Mimi: I’m still trying to figure out how to make our wedding registry vital to national security.
Stanley: You’re already planning our wedding registry?
Mimi: Oh, since I was twelve. And I’ve already taken off the list luxury items that we already have such as your Star Wars collectors’ glasses. -Jericho

I’m so excited to finally be able to fill out a wedding registry! Of course we still have to set the date, but when we do…we’re going to have so much fun picking out things for the registry. I just need to tell my practical Virgo side that it’s ok to register for pretty things, like serving platters and a new dinner set, instead of
allergy mattress covers or a vacuum (though I’d be happy with those too!). I love shopping off registries because you know the person you’re giving for actually wants these things. I want to try to avoid getting anything super weird-thanks for the baby maker blanket grandma! That’s not awkward at all…

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Lily: Hey. I’m just sitting here. Wearing my ring. My beautiful ring. Kinda makes wearing other stuff seem wrong. Like… my shirt. Kinda don’t wanna wear my shirt any more. Or my underwear. Oh, that’s right, I’m not wearing any.
Marshall: [stops working and looks at Lily] No underwear?
Lily: Not even slightly.
[Camera pans to show Ted is in the room]
Ted: Guys…boundaries! -How I Met Your Mother

As promised, I will give you the details of the proposal. Now that we’re back from Oregon I can also give you better pictures of the ring. So here’s the story of how Match asked me to marry him. (more…)

Monica: You wanted it to be a surprise.

Chandler: Oh my God.

Monica: Chandler… in all my life I never thought I’d be so lucky as to fall in love with my best — my best — There’s a reason why girls don’t do this!

Chandler: Okay, okay, I’ll do it. I thought: wait, I can do this. I thought that it mattered what I said or where I said it. Then I realized the only thing that matters is that is that you — you make me happier then I ever thought I could be. And if you let me, I will spend the rest of my life making sure you feel the same way. Monica, will you marry me?

Monica: Yes! I knew you were likely to take a wife!

Joey: Can we come in yet? We’re dying out here!

Monica: Come in! Come in! We’re engaged!

Joey: Yeah, you are! -Friends

More to come…but I just wanted to share.

George: [as the plane is about to crash] Jerry! Can you hear me?!

Jerry: Yeah.

George: There’s something I have to tell you!

Jerry: What is it?

George: I cheated in the contest!

Jerry: What?!

George: The contest! I cheated!

Jerry: What?! Why?!

George: Because I’m a cheater! I had to tell you.

Jerry: Great! I won! -Seinfeld

The winner of $25 in my first giveaway is Lindsay at Crafty Chic Mommy for her caption:

Superman I know it’s you, unveil yourself! Thank you to everyone that participated in my first giveaway! I let Match decide, and he cracked up at your captions, but thought the idea of him being Superman was just too appealing. Merry Christmas everyone!!

We crawl, then walk, then run, all in an effort to move further away from where they came from… home. I know firsthand the thrill of what changing one’s surroundings can do for one’s heart, and now I also know that sometimes staying home and letting others go can be its own fantastic journey. Because when you let go of something, you make room for something else entirely, something you never expected, something that makes “home” seem like its own unexpected adventure… A trip where new treasures are found around every old corner, for the world and all its complexities come right to your doorstep. -Marin, Men in Trees

Don’t forget to enter my contest below everyone. I’ll pick a winner on the road and announce it before Christmas *hopefully!* But do enter, please, I want to give away some $!!

A big thanks for the blog award from Jen, at Welcome to the Jungle! I love awards where you have to list things. I’m a big fan of lists. You should see the various to do lists at my house, at my work, on my crackberry…

Now, here’s the award rules: Copy the award image in your post. Then, list 10 things that make you happy, try to do at least one of them today, and tag 10 bloggers that brighten your day. For those 10 bloggers who get the award, link back to me because you’re nice like that!

Since we’re leaving tonight for Oregon, I’ve got home on the brain. I’m making my list about 10 things about going home that make me happy: (more…)