If I remember correctly, it was June 1st, 1999. I was still at work in that store in the mall where I was an assistant manager in responsibility level, but still very much in training at reality level.
The phone rang during a slower part of the afternoon shopping traffic and I happened to answer, finding E on the other end of the line.
I half expected him to tell me "we need to talk;" my wounds and our awkwardness from the previous weekend's beach trip had not quite healed.
Instead, he asked me to go to somewhere with him to watch the sunset - to make up for our cancelled Sunrise Date at the beach.
I went home from work and changed my clothes, with him rushing me the entire time..."we're going to miss the sunset if you don't hurry!"
The Lake/Park was somewhere we had been together many times before and would go together many times in our future. It had a paved walking/ running trail around a lake with a beautiful bridge and the option to rent paddle boats and canoes.
We walked a short distance around the lake and found a clearing near the water to watch the sunset. At first, we were standing; the sun didn't seem to be sinking very quickly. So we sat.
As we did, E reached into his pocket for chapstick (later I would learn he pulled out more than just chapstick).
As the sun sunk lower and lower, E pulled me back to a standing position to watch the finale.
As I turned back to look at him, there was something under my nose - a diamond ring!
And not just ANY diamond ring! A Princess cut diamond in a platinum setting (at the time I barely knew what platinum was)!
As I looked up at his eyes, a little surprised (because I didn't see it coming-not like that), he asked...
"So, will you marry me?"
To which I replied, "Yes!" of course!
Things got a little complicated planning our wedding, and before that, we had to tell our parents!
I'll pick up there next time...
For now I want to do something fun.
In a recent post, I talked about "Who I Am," but the truth is, other than 31 Days of Grace, I have been pretty reserved about the details of who I am on this blog.
One thing I love to do is cook! Not just cook, but experiment in the kitchen.
There is no one type of cooking I like more than another, but I think baking and dessert making was my first food love.
Yesterday, I made the best cobbler and I wanted to share it with all of you!
It started because I had some leftover cherry pie filling and a white cake mix from another project a couple of weeks ago.
My Mom makes a "Dump" Cake for my Dad's birthday with Cherry Pie Filling, Canned Pineapple, yellow cake mix, pecans, butter, and coconut.
Most canned and boxed ingredients are completely against everything I believe in as good and healthy food these days, but as I said, I was trying to use up some leftovers.
Here's what I did...
I had no pineapple, but I had the cherries. I also had 2 random apples in my produce drawer and TONS of frozen berries and cherries in my freezer.
I peeled, cored, and sliced the apples and laid them in the bottom of my covered baker, covering them with the cherry pie filling I had left (maybe 3/4 cup at most).
I then mixed in about 3/4 cup of these Cherry Preserves.
It didn't look like enough fruit, so I went looking for more and found this in my freezer...
Next I poured an entire DRY white boxed cake mix over the fruit (I forgot to snap a pic of this step, but I'm sure you know what it looks like).
The phone rang during a slower part of the afternoon shopping traffic and I happened to answer, finding E on the other end of the line.
I half expected him to tell me "we need to talk;" my wounds and our awkwardness from the previous weekend's beach trip had not quite healed.
Instead, he asked me to go to somewhere with him to watch the sunset - to make up for our cancelled Sunrise Date at the beach.
I went home from work and changed my clothes, with him rushing me the entire time..."we're going to miss the sunset if you don't hurry!"
The Lake/Park was somewhere we had been together many times before and would go together many times in our future. It had a paved walking/ running trail around a lake with a beautiful bridge and the option to rent paddle boats and canoes.
We walked a short distance around the lake and found a clearing near the water to watch the sunset. At first, we were standing; the sun didn't seem to be sinking very quickly. So we sat.
As we did, E reached into his pocket for chapstick (later I would learn he pulled out more than just chapstick).
As the sun sunk lower and lower, E pulled me back to a standing position to watch the finale.
As I turned back to look at him, there was something under my nose - a diamond ring!
And not just ANY diamond ring! A Princess cut diamond in a platinum setting (at the time I barely knew what platinum was)!
As I looked up at his eyes, a little surprised (because I didn't see it coming-not like that), he asked...
"So, will you marry me?"
To which I replied, "Yes!" of course!
Things got a little complicated planning our wedding, and before that, we had to tell our parents!
I'll pick up there next time...
For now I want to do something fun.
In a recent post, I talked about "Who I Am," but the truth is, other than 31 Days of Grace, I have been pretty reserved about the details of who I am on this blog.
One thing I love to do is cook! Not just cook, but experiment in the kitchen.
There is no one type of cooking I like more than another, but I think baking and dessert making was my first food love.
Yesterday, I made the best cobbler and I wanted to share it with all of you!
It started because I had some leftover cherry pie filling and a white cake mix from another project a couple of weeks ago.
My Mom makes a "Dump" Cake for my Dad's birthday with Cherry Pie Filling, Canned Pineapple, yellow cake mix, pecans, butter, and coconut.
Most canned and boxed ingredients are completely against everything I believe in as good and healthy food these days, but as I said, I was trying to use up some leftovers.
Here's what I did...
I had no pineapple, but I had the cherries. I also had 2 random apples in my produce drawer and TONS of frozen berries and cherries in my freezer.
I peeled, cored, and sliced the apples and laid them in the bottom of my covered baker, covering them with the cherry pie filling I had left (maybe 3/4 cup at most).
It didn't look like enough fruit, so I went looking for more and found this in my freezer...
I picked out the strawberries, adding the cherries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries to the mix.
After mixing it all together, this is what it looked like...
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| Cherry, Apple, Berry goodness... |
Most of the recipes for Dump cake online called for either one or two whole sticks of butter (I know - GASP!). I split the difference and did 1 and a half sticks cut into slices and placed evenly over the top of the cake mix.
To finish it off, I popped it in the oven at 350˚F and baked for about 40 minutes.
Due to the depth of my baking dish, this was not enough time, so I had to put it back in. I covered it with foil so the top "crust" didn't get too brown. My best guess is an hour total time, but if I were to do this again, I would make it in a 9 X 9 square baking dish or a 9 X 13 casserole.
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| Cherry, Apple, Berry Dump Cake |
It was yummy!
What you got cooking?
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