A 6-year-old girl who found “a toy”  diamond ring in a Wal-Mart parking lot has helped put a smile back on a nervous Benton newlywed with her missing $9,000 engagement ring.After losing her 1.26-carat diamond ring at a Bryant Wal-Mart on Tuesday, Haley Reep Wagnon reported it missing, and Bryant police reviewed Wal-Mart’s surveillance videos and noticed a young girl seemed to pick up the ring.

“I saw a little girl pick up the ring in the parking lot, but I don’t think the girl was trying to steal the ring and I don’t think the family with her was even aware,” Bryant police Detective Todd Crowson said. “She probably didn’t even know that it is a real ring.” In fact, the way she treated it proved so.

Local law enforcement were able to identify the family’s vehicle and were able to determine which Saline County dealership sold it to them. From there, they were able to use their mad detective skills to find out the truck was registered to a Michael Wheaton of Bryant.

“I received a call about a young lady losing a ring and a little girl picking it up, and I said, ‘OK, you’ve got my attention,’” Wheaton said. “I came down to the station and when he showed me the picture, I said, ‘That’s my brother from Chicago and his kids.’” Read the rest of this entry »

People crack me up…. they think it’s easier to learn life’s lessons the hard way. One thing I’ve learned as I get older is I don’t know very much at all except a few key truths:

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I applaud any man who actually comes up with a creative idea to pop the question.  But if you come up with a new idea, don’t screw it up.  A London floor installer Lefkos Hajji came up with a good one that flew out of his hands.

The unlucky 28 year-old’s dreams of giving his chosen one, Leanne, 26, the perfect engagement proposal literally vanished into thin air.

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How romantic is it to surprise the love of your life with an engagement ring arriving as part of your meal? I’m sure you’ve seen it in a thousand movies & TV shows, and you won’t win any points for creativity with the lady. Worst case scenario, you may follow up your romantic proposal with a trip to the emergency room or the dentist. Not so romantic…. Read the rest of this entry »

Scott and I had been together for nine years when we booked to go on holiday to Skiathos in Greece. I had just presumed it was going to be a usual two week break. However, Scott had other plans.

We decided that it would be fun to hire a boat for the day but due to the weather and the rough sea this plan was thwarted for three days running. Scott seemed to be really disappointed about the setback and I coundn’t undserstand why. Anyway, we eventually managed to hire a boat and went out on the open seas. We were having a really good laugh until it started raining. As I can’t swim I began to get a bit scared so I asked if we could find a beach. John insisted that we find an empty one and when we did, we moored up.

On the beach, the rain stopped and the sun began to break through the clouds. We laid out our towels, although I was still wrapped up in mine as the rain and wind on the sea had been freezing. Suddenly, Scott began to kneel but then laid on his side and said: “While the sun has peeked out, will you marry me?” Completely shocked, all I could say was: “What, are you joking?” while laughing hysterically. 

Scott clearly wasn’t joking and asked me if that meant yes, to which I replied yes. Then he pulled out a little box with a white gold diamond and teal ring. At this point, my emotions took over and I started to cry - as did Scott.

The ring fit perfectly and we laid on the towel cuddling, only to be interrupted by some splashing. Looking up, we saw a naked swimmer in the sea. He was then joined by another couple of men and we realized that we were not on our own secluded beach but on the corner of a nudist beach. This could have ruined our perfect moment but instead we sat there laughing.

I rang my mum and dad and found out that Scott had rang my dad before the holiday to ask his permission. I don’t know who was crying more - me or them.

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