She Said:
What started out as a normal day, soon became the best day of my life so far. It was the Friday before Christmas, and I had taken it off work. As I was cleaning my room, Joe called to see if I wanted to get lunch. He said he was taking the day off early. I was excited because this means we were able to hang out during a week day, which doesn’t happen too often (except for holidays like this). Of course I wanted to go to lunch! So, Joe picked me up at my house and we headed out. “I was thinking we eat at somewhere that starts with a W.”
Hmm, let’s see, well we’ve never had it but, “Wahoo’s Fish Tacos?” I answered.
“No, Woodstocks!” Said Joe. Oh! I didn’t even think of that because that’s in San Diego. Yes, that sounded good, but he wasn’t serious.
“Okay, but you are still in your suit from work. Don’t you want to change first? You are not serious!”
“Yes, I am! I don’t need to change, we are just going down there for lunch and then coming back.”
Hmm, I thought, true he really doesn’t need to change clothes if we just go for
lunch. But for those who know Joe as well as I do know that he is not the most spontaneous guy, so I still wasn’t sure he was serious. He has lately surprised me by being more adventurous, but still… So I did what any girl in my situation would do, I called his bluff! “Alright, let’s go!” Not thinking he’d really go.
Well Joe proved me wrong and drove to the 57 freeway. So we were on our way to San Diego to our favorite pizza place, Woodstocks. The drive down was beautiful and filled with good conversation. At Woodstocks we ordered our favorite pizza, jalapeno and mushroom, and a giant beer. YUM! We sat in OUR booth that we always sit in. Feeling nostalgic and romantic I was thinking it was about time to finally carve our initials into the wooden seat (everyone does) at our booth. So I ask Joe to borrow his knife, and to answer your question: yes, Joe does carry a knife even when wearing a full suit! I began to carve “Ally + Joe.” Then Joe says, “Put the date too.” I didn’t think anything of it at the time, so I did. Little did I know he mentioned having the date carved as a marker for the day he proposed to me… so romantic and yet so sneaky!
After a fabulous lunch, Joe asked what I wanted to do, because “we are going to hit traffic if we leave right now.” I didn’t know what to do. Usually I’d suggest hanging-out at the beach, however Joe was in his work suit so that idea was out. I was up for anything. Joe slyly suggested we take a walk around our alma mater, San Diego State. This is not such an off-the-wall suggestion either, because we have done that numerous times. So I thought it was a great idea.
We pull up to the Zura parking lot, a familiar parking structure for both of us. We park, cross the street, and start heading toward the campus. Joe says to me, “Let’s go by the dorms first.” I was totally for it. So we arrive in the front of Zura Hall Dormitory. Joe suggested we go inside and try to go to the fourth floor (where we lived), but the dorms were closed for Christmas break so we weren’t able to. He says to me, “Ahh, Mija, this is where we first met.”
I was thinking to myself, gosh, he’s being awfully romantic! But I was loving it and going with the flow. I said, “Ahh, I know.”
Joe says, “Give me a hug.” So we hugged and kissed. Yes, very romantic indeed. Let’s just say, Joe knew how to set the mood alright. As we hugged again, he says, “There’s something I want to ask you.”
Okay here’s the internal conversation I had with myself at that that moment: “Ask me? What is he talking about? Oh my gosh. No. No, I think he might propose to me right now. No. No, Allyson it’s probably not what is happening and you are going to get real mad if it turns out to be nothing and you built up your hopes.” Meanwhile, my heart had instantly dropped to my stomach, regardless if I was sure or not that this was a proposal. So I cautiously answered, “Yes?”
Immediately Joe drops on one knee. WOOOSH! My mind is pretty much a blank sort-of fuzz after that. I can’t even tell you what words he said to me because a wall of emotion hit me like a ton of bricks. It was unlike anything I have ever felt before in my life. Pure, raw emotion filled me up. I started crying, I know that much. Joe said I answered, “Of course! Of course!” We just stood there hugging for awhile, meantime I was trying to catch my breath. I started to feel dizzy, and asked to sit down on a familiar bench near us. We sat down and I was still crying. Tears of joy – of course! I was giddy too, I was giggling randomly. I just couldn’t believe it. I think it was just so many different emotions at once: joy, shocked, amazed, love, etc. It is really hard to describe it in words, but I am happy that I got to feel this way at least once in my life. I think everyone should be able to feel it. Like one of Joe’s famous sayings, “If I could bottle that feeling and sell it, I’d be a millionaire.” Yup, this is one of those feelings!
We sat for a little while, finally Joe says, “Don’t you want to see the ring?” UMMMMMM, let me think – YES, of course!!!! It was nothing short of breathtaking. It is the most beautiful ring ever! He did such a great job picking it out!!!! Just amazing. I put it on IMMEDIATELY! Haha!
We decided to go to a local bar to have a couple of celebratory drinks. Meanwhile we text messaged our friends and called our parents to tell them the good news! I also got a chance to place all the pieces of the puzzle together; why Joe couldn’t sleep the past couple of nights, why he was doing so much work after hours, and why my mom went out to dinner without my sister, niece and nephew (I just thought she was majorly stressed out of her gourd!). His story of his adventure of buying the ring with his mom and Kelly making him take a picture with the salesman was my favorite! Haha!
We were emotionally drained. We arrived to Joe’s house and were pleasantly surprised to find the floor covered in rose petals, champagne on ice, two glasses near, wedding magazines, wood in the fire place, and a congratulations card. His roommates, Jodie and Brandon, had set this up for us! We were stunned! It’s funny, because before we knew it was Jodie and Brandon’s doing, I said, “Did you do this?” and Joe replied, “I wish I thought of this!” HAHA, so funny indeed. Anyways, it was so nice of them and deeply appreciated. A wonderful ending to the most perfect day of my life, thus far!
He Said:
For those of you who have heard this, sorry but it must be told again in print form so it may be saved for generations to come. First of all I think I should get a medal for being able to keep this a secret from just about everyone. Even Allyson. If you know me, keeping secrets is not one of my stronger points.
This story actually begins a few days before the proposal. I went to my parent's house for dinner on December 17th. This was nothing out of the ordinary as I am fortunate enough to live close to my parents so we have dinner together often. This evening however quickly changed from a casual dinner into much more. I am not sure who started the conversation of Ally and me and our plans for the future, I have a feeling it was my mother since she just loves to pry information out of me, but we ended up talking about marriage. When I told my parents that I was going to marry Allyson, my mom said "that means you love her… and I love your father" and then she started to cry. Once my mom pulled it together, rings were the new topic of conversation. Truth be told, I had planned to go ring shopping with a buddy of mine, but for one reason or another I had flaked on him 3 weeks in a row (cold feet maybe). I told my mom that I needed some help ring shopping because I had no clue what I was doing. Well the next day I found myself over at the jewelers that my mom has been going to for 15 years. After spending about 10 minutes in the shop I saw the perfect ring. I knew it was perfect because Allyson had showed me 3 dozen pictures of what types of rings she likes. She is a master of subtle hints. After I purchased the ring, things were becoming official! I was going to get engaged!!! It's funny, I think my mother was more excited than I was. My hands were only shaking a little.
The jeweler had to set the diamond so I had to go back and pick up the ring later in the day. This was something I was planning on doing on my own… or so I thought. When I was half way there my mom called me. When she found out that I was picking up the ring she said to wait for her to meet me there. Little did I know that she and Kelly would come racing into the parking lot with a camera and a video camera to take pictures of me picking up the ring? Crazy ladies. I got shoved back into the store so they could get picture of me picking up the ring. Well now that I had THE ring, the next question was how, where, and when, was I going to propose.
It would be an understatement to say I didn't sleep much between getting the ring and the actual proposal. I think I was getting like 3 hours a night.
The how,
Being a traditionalist, at least in my own mind, I wanted to ask Allyson's parents before I proposed. That was problem number 1, number 2, I had no idea of how I was going to do it.
The where,
After wrestling with many, many ideas I decided that San Diego was the perfect location, more specifically in front of Zura Hall at San Diego State University where Allyson and I first met. San Diego is a city that will always be close to my heart. Ally and I spent some of the best years of our lives there. Although we weren't in a relationship together we were great friends and roommates. We have so many fond memories there; it really was the perfect location.
Now I knew where I wanted to propose but I had a much bigger problem… asking the parents! Talk about freaking out! Asking Allyson would be easy… asking her dad… not so much.
I struggled with this one for days. Finally after about 10 calls to my mom, I got up the nerve to call Becky and ask to meet her and Mike for dinner. Thursday night December 20th was going to be D-Day. I meet up with Becky and Mike (mom and dad) at 9:00 pm at Acapulco off the 60 freeway. I got there about an hour before I needed to, a bit excessive I know but tend to get lost and I didn't want to screw up such an important meeting. I went in at the appropriate time and met Becky who was already there. Thankfully Mike was right behind me. We all exchanged pleasantries and then the waiter seated us. I was so nervous! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the two of them pick up menus and start looking at them as if the 3 of us go out to dinner every Thursday at 9:00pm without Allyson. The waiter took the drink order and I just couldn't take it any more. I had to address the elephant in the room. I asked them right then and there. I don't remember the exact wording but I am confident it was good. Becky said yes right away but Mike had a few more questions for me. Once he made sure that we were all on the same page, his blessing was quick to follow. Becky and Mike asked me when I was going to ask Allyson, I was planning on asking her on Saturday.
That night when I got home I slept the sleep of a 100 men. It was the first time since I had gotten the ring that I didn't toss and turn all night!
After a full nights sleep I woke up feeling on top of the world. I had gotten a ring, I had decided on where to propose, I had asked her parents for their blessing… there was just one little thing… I had to figure out how to get Allyson down to San Diego, easier said than done. I could just see us getting in a fight on Saturday because she had made plans to go to Sarah's house and I would be adamant about going to San Diego. I was quickly realizing that Saturday was out. Friday was going to be the magic day. I knew I was going to have to come up with a reason to go to San Diego, this way she wouldn't think it was weird that I was insisting on going. I wanted this to be a total surprise. With much forethought, I figured a little misinformation would help my cause immensely. Earlier in the week I had mentioned to Allyson that I was craving a pizza from our favorite pizza place by SDSU. This had to be a well calculated move. I had planted the proverbial seed. The next step was to water it. Over the next few days I mentioned wanting pizza again and again but always careful never to make it a big deal. On Friday I got off work at 1:00 and told Ally I would pick her up for lunch. When I picked her up, we headed straight for San Diego. She wasn't totally sure that we were actually going to San Diego until I got on the 5 freeway. But because of my strategic planning she suspected nothing other than great food from Woodstocks pizza. He he he he.
After hitting a bit of traffic on the way down we finally got to Woodstocks! Ally and I ordered our favorite pizza jalapeño and mushroom and 2 monster sized Bud lights. The pizza was amazing, the beer was cold and the conversation was a delight. It was perfect. And to top it off I wasn't nervous. Allyson even carved our name and date in the wood of the booth we were sitting in. I am not a fan of vandalism and would under normal circumstances be 100% against it, but the booths in this restaurant are covered with hundreds and hundreds of people's names that have been carved in over the years. After we got done eating I suggested we go to SDSU to walk around as we often do when we are in San Diego.
This time I made sure to park in the parking lot that was closest to the dormitory Zura Hall. Now came the hard part, I had to get this giant ring box out of my car and into my pants pocket with out Allyson seeing. I faked like I forgot something in the car and quickly shoved the box in my pocket. As we were walking toward campus I said "Let's stop at Zura Hall". So we walked over to the front of the building and stopped. I began to tell her how glad I was that we went to school together and how lucky I was that we ended up in the same dormitory. Then I said "Allyson I love you and I want to ask you something". I got out the ring and dropped to one knee. I looked up at her and asked "Will you marry me"? She practically ripped my arms off picking me up squeezed the air out of me with a giant hug. She said she felt a bit dizzy so we sat on a bench outside of Zura Hall and just hugged. After about 2 minutes I asked her if she would like to see the ring. Up until this point she hadn't even glanced at it. Of course she loved it!!! She practically picked it out. We were getting cold so we decided to go to one of our old hang outs, Effin's pub. We had a beer and started calling people and telling them the good news. After being at the pub a while and hanging out with an old friend that met up with us we decided to go home.
We got home physically and emotionally tired from the days events. We walked in and saw that my roommates had left the kitchen light on for us and much more. Jodie and Brandon had gone to Las Vegas for the weekend. I looked toward the living room and noticed rose petals all over the floor leading to the fireplace. The fireplace had been stacked with wood and a note that said "ready to light". Next to the fireplace was a card congratulating us on our engagement, 2 bridal magazines, a bucket of ice with a bottle of champagne in it and 2 champagne flutes. The living room was covered in candles that were ready to light. It was perfect. We lit the candles and the fire, turned out the lights and opened the champagne. The rest of the night was spent fireside sipping champagne, talking and laughing.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Adventures at Sea
He Said:
I will just go a head and say it I am really excited about adventures at sea. After visiting a couple of other options I am confident in our decision to go with this company. The boat we will be married on is quite grand. It is well over a hundred feet long and has 3 decks. It is tough, but I am going to try to limit my description of the boat and leave it as a bit of a surprise to our guests when the step aboard. Allyson and I were fortunate to find this place early in our search. In fact it was the first place we looked at. Allyson actually found the place in a bridal magazine or something like that. To be honest I was actually uninvolved with the initial selections of wedding locations. In my defense, I figured we would be looking at tons of them and no one goes with the first place they look at. I was wrong again. The decision to book our wedding with Adventures at Sea was quickly made after our 2nd meeting with LIZ a representative/ wedding coordinator from Adventures at sea. We were not able to see the ship during our first meeting because she was docked in Long Beach. But on our 2nd meeting with Liz we actually got to board the Endless Dream and see all of her potential. It was also a chance for Allyson and me to make a better assessment of our coordinator Liz. She is a person that we will be working very closely with over the next 6 months and in my mind it was just as important we liked her as it was that we liked the location. Her willingness to be as involved as Allison and I wanted was very reassuring. She has a ton of great ideas but also knows when to back off and let us take things in our own direction. As we were walking off the ship I had decided this is where we were going to get married and Liz was going to help coordinate it. I stopped halfway down the gangplank and told Liz that we don’t want to work with any one else. Over a nice lunch with the ship in the back ground Allyson and I talked it over and rehashed all the pros and cons and agreed that we would look at a few other places but we both knew this was where we were getting married.
She Said:
We found it! We found it! We found it! YeAAAh! Okay, so I fell in love with the idea of getting married on a yacht that cruises through the harbor, the minute I read about it in a wedding location magazine. Joe had actually heard from a couple of people at his work about this type of wedding too, and liked the idea. So we made some appointments to get a better idea. Sure enough I fell in love with the first place we went and I hadn't even seen the boat yet!! Just the fabulous costumer service, the packages to choose from, and the unlimited options given. I was amazed. I always thought of myself getting married on the beach, but this idea of Joe and I on a boat cruising through the harbor, during sunset no less, was starting to put my ol' dream to rest. Joe and I left Adventures at Sea feeling both confident and excited. But we did not want to make a quick decision, we needed to look elsewhere.
Meanwhile view other locations, in my mind, still thinking of the yacht charter, but trying desperately to keep an open mind. We did however make an appointment with Adventures at Sea to visit the actual yacht we would have the wedding on (if we choose to), currently docked in the Long Beach Harbor. The yacht, "Endless Dreams" is nothing short of breathtaking! It's huge! 140 feet to be exact. When you are on it, you do not feel like you are on a boat, it feels like giant rooms with a fabulous view. Check out the link posted to the right under the title "location." It offers a picture of the boat (doesn't do it justice) and a photo gallery of inside the boat. So, Joe and I were getting the tour of the boat, and I just felt SO giddy! It just felt right. I wondered what Joe was thinking, but I was clued into what questions he was asking about it, and from that I felt pretty confident that he was liking the idea too!
After the visit, Joe and I discussed "Endless Dreams' over lunch. Yup, my hunch was right, he loved it too! One thing I love about Joe is his confidence in his decisions. He just said, "Alright, let's do it." My mind- Wow, that was easy, a little too easy. And typical response from me was just like repeating all the reasons I think it's a good idea. This is something I believe Joe and I have learned about each other. He has learned just to let me talk it out and explain to him (really myself) why I want to make the decision; and I have learned to not badger Joe to talk more about it, he truly did just make his decision and doesn't need to process it aloud. So, that's pretty much how it went that lunch. He was ready to sign some papers, and I talked about how ready I was to sign some papers!!
I will just go a head and say it I am really excited about adventures at sea. After visiting a couple of other options I am confident in our decision to go with this company. The boat we will be married on is quite grand. It is well over a hundred feet long and has 3 decks. It is tough, but I am going to try to limit my description of the boat and leave it as a bit of a surprise to our guests when the step aboard. Allyson and I were fortunate to find this place early in our search. In fact it was the first place we looked at. Allyson actually found the place in a bridal magazine or something like that. To be honest I was actually uninvolved with the initial selections of wedding locations. In my defense, I figured we would be looking at tons of them and no one goes with the first place they look at. I was wrong again. The decision to book our wedding with Adventures at Sea was quickly made after our 2nd meeting with LIZ a representative/ wedding coordinator from Adventures at sea. We were not able to see the ship during our first meeting because she was docked in Long Beach. But on our 2nd meeting with Liz we actually got to board the Endless Dream and see all of her potential. It was also a chance for Allyson and me to make a better assessment of our coordinator Liz. She is a person that we will be working very closely with over the next 6 months and in my mind it was just as important we liked her as it was that we liked the location. Her willingness to be as involved as Allison and I wanted was very reassuring. She has a ton of great ideas but also knows when to back off and let us take things in our own direction. As we were walking off the ship I had decided this is where we were going to get married and Liz was going to help coordinate it. I stopped halfway down the gangplank and told Liz that we don’t want to work with any one else. Over a nice lunch with the ship in the back ground Allyson and I talked it over and rehashed all the pros and cons and agreed that we would look at a few other places but we both knew this was where we were getting married.
She Said:
We found it! We found it! We found it! YeAAAh! Okay, so I fell in love with the idea of getting married on a yacht that cruises through the harbor, the minute I read about it in a wedding location magazine. Joe had actually heard from a couple of people at his work about this type of wedding too, and liked the idea. So we made some appointments to get a better idea. Sure enough I fell in love with the first place we went and I hadn't even seen the boat yet!! Just the fabulous costumer service, the packages to choose from, and the unlimited options given. I was amazed. I always thought of myself getting married on the beach, but this idea of Joe and I on a boat cruising through the harbor, during sunset no less, was starting to put my ol' dream to rest. Joe and I left Adventures at Sea feeling both confident and excited. But we did not want to make a quick decision, we needed to look elsewhere.
Meanwhile view other locations, in my mind, still thinking of the yacht charter, but trying desperately to keep an open mind. We did however make an appointment with Adventures at Sea to visit the actual yacht we would have the wedding on (if we choose to), currently docked in the Long Beach Harbor. The yacht, "Endless Dreams" is nothing short of breathtaking! It's huge! 140 feet to be exact. When you are on it, you do not feel like you are on a boat, it feels like giant rooms with a fabulous view. Check out the link posted to the right under the title "location." It offers a picture of the boat (doesn't do it justice) and a photo gallery of inside the boat. So, Joe and I were getting the tour of the boat, and I just felt SO giddy! It just felt right. I wondered what Joe was thinking, but I was clued into what questions he was asking about it, and from that I felt pretty confident that he was liking the idea too!
After the visit, Joe and I discussed "Endless Dreams' over lunch. Yup, my hunch was right, he loved it too! One thing I love about Joe is his confidence in his decisions. He just said, "Alright, let's do it." My mind- Wow, that was easy, a little too easy. And typical response from me was just like repeating all the reasons I think it's a good idea. This is something I believe Joe and I have learned about each other. He has learned just to let me talk it out and explain to him (really myself) why I want to make the decision; and I have learned to not badger Joe to talk more about it, he truly did just make his decision and doesn't need to process it aloud. So, that's pretty much how it went that lunch. He was ready to sign some papers, and I talked about how ready I was to sign some papers!!
Finding the perfect spot
He Said:
Some of you may know that I have a background in Real Estate, and there are only 3 things you need to know about real estate… Location, location, location.
The same should also be said about weddings. I have been told by others that once a location is picked the rest falls into place. I am not going to hold my breath. Who would have thought this would be such an undertaking. Allyson, God bless her soul took it upon herself to find some locations to have the wedding. I have to say she did a good job! All the places we went to were beautiful and I had a good time checking them out except for one, but we won’t talk about Electra cruses. We had an especially good time visiting wineries in Temecula. Not only was the wine flowing freely but we had the company of both of our moms as well. I think we are blessed to live in California there are just so many options it’s actually overwhelming. I am we spent the time to look around at a few places but we didn’t kill ourselves searching endlessly.
She Said:
Even though Joe and I didn't look at too many locations, I do believe it's for the better. To be honest, the more places we went to or received information on, the more confused I became. So many things to weigh; What do the packages include? Am I being nickel and dimed for additions? It costs HOW much?!?! Not to mention a horrible experience in which a wedding coordinator made us wait almost three hours for our appointment (not including arriving early for the meeting) because she was "running behind schedule." Actually, that was a defining moment for me because the patience Joe showed at that location was truly a sign to me that this boy is ready to get married.
I had to checkout the Temecula Wineries. I mean come on, beautiful location and amazing wines! I had a feeling it might be out of our intended budget, but I figured there is only one time in your life you get to look at locations for your wedding, right? So both of our mothers, Stephanie and Beckie, joined us for an afternoon of pre-wedded bliss! Both locations we visited were absolutely amazing, beautiful landscape, and great food and wine. This was also a great experience because it was the first time our mothers spent time together. They had only met once before, at my graduation party, and probably did not spend much time chatting there. Needless to say, they got along famously. Actually, on the way home from Temecula, we were discussing ideas for creating this blog. Even though we did not chose to go with a winery in the end, I am so glad we had an opportunity to explore (and I became a wine club member to one of the wineries we visited!!! heehee).
Some of you may know that I have a background in Real Estate, and there are only 3 things you need to know about real estate… Location, location, location.
The same should also be said about weddings. I have been told by others that once a location is picked the rest falls into place. I am not going to hold my breath. Who would have thought this would be such an undertaking. Allyson, God bless her soul took it upon herself to find some locations to have the wedding. I have to say she did a good job! All the places we went to were beautiful and I had a good time checking them out except for one, but we won’t talk about Electra cruses. We had an especially good time visiting wineries in Temecula. Not only was the wine flowing freely but we had the company of both of our moms as well. I think we are blessed to live in California there are just so many options it’s actually overwhelming. I am we spent the time to look around at a few places but we didn’t kill ourselves searching endlessly.
She Said:
Even though Joe and I didn't look at too many locations, I do believe it's for the better. To be honest, the more places we went to or received information on, the more confused I became. So many things to weigh; What do the packages include? Am I being nickel and dimed for additions? It costs HOW much?!?! Not to mention a horrible experience in which a wedding coordinator made us wait almost three hours for our appointment (not including arriving early for the meeting) because she was "running behind schedule." Actually, that was a defining moment for me because the patience Joe showed at that location was truly a sign to me that this boy is ready to get married.
I had to checkout the Temecula Wineries. I mean come on, beautiful location and amazing wines! I had a feeling it might be out of our intended budget, but I figured there is only one time in your life you get to look at locations for your wedding, right? So both of our mothers, Stephanie and Beckie, joined us for an afternoon of pre-wedded bliss! Both locations we visited were absolutely amazing, beautiful landscape, and great food and wine. This was also a great experience because it was the first time our mothers spent time together. They had only met once before, at my graduation party, and probably did not spend much time chatting there. Needless to say, they got along famously. Actually, on the way home from Temecula, we were discussing ideas for creating this blog. Even though we did not chose to go with a winery in the end, I am so glad we had an opportunity to explore (and I became a wine club member to one of the wineries we visited!!! heehee).
We NEED a Blog!
He Said:
why we have a blog
I guess the first topic to talk about is why we need a blog. I think the word need is to strong of a word and should be used sparingly. I think the reason that Ally and I are writing a blog is two fold. First, I wanted to do it, and second, I wanted to do it. Just kidding. I saw Micah and Melissa’s wedding blog I thought it would be fun to let people see what Ally and I are going through. If we do this right, we will have a he said, she said type feel to it. I think it would be fun for us to each give our perspective of different events leading up to the wedding. I have a feeling this, could be very reveling as to how the two of us think. I am sure we will have very different views on things. Should be fun!
She Said:
So, my brother Micah is engaged. Melissa, his fiancee, decided, like most brides now days to create a blog to record the pre-wedding happenings. Very cute! I forwarded the URL address to Joe to check it out. HE LOVED IT! It was like a whole new world for Joe. Pretty funny, indeed. I'm pretty sure it was an eye-opening experience for him that couples do this. I reminded him that his OWN roommate Jodie and her fiance has a web blog/site as well, but he had no idea. Joe cracks me up! "We need to do that, Mija!" and next thing you know, here we are...
The "He Said, She Said" idea was inspired by a late 80's/early 90's movie with the same title. It's a comedy with Kevin Bacon, and worth the rental fee. Basically it's about a couple who tell their story from each perspective.... and it totally plays on the typical gender stereotypes of how each see each other. Funny stuff!! Check-it-out! But hey, like they say there is three sides to the story, HIS side, Her side, and the truth! By getting both of our perspectives my clue the reader into what really might have happened, plus give Joe and I an opportunity to learn more about each other. Hope this experiment works!
why we have a blog
I guess the first topic to talk about is why we need a blog. I think the word need is to strong of a word and should be used sparingly. I think the reason that Ally and I are writing a blog is two fold. First, I wanted to do it, and second, I wanted to do it. Just kidding. I saw Micah and Melissa’s wedding blog I thought it would be fun to let people see what Ally and I are going through. If we do this right, we will have a he said, she said type feel to it. I think it would be fun for us to each give our perspective of different events leading up to the wedding. I have a feeling this, could be very reveling as to how the two of us think. I am sure we will have very different views on things. Should be fun!
She Said:
So, my brother Micah is engaged. Melissa, his fiancee, decided, like most brides now days to create a blog to record the pre-wedding happenings. Very cute! I forwarded the URL address to Joe to check it out. HE LOVED IT! It was like a whole new world for Joe. Pretty funny, indeed. I'm pretty sure it was an eye-opening experience for him that couples do this. I reminded him that his OWN roommate Jodie and her fiance has a web blog/site as well, but he had no idea. Joe cracks me up! "We need to do that, Mija!" and next thing you know, here we are...
The "He Said, She Said" idea was inspired by a late 80's/early 90's movie with the same title. It's a comedy with Kevin Bacon, and worth the rental fee. Basically it's about a couple who tell their story from each perspective.... and it totally plays on the typical gender stereotypes of how each see each other. Funny stuff!! Check-it-out! But hey, like they say there is three sides to the story, HIS side, Her side, and the truth! By getting both of our perspectives my clue the reader into what really might have happened, plus give Joe and I an opportunity to learn more about each other. Hope this experiment works!
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