Hidden here is my proposal to my wife, she got her full out proposal on our first anniversary.
SPOILERS! (Click to view)
The whole video is like 20 minuets long, so this is just the "money shot". And here is what had led us to this point;
1) Liz has all of these grandiose ideas of how things should be, weather or not they are practical or physically possible. She usually gets wants, and so she is not inclined to hearing the words "NO it cant happen". She wanted to come down the weekend before we started packing crap and go to Universal Studios with her Niece, My Sister and her Mother, she also wanted me to come with. But after just spending all my vacation personal time and sick days up while in the hospital in March, I was plum out of time. Our original plan was that my last day with Sysco would have been June 16th and I would burn my 3 weeks of sick and vacation time. Since i had blown that time all i had left was my charm and stunning good looks; witch as you may know left me with someware between shit and shineola. But i worked it out with work and they were unexpectedly cool about it. I kept telling Liz that there was no way i could come to pick her up at the air port, she told me to quit, i said i didn't want to ruin the seven years job history for a ride on a roller coaster. She didn't like any of these answers, they were all NO.
2) Meanwhile, back at the ranch, unbeknownst to Roy, My sister and I were being busy little beavers. Knowing that we were going to Universal Studios Orlando, and that Liz likes to consider herself a budding young Thespian. I figured that we could get her on-stage for some show and do something, but what could we do.
3) This is where the three following things occurred to me 1) I still didn't have a wedding ring, after a year. 2) I never got down on a knee and proposed to her. and 3) I needed to show her how much i loved her. My sister and I made some calls and we got in touch with the stage crew, and arranged it for the 1 PM Saturday show. The show
Horror Movie Make-up Show. Both my sister and i have seen it Independently and thought it was a riot. I had my Sister buy the ring i liked, I couldn't buy it, Liz looks at my bank statements online all the time.
So, we had a plan, we had a ring, what else could go wrong?!!?!
Liz's mom hadn't been feeling well, and announced that she wasn't going to go to the parks. Liz was all bent out of shape about this and some other things. So I called Liz's mom and told her what was up. "its a surprise... I did get the day off of work... and if I didn't tell you that i was going to propose here at Universal and you decided not to come along you would kill me" . She agreed to tag along.
My sister and I picked up the motley crew at the airport, Liz was surprised as hell and very excited to see me. Saturday morning it was like an asylum being run by the insane. The 60, 28, 24 and 12 year old babies all had snapping tongue's. Liz's mom is a case study in someone who can never throw anything away. Liz gets pissed off at one little thing and takes it out on everyone, My sister well shes just not a morning person. Our Niece has issues with her health, she has two or three siblings whom all have medical conditions also. I don't think she was liking to share the spotlight with Liz and Myself, we adults don't normally plan stuff when we do things with the kids. All in all the weekend was a smash success, i have had nothing but that-a-boys, and a few "you done good"'s.
OK it took me all freaking day to write that, hospitals suck.
The whole video is like 20 minuets long, so this is just the "money shot". And here is what had led us to this point;
1) Liz has all of these grandiose ideas of how things should be, weather or not they are practical or physically possible. She usually gets wants, and so she is not inclined to hearing the words "NO it cant happen". She wanted to come down the weekend before we started packing crap and go to Universal Studios with her Niece, My Sister and her Mother, she also wanted me to come with. But after just spending all my vacation personal time and sick days up while in the hospital in March, I was plum out of time. Our original plan was that my last day with Sysco would have been June 16th and I would burn my 3 weeks of sick and vacation time. Since i had blown that time all i had left was my charm and stunning good looks; witch as you may know left me with someware between shit and shineola. But i worked it out with work and they were unexpectedly cool about it. I kept telling Liz that there was no way i could come to pick her up at the air port, she told me to quit, i said i didn't want to ruin the seven years job history for a ride on a roller coaster. She didn't like any of these answers, they were all NO.
2) Meanwhile, back at the ranch, unbeknownst to Roy, My sister and I were being busy little beavers. Knowing that we were going to Universal Studios Orlando, and that Liz likes to consider herself a budding young Thespian. I figured that we could get her on-stage for some show and do something, but what could we do.
3) This is where the three following things occurred to me 1) I still didn't have a wedding ring, after a year. 2) I never got down on a knee and proposed to her. and 3) I needed to show her how much i loved her. My sister and I made some calls and we got in touch with the stage crew, and arranged it for the 1 PM Saturday show. The show
Horror Movie Make-up Show. Both my sister and i have seen it Independently and thought it was a riot. I had my Sister buy the ring i liked, I couldn't buy it, Liz looks at my bank statements online all the time.
So, we had a plan, we had a ring, what else could go wrong?!!?!
Liz's mom hadn't been feeling well, and announced that she wasn't going to go to the parks. Liz was all bent out of shape about this and some other things. So I called Liz's mom and told her what was up. "its a surprise... I did get the day off of work... and if I didn't tell you that i was going to propose here at Universal and you decided not to come along you would kill me" . She agreed to tag along.
My sister and I picked up the motley crew at the airport, Liz was surprised as hell and very excited to see me. Saturday morning it was like an asylum being run by the insane. The 60, 28, 24 and 12 year old babies all had snapping tongue's. Liz's mom is a case study in someone who can never throw anything away. Liz gets pissed off at one little thing and takes it out on everyone, My sister well shes just not a morning person. Our Niece has issues with her health, she has two or three siblings whom all have medical conditions also. I don't think she was liking to share the spotlight with Liz and Myself, we adults don't normally plan stuff when we do things with the kids. All in all the weekend was a smash success, i have had nothing but that-a-boys, and a few "you done good"'s.
OK it took me all freaking day to write that, hospitals suck.
more to follow... soon
happy summer solstice!