I've kind of taken a week off from knitting and crocheting! It's been so hot here, I have hardly wanted to touch it. But I'm still working on a baby blanket for one of my friends (due in September). I have all of the squares done, and only have to sew them together and add the border. I don't have a picture of all of them, but here's what they look like:
But my newest WIP? I'm in the earliest stages of wedding planning! My boyfriend proposed!
In case anyone is interested in the how: We went to Findley State Park and rented a little
cabin (for only one night, the hassle of setting up a tent wasn’t really
worth it), and hung out doing camping things all day.
He waited until
after midnight so that technically it was July 18th--and we’d officially
been together for five years and one month! He had his phone playing a
love songs playlist, and he said he had a present for me. He gave me one
of the treasure chests like you can get at Hobby Lobby or Joann’s. It
had ten little brown paper bags in it that were labeled 1-10. There was a
little notebook that explained that each gift was significant to an
important moment in our relationship, and the tag on each one would
explain why he chose that. So they were things like: a little Wall-E
figurine because that was our first date (and “Wall-E always loved Eve,
like I’ll always love you”), a little eraser cheeseburger
and fries because we met working at McDonald’s together, a little teddy
bear because we’ve been doing a lot of long distance and at the
beginning we made Build-A-Bears for each other… I won’t list them all,
but they were all adorable! Then the last one, he said he wanted to make
sure I read the tag before I saw what it was, so he got the tag out and
handed it to me, and it said “Will you marry me?” And then he had the
ring out and I started crying and I said yes! He didn’t get down on one
knee or anything, because it all happened so fast! But it was perfect,
and I love that it was just us. :)
The best part is, that I didn’t suspect anything! Even with the love
playlist and the earlier presents! When we both go to school in a few
weeks, he’ll be at Ohio State University and I’ll be at Wright State
University. He’s said before that he doesn’t want to be engaged when we’re not
in the same city. But we’ll only be an hour apart, so it isn't too bad! But
that’s why I didn’t expect anything! Our plan is to wait to get married
until two summers from now, after I graduate and he’s done with the
school portion of his Med School. Then I’ll be able to move to Columbus
with him!
I'm so excited for our future together!!
-CH
