Please Say Yes!

Okay, The Butterscotch Martini Girls blabbed this week about bad wedding proposals, so I dove back into my old archives and dragged out this blog I did a couple of years ago.  So after you read this, be sure to follow the link at the end to watch this week's blab...there are lots more great (and not so great) proposals.  And you do NOT want to miss seeing Dani Petrone's wedding pictures...they are a HOOT!!!

Okay, while looking for funny stories about typos or grammatical errors, I ran across some OMG bad wedding proposals!  Did you know there are dozens of bad video and pictures of marriage proposals gone bad?  How embarrassing!  Imagine the poor schmuck who has found the love of his life (or thinks he has), only to be publicly humiliated when he goes down on one knee to propose.  And what I have found is that there are as many creative ways to turn a man down as there are ways to propose.  Well, before I get too far into it, let me just give you some of my runner-up favorites for bad ways to propose.

First, there’s the guy who uses a can of spray paint to tag a fence…probably his girlfriend’s parents’ fence.  Won’t daddy be proud of HIS little girl’s choice?!  I think not.  This guy thought he was being creative………uh, not so much.  Run, girlie!  This guy’s gonna do 3 years for defacing expensive public property, and then he’s gonna graduate to torturing kitties and ultimately go to the big house for murdering his wife in her sleep…you DO NOT want to be her…JUST SAY NO!

Then there’s this one.  I can’t decide if the guy’s trying to be cute or is just a bad speller and doesn’t own a dictionary or Google, or have a friend who can spell.  Perhaps there should be a rule that men have to have direct supervision when planning a proposal that’s more than just kneeling at the dinner table with a ring box in his hand.  Dude, there's an "A" in marry!  This proposal is for an entirely different type of event.  Points for the flowers, though.

This girl gets props for trying.  She obviously has figured out that the sports event love-cam is the way to get her man’s attention.  (You have to know your target audience.)  But, honey, you gotta hold the sign right side up……..you can’t give them too many outs.  I can see this ending up in divorce court.  “But, Your Honor, I didn’t know she was asking me to marry her.  The sign was upside down.  I thought it said, “Would you like a bratwurst?”

This one I love because of it’s simplicity.  This man obviously knows Shineka’s weakness and he’s not above exploiting it.  I hope she said yes because I’d love to know that this one worked!  LOL

Okay, this one could be at the top of the heap for bad ideas…Facebook, Really? 

But the details behind this, when you really dig a little deeper, show that this guy is really one lucky bastard.  His girl was taken back at first, but then she was smart enough and creative enough to find a way to make lemons out of lemonade.  She says yes, but with the caveat that he’s got nuthin’ to say from this point forward about how much time she spends on the computer…after all, that’s how he got her.  Hmmm…I think this guy is up for a lifetime of being out-maneuvered.   Shoulda thought that one all the way through, dude!

This next one is just really creepy to me and I think you'll understand why.  I just don’t think I want to be laying on an examining table shivering in a paper gown with cold steel equipment shoved up my vijayjay and have some yahoo (no matter how much I love him) hold up a diamond ring and ask me to marry him!  

WTF?  Really?  Good thing they make you take your shoes off for a pelvic exam or that dude mighta found a 4-inch spike heel up his left nostril.  Ick!

Okay now, I’m really torn over this next one.  I think it’s sorta cute that the guy went to all this trouble and I will give you the link to the video too so you can see it in live motion.  He seems really sweet and sincere and it’s kinda cute until you see the panic on the girlfriend’s face.  He scared the living bejeebies right outta her and if I’m her, I’m not sure he’s gonna live past today.  That better be one big ass ring!

Click here to watch the video.

And this one just boggles my mind because…well, just because.  I almost have no words for this one.  I don’t know how any man in his right mind could think this is a good idea.  The guy proposes by peeing the message in the snow.  Not cute, not pretty, not classy…and yet, she probably said yes.  I guess love truly is blind!

Unfortunately, this last one is very sad.  But if you are as twisted as I am, you will laugh…I guarantee it.  There is that split moment when the girl’s reaction just makes you guffaw, right before your heart plunges in sorrow for the poor young man.  But I’m sure it served to make him a stronger man, perhaps a better chooser of women in the future, and he’ll choose a quiet and private place next time…without the train and without the musicians, or maybe just singers who aren't holding weapons.  LOL         

Click here to view. 

I hope you enjoyed this little stroll through marriage proposal land.  Guys, there are some lessons to be learned here about what to do and what not to do.  Girls, I think there is something to be learned from the way a man proposes…and it might be your very last chance to make the right choice. Choose wisely!

Now head on over to watch as the Butterscotch Martini Girls blab about weird, unusual, and bad wedding proposals.

BMG's on Wedding Proposals

That’s my story, holy cow hinky and you gotta be kidding weird, and I’m stickin’ to it.  Hold on tight now ‘cuz we’re gonna go real, real fast!

Love ya,

Kayce

(My thanks to Grace Murano at 12 Hilariously Bad Wedding Proposals http://www.oddee.com/item_98074.aspx for the pictures used in this blog.)

Her lucky Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan

Time for some cowboy romance as I know a lot of our viewers can’t resist the rugged toughness of a blue jean clad, hat wearing, and hotty cowboy on a horse! 

Dane Bowden not only knows how to ride a horse, but he’s a champion bull rider.  His last contest in Las Vegas before retiring from this rigorous sport lands him in the hospital with critical injuries.

Bell, an unknown neighbor to Dane, saw the accident in the ring and jumped from the stands to save his life.  Bell is a renowned surgeon and knows the right moves to heal his body, but she’s an amateur at relationships.

Dane has a line of women at the hospital, most names he doesn’t remember or care to, to wish him well and hope he wants to share his first prize money. 

Bell’s upbringing proves a conflict for her in accepting Dane’s interest in her.  Bell was hidden away as an unwanted child.  Her intelligence got her into medicine, but, yes, some women remain virgins well into adulthood.

It’s a tricky ride for Jennifer Ryan to match the over-sexed cowboy and the virginal and shy young woman, but their pasts are a big part of how they find love.  A teacher always needs a student! 

Happy reading,

Dawn

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Blurb:

Cord Dixon, Mr. Laramie in the world of western clothing modeling, loses his job because he refuses to sleep with his female boss. Christmas is coming, and his bills are due so he takes the only job he can find. A mall Santa. 

Socialite wedding photographer, Hope Carlisle’s life disintegrates when she ruins the wedding of the year. In one fell swoop, she loses her best friend, her business partner and her fiancé. Unemployed and needing a job fast, Hope takes a job as an elf photographer at the local mall. She is not looking forward to her new job until she meets her sexy Santa. 

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Thanksgiving is over....but I'm still thankful!

        

Thanksgiving is over (*sigh*). It’s my favorite holiday because I'm so thankful for so many things! My son has gone back to Texas (the dogs are exhausted! So am I!) and the house is back in order but it’s good to know that all my cleaning and baking and cooking resulted in a successful dinner. Now, I count a dinner successful when people push away from the table and reach for the top button of their pants with a groan (unlike those who thought ahead and wore elastic waist pants). I have a rule….if you walk away from the table still hungry then you didn’t take advantage of what was made available. Of course, my table could never compete with the lavish meals you read about in historical romances nor would baking and cooking have been so easily done!

          It was wonderful to sit around the fire pit and visit with everyone, too! I’m really glad I took some time off from the day job (even though I did not manage to read very much or write very much either. I really wanted to, but ran out of time).

          Now the best part of Thanksgiving dinner for me? The leftovers! I do love my leftovers. I’m pretty pedestrian when it comes to what I like. My favorite? A turkey sandwich (white meat, please) on a King’s Hawaiian roll with a little mayonnaise (Best Foods on this side of the country, Hellman’s on the other….what other kind is there?) and a pinch of salt. My son calls them turkey sliders. My DH’s favorite? The spinach dip, which I put in a bread bowl. He’ll pick on that until it’s gone (bowl and all). Of course, there is the turkey in gravy over rice or egg noodles and turkey soup, too. I do not make turkey tetrazzini (never learned how, but really, by the time I’d get to that, I’d be turkey’d out). There’s also leftover apple and pumpkin pie as well as my homemade cheesecake (my grandmother’s recipe). All guaranteed to satisfy your sweet tooth as well as pack on a pound or two.  

          And on that note, I gotta go…..I have my Christmas menu to plan….and there’s a piece of homemade cheesecake calling my name but before I do, what’s your favorite holiday and holiday food?

As always, happy reading (and celebrating!)

Marie

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This is a novella about Cole and Lacey's happily ever after (Cowboy's Match) and introduces some of the characters around the Last Chance Ranch which will be seen later this month in Trace's Trouble, coming on December 28th in the Ring in a Cowboy boxed set.

Here's the blurb for Christmas with Angel:

Cowboy firefighter, Cole Hatcher, is determined to do what’s right and take his fiancé with him to his mother’s annual holiday dinner party. After all, the two most important ladies in his life need to learn to get along and the sooner the better. Besides, the rest of the family will be there.

Lacey Winters can’t forgive her future mother-in-law for keeping her and Cole apart for eight years. While she loves Cole’s family, including the five they are living with, she wants to spend Christmas alone with Cole on Last Chance Ranch.

But there are worse things brewing than family drama. This Christmas day, nothing goes as planned…for anyone.

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I hope everyone is having a fun holiday season this year. I'm really feeling the spirit :-)

Always, Lexi 
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