304 Days to go

So...it's 304 days until October 21. Which may not even be the real date. Of course, that is something that we'll have to decide now that IT'S OFFICIAL!!!

I was suprised (or maybe I should say shocked) last week. We had discussed putting up the Christmas tree several different times, and were going to give it another shot on Wednesday. I got out the tree while I was waiting for Tim to get there. I dug out the ornaments and the tree skirt. We went to dinner. After all that, I was completely uninspired to do anything besides sit on the couch, but Tim kept encouraging me to work on the tree. He was almost pouting before I gave in and started putting ornaments on the tree. Of course, I have some ornaments that are worthy of the front of the tree and others that are best hung on the back. With every ornament that he got out of the box, he asked 'what about this one?' and I would tell him front or back. When the box was empty, we were checking the tree over for bare spots and he turned around with the ring in his had and said 'what about this one?'. I was shocked! I was speechless! I had NO idea that he'd been toting the ring around with him in his shirt pocket all evening waiting for the right moment. Or, that I had almost foiled his plan with my lack of enthusiasm for decorating the tree! It was certainly a HUGE surprise - and a pretty good one, at that!

So, now we are in what Tim refers to as the 'phased roll-out' of telling everyone. I've been trying to tell as many people as I can in person. It's so much more fun to see everyone's reaction than to just call them on the phone. There are still a few to tell (surprise, NSwank!) - and hopefully I will be able to do that soon.

That's one thing to check off my things-to-do list. I've lost 4 pounds. My house is still a wreck. And, we'll work on some wedding planning after the first of the year. :-)

326 days and counting

So, we are talking about getting married. It seems like that means a really long things-to-do list. In general:

• 'Officially' get engaged
• Plan a wedding
• Fix up and sell my house, buy a new house, and move
• Lose 40 pounds

That's all. Just 4 things. Should be a piece of cake, right? With a tentative date of October 21, 2006, there is plenty of time!

Today is the official start of the weight loss part. Mom and I are going to delve back into the world of Weight Watchers. It worked so well last year, I just hope that I can stick with it and actually lose all of the weight that I re- gained over the last 17 months, plus another 10 pounds or so. And so, it begins....tomorrow. We have to start off with a celebratory trip to Graeter's after the WW meeting tonight. That will be followed by a trip to the grocery store to stock up on all the 'good' stuff. We did that last year and it seemed to work. Maybe I'm being supersticious, but why mess with a good thing?

The 'official' engagement part is totally out of my hands. And I hate waiting. And not knowing what's going to happen - and when! I think the rest of my things-to-do list will fall into place once the 'official' part happens. At least I hope so.