Stalking the Ruby-hearted Gleamcatcher

Updated 4/19 to use a picture of the real ring rather than the catalogue image...

OK, so this still isn't the article on incoming SharePoint email that I promised. That article (which will be cross-posted at EndUserSharePoint.com) is still coming, as is an article for Microsoft's Get the Point! blog. But from a personal standpoint, this is even more important.

Over the Easter holiday weekend, I proposed to my girlfriend, Brenda, while we were on a nature walk. Essentially, I set it up so that on our walk we would be seeking out the nesting site of the very rare "Ruby-hearted gleamcatcher." It turned out that the "gleamcatcher" was actually a ruby and diamond pendant, and the "nest" was its box, which I had previously nestled in a tree.

After I gave it to her, I figured she would be a little disappointed, since we had been discussing the idea of marriage for a while. So, I mentioned that the reason I chose that particular pendant was that it went along so nicely with the ring I had in my pocket (pictured above). I took it out and placed it on her finger, asking her to join me forever on that great nature walk of life (OK, those weren't quite the words I used, but they should have been).

To make a long story short, she said "Yes!", so on August 1st...

We're Getting Married!

(Note: Brenda is a much more private person than I am, and doesn't like her picture taken, so sorry, no pix at this time. Maybe for our wedding site once I have that set up.)