Mistake....

As a wife to be, I am already learning from my mistakes. I was distracted by the shiny - I've never been one for "real" jewelry, it doesn't matter to me if the shiny is a diamond or crystal or cut glass...just that it's a shiny. :-) But I have to admit to having been totally caught up in the moment when we were picking out The Ring....

Which leads up to my mistake....I was feeling a bit "OMG - Deer In Headlights - WTF is going on!?!" and all sorts of awkward and that's when I said it. I said he could have carte blanche with the wedding bands. And I meant it. I will wear whatever he picks out.

But that brings us to this mornings convo:

Him: I've found lord of the rings wedding bands.
Me: Oh? Where? (thinking...can I blow the place up?)
Him: www.e-weddingbands.com
Me: Oh, ok. (Thinking, DoS attack then?)
Me: Not bad. Well, you get to pick them so whatever it is you want.

And I do mean it. I just. Well. I just hope that the one I get can have all the engraving done on the inside....

Home...

We are looking for a home...

First, we thought we'd buy something but being the brilliant man that he is, the male part of We thought since we are moving out of our comfort zones and to a more remote location, we should probably rent something first to ensure that we are happy out in the boonies.

We want to rent a small house. With a fenced yard. In the McHenry county area. That permit dogs. 2 dogs, in fact.

This is no small feat, it seems. I have found houses. And houses with yards. And houses with yards in the McHenry area. But none that take dogs. I've found apartments that take dogs but they have no yard.

Needless to say...the search continues....with much frustration!

If anyone knows anyone who has a rental available, let me know....

It's Official!

We are engaged (as of 4/27/2013). I'm at a loss. Deer in headlights. Happy but...stunned....a million things to be done. Ring forthcoming - one has been picked out but it's being modified (a beautiful marquis main stone is going to replace the insipid little princess cut one that was in the ring) and needs to be paid off, so it'll be a few weeks but there it is.

Not a great pic but it's the only one I took.

Thank you, my beloved - whoa. I can't call him Boyfriend anymore. Well, thank you my beloved betrothed! Jeeze, that sounds so...goofy. Lol.

Beating My Head Against the Wall of Stupid...

Clients are bad for my health. I think my blood pressure skyrocketed beyond the range of "normal" today.....

1) Client asks why I can't make the rectangular image she sent me fit proportionally into the square space....

2) Client: When will my update be finished?
     Me: My hope is to have it done today. I will let you know when we've finished the programming.
     Client: Ok, thanks.
     Me: The programming has been completed, please review at your convenience.
     Client: What am I looking at?

3) Client receives scam email. Forwards it to a lawyer and asks what he should do. Lawyer says while it's important to protect your trademarks, this is a scam, ignore it, blah, blah, etc, etc. Client then forwards email to me, with a very panicked message about not knowing what should be done and asking what action should be taken. I reiterate that it is a scam and should be deleted and forgotten. Client says "Okie dokie, that was easy peasy". SOMEONE NEEDS THEIR MEDS INCREASED.

Helsingborg

So I was cleaning out my computer - purging various old files as I am prone to saving everything for no good reason and I found a text file that contained this:

1710 In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.

Now this leaves me wondering WTF I was doing and why I thought that was apparently noteworthy enough to have its own file. While I am partially Swedish, I am not particularly interested in history, so I really cannot figure out for the life of me what this was about.

Though I do think the o's with the little slash mark are very cute....