i'm posting!

HI Everyone, especially Ma and Lisa! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but big things have been happening around here lately seems as two weeks ago today Big Guns and I got engaged!! I guess I've been off on the posting lately because I've been spending my time daydreaming with Big Guns about our wedding and about our life together. It's really wonderful, and really hard to believe at the same time...THis weekend I finally got my ring back from the jeweler. It had to be resized. I always thought girls were shallow and silly with all their talk of rings and weddings and other frilly stuff because the important part is finding another person you can love so much and want to wake up next to every day, but I was shocked at myself for how quickly I became attached to THE ring. :) It has been a long two weeks waiting for it to come back! I was nervous driving with Big Guns to pick it up on Saturday morning. It's all sparkley and shiney. I feel like a movie star, but it isn't the ring so much, as it is the meaning behind it. How lucky I am to find someone who makes me feel so happy. I really can't wait for every minute we share together. We still don't have a date, or a location decided on yet...Maine for sure, but we're undecided about whether it will be the rockland area or portland...both have pros and cons...so we'll have to do some real exploring here in the next couple of months...in any case, we're shooting for summertime in the hopes that the weather will be more cooperative and attractive:)
yesterday we went to jen's for a birthday cookout in honor of jen's, aunt jo's and ronnie's birthdays. it was really fun and we wound up staying until 8pm. i love being able to drop by her place again..it's just like it always used to be...only we're grown up now! (or atleast we're supposed to be!) We filled today up with errands. Alfie had to get his nails clipped again so we took him up to PETCO in NH. Life is so much easier with a place like that around. Alfie does not like to have his nails done. He acts like a rabid coyote from the moment they start until they stop. The lady had to place him in a harness that looked big enough to restrain a German Shepard in order to get down to business. My heart broke for both of them. I bought him some catcandy afterwards. I'm hoping to train him to associate getting his nails done with getting catcandy so he is less resistant. I'll keep you posted on how it goes. That's all the news I have for tonight. It's just about bedtime!