New Blog, New Phone & One Happy Delainey!

SOOOO, notice something different about my blog? IT IS COMPLETELY REVAMPED!! Thanks to Brea at Utter Chaos  and her incredible skills my blog is no longer the crazy mess it once was. (Seriously, it gave me a headache, I don't know how you guys read it!)

She is doing custom blog designs FOR FREE!

Yup, you heard me right. It's not a contest or anything. She wants to hone her web design skills so she is taking requests on a first come first serve basis. And she is AMAZING. I could never do all of this to my blog by myself so I am truly grateful.

SO! If you are interested in a blog makeover or just a new header Brea can do it for you. Go and see her! And hurry because she is only taking submissions until the 1st!

Plus her blog is a good read too. She is making through a deployment and she has the two cutest boys ever (next to my nephew of course). Go see her!

And in some other news. I got a I-phone! Well by default. My phone some how broke while I was sleeping so I desperately needed a new one but didn't want to buy one since my plan is up next month. So my best friend Amanda gave me her old I-phone because she just bought the new one. Isn't she the best? The phone is weird and hard to get used to but fun at the same time. AND I can get on internet now (using wifi of course, I definitely don't have the data plan to support anywhere Internet. I would cry if I got that bill in the mail). So you know what Internet means, more blog updates and more tweets!

Yay. Today has been a good day =]

P.S Thank you for all your feedback on my wedding planner struggle. I am definitely  taking everything into account. And for those new followers, WELCOME! If I haven't commented on your blog yet leave me a comment with your url. I would love to read your blogs too!

XOXOXO

Wedding News!

First I would like to thank all you lovely ladies who congratulated me on my engagement! I am happy I get to share so many moments with my bloggy friends and I am grateful I always get positive responses. And to all my new followers, welcome to my blog! And for everyone whose blogs I've been neglecting I apologize and I promise I will catch up on all your posts soon!

I have been SO EXCITED to show off my ring at work. T was even excited for me to show it off. It is still super weird to see it on my finger, it feels fake. Like I am not actually engaged. BUT ITS REAL!

Anyway, back to my point. My point is to update you on some wedding news!

So we have a date we are entertaining. June 18th. It is perfect in our books. T's best friend and best man comes home from his Mission on June 8th then the following weekend he can fly out to our neck of the woods for the wedding. Plus it will give us a good amount of time to plan without being engaged for forever.

T and I have to sit down and make a wedding budget then my Mom and I are going to sort all the to-do's. I am pretty on the fence about what I would like to do. We have some amazing all inclusive wedding venues near us but they can get pretty pricey. Especially in June. OR If I want to do everything myself (with the help of friends and family of course) but if I do that I will need to hire a wedding coordinator because there is only so much my friends and family can do, especially the day of .

SO LADIES!!  I need your help!

What did you do for your wedding? Or what would you do? Did you have a coordinator/planner or did you do it all solo?

I look forward to your feedback! ( I will probably be asking for a lot of feedback from you ladies. Weather you are married, engaged, dating or single I would love to hear your thoughts!)

He (finally) Put A Ring On It!!

I know all you ladies are DYING to know how the proposal happened. So here it goes! This weekend T and I stayed at this local place close to my house. On Friday he told me he had to go to work for "some Habitat of Humanity thing in San Juan". I thought it was pretty lame that he had to work in the morning and we couldn't sleep in together but he promised it wouldn't take long. When Saturday morning came and he woke up and left early and promised he will be back soon. Naturally I went back to sleep, but woke up about an hour later, turned on the TV and lazily watched until I could muster up the energy to get up. Not too long after T was back. I was super surprised he was back so early. When I asked him why it went to fast he said, "I got down there and it was canceled".


Well how freaking rude, they could have gave him a call and we could have slept in, but hey, it's the military, what can we expect? I got ready and he told me that were going on a cruise in the car, so cruising we went. We ended up cruising to this little beach we used to go to all the time when we first started dating, Crescent Bay, Laguna Beach. It was overcast, but he wanted to walk around anyway.

 (Crescent Bay, taken Summer of 2009 when we first started dating)

We got down to the beach and there was only 3 other people there. (One thing we always loved about Crescent Bay was that there is one of the most underpopulated beaches in Laguna, and when the tide is low you can climb the rocks to a totally secluded beach. One time we found a baby Seal there and made friends with the little guy.) We were walking around, joking, searching for more baby seals and then he started saying that he was excited for me to become his wife.


(OOOOO, he's excited for me to be his wifey!!... That was me thinking inside my head)


Then he started telling me what his favorite thing about me was.


T: I love that you put everyone in front of yourself, you are so selfless and I love you.


He rarely ever puts his feelings into words like this so it made me feel extremely special. We kissed, hugged and there was a small pause. A silence. Then he pulled a box out of his pocket, dropped on one knee, then I screamed and jumped up and down saying REALLY? REALLY??!. He opened the box and there it was!!

 (It's a tad blurry in the box, but that is what it looked like when he was on one knee)

So freaking beautiful! He never did say "Will you marry me" but hey, obviously the ring implies the phrase. Then I bent over and kissed him and asked if I could put it on, and the deed was done!!


We were engaged! We took a moment to make out on the beach and cry (I totally found out my new mascara is definitely NOT waterproof) and hug. We walked up to the car all gitty and started talking about everything.


Rewind to Saturday morning. Remember how he told me he had to work? Well, he lied. He went to breakfast with my Dad to ask for his blessing (Mad props right? My dad was totally impressed) and he wanted to show my Dad the ring to make sure it was good enough for me.

(Of course my Dad thought it was perfect for me! And so do I! I don't know all the specs on it but I do know the center diamond it 1.25 carats)

He also told me that he has had the ring since my birthday but was waiting to talk to my Dad before he proposed and it was hard to set up a date because my dad was out of town then T was in the field. So he finally got the chance to ask the morning of. How wonderful?! So all excited we called T's mom then we drove to my house to show my family and later that night my parents took us to a congratulatory dinner at Lucille's.

 (It is love!)

ENGAGED!!!!

Guess who put a ring on it!!! More deets to follow <3

The Great California Shakeout

Today we had a statewide earthquake drill that the state deemed "The Great California Shakeout". It was so goofy. At 10:21am all the intercoms and speakers on our phones turned on and started saying earthquake type things. 

(Photo Cred: wrd.org)

I don't really remember what it was saying because I was laughing so hard. Erin (HI ERIN!) made me get under my desk while she stood, watched and critiqued me on my "duck and cover" technique. While I was under my desk I learned a few things about my impending survival in a major earthquake:

1. I seriously have 80 wires and chords plugged into power strips under my desk. If there was a major earthquake I am certain they would all catch fire and I would die a fiery death under my desk or I would be impaled by a falling object on my escape.

2. Our floors NEVER get vacuumed. After I got out from laying on my belly I had hair ALL OVER my sweater. Luckily it was mine, but still, it was nasty. I am pulling out the vacuum tomorrow and cleaning it up.

3. We have 3 days worth of disaster food in our office. I never knew that. I  knew we had 2 MRE's because they are sitting blatantly in our kitchen (by kitchen I mean a microwave, a stack of plates and salt and pepper shakers). So if I were to escape the fiery doom under my desk AND I manage not to get hit by any falling object. I would be able to live for 3 days until I got rescued.

4. California is getting really intense with their earthquake drills. We were mandated in school to do these super elaborate earthquake drills that took half the day. We had medics there and people FAKED being injured. Then others would have to go and find them and call over the medic for help while the rest of the students evacuated. Then we would stand out on the field and do accountability crap and sit in the sun to pretend the world was ending. Now were doing statewide drills? What is next? We do another statewide drill where we all are forced to evacuate to neighboring states? I wouldn't mind. I would go to Utah and see some family (HI TROY!). So what is next California?

Definitely the most interesting part of my day.

Tomorrow is Friday, who is excited??!!

Happy early weekend folks!