Merry Christmas!

I have learned that I am not the one who decides what I can and cannot have in my life. It took me 29 years to realize this. No matter how "on-top-of-your-game" you believe you are, God always has the last say on what He will give you. I guess the overly OC in planning Lisa in me has finally *and painfully* realized that I can only plan ahead so much... that I can only desire things so much... but then again the ONE up there is the one who decides if you truly deserve such things that you desire. You are lucky if your plans are aligned to the plans that He wants for you. But then if He thinks that you deserve something else, you have to learn to accept... to yield... to accept defeat and surrender to His will.

I never planned to get engaged by the age of 29. I never even imagined myself getting married for that matter. I never planned to be a prayer warrior after years of drifting away from my Catholic faith. God has his ways of turning you into the person that you probably can't imagine you'll be.

When I have learned to surrender everything to Him, that's the same time I learned to appreciate the things I have. I have learned to be patient... to wait... to trust in Him and his perfect plan for me will be granted in His most perfect time.

I think I will be erasing the whole "I-should-have-this" and "I-should-have-done-that" list I've made years ago. Not that I gave up on accomplishing my list. I will still continue to desire them and continue to pray for them. It's just that life is more beautiful and more exciting and happier if things happen and blessing are granted when you least expect them.

God is good. I am truly blessed and I know we all are. Merry Christmas everybody!

Engaged!

Been too happy and preoccupied the past weeks and was not able to blog... and he's always around me when I am home so technically blogging isn't possible. Not to mention I don't want him to find out about this blog. LOL. Anyways, we are engaged. He formally proposed couple of weeks ago... December 7. Yes, we are getting married!

Do not ask about how the proposal went because it was so lame. Hahaha. Not romantic at all! Seriously! But at least he got me a ring which was too big for me. Hahaha. And in my opinion, too much bling which is so not me so I asked him if I can choose my own ring. I opted for this one...



Simple and pretty! =) Yes, I am contented with my ring.

Now I just need to get used to putting it on every morning. *wink*

Oh-Em-Gee

I am slowly trying to embrace the getting married kind of life. The day we left Las Vegas was the same day GG and I spoke with his parents about our plans of getting married. It's just funny when the soon to be mom-in-law and I were left alone in the garage. We didn't spoke to each other. It was an awkward and very uncomfortable 5 mins of silence between us. I guess she was still in shock that his son has decided to get married. Hahaha. I swear, it was the most uncomfortable 5 minutes of my life ever!

When we got back to Phoenix, we spoke with my chapter heads about our plans. Well, he actually was the one who spoke to them and they suggested that he move in to my chapter head's house while we're still not married because living-in is not allowed by the community.

Last weekend we spoke to my parents and told them about our plans. It's just funny that my pops didn't even ask too many questions. He was more concerned about when we can give him an apo. LMAO! I love my pops!

He hasn't really formally proposed yet but he wanted to get the blessing of everybody. Weird right?!? So while waiting for my ring and a proper romantic engagement, I'll just do my best to be patient... be patient with having a future-husband around the house, running after the mess he makes, cooking for two, and enjoy being single for a couple more months. Oh yeah, we're planning to do it before Feb. =)

Happy! Happy! Happy!