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lovr and a dreamr who thinks like a designr

  By Meg | April 29, 2010 - 10:11 pm | love
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Kevin's Flickr Crush

It’s a widely known fact that I am a social media junkie.  When we were dating, I was excited to learn that Kevin was already an established member of the Flickr community. In fact one of my favorite photos of Kevin is this self-portrait. Kevin shows his heart matches the Flickr logo using a polaroid and felt. The man is crafty. He made this one to win another girl- maybe he knew it would win one, one way or another.

Recently Kevin has a new social media darling- Tumblr. It’s a short form blog site and he has two of them:

1. http://problemsolver.tumblr.com “Posting here about anything that interests me including the MAKE/DIY revolution, Stagecraft, Photography and current events.” He also posts photos of tigers. In case you didn’t know, Kevin loves tigers.

2. http://doingeverythingbetter.tumblr.com/ A self-described self-help Tumblr called Room for Improvement, Kevin posts quotes, art, ideas, and inspiration to do everything better.

The thing about Flickr and these Tumblr blogs is that they give me a glimpse of what life looks like through Kevin’s eyes. They aren’t always things he’s conceived or designed, but they’re filled with places where he sees beauty.  I like how life looks through his lens.

If you follow his Tumblrs, you’ll learn Kevin loves chairs, ladders, and shelves.  He likes construction and materials. At one point he had  a “Look Meg scaffold” Tumblr with photos of scaffold. When we were in Italy he liked to point it out- to my chagrin. I thought he was disappointed that he didn’t have an unobstructed view of a building or sculpture. It turns out he just really likes scaffold. Now I make a point of kissing Kevin when he brings it to my attention.

the proposal

  By Meg | February 15, 2010 - 6:44 pm | engagement
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Kevin proposed to me for the first time after a Packers Game. We had an amazing day in Green Bay and met some of Kevin’s good friends. He bought me a Packer’s hoodie and we celebrated the Packers’ win over Dallas.  We were wind burned and tired from the game. So I was shocked when we got back to hotel in Shawano, WI, and Kevin got down on one knee and proposed.

five minutes after proposal

We had been dating for only five months and had not yet met the others’ parents or families. We didn’t have a ring or a plan and we weren’t ready to tell the world, but we knew this was it.

I met Kevin’s family weeks later at Thanksgiving in Hartland, WI.

Kevin met my parents on Christmas Day. Brave soul asked my father on the day he met him. My dad grilled Kevin.

“How long have you been thinking about this (marriage)?” he asked.

“Maybe a month?” Kevin offered.

“I’m going to need the same amount of time to decide about you.” my dad retorted.

It took him another hour before he was asking for illegitimate children- my father is anxious to be a grandparent.

The original plan Kevin had formulated was to propose in Italy. And he did. We spent two glorious weeks in Italy in January.

xo, Meg