Rebekah is kinda jealous that I get to do scheming right now (ring, proposal, etc.) and wants to do some of her own. We both agree it's a bit early to start on wedding plans. Anyone have suggestions for her?
If she's to be scheming (which generally means she's doing something secretly pertaining to our relationship), maybe my weblog isn't the best place to comment on it. Nah.
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No fair. ;-)
Congratulations.
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Christine: Thanks for letting me know! I've updated the link.
Poor Rebekah ;-)
well, if you're is posting about your schemimg...then it really isn't scheming because rebekah can read it...soooo, she doesn't need to scheme either. how's that for rationale? ::grins:: it's pathetic, i know...but i tried!
@jax: If Tim is posting about scheming because he knows that Rebekah can read it and _hoping_ that she'll think that he won't be scheming because of that, then that would give him the perfect opportunity to be scheming after all ;-)
Yeah, but I'm not posting about my scheming. I mean, she already knows I'm doing this type of scheming (it's kind of a given). :P
maybe she could draw up schematics? sorry. it's fridy, at least.
i vote that rebekah should scheme about fun things to do when her boy gets back to his homeland... trisha and everybody else and i always have to sit around playing the "i dunno. what do you wanna do?" game. so rebekah, plan some fun thing (that preferably involves daylight and you, since he'll have missed you both) and be scheming about it. :)
Helen, that was my kind of joke. It's good to see that after being away from me for over half a year, you haven't forgotten my sense of humor. I'm glad I did some long-term rubbing off on you. ;)
Good answer, by the way. I certainly wouldn't mind this kind of scheming in the least.
Rebekah's actually quite good at scheming. A couple of years ago, her family gave me a trip to Disney World with them as a Christmas present. They'd been teasing me about it for roughly six months!
I seem to remember that was in retribution for something I did, but I can't remember what....
OK, Bekah, this advice is for you by way of Tim's blog, since we're never online at the same time . . .
You should probably start scheming about a) the wedding, which takes a million years to plan (I know, I'm planning one right now and it's a pain in the you-know-where. The one piece of real advice I would provide is: start looking for a caterer now, they're impossible!) and about b) Tim's engagement present (Yes, boys get presents too, although they're rarely as sparkly as the ones girls get).
Really happy for both of you--keep all of us RMWC girls posted about when it's truly official!
The way I've been acting for the past couple months, people (especially my family) might think it was official. But it isn't [untruly] official, I just get so excited sometimes that I tell myself I can just imagine or "browse" for caterers and dresses. The only thing that gets me is frustration because I've jumped ahead of myself, questions from my family asking me if there is a date (which starts to sound like "what is your major" or "what are you going to do when you graduate" which I also didn't have an answer for at the time) and even their participation in the silly preplanning. It goes beyond little-girlisms of "when I get married I want to wear a long white dress and sail to Cancun" because as time passes this new life that I imagine becomes more realistic. It no longer remains an event I can just dream about, but a life that I ask God's help to prepare for. But don't worry, when I've actually said "YES I WILL" (Whether it be shouted or whispered) you'll know because I won't be able to keep it a secret. When that time comes, I'll seek help and planning advice from anyone I can think of.
Whether he knows it or not, Tim has been a huge blessing and help because from his point of view us not being engaged yet means only scheming should be done - planning will involve more than just me. Even if I enjoy browsing at the time, when he requests that I stop I have a gently-hooked stage rod (like they use for bad comedians) to pull me away so I can more clearly look for a current focus. "Where am I now and what does this time allow me to do?" He isn't stiffling my imagination, he is helping me to refocus so that when that time comes we can share it together with double the excitement than I had when I was just browsing.
As for scheming, keep those ideas for time spent together and gifts I can give coming. The wheels of my imagination are moving. ;-)