Ashley

  How We Met~ Daniel and I have been together for nearly 4 years.  He and I met through his wonderful aunt Teresa, who I worked with in Maui, Hawaii where I lived for 12 years.  She told me that I needed to meet her nephew.  I had seen him pop in a couple times to visit his aunt, and I thought he was to-die-for good looking.  She said he's everything I was looking for and more. Now normally, I would not have been keen on a blind date. She did say something though that resonated with me....that he was from Reno, Nevada. Why did this resonate with me? Because I too, was from Reno, Nevada.  I told her to give him my number.  A few weeks go by, and I hadn't heard anything.  I kept asking Teresa every day, "Is he gonna call, is he even interested?"  She kept telling me that he was and that I needed to be patient.  It was around Christmas, and I had heard from Teresa that Daniel was going to go back to Reno and visit his family.  I thought for sure, he wasn't going to call me.  I was working that day and received a phone call from him (FINALLY!) asking me out for New Years....I immediately said yes.   :) Our First Date~ New Years Eve came, and Daniel called me at work and asked me if Outback Steakhouse was good for dinner, I said yes, of course.  The evening came and I'm all dolled up to go out, and Daniel calls me to tell me he had some bad news....that he was on call....and that he had to go do a job. (He's a plumber.)  He said he was going to do the job and then meet me at the restaurant.  I was disappointed but said ok. He dropped off some money before going to the job.  I get gas and begin to head down to the restaurant and I get a call from him...I'm thinking that was fast.  He told me that, after seeing me, he had his cousin do the call for him, and that he was at the restaurant.   I'm elated, at this point. I hurry to the restaurant.  We end up sitting down and start to look through the menu....he and I are very nervous-as is obvious to the fact that I'm reading my menu upside down and he was flipping through the pages furiously.  It was quite entertaining and very cute.  The date ended up going very well, and I got an incredible New Years Kiss.  It was incredibly special... The Present~ Fast forward, Daniel and I moved in together almost immediately. As cheesy as it sounds, he completes me.  We have lived together almost 4 years now, and moved back to Reno together one and a half years ago where we live and enjoy our lives together. Daniel and I share an incredible respect and love for one another. We are true partners in life at everything we do. We enjoy being around each other so deeply and look forward to sharing a beautiful life together. body, td, input { font-family:arial; font-size:16px; } #container { padding:5px 20px; } #header h2 { font-size:27px; color:#d0d0d0; margin: 22px 0 10px; } #searchform { width:470px; margin:0; } #searchform input { font-size:18px; border: 1px solid #aaa; color:#aaa; } #searchform input:hover, #searchform input:focus, #searchform input:active { border: 1px solid #888; color:#000; } #searchform input.searchbox { padding:4px; width:300px; } #searchform input.searchbutton { padding: 3px 10px; color:#000; } #searchform div.poweredby { float:right; width:80px; text-align:center; } #searchform div.poweredby span { font-size:10px; } #searchform div.poweredby img { width:60px; }