I hope it's not totally lame and way too late and completely repetitive to say thank you again to those of you who organized the little online party shindig, and thank you as well to all of you who participated. I loved reading everyone's particular takes on the wedding theme. And I checked out those knot.com message boards. And now I am terrified for my life.
Not only do you guys rock, but you made me an honest woman. I DID need my ring back early for my Fake Totally Real Online Engagement Party! The universe must have sense this white-lie-turned-truth, because on Saturday morning we picked up my newly sized ring. The rest of the weekend was spent trying to take a decent picture of it. I am not even kidding. Apparently I am incapable of taking a picture with one hand while simultaneously holding the other hand still. And also incapable of taking pictures in non-natural light. Or using a flash. Or finding the battery charger for the camera.
The results of that thrilling quest are here. I officially feel like a self-absorbed bridezilla now, as if I didn't before. But my mom the people, they demanded photos. And my mom the people, they will not be denied.
Hmmm. What else? Last night I spent the evening painting the room Joel's team uses for indoor practices, a task Joel has been asking me to do for approximately one billion years. I put it off for months before finally getting down to business last night. And it was fun! Why don't I do stuff like this more often, I wondered to myself. And then we spent half an hour looking for a parking spot when we got home and I remembered, oh yeah. That's why.
In other news, anyone who had President's Day off yesterday officially sucks. And by that I mean please trade lives with me. And also please contact Superman to turn the earth back so that I can enjoy yesterday. As you.
It's been a long week. Already. It's Tuesday, for those of you keeping track.
Peace out.
Hey- so here I am again (i recently have been checking everyday where i used to just check in sporadically with your blog-) Maybe its the wedding thing? But just wanted to add that I too, spent HOURS trying to take a pretty picture of my ring. Friends and Family abroad requested pix, and of coures I wanted to do my ring justice and its SO hard! So i totally feel your pain there, glad to read I am not the only one!
Posted by: Ruthie | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 01:39 PM
Are you going to give us a photo of the mural you did???
Posted by: Erika | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 01:44 PM
It is just SUCH a gorgeous ring! Squeeeee!!!
Posted by: Angela | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 01:47 PM
Ummm...nevermind. You sneaky people who don't link to every single Flickr photo.
Posted by: Erika | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 01:48 PM
I did post pictures of my "artwork" on Flickr, but only my flickr "friends" can see them for privacy reasons... if you want to see them, email me or add me as a contact on flickr and I'll mark you as a "friend"!
Posted by: Operation Pink Herring | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 01:49 PM
Taking ring pictures is hard! I have to say, you did far better than I've ever been able to with my own ring, so good job!
Posted by: Audrey | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 01:56 PM
I love your posts. Really, really love them.
Oh, and I had to work yesterday. But the daycare was closed. IDIOTS.
Posted by: Isabel | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:12 PM
It is ridiculously hard to take a good picture of a diamond - it just does not want to be not blurry or a big flash. Nevertheless, yours is obviously gorgeous.
Posted by: janssen | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 04:30 PM
I had the day off, can we still be friends?
I love your ring!
Posted by: janet | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 05:30 PM
What a gorgeous ring! Congrats again :)
Posted by: katelin | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 07:18 PM
The ring is gorgeous! So glad you took the time to take pictures so we could drool all over them. And your nails are impressive, too. So shiny and perfect.
Posted by: Caryn | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 07:29 PM
I love your ring... it's too gorgeous!
Posted by: Laurel | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 09:55 PM
I know exaclty how hard it is to get a good picture of your ring. (I finally succeeded with my best friend's new 10 or 12 megapixel camera). But it is beautiful, and you can always say, the pictures don't do it justice or it's just too sparkly to photograph well. :-)
Posted by: Brie | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 10:12 PM
i had a hard time taking pictures of my ring too. yours were great though. and i had to work on monday too, so i totally feel your pain.
Posted by: cady | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 04:34 PM