Aieeee!

Oct. 10th, 2005 08:19 pm
rms10: (Default)
[personal profile] rms10
Um, I mean, I have news.

Eli and I are engaged!

*dance*dance*dance*

We'd talked about this way back in early September when we were in Greece, and realized that neither of us wanted to wait an undetermined amount of time until I graduate -- we wanted to get married sooner than that. Next fall! And for the past month, it got harder and harder to not tell people we were planning this.

But last Wednesday, I got home from work to discover sauce bubbling on the stove. Not an uncommon occurrence here, and we had discussed having pasta for dinner that night. On the second trip into the kitchen, though, I noticed the homemade ravioli sitting on the drying rack. We always toast to something when we have a drink, so we opened a bottle of wine, he proposed, we laughed, I cried -- you know, the usual.

Eeeee! We're so excited, and our friends and family are so excited for us, which makes it even more fun. And here's the obligatory ring picture -- I pretty much picked it out, and we had it custom-made at a jewelry store in town. (I was worried that this was terribly unromantic, but when I told my parents, my mom said, "I picked out my ring," and my dad jumped in with, "If you're going to spend that much money, you need to make sure it's something she likes." Clearly I inherited my cold, practical side from them. Hee.)

In other news, my parents are coming up this weekend for the Penn State-Michigan game. My dad, a big Penn State fan, is already excited about Penn State beating Ohio State -- and not just because my brother goes to Ohio State. If Penn State beats Michigan, which is indeed likely, my dad will be insufferable.

Date: 2005-10-11 12:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eldan.livejournal.com
Congratulations!

Date: 2005-10-11 04:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eldan.livejournal.com
oh, and [livejournal.com profile] nein09 and I went ring shopping together, but that was partly because we wanted matching rings. "Men don't have engagement rings" is one of the very few things in Miss Manners's weddings book with which I disagree.

Date: 2005-10-11 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarbah77.livejournal.com
Congrats! J told me last week but I wasn't sure if you'd appreciate a post all your own. ;)

Date: 2005-10-11 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarbah77.livejournal.com
That's supposed to read "if I made a post about it."

And we picked out my ring together, as well.

Date: 2005-10-11 01:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thekat03.livejournal.com
tod and i did too... after all, it was my jeweler that we wanted to get the ring from, and tod's even less decisive than me sometimes ;)

oh, and that is a really pretty ring, too... very elegant (:

Date: 2005-10-11 04:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eirias.livejournal.com
oh, and that is a really pretty ring, too... very elegant (:

And very astronomical, somehow :)

Date: 2005-10-11 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rms10.livejournal.com
Thanks!
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Date: 2005-10-11 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rms10.livejournal.com
Thank you! We can't wait.
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Date: 2005-10-11 04:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eldan.livejournal.com
hear hear! And saying "no" can be surprisingly hard sometimes....

Date: 2005-10-11 01:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarbah77.livejournal.com
Yeah, ditto that. Nor physicists, but we had an unfrilly wedding ourselves!

Date: 2005-10-11 01:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evil-fizz.livejournal.com
Congratulations! *beautiful ring*

Date: 2005-10-11 01:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aakepley.livejournal.com
Congratulations!

Date: 2005-10-11 01:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ayekamn.livejournal.com
Congratulations! The ring is beautiful!

Date: 2005-10-11 02:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kylegirl.livejournal.com
Congratulations!

Date: 2005-10-11 02:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dmw7.livejournal.com
CONGRATULATIONS! Also, that ring is truly beautiful. And, again, congratulations!

Date: 2005-10-11 02:29 am (UTC)
listersgirl: (mehndi)
From: [personal profile] listersgirl
!! Congratulations! You seem very happy. :)

Date: 2005-10-11 02:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drspiff.livejournal.com
Wow Becky. Congrats!

Date: 2005-10-11 03:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trygve.livejournal.com
Fantastic, congratulations to both of you!!

And that ring is gorgeous!

Date: 2005-10-11 04:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eirias.livejournal.com
CONGRATULATIONS!
That's so wonderful - yay yay yay!
Insert girly squeal!

Date: 2005-10-11 05:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nein09.livejournal.com
OMGCONGRATULATIONSTACULAR!

cheers!

Date: 2005-10-11 06:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katworthy.livejournal.com
I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

Date: 2005-10-11 09:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alltheleaves.livejournal.com
Congratulations! Congratulations! This is fabulous news. And I picked mine out too, and it is still being made - apparently I'm very fussy and it didn't exist. You're planning on wearing the ring for the rest of your life, so it needs to be something you love.

So do you have a date yet? I'm so excited I have another lj friend getting married and I won't be the only person turning into Bridezilla over the next year, right? Right?

Date: 2005-10-11 01:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladyxoc.livejournal.com
Congratulations!!!

Date: 2005-10-11 04:42 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Congratulations!!

oops

Date: 2005-10-11 04:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] astra-nomer.livejournal.com
(err, that was me...)

Date: 2005-10-11 05:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rubygloomrox.livejournal.com
Congratulations! It's a gorgeous ring, too!

Date: 2005-10-11 08:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] slemslempike.livejournal.com
Congratulations

Date: 2005-10-12 05:33 am (UTC)
idella: (girl reading by jpicons)
From: [personal profile] idella
Congratulations to both of you!!

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