I Believe In Miracles

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Saying you're busy sounds like such a sad excuse sometimes. It is vague and could mean so many things. It simply says you don't have the time you'd like to do whatever you want.

We are very busy lately. Working away. Next week I believe I have a few days off for once. It seems that once we save up some money, something happens. Yesterday, I took a trip to the bank to deal with overdraft fees. One was for being $.10 under with a transfer on the way from my savings. The guy was very unhelpful and pretty demeaning. I am pretty sure I am not an idiot when it comes to my money. At least I hope not. It was a hard day.

I have been in touch with Jay F. Jeweler for the past few weeks. We were going to fully redesign my antique ring and have really amazing rings. I have realized a few things along this process. As you most likely know, we are saving up for the wedding and getting our own place. If Michael is saving up for those as well, what help is another payment process? I would like a new ring. One that reincarnates the antique ring Michael proposed to me with two Decembers ago. It is just a ring though. I have two perfectly good silver rings with czs and getting Michael a simple silver ring will be $20 or less I believe. I would hate to place us in a position where our savings would be minimal.

With all this said, I am going to hold off on getting my ring. I would much rather have an awesome wedding and an amazing home with Michael, before I would get an expensive trinket on my finger. It can be a one year anniversary deal, or even a five year anniversary, I just don't need it now. Spending my life with this boy is so much more valuable than any piece of metal and stone. I can't exactly express in words how much he means to me, but I think some of you may understand

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Our tattoos will be our version of the ring. :laughs: We are going to get tattoos after the wedding. They will each be the keys to each others hearts. They will be over our sternums. Probably antiques skeleton key in appearance and somehow incorporating the things we love about each other. No names, just forever a key to one anothers hearts.

Ready for story time?
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I hate reading long entries too.
Okay, if you're ready...This is our journey through rings.

It all really started on June 27th. That one year anniversary together was great. We were pretty much homebodies for the evening. We talked about everything possible, including marriage. We were laying on Mike's bed just talking the night away. Mike then rolled off the bed, was on one knee and took a $.25 ring and asked me to marry him. I said yes to this plastic ring with 5 googly eyes looking back at me. It was silly and fun to do, but the way my heart raced at the thought of it being real, wow. On the drive back to my place, it was almost silent. I asked Mike if it felt real to him too. He said yes. This is how we quietly engaged.

A week or two later we took a trip to Duluth together. I believe it was the best week I have ever had. On a day trip to Gooseberry falls, we went to a really dorky tourist shop. He actually had some really cool rings made of steel and cubic zirconia. We each got one and they sort of pretty much matched. With those rings, everybody started asking questions. Oh my goodness, it was so silly.

We admitted to being engaged, but really didn't want to make it official and tell the family until Mike got a real ring. So we sat on our hands and said we would like to get married for six months. That is when our year and a half together came by. Two days after Christmas, we went to the depot for some ice skating. I love ice skating so much. It wore me out and we were hungry. We braved the winds and went along to Kin Dee, a little thai place kitty-corner to the Guthrie theater. We shared a plate and the world's best company. After dinner, Mike suggested we walk along the stone-arch bridge. It was so cold and my brain must have been frozen because I wouldn't agree to it. :laughs:

There we were in the chilled wind, stuffed with food, and tired. We went back to Mike's place after a super long drive. We luckily made it out of Minneapolis, having taking chance turns when we passed our exit. The Beatles were cranked up and I was singing along. Once we made it home, our song came on, and Michael told me, "I can't wait any longer". He got down beside me and had a box with a gorgeous antique ring inside. I was crying immediately. So sappy, so ridiculous. I did manage to get a "yes" out there at some point. You always think about what you are going to do when that someone pops the question. Never in a million years did I see myself crying and confusing the love of my life.

can we say beautiful?

Then we had the ring. We told everyone. To my knowledge everyone was happy for us. It only took me two months to ruin the ring. The prongs were not as strong as we would have liked and have lost two stones. It was such a sad day, and we are hoping to someday reincarnate it through another ring. So for now I have a perfectly good pair of silver rings that will work for the ceremony. How about that.

I have to say, you really just know when you are going to be with someone forever. No doubts, no questions, and no worries. There is no need to rush into things if you know you are going to spend your entire lives together.