He finally asked me...

...and I said yes!

Yesterday he said he was going to go by Clonts today to see about the ring. When he came by after work I asked him about and he said he forgot (we spent the last three days together, I was thinking he just wanted to see me). I thought, no big. I have a ring on my right hand I wear on my middle finger that my brother made, and before we left to the store, Austin stole it from me and wouldn't give it back. I didn't really think anything of it until we were on our way to our trailer (it is tiny, but it is ours and we can afford it) so we could eat dinner (he said he would make me dinner, which was wierd, but I didn't pick up on that) and he put the song to Michael Peterson's "From Here to Eternity." We got to the trailer where I had my soup, cheese, and chicken strips while he ate his sandwich and chicken strips. I kept bugging him about my finger being naked and I wanting my ring back. This went on for about 45 minutes, until he stood up and got my rings out of his pocket (I noticed there were two when he put them in his hand and just picked up the one Kenyon made me). He held out the hand made ring and then got really nervous/awkward and then showed me my ring and put it on my finger. I waited for him to say something, but he couldn't so I stood up and asked him if he was going to ask me. Then he said, "Kelsi Rose Burrell, will you marry me?" I said yes and then kissed him. He just is so shy about this sort of thing, so it was perfect for him.

I am getting married!

Better late than never...right?

I would like to start this post by apologizing to Stephanie Black (regardless if she reads this post). I said I would read and review her new book Methods of Madness before the end of August. I had it read last week, but I procrastinated my review. I am sorry. You can take back your book if you want (although I would probably cry). Without further ado, here is my review.

(image from Deseret Book)

I thoroughly enjoyed Methods of Madness. I read the first chapter and then put it down (I was reading another book and wanted to give Madness my entire attention), but I wondered what would happen the entire time I wasn't reading it. The characters were real and their actions and emotions kept me interested. I will admit that I had one of the antagonist (there are two) guessed by the 3rd chapter, but the other one I totally didn't pick up on until the end. I was also slightly frustrated with the use of a knife. Staphanie used a knife as the weapon of choice in her last book Fool Me Twice, so it felt slightly redundant. I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

My Wedding Dress...

I found one, it was more expensive than I wanted, but I got a free tux rental, so to get us both dressed, it will be cheaper than we budgeted for. I know my dress will have to be altered, but it has what I was looking for. The only down side is I have to wait until December before I can actually try on my dress. It has to be special ordered because I want fushia as the color and that takes time.

I had the weirdest dream on Saturday night (after I found my dress). I don't remember much of it, aside from Austin was there and I was wearing a wedding dress. Saturday night was filled with totally weird dreams.

So does this mean I'm...

...engaged?

You see, Austin and I have been talking marriage and he has talked to my Dad, he bought a ring (it needed to be resized, so we don't have it), but he has never actually asked me to marry him.

I would like to post a cute picture of Austin and I together, but my computer is still broken, so I don't have any. My dad found the part, so I may get my computer back soon.

Last night I...

tortured my boyfriend. We had a bet and he lost, so he had to watch Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince. This weekend he will be tortured even further because he has to watch Confessions of a Shopaholic, Twilight, and in order to preserve some of his manhood, Transformers (I have yet to see the first one). Austin really shouldn't bet against me, I am too irresistible for him. I have won three times without trying (really hard that is).

Addendum

As a follow up to my previous post, I went to the doctors on Tuesday. I have a an infection in both ears and a lovely sinus infection. Every time I hiccup or burp, my ear makes a noise. It is really bad when I have to blow my nose, which is often, because my ear makes this loud pop-squeak that is painful. Tuesday night my ear wacked out and I almost passed out when I was out with Austin. I scared the poor kid. He was watching me instead of the road on the way home and he had to walk me inside (it is usually just to the door) because I pretty much fell out of his car when I got out. Yep, I am smooth. He was really sweet about it though. He even called this morning before lunch to make sure I was okay.

My sweet boyfriend

I started to feel sick yesterday and after I went to lunch with Austin today, it got worse. I have a sinus infection, I hate sinus infections. I called Austin and told him that I wasn't feeling good and that he didn't have to come over, I sounded pathetic, because my throat is sore too. Well he did end up coming over and he brought me a present. He gave me a get well card and a little stuffed pug. This is me pretending I feel wonderful, even though I feel like death warmed over. I am really happy that he thought to get me something.

I have named him Austen after the pug in the Mormon version of Pride and Prejudice. I just thought it was slightly ironic that Austin gave me a pug and the pug in the movie was named Austen. I suppose I have a weird sense of humor, or it could be that I haven't been thinking clearly all day. You pick.