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08/25/2005 11:34:16 AM · #1






Last night I proposed officially to Kimberley Tara Parsley (member kim5814)....and she accepted. It was quite a lovely beautiful thing. I wanted it to be special. I wanted it to be worthy of both her and the Saj. I wanted it to be creative....

So several weeks ago I came up with an idea and waited impatiently for the ring's arrival (which was yesterday). With it's arrival and a seemingly impeccably gorgeous day the opportunity seemed ripe at hand. I had my mother take Kimberley away for a couple of hours. While she was away I set up my proposal....

When Kimberley returned with my mom she arrived at the back door only to find a card and a series of "fruit leather" strips leading up the stairs to the card. The card expressed my joy in finding her sweetness and enjoying her. This was followed by a second card on the inner door which said "You dream of rice but I dream of you...." it was in fact a clue and a play on the fact that she drinks "Rice Dream" because she can't drink milk. So inside the fridge was a container of chocolate rice dream (women like chocolate...right?) and another "card/clue". This one spoke of her aroma and scent and enjoying her freshness and referenced lightly those things that help to make ones hugs and kisses fresh as well of a promise of "Green Tea & Sympathy" (Kimberley being a big fan of green tea). This led to the bathroom where hidden in the medicine cabinet was a tube of green tea toothpaste and deoderant with green tea extract, the latter being made by a company called "J/A/S/O/N". Besides these was a white paper crane, the next clue/card, which read "Are you going to Scarborough Faire? Parsley, Saj...Will marry in Thyme!" This led her to the spice rack in which 4 little bags of spices were found; each bag respectfully containing Parsley, sage (Saj), rosemary (Will Marry), and Thyme (in Time) along with the next clue/card.

The next card was a beautiful dark gothic fairie card in which I wrote a poem describing her beautiful dark brown eyes and the feel of her dark hair intertwining around my fingers. How finding her was like finding a hidden treasure. And how sweet her love is for me. How it was like drawing bars of golden buried in a hole in the wall of a room that was once empty but is now filled with her love. This was a clue to the empty bedroom which she painted and patched the plaster, excepting a large hole in a closet, where I stuffed 5 bars of gourmet chocolate each wrapped in gold foil along with the next clue. One that spoke of how I would "Comb the world in search of her...and alas now I have found her and her love is sweet." This was to refer to a container filled with fresh bee honeycomb and placed beneath an old bee hive in my eaves. This would lead her outside where I had strewn 8 dozen worth of roses to form pathways across the yard.

The final and last clue referred to roses, and as she read I stood by the rose bush in my yard at the end of a pathway of roses. In front of me was a lone rose (er...cause all my rose bushes blossoms fell off a few weeks ago so I had to jury rig a rose to the bush....*hee hee*). Inside the lone rose was a ring made of rose gold and set upon it 5 diamonds that glistened with tiny rainbows in the sunlight.

When she found it and cuddled her head into my shoulder I took up the ring and said to her "Kimberley Tara Parsley....will you marry me?" and she nodded and softly whispered into my ear...."YES"

: )

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Message edited by author 2005-08-25 11:34:27.
08/25/2005 11:37:08 AM · #2
Congrats, man!

You look great together.

All the best from Switzerland,
Bruno
08/25/2005 11:38:58 AM · #3
Congratulations to both of you!
08/25/2005 11:45:43 AM · #4
Congrats to the both of you! Is it me, or is everyone getting engaged this summer? ;o)
08/25/2005 11:45:50 AM · #5
Congratulations Jason, I hope the two of you have a wonderful life together.
08/25/2005 11:48:38 AM · #6
Originally posted by Olyuzi:

Congratulations Jason, I hope the two of you have a wonderful life together.


me too, and we both plan on it...

(and after waiting 29 yrs, and yes, I mean having waited till I found this one, it will be nice to enjoy life with someone is so many ways)
08/25/2005 11:49:48 AM · #7
that was just so sweet. congrats to both of you.
08/25/2005 11:49:51 AM · #8
Congratulations and best wishes :)

Penny and I have been married 31 years today (Aug 25th) :)
08/25/2005 11:49:55 AM · #9
Pretty elaborate proposal; after all that work, darned good thing she said "yes", eh? Congrats to both of you.

R.
08/25/2005 11:54:30 AM · #10
Aww..that is beautiful! Congrats to both of you!
08/25/2005 11:55:52 AM · #11
<raises glass> Here's to the happy couple! Congratulations!
08/25/2005 11:56:48 AM · #12
CONGRATS you guys!!! That is so cool I bet she savored every moment of anticipation! Hope you are very happy together and enjoy countless year of good sex! hehe ;0)
08/25/2005 11:57:24 AM · #13
Congrats to you both. All your work preparing for the proposal payed off.

Linda
08/25/2005 11:57:46 AM · #14
Congrats, Jason! You both look very happy- :-)

Your setup sounds like a scavenger hunt I sent my wife on for our anniversary once (I proposed in a hot air balloon, though).
08/25/2005 12:00:54 PM · #15
Originally posted by RHoldenSr:

Congratulations and best wishes :)

Penny and I have been married 31 years today (Aug 25th) :)


Wow....congratulations....

Message edited by author 2005-08-25 12:01:13.
08/25/2005 12:01:32 PM · #16
Originally posted by scalvert:

Congrats, Jason! You both look very happy- :-)

Your setup sounds like a scavenger hunt I sent my wife on for our anniversary once (I proposed in a hot air balloon, though).


So Shannon, what you're telling me is that your proposal was full of hot hair... ;)
08/25/2005 12:03:43 PM · #17
So do you think there are any wedding photographers around here?

Congratulations on your dream girl's yes. Sounds like your mother likes her and that is always good.
08/25/2005 12:05:31 PM · #18
Congratulations to both of you!
Very sweet.
08/25/2005 12:06:55 PM · #19
Originally posted by theSaj:

So Shannon, what you're telling me is that your proposal was full of hot hair... ;)


She might agree. ;-P

The funny thing was her comment earlier that morning that we knew each other so well that surprises were impossible. Bwahahahaha! She thought we were just going to watch the balloon festival.
08/25/2005 12:38:30 PM · #20
Congratulations!

I have been married for a whole 11 days so far and can recommend it.
08/25/2005 12:51:49 PM · #21
Originally posted by scalvert:


The funny thing was her comment earlier that morning that we knew each other so well that surprises were impossible. Bwahahahaha! She thought we were just going to watch the balloon festival.


Yes but things like that only make it oh so much sweeter...
08/25/2005 12:52:34 PM · #22
Originally posted by legalbeagle:

Congratulations!

I have been married for a whole 11 days so far and can recommend it.


Wow....CONGRATS!!!!

11 days....realize you just outlasted more than 50% of Hollywood celebrity weddings. ;)
08/25/2005 12:53:12 PM · #23
Congratulations! A very complicated proposal. I hope the marriage is less complicated but just as romantic ;)
08/25/2005 12:53:58 PM · #24
Congratulations! I hope she kept all your little clue cards. Great sentimental scrap booking material!
08/25/2005 12:54:50 PM · #25
One very important question:
Will you get a haircut for the wedding? :)
That would be MY mother's important question.
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