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After yesterday's blog, I received a note from my sister MA that her granddaughter Morgan, who is the same age as Jordan, also became engaged over the weekend. That's kind of ironic because the two of them were good friends, especially when we went to Florida every summer. So congrats to that newly engaged couple as well.

I spent a wonderful weekend celebrating my birthday (it finally arrived!) and getting into the new season of college football. We watched our beloved Gators, of course, as well as other SEC teams. I even found myself watching Florida State and Miami until I looked at the genius and said, "Why am I watching two teams that I don't like and don't care who wins?" But we did have fun.

For months we have been saying to each other, "Only five more months" (or three, or two weeks, etc.) When I realized that my birthday fell on the opening day of the season, I began saying to the genius whenever he indicated he was counting down, "That's right! It will be my birthday; I've never known you to be so excited about it!" Of course, he was talking about football, but he went along with it. When the day finally arrived, I was excited about both.

And I must say, the genius came through big time for my day. Below is a picture of my hand holding his present to me -- sapphire and diamond earrings! I'm sorry it's so fuzzy, but I took so many photos that I finally decided to go with these two.

Hmmmm! I wonder what my present will be if I make it to seventy-five!!