what i want does not equal what i get

So I really and truly do want to blog about my engagement! Like a lot! However, this has been just another one of those weeks from you-know-where with all the schoolwork and I can't justify the time it would take to actually do a real blog post.

Right now I am in the middle of writing a 10-page paper (due Thursday at 1pm) for my History of Anthropological Thought class. One of the hardest papers i have ever written. And I am just typing crap and BS-ing my way through, hoping to get at least half credit for whatever ideas I come up with. I also have another paper for my Personality Theory class due Thursday at 10am that I am not even half done with yet. And I have an incredibly difficult Statistics exam to take by tomorrow night that I am not done studying for yet.

Yipppppeeee for school.

You know what I really want to do? Blog about getting engaged. And be married. And be done with school. Maybe not all in that order, but pretty close. I guess I will be a better person for making myself do homework even though my brain doesn't work anymore. And just think, as soon as everything is turned in on Thursday, then I can take some time out to shop for a new outfit for engagement photos we get taken MONDAY! I totally can't wait. They are going to be freaking awesome. Thanks to Kate at http://elisabethkatephotography.blogspot.com/. She is adorable and I just love her. And we haven't even taken any photos with her yet.

Anyways. Enough procrastinating. Back to some paper writing. Love you all. And I am excited to get married!

9 weeks and 2 days!!!!

Life Is Like A TV Commercial

Have any of you seen that diamond commercial where that couple is in a plaza in Italy or something, and he starts yelling out loud, "I LOVE this woman!"?? She gets all embarassed and then he says, "This will have to do then," and he gives her this diamond ring. It is so sweet and romantic! I actually have the youtube link HERE if you want to watch it. I love it.

So today Dave and I went shopping at Old Navy during my lunch hour because they had their winter wear for 50% off and I wanted a peacoat for my wedding. I really wanted a red one, but they didn't really have any that looked good. However, I did get this beautiful thing:
Dave got a coat too. So hott. Except the sailor buttons with anchors and rope. We will be sewing on our own buttons.

Oh yeah, and he got a hottttttt argyle sweater. I am quite excited.

Anyways, on to my real story. So we were at Old Navy and I was in a hurry to get back to work. I got in my car and Dave was standing in the parking lot, talking to me through the open window. I really didn't want to say goodbye. Neither did he.

So all of a sudden, he starts saying, kind of loudly, "I Love this girl! Her, right here!" and he was pointing to me. I laughed so hard because I don't think anyone saw. So I wittingly said, "I don't think it was loud enough." Much to my surprise, he didn't miss a beat in yelling it at the top of his lungs.

"I LOVE THIS GIRL!!!! RIGHT HERE! THIS GIRL! I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!"

I have to admit, at first I was really embarassed and quickly rolled up the window, telling him I love him and blowing him a kiss. I am sure I was blushing hard core.

But as I drove away, I was filled with an immense feeling of pride and love for this man. He is not afraid to dance around the Old Navy parking lot and yell to everyone that he loves me. And I know he means it 100%. I am learning everyday just how amazing he is and how much I need to appreciate him.

Sheesh I love him. And I get to marry him. Imagine that luck.

FINALLY OFFICIAL!!!

It really happened. And it is still so incredibly surreal. I just wanted to post a picture, and will blog about the whole experience soon.I LOVE this man.

{and I love my ring too}

My sister Angie blogged about it too. It seems everyone was just holding their breath on this one. :)

How Tight is Too Tight?

Halloween has come around again and we decided at the last minute that we needed to celebrate just a little bit. Our ward had the annual Classic Skating party {apparently I didn't blog about it last year .... sooo lame cause it was sooo fun} and we rummaged up some last minute costumes. What do you think?My outfit has a funny story: When my sister Christy was like 12 (when she was pretty much half the size of me), she was in a performing dance group and they wore these spandex suits (minus the tutu). I found it in a closet and decided to try my luck just for fun. It totally fits and I don't know how!!! So I paired it with a friend's daughter's dress-up tutu, some awesome eyelashes from Christy, and I was set.
Dave had no costume at home to wear, so while he was driving home from work we divised a plan that he would be emo. It worked out so well! I put some makeup on him and it made him look sooo weird. (and you want to know a little secret? those are my skinny jeans!) Dave mentioned that he felt like he was wearing spandex too. Looks like we love tight clothes (not). Haha. I thought we looked pretty good and we had lots of fun skating around in some old-fashion skates. Oh how we love Classic. I biffed it once while trying to skate backwards.
We spent some time with our newly engaged and so awesome friends Jay and Kayly. They are adorable.My fantastic little bro was there sporting his black belt. He is so legit.
We ran into some other friends in creative costumes.

The Kissing Warriors

The Used Car SalesmenThe PopeMichael Jackson

And overall we had fun taking lots of photos and enjoying the magic that is Classic Skating.Re-enactment of last year .... hehehehe .... different person, same idea

Kim Needs a LOT of Things

So I was inspired by a really cute girl (named Jalene), whose blog has provided for some interesting reading, to play the "Kim Needs ... " game. (I don't know this girl. I don't even know how the heck I ended up on her blog. All I know is I love her way of thinking and she is beautiful and I want her hair. It is gorgeous!) (yes, I did snatch photos from her blog to show you. if I ever meet her I will tell her)
I am such a sad blog stalker.

Anyways, back to the game. So what you do is google something like "kim needs" and then see what comes up. I used a couple variations on my name, just because Iknew it would bring up some different stuff. Here goes. {P.S. I not sure why I find this so fun .... }

*Kim needs a new apron. {actually, I have a cute new one my sister Ang made for me, and it even looks good on boys!}
*Kim needs some hints! {this one might actually be real}
*Kimberly needs all five of her riders around her at all times. {what the heck? horse riders? I rode horses when I was little ... }
*Kimberly needs to continue sitting in the waiting area. {pretty sure that sounds boring}
*Kimberly needs a family that will adopt she and her little brother Jose. {*silence*}
*Kimberly needs a What Not To Wear Makeover. {hahahaha, possibly yes}
*Kim needs to shut up and go home. {Welp, see ya later!}
*Kim needs our prayers! {yes yes yes please}
*Kim needs some alone time. {apparently someone at google wants me to go home from work now}
*Kimberly needs to eat something and shut her ugly mouth. {Oooh, that's the second time. Sadness}

My hair looks nappy in this photo, but my eyes look cool.
Wow, that was so fun I can't believe it. Haha. And I also did Dave's name cause I'm cool like that. (P.S. I just googled the words 'dave needs' and it immediately brought up something that said, "Hello, My name is David and my wife(Kim) and I need financial help." I just laughed. A lot.)

*Dave needs pants. {some really hott ones. i could go for that.}
*Dave needs to use the facilities.
*Dave needs support after COMING OUT!!! {eeek! i hope not!}
*David needs to do further investigations.
*David needs a nap. {this one is true. he didn't get much sleep last night because he was writing a dumb paper}
*David needs to come home soon.
*David needs to cover the notice board with light red paper. {maybe he is investigating decorating?}
*Dave needs a bigger axe.
*Dave needs to boost his ratings but Obama needs to spend more time with his kids. {random!!! sounds like a little battle between Letterman and Mr. President}
*Dave needs to release another solo album. {mmmm, I would like my boy to record his lovely voice}

Whatever google thinks, I think my boyfriend is hott. Do you like his shirt? I picked it out. It looks delicious on him. :)
P.S. I got a new camera!!! I love it!
But that is a blog post all on its own. This was photo the first to be taken. Love.

Bring Me Back That Prosper Lovin'

Moments at Prosper that I wish I could record and keep forever (and even better would be if we could make a montage of them all):

*Success students making mysterious noises during their update recordings ..... sounds like gas to me

*The call Lindsey is on right now (and has been for 45 minutes). This lady is just going off about business ethics and whatever else. She sounds soooo drunk and you can barely understand what she's saying. She'll randomly just start laughing so hard and you know she's just not there. She also talked about how she has attention deficit disorder and probably has multiple personalities. My personal favourite was when she said, "Oh college. I remember those days. Phew." Hmmm, wouldn't want to know what she got up to then. She's back to laughing like a crazy person. {side note ... this lady was fuming mad when Lindsey first called her ... }

*The voicemail I got one day telling me I was going to hell for not treating people like children of God.

*The Prosper Poltergeist ... I swear I heard him the other day!!!

*The time I talked to a lady with a dead voicebox and she could only whisper. I felt so bad and felt like I needed to whisper because compared to her I was totally yelling.

*The many times we listened to the radio lady who prayed during her traffic report

*The one time we had this weird guy come into our office {wearing jeans and a hoodie no less} and tell us that he'd like to partner with our company to write curriculum because ours is 'weak'. Hmmm. Yep, tell us we suck and we'll definitely hire you on.

*The awesome time I meant to say 'skinner winner' to Lindsey, didn't really succeed, and a guy I work with heard me. I was super embarassed, especially because he's not usually so friendly to us anyways.

*Prosper Meeting, Covey Center for the Arts: one coach asked another one out in front of everyone because they had just won some money.

*The three of us women gasping very loudly at a certain attractive man's picture at a Christmas meeting with the whole company.

*Our boss Dane sliding random hand-drawn pictures under the door.

Oh Prosper, please continue to spice up my life and provide ample opportunity to laugh.

Sacreligious?

Dave and I experienced something new the other night. I am still surprised that it has never happened in the more than eight months we have been together. It was inevitable and sparked a bit of guilt. At times like these, I like to hope that Heavenly Father has a good sense of humor.

So Dave was saying the blessing on our food and I guess he said something like "Bless Tim that she ... ". I didn't hear that he slaughtered my name. All I know is what followed was a laughing fit that lasted forever and resulted in me having to stand outside the front door so that we couldn't see each other in order to finish the blessing (and we still laughed through the final thing).

Dave felt horrible. I don't know if that has ever happened to him or not. It would be weird if it hadn't. Personally I learned it from my dad, who is famous for saying something funny right before we are supposed to start praying so that we can't endure without a big laughing fit first. I just thought it was a fact of life, not the end of the world. It really was so funny. Since Dave felt so bad we each said our own little prayer in our head before actually eating.

Good thing our food was really really hot at the beginning because by the time we actually got to eat it was perfect temperature and getting cold fast.

I really do imagine that the Lord would be ok with us laughing sometimes right? Afterall, "men are that they might have joy" (2 Nephi 2:25)

And then we had a bit of a photo shoot in the stairwell. Dave was feeling especially trixy and brave.
{P.S. These are the last photos taken with my trusty Canon Elph SD750. I loved that camera and it was with me through some awesome times. However, the time has come to retire it and get something new. Thank goodness for the 2 year accidental warranty I so smartly purchased (that expires in January), because now I will get my original money back. I love this. I just hope nothing toooo exciting happens in between because I will just be borrowing my parents old camera for the time being.}