My Mini Upgrade from Good Old Gold!

ImpatientOne

ImpatientOne

Coati, G.G.

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Piece of cake and a candle.
**ng gift**

Michelle



*****************************So many sparklies.....So little time!

That is beautiful! Congrats. Best of luck selling your "old" rings too!
Can't wait to see the new setting

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"Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one"

ImpatientOne

~~~ When in doubt...don't.~~~

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If you judge people, you have no time to love them ~Mother Teresa

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"It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds."

-Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State



John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880

"There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things....

The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."

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"It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds."

-Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State



John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880

"There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things....

The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."

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"You come to love not by finding the perfect person,
but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly"
~ Sam Keen

Date: 1/23/2008 10:35:00 AM
Author: 3shebabes
Congrats on your soon-to-be-on-your-finger upgrade! I am anxious to see pictures -- as I am awaiting a finished 10-year anniversary upgrade in several weeks and I chose a setting very similar to yours. Also - I chose 10 point size stones for the setting and the matching band like yours will be -- so I look forward to seeing how yours turns out. I am having a local custom jeweler make my pieces, but I seriously thought about the set you chose from Signed Pieces because I had heard such good things about their work. Anyway -- congrats on your beautiful rings and I look forward to seeing the hand shots when you receive them!Very exciting! It's hard to wait, isn't it?

ImpatientOne

Date: 1/23/2008 8:45:26 PM
Author: Jenn5504
ImpatientOne, your new stone is G*O*R*G*E*O*U*S! So.............can you tell much of a size difference???? I'm anxious to hear what you think, since the 1.75 range is about the only thing I am in the ballpark of anytime soon. I have a smaller table on my current stone and it IS a much different look, very fun and so glad you are happier with the clarity!

ImpatientOne

Date: 1/23/2008 11:59:19 PM
Author: thing2of2
Wow, it looks stunning! What a gorgeous diamond! I can't wait to see the finished setting! I am also curious about the size difference...is it noticeable? And what are the measurements of your old stone vs. this new one? Not that I'm interested because I want an upgrade or anything...

ImpatientOne

Date: 1/24/2008 12:50:27 AM
Author: 3shebabes
Impatient One, I giggled when I read that you wore the new one around the house today -- I have been doing that since I received my upgrade stone back in the fall! I even try to bend my arm around and look at it as if it was someone else's hand so I can admire it that way. I'm warped, I fear. I try mine on in the temp 'pinch' setting that looks just like yours...and wear it around the house DESPITE the fact that one good knock could send it flyin' across the room and into an air vent, or something... I can't wait to see my stone in an actual setting! The setting and band should be ready in 2 or 3 more weeks. My actual anniversary came and went last fall (November 21) and I still did not have my ring - through no fault of my hubby's - as I COULD NOT seem to make a setting decision. What torture it was! My husband actually told me I was taking the romance out of it by torturing myself (and him!) with too much setting talk. Ouch! So, once this setting is ready and the center stone is set, he plans to be the one to pick it up from the jeweler so he can actually give it to me as an actual ring set this time - when the mood strikes him -- -- and so it can feel like a romantic gesture again! I am secretly hoping it'll be done by Valentine's day, as that would be the perfect time for him to re-give it to me! I just hope once I am wearing it, I can refrain from doing that semi-obnoxious-but-we've-all-done-it awkward, forced over-use of my left hand while talking in order to make sure others notice the new rings! I know I did it years ago when first engaged (who doesn't? It is SO exciting!) -- but since I am now 42, I will try to be more grown-up this time! (Or at least I'll try to be more subtle!)

ImpatientOne