ring.jpgSo………I’m almost 30….. I have a house, a nice car, and a wonderful girlfriend….what is missing? Well it’s marriage of course, but not for long…

Yesterday, the 20th of may 2008 I asked my beautiful girlfriend Maria La Chica to marry me. She accepted, thank goodness (lest I should have looked a little silly!), and we are now engaged to be married. I have slowly been growing up and up to the point where I now realize that the “young” part of my life is no longer something I desire actively. This is probably because I have both over-indulged and under-enjoyed it over the years for various reasons.  I’ll be staying firmly young at heart but hopefully progressing myself to somewhat more worldly wise.

I’ve left most of my vices behind me since meeting maria, including the pub, smoking, regular drinking sessions, clubbing till all hours etc. I don’t miss them at all really. I still like a drink now and then but having grown up in Sandhurst who can blame me? It’s in the bloodline…
So we hope to marry reasonably soon if possible. It’s all a bit of a blur to be honest but I have all four of my grandparents still with us today which is amazing – and I would dearly love to have them at my wedding. First stop – THE RINGS!!! I will keep you posted about what’s going  on here, with photos, and you’ll all be free to post comments should you wish to.

I never thought anything would dwarf the news that further to my recent internet mugging, Maria has bought me a brand new Canon EOS 450d for our anniversary. My face at the sight must have been a picture, as it really was the last thing I was expecting.  It’s a truly excellent camera, and I think Maria secretly hankers after it herself as well (she has the ever-so-slightly older EOS400d); Still, both cameras are a great bit of kit, and together we can go out and enjoy taking snapshots of our lives together.
I also bought Maria a present – a Canon Pixma printer which is a super-high quality inkjet designed specifically for printing photos (but big!). We have found that all of the great functionality employed by Windows Vista when viewing a slideshow simply can’t match the tactile experience of flicking through a photo album.

The best of the shots will of course be found on our Flickr sites should you be interested.

So much to say…….but I’ll keep it short:

I’m really really happy.

Jon