The basics.

HIS Proposal.

It was just a normal day. Thursday March 4, 2010

Our Engagement began with...

love declarations written on torn pieces of note paper. It felt like a normal Thursday and I certainly had no notion that a proposal was going to take place by the end of the day, yet it wasn't a normal day and a proposal would take place.

If you ask me, Johann has always been and will always be the sweet man who wants nothing but to make me happy. Knowing that, I had thought little of the love notes he nonchalantly placed throughout our apartment that day, except for the fact that it proved I had found a great man. Starting in the morning up until he arrived home from work, I would receive text messages leading me to the hidden spots of these special notes. Texts I received were vague and to the point, and not so sweet...just "you might want to.." notes, such as "I was grabbing out a pair of shoes this morning for work when I noticed your tennis shoes smelled. You might want to check them out and clean them" or "I noticed that it was dirty under the DVR player. You might want to dust under it." These are just examples, but you get the point. Some of the declarations were:

* Little by little our dreams are becoming reality!

* You are beautiful, amazing, and practically perfect...in every way!

* Te iubesc foarte mult! (translation "I love you very much!")

and the list goes on.

When Johann arrived home I made sure to bombard him at the door with a big kiss and hug for making me feel special that day. During my bombardment he once again nonchalantly threw a piece of paper on the couch, claiming I had forgot one note. It was during my stretch across the couch to reach for the paper that found him kneeling on the floor and holding a ring as I read the note of "Will you marry me?". Of course I said yes...one of the easiest questions I ever had to answer.

If that wasn't enough, the funny thing is that he had me make reservations earlier that day at a nice Italian restaurant "Neil's Pasta and Seafood Grill" here in San Pedro, CA. You would think I should have seen something coming, but little do you know that we had been planning on trying a few fancy restaurants to find a good place to take my parents to when they came to visit us on March 14th. I assumed this was the first place we would try...nothing special, just a trial restaurant that would get us closer to our decision on where to take my parents. You can say that it was a nice addition to a day filled with love notes and a marriage proposal. I recommend the Fettuccine Carbonara dish....delish!

And so our engagement began.