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Engagement Dinner Tonight

By Jim | December 1, 2007

So the dinner that was originally planned as a surpirse dinner after the proposal seems to have now turned into our actual engagement dinner.  The intention was really just to make the proposal night special and allow our parents to get to know each other, but since I popped the question early and the news spread, we now have a few more guests coming than originally planned.  The more the merrier!  Lia’s family are all very warm and fun people, as are my family, so I can’t wait for them to meet and mingle.  Pics to follow.

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Our Guestbook

By Jim | November 27, 2007

We’d love to hear from all of our friends and family who visit this site, so this post will serve as our guestbook.  If you feel inclined, please take a minute to leave a comment below! 

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I Done Did It

By Jim | November 27, 2007

So uh…*ahem*…Lia and I are getting MARRIED!

Not quite according to plan - I just couldn’t wait and I wanted to do it in time for Thanksgiving dinner.  But it’s on…oh, it is so f%$cking on!

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Planning The Proposal

By Jim | November 17, 2007

My name is Jim and I created this site as a unique way to propose to my incredible girlfriend, Lia.  I’ve always felt like a marriage proposal can be serious and formal, lighthearted and fun, thrilling and crazy, or anything that matches the personalities and interests of the couple involved.  As a web professional and someone who is generally fascinated by the Internet, it made a lot of sense to incorporate something like this into my marriage proposal.  I hope this blog provides an opportunity to share with everyone the exciting times that lie ahead for Lia and me.  This assumes she will agree to marry me!  If not, this will all have been very embarassing and I will quickly delete this blog.

Lia is out on a photography job tonight, which has conveniently provided me the opportunity to work on this site.  I have a Flash designer working on the presentation that I will use for the actual proposal.  Here is the plan:

I’ve told Lia that we are going out to dinner with my mother, sister, and brother-in-law.  We’ll be dressed up and ready to leave, and just before we go, I’ll tell Lia that she needs to check her email because my sister sent her directions to the new restaurant we’re going to try out.  When she opens the email from my sister, there will be a “directions” link.  When Lia clicks on that link, the main page of this site will open and I will be standing nearby with the ring.  After she sees the Flash presentation and is totally surprised and teary-eyed, I’ll propose the old-fashioned way, on bended knee.  After that, we’ll go to dinner as planned, but to Lia’s surprise, there will be a larger group than she expected, including both of our immediate families.

Ok I have work to do.  Lia will be home soon and I need to get some things accomplished because this whole thing is planned for December 1st and I may not get much time to myself before then.  Wish me luck!

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