First of all...

[captain_slinky]

Lots of things to get at, probably do them all one post at a time (for posterity). So first of all, I proposed to Crystal, and she accepted :) She was on the phone with her mother at the time, and i acted like there was something I had forgotten to give her. Then there, on bended knee, in our living room, while she was on the phone with her mom and my niece (Brittany) as witness, I proposed to her. She cried. I smiled :)