snow and ice fishing

after a short break it's snowing again... i am really pleased because i was so sick of the nasty terrible inversion air! pete and prathap are stuck in a traffic jam on I-80, so i am trying to pass the time & not be worried about the roads! they went ice fishing at rockport state park & are on the way back... no catches this time but they learned a lot from other ice fishers up there apparently :) i'll be going on one of those trips when a snowstorm isn't likely!!!

we're official!

it's crazy but true... my prathap proposed to me on christmas morning 2008... i got a stocking from him and it was full of lotion, hair clips, chocolate and little trinkets, and at the very bottom was this box... i pulled it out and he grabbed it and said, "that's for me" then he took it and knelt down in front of me. he said, "i love you, will you marry me?" i totally started crying and hugging him saying yes yes yes... then he asked, "are you even going to look at the ring?!"

needless to say, it was a very happy morning and i am very excited to start our official life together. . . although we aren't planning on getting married for about a year. we need to have real jobs for a while first! ;)