Big News

**Houdini** · 10-18-2005, 10:00 PM

I'm engaged!

**GracieBayb** · 10-18-2005, 10:25 PM

AWWW... CONGRATULATIONS!!!

now please post pictures of the rock and the lady

**BigJon** · 10-18-2005, 10:27 PM

Congrats!

**Freelance Superhero** · 10-18-2005, 10:38 PM

wow, congratulations!

**avlena** · 10-18-2005, 10:38 PM

congratulations!

How did you propose?

**Jenny** · 10-18-2005, 10:55 PM

Congratulations!!

**oblongmelon** · 10-18-2005, 11:22 PM

heyyy that's great..best wishes..

**Nija** · 10-18-2005, 11:23 PM

Originally Posted by GracieBayb

post pictures of the lady

**Grimm** · 10-19-2005, 12:09 AM

Gratz man!!!

*sigh* another proud batchlor has fallen...

**RoniMan** · 10-19-2005, 12:37 AM

Originally Posted by Grimm

Gratz man!!!

*sigh* another proud batchlor has fallen...

with the congrats part of course.

**eSDee** · 10-19-2005, 01:13 AM

Congrats Houdz. Best of luck with the "better half"

**Grimm** · 10-19-2005, 01:21 AM

So, when and where is the party?

**ialsohaveadream** · 10-19-2005, 07:01 AM

Bah, engagement is overrated.

Congrats!

**nickel** · 10-19-2005, 07:06 AM

Congrats Houdini!

engagement details please. did you do anything fun, interesting, outlandish when you proposed?

**DarkFury** · 10-19-2005, 08:54 AM

Another one bites the dust...

Another one bites the dust...

Gratz man... enjoy life with your (cell)mate.

**tupacboy** · 10-19-2005, 09:10 AM

i'll be waiting for the invite...

congrats!

**faither** · 10-19-2005, 09:44 AM

Congrats. This will probably be one of the most stressful element of your relationship (wedding plans). Good luck and don't kill each other.

**speedracer120** · 10-19-2005, 10:31 AM

**avlena** · 10-19-2005, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by faither

Congrats. This will probably be one of the most stressful element of your relationship (wedding plans). Good luck and don't kill each other.

so ignore the wedding plans for awhile, and just enjoy being engaged!

**MikeD** · 10-19-2005, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Houdini

I'm engaged!

Congrats big timer! Best of luck to you...

**kimchicowboy** · 10-19-2005, 10:58 AM

woohoo! congrats dude!

**Houdini** · 10-19-2005, 03:48 PM

Thanks all for the congrats and well-wishes. Yes, this will be the end of my bachelor days, but we're both really excited about everything. We've known each other for ages and even dated in high school, but have remained in contact over the past few years. Fortunately, I'm having very little to do with the actual planning, but it has been a PIA, as many venues for the reception, etc., in my neck of the woods (coastal MS) were wiped out. At any rate, we're planning for the big day to be either the last Saturday in Feb or the first Sat in March.

I'm also luckily far removed from the wedding planning, other than via internet and phone calls, as I've been displaced to the middle of nowhere (Jackson, LA) due to Katrina. She's looking for a job in the New Orleans area now (She's a Ph.D. chemist).

No special wonderful proposal story, though. All romantic venues in our hometown were destroyed, so it was pretty much the standard fare down-on-one-knee will you marry me type proposal on the deck behind her parents' house. No magic flashes or anything. We'll both be in New Orleans this weekend so she can finish throwing away much of my old stuff that's accumulated over the years so that she'll have room to move in after the big day.

She loves the rock. No pics available now, tho.

Thanks again!

**Nija** · 10-19-2005, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by Houdini

We'll both be in New Orleans this weekend so she can finish throwing away much of my old stuff that's accumulated over the years so that she'll have room to move in after the big day.

... And so it begins...

**InfiniteNothing** · 10-19-2005, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Houdini

I'm engaged!

Congrats!... but who are you

**Houdini** · 10-19-2005, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by InfiniteNothing

Congrats!... but who are you

Hey, I've been busy, ok?

Being displaced from New Orleans to BFE has its disadvantages, like limited internet access.

**InfiniteNothing** · 10-19-2005, 06:51 PM

Pffft that was like 2 months ago.

**Houdini** · 10-19-2005, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by InfiniteNothing

Pffft that was like 2 months ago.

Yeah, but I'm still in BFE. My apt in NOLA is alright, with power, water, etc., no flood damage, but the hospitals are closed. so my residency was transferred to Baton Rouge, Houston, and here. I'll be heading back to NOLA or MS on weekends, though, until things reopen, which may not occur until about Jan 1.