We're Engaged!: My Rendition
The following course of events are real and unimagined. Pretty hilarious which is very Kim and Andrew too.
June 28th, 2006.
Kim: “Happy Birthday Andrew!”
Andrew: “Ah-thang-cue. Oh yeah, by-the-way. I know you wanted to drive me to the airport when I come in August but my mom wants to because you did last time.”
Kim: “Sure no problem.”
Still no suspicions at this point.
July 1st weekend
Linda: “Hey Kim, so we are thinking of having a special dinner up here at Paper Dasies on the weekend of August 12th. We’d love to have you here. Can you make it?
Kim: Sorry, I’ll be at a friend’s wedding that day, can we do August 13th?”
Linda: “August 13th it is then!”
Kim: “What’s the occasion?”
Linda: “Just having some special young people over for dinner and you must be there!”
Liz: Errrrrrrrrrrrr…..
Kim: “Ok, Andrew’s flight is at 6pm and his mom’s driving him to the airport right after church, so I’ll definitely be able to come for dinner.”
Linda: “Oh good!”
Kim: hmmmmmmmmmm…trixie little Andrew?
July 4th
Kim: “Hey so I’m gonna be up at Paper Dasies on August 13th.”
Andrew: “Oh yeah? What for?”
Kim: “Actually, I’m not sure. A dinner for some special young people. Linda & Liz know a lot of people. Besides, you’re leaving for the airport early with your parents that day so it works out eh?”
Andrew: “Yup, have fun.”
Kim trying to catch Andrew off guard: “So, I’ll see you up at Paper Dasies for dinner August 13th right?”
Andrew: “Whaaaaaaaaaat? You’re crazy.”
Kim: “I’m not crazy, I’m suspicious of you, but I’m not crazy…”
Andrew: “No I won’t be there.”
Kim: yeah right
August 14, 2006
Kim on the 401: “Crap, I’m late for dinner. Andrew better not be there…that would be so sneaky.”
Andrew on a hill in the bush: “Stupid mosquitos.”
Kim calling Andrew on route: “Answer your freakin’ phone so I can see if you’re at the airport or not!”
Andrew on a hill in the bush: “Man, I can’t answer my phone because of the stupid bugs out here won’t shut up.”
Kim pulling into the Paper Dasies driveway: “Crap, almost ran over that vase of tulips on the ground. Why the heck are there a vase on the ground? Maybe Linda or Liz put them down and forgot about them.”
Linda and Liz come to greet Kim and tell her to go on a treasure hunt while they get dinner ready. OK now I knew what was going on.
Kim: “Ok, follow the path of tulips on the ground. Got it. What a waste to leave them here though. Maybe I should pick them up.”
Liz: “Don’t do that. Just walk like you drive, really fast, and we’ll take care of the tulips for you.”
Kim down a hill: “Andrew must be at the bottom of the hill by that winding path.”
Andrew on another far-away hill: “What’s taking her so long?”
Kim up around a winding path: “Andrew must be waiting at the pond.”
Andrew still on the hill: “Did she fall asleep at home?”
Kim by the pond: “What the frig. These tulips better not go all the way back to the house!”
Andrew yet on the hill: “Man, I hope she didn’t figure it out and then go back home to change. She’s just crazy enough to do something like that.”
Kim wheezing and sweating up yet another hill: “Ok, Andrew really knows how to make a person work for their treasure. There’d better be a ring at the end of this…CRAP, a mosquito bite (on the fourth finger of my left hand which started to swell instantaneously), WHY?!
300 Tulips and 12 mosquito bites later between the two of us, I finally make it to Andrew at “the swing on the hill” (those who have been there know what I’m talking about). My finger had swollen so much, my onyx ring was so tight I was trying to get it off before I had to amputate my finger.
Andrew with a proud smile on his face: “Yeah, you’re gonna have to take that off so I can give you something else.”
Kim wincing in pain: “Nooooooo…you don’t understand!”
Andrew: “What’s wrong?”
Kim: “A mosquito bit me on my ring finger and if you’re here to give me a ring, it’s not going to fit because my finger looks like a mother huge sausage!”
Andrew: “Ok, come sit over here on the swing. Don’t worry, we’ll put it on your right hand.”
Kim scratching her hand furiously: “OK”
Andrew: “So, how do you want me to do this? On my knee? Stand? Sit? What?”
Kim: “Just give me the ring you freak.”
Hahahaha…and the rest…well, that’s all y’all need to know really. Can’t let you in on all our secrets can we? I’m sure this story sound crude rather than romantic but really, Andrew and I have a very frank and weird sense of humor and really, that’s the way we like it =P. It was romantic in an Andrew AND Kim sort of way.
P.S. I said yes, but Andrew loves telling people I said “no” so be warned! My finger looks like my niece Faith’s leg still so I’ll be wearing this ring on the right hand for a while people. I have 294 pink tulips sitting at home right now in vases, bowls and buckets because we couldn’t find enough places to put them, and 6 in my office. If you want to know where to get 300 pink tulips that are out of season in the middle of August, ask Andrew…I’m sure he’ll give his rendition of this story in his blog once he gets a chance back in California. And to Danny, Linda and Liz…we love you!
June 28th, 2006.
Kim: “Happy Birthday Andrew!”
Andrew: “Ah-thang-cue. Oh yeah, by-the-way. I know you wanted to drive me to the airport when I come in August but my mom wants to because you did last time.”
Kim: “Sure no problem.”
Still no suspicions at this point.
July 1st weekend
Linda: “Hey Kim, so we are thinking of having a special dinner up here at Paper Dasies on the weekend of August 12th. We’d love to have you here. Can you make it?
Kim: Sorry, I’ll be at a friend’s wedding that day, can we do August 13th?”
Linda: “August 13th it is then!”
Kim: “What’s the occasion?”
Linda: “Just having some special young people over for dinner and you must be there!”
Liz: Errrrrrrrrrrrr…..
Kim: “Ok, Andrew’s flight is at 6pm and his mom’s driving him to the airport right after church, so I’ll definitely be able to come for dinner.”
Linda: “Oh good!”
Kim: hmmmmmmmmmm…trixie little Andrew?
July 4th
Kim: “Hey so I’m gonna be up at Paper Dasies on August 13th.”
Andrew: “Oh yeah? What for?”
Kim: “Actually, I’m not sure. A dinner for some special young people. Linda & Liz know a lot of people. Besides, you’re leaving for the airport early with your parents that day so it works out eh?”
Andrew: “Yup, have fun.”
Kim trying to catch Andrew off guard: “So, I’ll see you up at Paper Dasies for dinner August 13th right?”
Andrew: “Whaaaaaaaaaat? You’re crazy.”
Kim: “I’m not crazy, I’m suspicious of you, but I’m not crazy…”
Andrew: “No I won’t be there.”
Kim: yeah right
August 14, 2006
Kim on the 401: “Crap, I’m late for dinner. Andrew better not be there…that would be so sneaky.”
Andrew on a hill in the bush: “Stupid mosquitos.”
Kim calling Andrew on route: “Answer your freakin’ phone so I can see if you’re at the airport or not!”
Andrew on a hill in the bush: “Man, I can’t answer my phone because of the stupid bugs out here won’t shut up.”
Kim pulling into the Paper Dasies driveway: “Crap, almost ran over that vase of tulips on the ground. Why the heck are there a vase on the ground? Maybe Linda or Liz put them down and forgot about them.”
Linda and Liz come to greet Kim and tell her to go on a treasure hunt while they get dinner ready. OK now I knew what was going on.
Kim: “Ok, follow the path of tulips on the ground. Got it. What a waste to leave them here though. Maybe I should pick them up.”
Liz: “Don’t do that. Just walk like you drive, really fast, and we’ll take care of the tulips for you.”
Kim down a hill: “Andrew must be at the bottom of the hill by that winding path.”
Andrew on another far-away hill: “What’s taking her so long?”
Kim up around a winding path: “Andrew must be waiting at the pond.”
Andrew still on the hill: “Did she fall asleep at home?”
Kim by the pond: “What the frig. These tulips better not go all the way back to the house!”
Andrew yet on the hill: “Man, I hope she didn’t figure it out and then go back home to change. She’s just crazy enough to do something like that.”
Kim wheezing and sweating up yet another hill: “Ok, Andrew really knows how to make a person work for their treasure. There’d better be a ring at the end of this…CRAP, a mosquito bite (on the fourth finger of my left hand which started to swell instantaneously), WHY?!
300 Tulips and 12 mosquito bites later between the two of us, I finally make it to Andrew at “the swing on the hill” (those who have been there know what I’m talking about). My finger had swollen so much, my onyx ring was so tight I was trying to get it off before I had to amputate my finger.
Andrew with a proud smile on his face: “Yeah, you’re gonna have to take that off so I can give you something else.”
Kim wincing in pain: “Nooooooo…you don’t understand!”
Andrew: “What’s wrong?”
Kim: “A mosquito bit me on my ring finger and if you’re here to give me a ring, it’s not going to fit because my finger looks like a mother huge sausage!”
Andrew: “Ok, come sit over here on the swing. Don’t worry, we’ll put it on your right hand.”
Kim scratching her hand furiously: “OK”
Andrew: “So, how do you want me to do this? On my knee? Stand? Sit? What?”
Kim: “Just give me the ring you freak.”
Hahahaha…and the rest…well, that’s all y’all need to know really. Can’t let you in on all our secrets can we? I’m sure this story sound crude rather than romantic but really, Andrew and I have a very frank and weird sense of humor and really, that’s the way we like it =P. It was romantic in an Andrew AND Kim sort of way.
P.S. I said yes, but Andrew loves telling people I said “no” so be warned! My finger looks like my niece Faith’s leg still so I’ll be wearing this ring on the right hand for a while people. I have 294 pink tulips sitting at home right now in vases, bowls and buckets because we couldn’t find enough places to put them, and 6 in my office. If you want to know where to get 300 pink tulips that are out of season in the middle of August, ask Andrew…I’m sure he’ll give his rendition of this story in his blog once he gets a chance back in California. And to Danny, Linda and Liz…we love you!
Comments
Love you a million times over
Kris
CONGRATULATIONS
now u can bust out that wedding plan
you've had since u were born....
I read the story and it was hilarious!!!!!!!!!!! i laughed so hard!
OOOOoooOooooOOOOoooo i love you both so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wish you both a BEAUTIFUL life together!
narae. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHOA HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
narae.