Three in the wee hours of too-early-to-truly-be-called morning. One with Holly, one alone, and one with the dog. 2 A couple of hours later with my sons in tow. Happy Veteran's Day! Since I'm sure you are all dying to know the ridiculous everyday adventures of my life, I will include an embarrassing story.... I have 2 rings that I wear on my left ring finger. First, I have my beautiful wedding set, which is pretty, but not overly practical. After scratching my babies with the diamond a couple of times I decided I really wanted something less dangerous to show my marital status. James kindly gave me a very nice ring with the center stone set down in a pressure setting for our 6th anniversary. Very nice. This is the ring I use for everyday. It has 2 colors of gold and is so smooth and practical. After missing this ring for a couple of days, I finally located it...in the VACUUM cleaner!!! To say that it is smooshed is an understatement! Completely crumpled, broken, and missing the center stone is more like it. I cried. I don't think I have a single possession that means as much to me as that ring--except my wedding ring. For Christmas I have asked Santa to get my ring fixed--even if they have to melt it down and start from scratch! So I have been wearing my fancy wedding ring since then. On my run today, I stopped to let the kids play in the park. While I was watching them, I noticed some really strong sprinklers. I had this FABULOUS idea to hold my beloved ring in its spray for a few seconds and let the water blast it sparkly-clean. Who wants to wait for it to soak in one of those ring-cleaning thingies? Well, my plan worked famously for about 1 second, after which I suddenly found myself...not...holding...onto a ring anymore. It had shot off somewhere into the deep grass. DOH! I win the prize for stupidest way to dispatched several of my prized possessions within a 3 day time frame. Don't be too alarmed, though. I located my wedding set within 5 min., but I had to get pretty wet to do it. Ha ha.
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