WONDERFUL THREE DAYS

Sometimes weekends turn out to be so-so and other times they are fabulous! The latter was the case for us this past weekend -- it was GREAT!!

It began on Friday night with my cousin David and his wife Betty who surprised us with a visit from Memphis. He was one of my "town" Mississippi cousins who grew up in Oxford, so of course we saw him every summer. We even stayed with them some when we were not "roughing it" out in the country with our other relatives. We loved to walk the 2-3 blocks to the square and have sundaes at his father's drugstore. (The store is there still, but it's a bookstore now.)

He did his undergrad work here at Vanderbilt and we grew closer during that time, going out a few times for a beer, if I remember correctly. He calls me occasionally when he comes to town on "lawyer" business. When he called this time, I quickly gathered up the sisters and husbands and we all convened at Sperry's, our favorite restaurant in Nashville. We really had a great time, laughing until we cried. David is sooo funny -- has that Lauderdale quick wit.

Then what can I say about Saturday? The genius and I were ecstatic over the Gator-Bama game. Now it's on to the National Championship bowl vs. Oklahoma.

Last night we attended a wonderful Christmas faculty party at the genius's school. It's always good to see everyone and have excellent food. We were somewhat anxious about the BCS selection and I finally called my cousin Jane who was monitoring the situation at home, and got the word that the Gators were definitely in the finals. She of course was interested in Ole Miss and where they were playing, but she gave me the news about Florida and we could relax and enjoy the party.

So a good time was had by us all weekend. I love seeing people I haven't seen in a while and partying with them.

Christmastime is great!!! If it just weren't sooooo COLD!!