The Proposal Part 1 ~ According to Ashley

June 12th was my RDO. I had been thinking about this for a little while. So I decided to go and do what was right for me. I decided to go and buy the engagement ring. I hopped into my car and drove into Geelong, looked at some rings through the glass and went inside. OH MY GOD. There were so many rings and styles to look at and I was so nervous. Then I looked at THE RING and I knew it was the one, so I purchased.

June 15th and I was speaking to Sheridan on the phone and trying not to give her a hint of what I had planned. Sheridan did not have a clue. PERFECT!

June 16th and I woke up after a pretty good sleep. Sheridan had said she would be down after lunch. But I still did not know how I was going to propose as yet. I remembered Sheridan liked tulips, so I popped down to the florists. I had trouble finding yellow ones as they are her favourite. Eventually, I found some and got home.

The flowers were my decoy as I had said that I had a surprise. This was the first time that I had purchased Sheridan some flowers.

I wanted to look nice, so I had a shave and out on some aftershave. Sheridan arrived and I mentioned that I had not eaten. We went out in the car and then I said that I had forgotten my sunnies and went inside to get them. Picked up the sunnies and THE RING. Put the lovely RING in my pocket and went to the car. I then said we should head down the coast to a restaurant called Growlers. On the way, all I could think about was proposing. Sheridan was rambling away and I was just agreeing. Then we arrived, walked inside and sat down, ordered, ate lunch and then.....

To Be Continued...

The Proposal Part 1 ~ according to Sheridan

It was a normal Saturday. At least I thought it was. It was Geelong weekend, so I packed up my bag, organised Monty and hopped in the car to start the weekend. Before I left, Ash texted and said that he had a 'surprise for me' I had absolutely no idea what it could possibly be. The drive to Geelong was easy...hardly any traffic, so made it just after lunch. But as I was driving another text came through where Ash said that he hadn't eaten, so should we go out for lunch?

Arrived at the house and Ash gave me my surprise. My favourite flowers. Yellow tulips!

They were absolutely perfect and beautiful and I was very surprised as he had never given me flowers before! I did comment that he had shaved. in hindsight, this was unusual as Ash never shaves on a Saturday, nor does he wear aftershave that much.

Ash suggested that we go to a place in Torquay that we had been to before when we had first started seeing each other.

Sat down, ordered lunch, chatted, ate lunch.

Then it all went quiet..... TO BE CONTINUED!

The Big Shift

Well, last week more than signified the drastic move from spinsterhood to that of a fiancee!Yep, not only do I have the ring, but also the key. But it was a hazardous trip to get to the home of my beloved. The week at work following the proposal was massive. Lots of female teachers squealing away and getting excited and gagging to hear the whole story of how Ash made the moment memorable. They, then made the week memorable by throwing a massive pink themed engagement party, where I had to wear a pink crown and wings and was surrounded by pink food. Trust me... there is more pink food in the world than you would think! Had a lovely day and felt like a superstar...there was only one thing missing and that was Ash sharing it with me. As lovely as everything was, it was quite surreal as he wasn't there to share it with. That's why when we have an official party...it will be so important that we plan it together...at least we will be able to be there together!

So, managed to get through the last week of school. even though it went by in a blur. Parent/Teacher interviews, my performance review and then packing up the house. All done in a happy haze. Many times, I almost had to pinch myself as I couldn't believe what had happened. Seeing as I was at my place and he at his, it seemed weird and unreal. The only evidence being the beautiful ring and the golden yellow tulips in a vase on my table.

BUT, moving day did arrive. Mum came and stayed with me so that she could help me pack up and the place was a mess. Incredibly, we had some kind of order happening when Ash arrived with the trailer and the Ute. Threw stuff in there and in my car and off we went. Only to repeat it again later. Our first night in our home, after hours of packing, lugging boxes around and me whining, was spent eating a roast dinner from a takeaway shop. (Whilst Ash dodged across a freeway, I had to hold the cat in her cat carrier as she had worked out an ingenious way to escape from it)

Now a week later, I just have to return to the old place and spruce it up before handing the keys over to the real estate agent. The days of living alone are but a distant memory, I am home. Home being with Ash, Oscar, Monty and Princess.

WE'RE ENGAGED!

Well...the BIG NEWS IS....

Ash proposed on Saturday!

(More details to follow in the next post!)

I stand corrected...for the moment

The unbelievable happened on the weekend. Ash beat me at Uno. 3-2. I am still in shock. He also beat me at Monopoly.

Ash is the Monopoly Champion.

(See Ash, I can admit it!)

The game started off badly for me. I was in jail non-stop and it was all over when Ash bought Park Lane and Mayfair. But I can concede defeat with dignity. But...it will not happen again...I will reign supreme once more! Mwoar hahhhhahahahhahah!

Don't mess with the Princess!

Well, last week, the neighbours moved out. Obviously they unsettled a mouse nest as Princess moved from her watch post on the fence, to hovering around the bottom of it. yes, she caught her first mouse. A baby one at that. As befitting her nasty sense of humour and disregard for the pain and suffering of others, (she regularly stalks Monty and jumps on him) she played with the mouse in a creepy way. Tossing it in the air and catching it. Enjoying the torment somewhat, but a little confused as how to finally kill it. So, as she scampered to the garden bed with the mouse in her mouth and then placed it on the ground, I finished it off with a brick. The poor thing looked as if it had been flattened by a steam roller. Princess then sat next to the brick mewing, finally strolling into the house and prowling around like a lion. Eeeek!

The Countdown is on!

June is here! With it comes finishing school reports and correcting students learning diaries. Most importantly, it meant flipping the calendar over and seeing that my time in my own place is nearing an end and that the new beginning is near! Yay! Am so excited! With moving comes a million and one jobs and the list that I am ticking off is HUGE! Have already done a few things, like redirecting mail, but its the BIG jobs that are coming up like;

• Packing...the shed is full of boxes just waiting to be filled.
• The end of lease cleaning...thats a list on its own. The Real Estate Agent gave me a typed list that ran for 2 pages! The thing that I am dreading the most is cleaning the oven. Ergggghhh. I think Mum might enjoy that task!
• Cutting off the utilities. Mental note...pay electric bill, before that happens on its own!
• The garden...ahhhh at least my beloved will take care of that! Oh how I love him! I will miss the lavendar bush...will definately have to plant a new one.
• Tossing the clapped out washing machine on the nature strip for hard waste collection. Its the machine that actually groans as it washes.
• So many more things...so little time!

The good thing is at least I have leave to do the nasty stuff. Would never be able to do it if I was at work.

Its been a good week...but am looking forward to the weekend. Ash and I have just celebrated 8 months together. Time moves so fast and its been wonderful. We are still waiting for that first fight though. Try as we may, we just can't argue! That must be a good thing though?! I guess we either get along so well and are really compatible or we just can't be bothered picking faults with eachother.

Hopefully tomorrow, the agent wont knock on the door with a crowd of people to show through next door. The number system here is confusing, so he keeps coming here. Was not impressed to be caught in my dressing gown in front of strangers last week!