I'm going to be a Mrs!

Hey-ohhh! We're facebook official! I'd love to sing and dance and do a jig (which I may have done when he asked and might be doing now too...you just can't see it ;) )

The Mister and I are so excited to start the next chapter in our lives with little Jasper.  This new chapter brings new challenges too.  The first is that I was offered a job in New York (yay!), but the Mister will be staying in Toronto for a bit (not so yay).  But we have faith that it will all work out for the best and our life together will be full of grace and love.

Buuuttt! I LOVE MY RING! I mean, I love the Mister, but man oh man, do I love my ring! We (as I'm sure you all know) are deal finders and get super excited when we get a good one.  My ring was a great deal.  We checked out the jewellery stores, but they all seemed too generic and wanted too much money for what they were offering.

I'm a fan of Etsy and had been perusing the site for engagement rings.  I knew I wanted something that was a bit more vintage and delicate.  So, I found a fantastic designer, RareEarth on Etsy.  She does AMAZING work! She was fantastic to deal with and was able to create the ring I had been dreaming of.  Seeing as she has very little overhead, her prices are fantastic!! We went and got the piece appraised to ensure everything was as she said it was because we were worried about such a large purchase and being had, but the jeweller was super impressed with her work and confirmed we hadn't over paid and even made a little money on it! (Once again, not important, but it's key to make sound investments...I'm starting to sound like the Mister here).  So check her out, fall in love and treat yourself to a piece of jewellery!

So, here is my ring (gah, I'm so in love with it...I keep staring at it) I know it's a bit vain, but...eeee! Plus, RareEarth's work is just that good!

The first four photos are property of Lemony Love:

 

This one is probably my favourite because of the toy van in the back.  It was the Mister's from when he was a wee one! 

My dear friend from Beautifully Contained took this one! Don't mind the claw hand.

Anyway, we are SO EXCITED! The Mister is the truly the love of my life and I couldn't think of anyone else I'd want to spend my days with.

Jasper the Dog

Meet our Jasper:

He is a 2yr (birthday is July 14) labradoodle, more lab than doodle! We got him off of kijiji (Canada's version of Craigslist!) and is the best thing we've ever gotten off of the Internet.  A family couldn't give him the attention he required and she was starting to feel guilty.  Lucky for us, we happened to be on kijiji as soon as she posted the ad and he became ours!

I had dogs growing up (Zeus-a golden, Spuds-a mutt and Angel-a golden) and I've been missing having a little love around the house.  The Mister had a dog growing up (Cody-a mutt) and loved him too.  We've been talking about getting a dog for ages and even made up a fake dog (which we named Jasper!) and would often talk about him. We wanted a larger dog because both of us are not fond of little dogs and the labradoodle is hypoallergenic.  My dear friend from Beautifully Contained and her hubster have two goldendoodles and she has pretty bad allergies and they are pretty well controlled (the allergies and the dogs!).  So, when we found this love, we knew it was meant to be!

He is the sweetest thing in the entire world and we are so glad we were able to re-home him.  While there are some things that we are adjusting to such as waking up earlier, the dog hair and the drool, there is nothing more satisfying and worthwhile then waking up in the morning or when the Mister gets home from work and Jasper is just so happy to see us. <3 <3 <3