Well I finally went and did it. Lying in my death bed on Monday past - OK, it was just a really bad virus which I'm now about over - I proposed to my girlfriend Kelli and she said YES! I'm so so happy! I've been planning to ask her for a while, and actually did so a little earlier that I intended cause I'm such a sucker and just couldn't wait any longer. I've got a few mates - Neil, Colin, Ian, Thomas and Stephen - who I'm pretty sure have had a running bet on just when I would actually pop the question. I think I may have surprised all of them as well as Kelli. And this comes just a week or two after finally getting myself onto the (ridiculously) expensive property ladder here in Scotland. All going well I will have the keys at the end of August and I'll finally be granting my parents their long desired wish. Peace and Quiet! I'm only 15 walks from them so at least for now I can head there after work for my dinner and get my dirty washing cleaned! And then Kelli can take over when she moves in after we're married ;) And back to the wedding plans. We've not set a date or anything yet, but we'll definately be getting hitched within the next year, so I'd imagine May or June 2006. I'll be sending out the present list to all my fellow CF bloggers soon ;) But what does this mean for Scotch on the Rocks 2006? Don't worry, we're definately going ahead with it but we may now have to shift it from May to July or August. Fortunately I'll have a few more folks helping out this year - which is just as well now - and we've already started the preliminary discussions but I can't say any more for now. Anyway, now that I'm fit and healthy again - I wouldn't have wished whatever I had on an a midge - I hope to resume some sort of regular blogging schedule.