A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Spaghetti Factory

Last night Ben and I had plans to go to The Old Spaghetti Factory downtown on the river for a nice dinner. I was so excited for my spinach tortellini with Alfredo sauce.

Well, we are on our way, driving down 26 when Ben gets a call on his cell. It's apparently his boss (aka Renjy in this scenario). I pipe broke at the church and his "boss" wanted him to come by to help them figure out how to fix it.

I'm thinking, "Are you kidding me? Call a frickin plumber! We are going to dinner!"

We pull into the church parking lot and head over to South Village and I see Ben's mom off in the distance.

"Weird, why would she be here? Must be a really big problem with this pipe thing if she's down here."

I'm totally clueless sometimes.

Ben told me to wait in the car while he went to go check the situation out. He came back about 5 minutes later and said that I should come in and wait, it shouldn't take too long.

We start walking down the bark dust walk way that heads to South Village. Tiki torches were lining the walkway and I was racking my brain, trying to remember if those torches were a new addition to the landscaping.

Again, clueless.

Then we get to the bridge that crosses over the creek. Rose petals blanketed the entire rest of the walkway that lead up to South Village. We get to the sliding glass door of the house and I stepped inside.

"Wow!"

Candles EVERYWHERE. On the floor, on the shelves, on the window sills, everywhere. Petals all over the floor. Pictures taped to the walls and hanging from the ceiling. It was amazing.

We made our way to a table that was situated in the corner of the room next to the fire in the fireplace. On it was my spinach tortellini and Ben's Cobb salad. And two red roses were laying on the table next to our plates.

We sat at the table, eating, talking, reminiscing, and laughing. Next Ben handed me our ice cream dessert and led me to the couch in the room while he turned on the big screen TV. Music started to play and the slide show began of pictures of me and pictures of us together over the past several years. I loved it!

Then he pulled a chair up in front of the couch facing me and pulled out his guitar. Ben had been working on a song for me since the early part of our relationship and I've only gotten to hear part of this song. The last part he told me I wasn't to hear until a very significant day. :)

After he finished the song, he pulled a box out of his pocket, a box that I knew contained a sparkly object of great significance. He got on one knee. I can't tell you everything he said. I was in a blur, on a cloud, so many things running through my head, smiling like crazy, waiting for my moment to say YES! But I do remember him saying "I love you. Amber Kellene Brookshire...will you marry me?"

my moment came...."YES!!"

I have to say, the night went far beyond anything I could ever imagine. The Old Spaghetti Factory would have been great...but this? This was perfect.

I'm engaged!! tee hee.