It’s hard to believe that over 4 years ago, Larry proposed to me. It was our 5th anniversary and we were headed out to dinner at our favorite (dearly departed) restaurant, “Novita” (pronounced, No-vee-tah). I was looking forward to their Chilean Sea Bass dinner I so often got there. Melt in your mouth fish with an incredible bed of mashed potatoes and olives surrounded by a delicate broth. Hmmm, I can still taste it. I know I spent the whole ride over there in anticipation.

Needless to say when we exited the car and started making our way to the door, I was blindsided by a large, fast-moving, talking banner with the words, “Amie Will You Marry Me?” written across it. It turned out that our best couple friends were wielding that banner from the other end of the restaurant parking lot. And for those of you who weren’t there, and that’s everyone reading this, I present you, “It’s Not Upside Down, Is It?”:

So fast forward 4 1/2 years later and we still haven’t sealed the deal. Needless to say, it’s bothered me this whole time. I mean, we’ve (I’ve) talked about it from time to time but never really fleshed it out. Well, maybe that’s not true. We did go see one place late last summer. And then again this past December we contacted the place we’re having the wedding at to ask about pricing. But it wasn’t until my recent loss that I realized we’d waited too long. About a week after my step-father passed away, I decided that we weren’t getting any younger, and neither were our family and friends and that we just had to move ahead and do this thing.

SO, WE’RE GETTING MARRIED!

It’s going to be a very simple, authentic, DIY wedding. Details to follow in upcoming posts, but yes, there will be some crochet somewhere in this wedding mix.

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