We've decided that instead of a wedding website, we are going to attempt a wedding blog so our family and friends can stay up to date on wedding details and the planning process in general. So I guess we will start the beginning of our blog at the beginning of our engagement by telling the story of how Randy proposed...
It was a cold October Friday in Philadelphia. Bridget was toiling away at her fieldwork, counting down until she could see her "honey bunny" (yes, thats what she calls him). Randy had just been given the best news of the month: "It's quiet, why don't you go home early." POOF!!, he was out the door heading home.
As he was leaving Philly on I-76, his mind was concocting a wonderful evening for the two of them: steaks, a little wine, a little chocolate, and a little something sparkley. Suddenly his phone rang... It was his sweet-haht (Boston accents, gotta love 'em). She asked what he was up to and he said that he was on his way home. Bridget was jealous but felt better after he said he was planning to make dinner. Any night that Bridget doesn't have to cook is a good night by her standards. He then reminded her to call him as she headed home so that he could make sure dinner was ready for her when she walked in the door.
Bridget got out of work at 6:45 and called Randy to tell him she would be home by 7:15. At 7:15 on the dot, she walked in the front door to the sounds of jazz, the smell of steak, and the glow of candles. Not wanting to jump to any conclusions, she asked Randy if there was anything she could do to help with dinner. He told her to get a bottle of wine out of the wine fridge. Bridget walked over, opened the fridge, and pulled out the one bottle of wine (Gnarly Head, Old Vine Zin) in their possession (which was situated next to 2 Ommegang beers in their wine fridge that holds 18 bottles of wine). She brought the wine back to the counter and began to fish out their wine opener from a drawer when Randy said that there was another bottle of wine in the fridge.
Bridget was unsure of how she could have missed it but walked back anyways to look for this 2nd bottle of wine. She opened the door and saw a small light glowing in the back of fridge, which she had previously assumed was the fridge light that can be manually turned on. Upon closer inspection, Bridget noticed that there was a scarf in front of the light. She thought that it was really strange that there was a scarf in the wine fridge, but knew that Randy sometimes put things for brewing in weird places so why not the wine fridge (boy, was she wrong). After moving the scarf, Bridget realized that the small light she saw wasn't the fridge light at all but was a light shining down on the prettiest, sparkley ring she had ever seen.
Bridget pulled the ring out of the fridge in disbelief and Randy walked over and got down on one knee. He held her hand and asked her simply if she would marry him. She said yes right away. They shared their first kiss as an engaged couple and Randy slid the ring on her left ring finger. Bridget then jumped up and down in joy and ran to find her phone so she could call her sister, Rachel. After calling her sister, she then called her parents and Randy called his so they could spread the news. After about 30 minutes, Bridget and Randy were able to sit down to enjoy their partially cold (but still delicious) dinner.
Hopefully we will be able to keep this blog up to date so stay tuned for more of Bridget and Randy's adventures in wedding planning.
Bridget was unsure of how she could have missed it but walked back anyways to look for this 2nd bottle of wine. She opened the door and saw a small light glowing in the back of fridge, which she had previously assumed was the fridge light that can be manually turned on. Upon closer inspection, Bridget noticed that there was a scarf in front of the light. She thought that it was really strange that there was a scarf in the wine fridge, but knew that Randy sometimes put things for brewing in weird places so why not the wine fridge (boy, was she wrong). After moving the scarf, Bridget realized that the small light she saw wasn't the fridge light at all but was a light shining down on the prettiest, sparkley ring she had ever seen. 
