Now We are Six (1927)

• When I was One,
  I had just begun.
  When I was Two,
  I was nearly new.
  When I was Three
  I was hardly me.
  When I was Four,
  I was not much more.
  When I was Five,
  I was just alive.
  But now I am Six,
  I’m as clever as clever,
  So I think I’ll be six now for ever and ever.
  • The End

Sun Transits the Third House

The Sun is illuminating your communications sector for the next few weeks, suggesting “busy-ness” and movement. You are exploring and searching now, making connections, and paying attention to your immediate environment. Social interaction is emphasized during this period, and is for the most part light-hearted. Give other people a little extra time and attention, notice their efforts on your behalf, and strengthen your connections. You are more curious and alert than usual, and you could be quite busy with errands, paperwork, phone calls, and light socializing. Much energy is expended in understanding and adapting to your immediate environment. Siblings, neighbors, close relatives, friends, and co-workers may play a more important role than usual in your life during this cycle. You are more interested in exploring your own neighborhood than you are a different country. This is not a time of big adventure-seeking. Rather, it’s a time of little adventures close to home. Neither is this a time when you are especially focused. In fact, you could have a finger in many pies right now. You are especially resourceful now, and you could find yourself enjoying (or seeking) attention for your intellectual know-how. The ability to express and communicate your ideas is extremely important to you at this time. You are eager to investigate new things, whether scientific or technical.

  
I am ordering unique dresses for each bridesmaid (in same color) from ebay.
My dress is ordered (made to measurements).  BTW, measuring yourself that specifically is not exactly fun.  I’m a 12,14,16 dress size as you go down my body.  Weebles wobble.

Got outbid on Linda’s dress.   Hydrangea bouquets

So Liz’ dress was the first to come ($9.99) and it’s beautiful linen.

And Jill’s is quite beautiful with chiffon over satin ($20.00).

Diane’s satin one hasn’t come yet (and will need to be shortened maybe, but is only $.99).

The new one for Linda is on it’s way (only $5.00).

I also have a different one for Kristen that I’m bidding for ($.99, the one shown above is still coming at $25).

in reverse order

• (very soon we will be watching the grammy’s)
• we got some rice milk as part of a cleanse (where we will be taking a break from soy)
• we fabreezed the van
• we returned a heck of a lot of cans for a fundraiser (yuck!) and printed copies of the flyer for it
• took stuff to storage
• we picked up Greg’s ring in The Dalles
• we went to JoAnn’s fabrics, and got beginning ideas for favors
• all the amount of laundry we usually do
• sorted through all the wrinkled laundry and just folded it already
• sorted through and packed away out of season clothes
• we went to church (which was weird)
• saw a couple bands out last night… we’re so old
• hosted the birthday speaker meeting
• searched for Greg’s ring
• started a two week cleanse diet (Master Cleanse for “leaky gut”)

So we found this beautiful ring that goes with other jewelry Greg has and feels comfortable on, etc. 

  Greg’s ring is black Tungsten with gold. 
STRIKE THAT; BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.  IT TURNED OUT TO BE TOO LIGHT FOR GREG’S LIKING.  WE’RE GOING SHOPPING TODAY, SO HE CAN TRY SOME ON.

The story of my ring! Greg (and my mom) love this show called Antiques Roadshow.  Well, today we had a little adventure learning about my grandmother’s opal ring.  First of all, it’s a cat’s eye, but the rarest, most valuable cat’s eye, called a chyrosberyl. 

First we went to Marx Jewelers.  The man there was very sweet.  We’d been referred by a friend.  He said right of that the ring’s diamonds were cut in a very old fashioned manner that meant they were older than my grandmother.  He said they were rose cut, which is not used anymore.  He also said it was a cat’s eye, not an opal.

Maybe this ring was my great-grandmother’s as well?  In fact, he said he thought it was 200 years old (turned out to be wrong).  We also looked at an eterinity band, which this jeweler said he would cut a channel underneath one side of my ring to lock it into place.

We decided to go to a few other jewelers to just get second opinions.  The next place we went was horrible.  They were so unfriendly and unhelpful, we left pretty quickly.

The third place introduced the idea that the diamonds were antique, but the ring was probably a resetting of them in a more modern design, from between the 40s and 60s.  He mistakenly said it was a tiger’s eye (they are darker and cheaper).  He then suggested we go see a jeweler who specialized in vintage.  This is when we were referred to Maloy’s.

Here we worked with a lady that knew her stuff.  She immediately cleaned the ring.  She told us that the cat’s eye is a chyrsoberyl, which is the most expensive type.  She said the settings on the diamonds are good.

We then talked about wedding bands.  She said the idea of cutting into my ring to fit an eternity ring would have been disatrous, resulting in weaking the ring and losing some of the diamonds.  So we found a fan ring that makes a shape that contours around the ring. 

In her case, she had a platinum vintage band of such a type, which seemed to be my ring’s mate. Everything is getting slightly resized and I will have my engagement ring in 10 days, and Greg will have the band to give me on our wedding day.  We are thrilled.