May 10, 2007 | Ottomatic For the People, Woohoo!
Almost eighteen years ago I sat down in an auditorium next to a fellow eighteen- year-old who had dark hair, bright blue eyes, an earring (oh, a bad boy!) and an attitude almost as big as my own. I immediately set out to make him fall in love with me, but he was willful, you see. He found me amusing. He liked me. But he would not bend.
(Okay, he was dating someone else. Details.)
I told him we would end up together. He would laugh. Regardless, that was the beginning of a friendship that survived through our other relationships and our various moves around the country, and he still loves to tell people that he was at my wedding. And my baby shower.
I used to wish we’d figured it out sooner, that we’d skipped some of the detours and found our way to each other right from the start. But now I know that this was exactly the way it was supposed to happen.
All week I’ve kept sneaking peeks into this box, and tomorrow when we take them out and put them on, it will finally be the moment when I can look deeply into his eyes and say: “I told you so.”
Happy Love Thursday, everyone!
May 10th, 2007 at 9:22 am
That is the very best kind of “I told you so.” Best wishes on your (impending!) marriage. May grace and peace and joy be yours.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Your Love Thursday posts are always my favorite! Congratulations beautiful one! May tomorrow be the happiest of happy wedding days! We’ll be thinking of you!
May 10th, 2007 at 9:33 am
This is awesome! It’s been fun watching this journey over the past few months. All the best to you, Otto, Chickadee, & Monkey as this new chapter begins.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Have a wonderful day tomorrow. Congratulations.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Awww…beautiful. Congratulations and best wishes.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:36 am
Oh Mir, that was beautiful. Best of luck tomorrow and may you have many years of happiness together. Many blessings :)
May 10th, 2007 at 9:41 am
Congratulations! My shriveled black heart is cracking a bit.
But, I really want to know if you got his ring engraved with “It’s about freaking time!”
May 10th, 2007 at 9:42 am
That bad boy already had a pierced ear? Well no WONDER he didn’t jump on the chance for a pre-wedding guys’ day ear piercing extravaganza.
The rings brought tears to my eyes. Best of wishes for a wonderful life together.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Beautiful rings! I hope you have a lovely wedding day!
May 10th, 2007 at 9:43 am
Complicated plan, roundabout path, good stories!
All the Best to you and yours! :D
May 10th, 2007 at 9:45 am
May Otto use this as proof that Mir is often right!
May tomorrow not be the beginning, but the natural continuation of what has always been and always will be.
Oh, and may neither child pick their nose in any of the photos.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:47 am
So happy for you, Mir. God bless.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:47 am
Best of luck…and many congratulations!
May 10th, 2007 at 9:49 am
So beautiful! I am so happy for you…plus being right is always nice!
May 10th, 2007 at 9:50 am
the rings are gorgeous. best wishes tomorrow, mir. congratulations.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:54 am
All the best to you, tomorrow and every day.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Beautiful, Mir.
All happiness to you, Otto, Chickie and Monkey!!
Your wedding will be absolutely beautiful because your love will shine through it.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:57 am
I hope the wedding is beautiful and picture perfect. The rings are gorgeous! Congratulations and the best of luck.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:59 am
Love to you and to yours for the special day!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:07 am
“I told you so” is way better than “I do” any day of the week! And once you and Otto are married, it’s a law that you get to tell him “I told you so” at every turn.
The rings are simply gaw-geous!! (My 2nd wedding ring looks a lot like a feminine version of Otto’s with a spin section in the middle.)
Wishing you a pretty, pretty day.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Congratulations on this new chapter. Best wishes to you and your whole clan!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Congratulations! I’m so happy for both of you.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Beautiful story, and beautiful rings! I hope tomorrow is absolutely wonderful.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:18 am
My gosh I have a big old lump in my throat for you. Best wishes tomorrow and forever you two. What a wonderful story.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:19 am
*sniff* Congratulations!
I’m starting to LOVE your blog. Especially the Thursday post. You have a beautiful spirit. I hope tomorrow is everything you dreamed it to be.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Mir, I’ve sprung a leak on my face….I’m so glad that hope and hard work and going with your gut has finally paid up for you and your lovely family.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Blessings to you and yours on your special day…and for the rest of your lives.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:28 am
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Awww, how precious! Happy Wedding Day tomorrow!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:37 am
That is the sweetest post! Congrats and all many well wishes for your wedding day tomorrow. I can’t wait to hear all about it!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:42 am
awwwww
May 10th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I can’t wait to hear all about the wedding! Congratulations!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:44 am
chills, those rings gave me chills…they are just so beautiful. i miss my wedding. :)
happy wedding mir! i wish you, otto, monkey and chickadee all the happiness you deserve. you’re smart to know things are happening when they are supposed to.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Have a wonderful, blessed day tomorrow - and in your new life together.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Congratulations, Mir. I’ve really enjoyed following y’alls relationship for the last few months (I’m a new reader). It’s really inspiring to know that love can conquer all sorts of time, distance, and giant roadblocks (ugh. could I be anymore smarmy?). You have my best wishes for the happiness of you, otto, and your lovely children.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:50 am
The rings ARE beautiful. And you’re pretty. And right–never pass up a chance to point that out to Otto. :)
Best wishes to all of you. I’ll be thinking of you tomorrow!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:52 am
I wish for you both a day as beautiful as pretty Mir, and a life as happy as you both deserve to be.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Oh Mir, that was beautiful! Congratulations on being right!
(Oh and getting the man of your dreams too, that’s always nice. ;))
Best wishes for a very sparkly day tomorrow and a very, very pretty future together. {{{ hugs }}}
May 10th, 2007 at 11:18 am
Congratulations! And I love the rings!
May 10th, 2007 at 11:18 am
Best Wishes to the lovely bride and congrats to the Otto! I hope you have a perfect day tomorrow (it will be) and a fun honeymoon! I’m so excited for you!
Oh, and the rings are beautiful!
YAY FOR WEDDINGS!
May 10th, 2007 at 11:26 am
Worth the wait, wasn’t it? Happy I Told You So Day!
May 10th, 2007 at 11:28 am
De-lurking to let you know that I’ve enjoyed reading your journey, and I wish all of you the best! Very preeeeetty rings, by the way.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:30 am
I wish you all the happiness in the world. The rings are gorgeous!
May 10th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Mir and Otto,
Where we’ve been is who we are. It took a journey and every thing that has come inbetween to make you two the people today who appreciate everything about each other today.
I wish you an eternity of love, joy, and peace.
Sith
May 10th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Best wishes for a long and happy life together.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:49 am
THe first thing I thought when I read this was “Damn, Mir won’t be blogging tomorrow.”
Apparently? It rilly is all about me.
HAVE A GREAT DAY and weekend! YAY MIR & OTTO & KIDS & RINGS!
May 10th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Congratulations and best wishes. What a happy ending (and beginning!). ;)
May 10th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
mazeltov
May 10th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
I’ve followed your blog for quite a while now, and have enjoyed so much reading about your unfolding happiness. When I read about Kira’s wedding, on the other blog that I follow most often, I remember wishing that the same could happen for you.
And it has. And I’m so happy for all of you. Sensible guy, getting such a great family; and at least he’ll be used to “I told you so!” from the word go.
Many congratulations to all you, have a wonderful day tomorrow.
May 10th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
I am so excited for you both! Can’t wait to hear all about it. I’m thinking you won’t be Twittering it?
May 10th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
This kind of stories are the ones worth living for! Congratulations!
May 10th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Have a wonderful day tomorrow. The rings are beautiful and worth the wait (says me, who didn’t have the _stress_ you did certainly!).
Congratulations! And take a break from posting!
May 10th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
What a wonderful story! I’m sure you’ll be telling your grandchildren about this story while holding hands :) sniff, sniff, congratulations on celebrating your love and commitment tomorrow!
May 10th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Congratulations! I know things will be beautiful. You are a lucky, bless woman to have your life filled with so much love. I will keep you and your family in my prayers on your big day!
May 10th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Aw, I’m so glad that you’ve finally reached the day. I think that the stress and anticipation of the last few weeks will melt away tomorrow.
Congrats! I hope that someday I can find love like yours.
May 10th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
What a great story…we never know at the time why life takes us where it does, then one day that big picture becomes a little more clear.
Best wishes on the rest of your life together.
May 10th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Yay!! I’m so, so, so happy for you two.
And the rings are GORGEOUS! His was definitely worth the wait.
I hope that everything goes wonderfully tomorrow and for the rest of your lives, too!
May 10th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Best wishes for a lifetime of happiness.
Katie
May 10th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Your rings are beautiful and so is your story. Congrats and best wishes.
Remember George from Seinfeld? Do you remember the episode where he said that successful couples always had great stories about how they met? Well, that goes for you two.
May 10th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
“THe first thing I thought when I read this was “Damn, Mir won’t be blogging tomorrow”…………
haha, thats exactly what I thought too!
Have a beautiful day tomorrow! I wish you cool sunny days w/ no snow, strong non-leaking pipes, well behaved children, pretty hairdos, breasts that stay in your dress and years and years of love, laughs and all that is good.
Enjoy!
jp
May 10th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Happy Wedding Day!
May 10th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Beautiful!!!
Glad you found your way back home to each other!
May 10th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Congratulations!! and Happy Wedding day!~
May 10th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
You made my eyes well up with tears!
Happy Love Thursday indeed!
May 10th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Congratulations and best wishes for a lifetime of love and happiness!
May 10th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
my husband and i shared similar detours — i totally get it tho, when you say you know it’s how it needed to be. i’m so very happy for you and otto. :) the rings are gorgeous — hope tomorrow is a beautiful start of a wonderful and happy life. :)
May 10th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Wonderful rings. What a story! Congrats and have fun tomorrow.
May 10th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
I am so durn happy for you, Mir. You deserve this so very much.
Hugs and squishes,
Judy/Joyluck and all the other names. Love, love love to you and Otto, for the rest of your lives together.
May 10th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Congratulations from a daily reader, usually a lurker, but one who wishes you all the happiness and blessings that life can hold.
May 10th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
The rings are absolutely beautiful.
Dear Mir, Otto and Children,
May your lives always be filled with sunshine and roses. And, when the skies start to cloud over, or the roses start to fade, may you always be there for each other.
All the best.
Randi
May 10th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Congratulations!!! I cannot wait to know that you two are officially married - God bless you and enjoy :)
May 10th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Congratulations and I hope you both have a wonderful day!
May 10th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Wishing you, Otto and the kids every happiness- you all deserve it.
May 10th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Best wishes to you all! May your wedding day be perfect, and your future bright and full of laughter and joy. It may have taken him 18 years to see how right you are, but if he had listened to you all those years ago, you wouldn’t have Chickie and Monkey to share your day (and life) with! Besides, you’ll get to hold this over his head forever!!!
Can’t wait to hear how it all turns out.
May 10th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Otto, attitude? Impossible!
Seriously, best wishes to both of you and I hope it’s a beautiful, joyful, love-filled weekend.
May 10th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Best wishes!!
May 10th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
What???? No “Told ya so” dance back down the isle?? Awww come’on!! LOL.. Congrats on your impending nuptuals and may you both be as happy ten years from now as you are at this moment! My husband and I have been together a total of 16 years.. with a two year divorce in there somewhere.. thank god we came to our senses. Ya’ll don’t go that route.. its too costly.. in more ways than one.
May 10th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Ohhh, quit making me cry at work.
And just think, after tomorrow, you two can finally “do it.”
*singing ‘AnticipaAation…’ *
You’re like ketchup, but better.
Congrats, you two. Twoo Wuv wins in the end.
May 10th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Your rings are beautiful! You’ve got one on me. I can’t say that my husband was at my baby shower!
Congratulations on surviving til the big day! I’m all a twitter for you!
May 10th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
That’s so cool and sweet. The best ‘Told you so’ I ever heard of. Good luck tomorrow and congratulations. May your wedding be the best ever.
May 10th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
*sniff* looking at those rings made me tear up a little, and I’m not even sentimental about that stuff. Mazal Tov, and best wishes.
May 10th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Somehow I just knew that your LT post would be fabulous. And as usual it made me cry! And I once read that the key to having a love filled and successful marriage is to make the conscious choice EVERYDAY to love and honor the person who is your spouse. I read this advice too late, but thought I would pass it on. If I get another chance, I know I would do this everyday. The best of times are wished for you and yours.
Dawn
May 10th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Congrats Mir and Otto. May you have a wonderful day and live happily ever after!
May 10th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
The rings are soooo beautiful. Thanks for showing us Otto’s “infamous” ring.
Yes, everything happens for a reason. You must have been in the right “place” when the two of you reconnected.
Best wishes!!! Congrats all around!
May 10th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Mir, Otto, Chickie and Monkey,
May this new avenue in your lives be Blessed with many hours of laughter, a few tears of Joy and Happiness and an Eternity of togetherness.
Love
Isabel
XOXO
May 10th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
May 10th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
I got the shivers reading this. Congratulations. I am SO happy for you and Otto, and wish you all the best gifts life has to offer.
After tomorrow, you and I will share an anniversary too. :-)
May 10th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
congrats!!! all the best to you both!! :)
May 10th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
May your union be a happy one.
May one always feel like cooking when the other does not (or at least know the number for take-out).
May massage be practiced often.
And may you experience joy each and every day.
Happy Tie-the-Knot Day, Mir and Otto and Chickadee and Monkey.
May 10th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Congratulations and very best wishes!
May 10th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Holy smokeroos - congratulations girlie! It’s been a ride!
May 10th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
” I told you so” is a wonderful thing to be able to say. I’m glad you are getting to say it.
May 10th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Gorgeous rings…beautiful love story…my very best wishes to you and Otto and the kids as you begin the next chapter of your lives!!
May 10th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Congratulations and ENJOY your day tomorrow. The rings are beautiful, though I can’t work out why Otto’s came in TWO boxes!??!? LOL Thinking of you :)
May 10th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
I’m so happy for you - Congratulations:o)
May 10th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Congratulations! I wish you much love and grace. The day and the life you never thought would get here is finally here.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Congrats and good luck :)
May 10th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Absolutely beautiful. Ya’ll have one heck of a wedding and an even better marriage.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Hi Mir!
I’m soooooo happy for you and your new family! Many,Many blessings and best wishes to you, Otto, Chickie and Monkey.
Otto’s ring is beautiful. Have fun tomorrow!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
congratulations mir. and good luck tomorrow! can’t wait to read about the “after.” the “before” has been so lovely.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Hope it’s everything you ever wanted (the wedding and most of all the marriage). You’ve both waited long enough!!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited for a wedding I wasn’t attending! Remember what I said about the boobs - it still sticks.
ba dum BUM.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
The rings are beautiful - and so are you.
Happy, happy Wedding day, Mir.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Have a very happy day, congratulations to your whole, new family.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
I hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow with your fantastic husband (yea!!) and great kids. Looking forward to hearing all the details…
And OMG…it said 101 comments when I clicked…how cool is that?!?
May 10th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Too cool!
Joining the internet chorus of congratulations….Laurie : )
May 10th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
Mir! I can’t believe it is go time! Wishing you all the happiness you can handle for the rest of your lives.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
May your cup runneth over with love. Congratulations!
May 11th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Oh, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
May 11th, 2007 at 11:41 am
I am SO HAPPY for you! I hope your wedding day is a blast!
May 11th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Hey, so does this mean we’re gonna be short on blog entries for a bit? Just kidding. I’m really happy for you two. Seems sort of fairytale-like from this side of the screen. And I’m SO glad Otto’s ring made it here on time from across the pond. Ver nice, indeed. You WILL have somebody eat a piece of cake for me, won’t you? ;-)
May 11th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
You know how much I love and appreciate this story. I wish you love, peace, grace, sex, and a lifetime of blissful partnership. All my best to you and yours.
May 13th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
What a great thing to be right about. And what beautiful rings.
My shrivelled, black heart also grew a size today.
Congratulations and all the best to you and your family.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:28 am
Amazing story, to die for rings. Congrats!