I'm gettin my MRS.

That's right, folks.  I got the rock.
You are looking at talking to reading the blog of the future Mrs. Hoffman.  (Man, that's gonna take some getting used to...)  On Thursday of last week, Ryan finally gave me the rock.  Not that it was a shock or anything since I had picked out the stone and the setting...but I hadn't seen them together.  So it was kind of a shock.  A good one.  One I told him he could feel free to repeat on any random day of the week he wanted.  We've been discussing getting married for quite some time now.  I can't even remember exactly when it was that we began talking about it because it's seriously been that long in coming to fruition. (Love that word!!)   So Anyway, he surprised me with a million white balloons and pulled out this little black box and said..."So...do you want the ring now?"
Seriously.
*crickets*
And apparently my brain short-circuited for instead of saying, "Excuse me??" I simply went with, "YESPLEASEOFCOURSEIDO!!"
And that was that.
So...er...romantic.

 Please excuse my wrinkly fingers...

This light doesn't do it justice...

So yeah.

I'm gonna get married.  :)  To my best friend.  How unbelievably cool is that?!

Everyone keeps asking if we're going to have a huge wedding or where we're  going on our honeymoon...but all I can think of is: we can have a routine together.  We can get in a habit of doing our laundry and washing our dishes and cooking meals together.  We can set alarms for the same time every day.  We can set the coffee maker to brew automatically all week long.  We can paint walls in the house.  We can walk the dog in the evening.  And one of us won't have to leave and drive 2 hours to his/her life.

I can see him everyday!!!!!!

For now, that's my joy.  Just enjoying knowing that God has a plan for us--that we will face the future together, and that we really will be able to do all things through Him.  I believe that we are strong, logical, independent people who could make it through anything together.  And so we will.  :)  

[/cheesy gushing.]

I'm off to go smile at everyone and everything now.

~r.