Ron loves Twizzlers.

Okay, here's a bit of back story for everyone. I have started and deleted a blog at this address no less than four times. I've never been much of a blogger...

You know, that's not true. I was big into blogging back in middle school, but pretty much everything I had to say was irrelevant and stupid and generally the typical whiny, 12 year-old girl crap that one would ordinarily expect. Nowadays, the vehicle I used for such posts--my beloved LiveJournal--is more or less a dumping ground for my Twitter updates and I'll rarely post something worth reading.

Enter this particular blog. I can't guarantee anything lovely, or of good report, or praiseworthy will be seen here, but I just want to see how well I can keep up with the goings-on in my life. Now seems to be as good a time as ever because...

I'm spacing this out so as to incite anticipation.

I GOT ENGAGED ON SUNDAY! HOLY CATS!

My fantastic and brilliant boyfriend Nathan made a ring box out of origami paper (no pattern, I might add!) and asked me to marry him during a walk on Centennial Trail after Stake Conference. Of course, I said yes! I'm sure I could discourse for hours about how great Nathan is, but I'm afraid it would read a lot like Twilight if I were to do so. Except Nathan is not a fictional character, nor dead, nor creepy. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, LADIES AND GENTS. NATHAN WEST > EDWARD CULLEN.

I'm way too lazy to upload my own pictures of the ring and the box, so if you're curious, check out a couple of blog posts from my be-awesome future mother-in-law HERE and HERE. (I sincerely hope someone got that reference.)

So what now? Wedding planning. I honestly have no idea where to start. We've got the date (December 19th) and we've reserved a room at the Seattle temple, but THAT was the easy part. Tomorrow I'm going out with my mom and Nathan's sister Stephanie to try on some different dresses to see which styles don't look completely heinous on me. We're hoping to have my dress made by the same woman who made my sister Rachel's wedding dress in 06, but it will help to have some ideas to go off of!

Luckily for us, the entire planet seems to have our back and we'll have a lot of help. What I need to be focused on--first, foremost, and continually--is keeping calm and doing my best to not get stressed out over the little things and in the meantime enjoy my engagement! I'll only be engaged once!

Happy trails!