I'm very excited!

I'm starting this blog so that you can all keep up with what Miranda and I are up too. If you had heard that we were engaged, it's not true, although I've actually purchased an engagement ring... I'm currently waiting for it to arrive! By the time you read this, I will have already proposed and hopefully she will have said yes... These are my thoughts for now though:

I've been pretty excited about this for a while now, once you decide to propose, it's hard to wait around for the right day! I've been trying to convince Miranda that I'm really busy with work and school so that I can both get extra time to plan this and so that she won't expect it. My hope is to propose on June 16th, a Saturday. That day I am going to a friends stag party, which begins with a Blue Jays game in the afternoon. After that, Miranda and I are going out for dinner to celebrate my last exam in University. I am then meeting back up with the stag party for nighttime festivities... or so Miranda believes.

We are going to walk from the restaurant (which will be downtown Toronto) towards the stag party, however, we have a little stop to make! I walked around downtown a few weeks ago trying to find the perfect place to propose, and I think I found a pretty good one. I wanted a place that was just off of the street, so that we could step into it without going out of the way. I wanted it to be rather unpopular, but beautiful, so that we could forever remember the spot as our spot. I plan to go down to Toronto tonight so that I can take a few photos, so I will post them when I get them. I bought about 10 candles and candle stands and recruited 3 helpers to set them up on that night. After dinner we will walk by this spot, step in, and the candles will be waiting! (so will the roses.) I think she will understand what's happening by then... but if you don't get it yet, that's when I get down on one knee!

I have kept these plans very secretive, only telling a total of 6 people (my 3 helpers, Miranda's Parents (asked for their blessing!), and my brother Ryan (checking to see if it was too close to his wedding) I think my family might be a little upset at the lack of knowledge, but I wanted it to be a surprise! Writing down these thoughts is actually helping me a lot, as I am going a little crazy not being able to talk to many people about this.

This has now gotten to be a very long post so I will conclude now,

I hope you will continue to enjoy this blog.