He said that you make wishes at fountains, but really you should throw the penny over your shoulder. I'm very gullible as any one who knows me knows. Alrighty then - Let's Do It! He hands me a penny. I turn around. I close my eyes. I'm poised to toss my penny. And I make a wish...
What's my big wish... please don't let Chuck be so sick that we can't enjoy Spectro and Wishes! lololol.
I toss that penny in the fountain, open my eyes and Chuck is down on bended in knee, on wet stone, hold a beautiful ring up with two hands. He told me how much he loved me, and that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me! And then he asked if I would marry him! I immediately started crying, nodding my head up and down and asking "really? really?" all at the same time!
Beyond that, I kind of went into shock. I know that a kind stranger took pictures with Chuck's camera, I know that people said nice things. So, here are the pictures that the stanger took and some ring pictures that I tried to take that didn't turn out to well. They do not do justice to the ring, but they give you and idea of what's what!
I'll try to get basic wedding info up this afternoon and pictures of anything I have tonight or tomorrow!
With entertainment, I got to work at all four parks! It was a blast. So, I got to do a bit of everything. I could still recite the conductor spiel for you right now! All Aboard!
I left for many reasons, one of them being that DF's father had cancer and was going in for a surgery where his chances of survival weren't too great. It seems important that I be home during that time. I'm happy to say that FFIL is still with us and doing well! So, that worked out!
You started your PJ! Sounds great. My DD wants to be in the CP...she doesn't want to be there during hurricane season! 
(you have to understand she's an older Italian woman from the old country. She's smart about somethings, but other stuff she just doesn't understand no matter what. And she has a different way of thinking about things. So, we butt heads A LOT!)
