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The (non) Proposal

Posted 09/07/2010 by Risa in getting engaged \ 5 comments

After becoming engaged, I quickly found out that after you receive the congratulations and ring inspection then comes the questions. One of which being “how did Tristan propose?!”

From the beginning, our relationship was easy. We had an immediate connection and everything came natural to us. There were no embarrassing moments or awkward silences. It really feels as though we have …

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Restaurants, Donuts and J.T.T.

Posted 08/23/2010 by Risa in blogging, the planning process \ 1 comment

Tristan and I first met on a Saturday morning at our moms’ staff meeting 15 years ago. Our mothers worked as servers together at a local restaurant and had brought us along to their monthly staff meeting. All I remember from that day is eating powdered donuts, although he remembers me talking about my love for J.T.T (Jonathan Taylor Thomas- …