Now I really did it :((

[springerspaniel]

Hi @mrs-b !! Freddie is wishing you a smoother and less painful recovery! (And also that you hurry up and get better so you can throw the ball for him....)



And Clyde is hoping you have a comfortable place to recover on:

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

NIRDI shout out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@missy I am sorry that the chilblains won't leave you alone; I really wish it would get lost!! Nice pictures as usual and I can't believe you might get through this winter unscathed by snow!!! I'm totally jealous!

@Austina yay on the food delivery.

@MamaBee safe vibes your Mom's way!

@mrs-b hope you are healing well!!!!!!

I had to go to Wall Mart for something, and I took a look at the grocery prices while there. stuff is a lot cheaper than Safeway!! I just might have to change my shopping habits. Or join Costco. Tired of getting gouged.

I read that rain or snow might be in our forecast. Looks pretty sunny out to me!

cheers--Sharon

 

[Austina]

Hello lovelies

Ouch @missy, chilblains aren’t fun, poor you. I hope the weather warms up soon and helps ease the problem.

Oh no @MamaBee, what a worry, I really don’t understand how people think Covid is over. Everything crossed your Mum stays safe. I’m sorry to hear Chris has to have surgery, and I’ll be keeping everything crossed it all goes well and he makes a full recovery. That’s sweet about his little kitten. What a pain that the houses didn’t pan out, and oy to the realtor thinking you wanted an 8500 sq ft house.

Yay to real clothes and bling being back on the menu @marcy, and to being signed off. The 6 weeks seems to have whizzed by, I’m sure it’s felt like a life time to you, but it sounds like you’re making good progress getting your range of motion back.

Awww @springerspaniel, the pupsters are lovely and I’m sure made @mrs-b ‘s day.

Yep, food is really expensive these days @canuk-gal, I’m still shocked everytime we go to the supermarket how much the bill is just for the two of us, and it’s not as though we’re living on caviar and champagne! (Just as well I don’t actually like caviar ). Yuk to more bad weather.

Well the guy to fix the broken drip field pipes turned up, then said he had to go and get parts and that’s the last we saw of him. He was supposed to report back to the landscapers about the solidity of the ground. It was perfect weather today for them to come, but nope, no show

The deck coating people did come and removed all the protective wrap they’d put on the house walls and door, and pool edging, and then did the mastic to seal everything. We’re not supposed to walk on it for a few days, which is fine.

Other than that, I’m going to call tomorrow for an update on the car.

I hope you’ve all had a good weekend

 

[missy]

Good morning girls! Happy Valentine's Day to all my sweet friends here!
Another beautiful day here today

@Austina boo to that guy who left to get something and then never returned. What is wrong with people SMH...hope tomorrow you car is ready and you are reunited finally
XOXO

@canuk-gal I wish believe me I wish. We did get 0.4inches of snow about 2 weeks ago...the morning I did my first blood draw where they skipped the CTX and instead did a blood culture lol. But I digress. I am pretty sure snow will be scathing us before winter is over...you know what they say about the month of March..in like a lion and out like a lamb, So we shall see. But I sure would not complain if we got no more snow this winter. We got to cycle yesterday and it is so sweet to cycle in winter...had a wonderful day..hope you are having a wonderful week and that work is going smoothly..XOXO

@MamaBee aww I love Chris's kitten and am so pleased he is in love with Smokey too. Nothing like the unconditional love an animal has for their momma or poppa. Even cats. LOL. I am a big cat fan obviously but love all animals. Cats are the most discerning making their love challenging at times.
((((hugs)))

@marcy each day you are closer to being able to do all you did before...more healing vibes and hugs

@mrs-b speaking of which more healing vibes and hugs to you...I wish I could make all the NIRDIs 100% recovered and well but one day at a time and you remain in my thoughts

@springerspaniel awww so adorable, They melt my heart truly. I so wish we lived closer to each other all of us. I can imagine the fun we would have...XOXO

@bling_dream19 happy VD sweet friend...I hope you enjoy it to the max. You're still newlyweds! (((Hugs)))

@Slickk hope you get a lot of Valentine's day cards from your students who I know adore you...and that you are having a terrific week...XOXO

Hi everyone else, hope all is well. We had fun cycling yesterday and I had a marathon 3.5 hour zoom call with my girlfriends afterwards.. OMG I do not know how it is possible for the time to go that fast. Today is another cycling day woohoo. I wish everyone a wonderful wonderful day. XOXO



Photo taken as we were cycling down the shore yesterday

 

[missy]

A Valentine's Day poem to my friends here

​

Happy Valentine's Day
to all my sweet NIRDI girls

You are each more valuable to me
than diamonds or pearls

It is winter here still
But the weather is not cold

And in our warm hearts
There is love we hold

NIRDIs are the best
Stand above all the rest

Supportive and kind
The sharpest of minds

The rarest of jewels
The coolest of cool

Kind and smart
Compassion the rule

Here's hoping this year
Will bring good health and cheer

The sweetest of times
The finest of fine

May this year bring all the best
To each and everyone of you

May the NIRDIs have happiness
and no more pain or sorrow

And may sweetness and love be with you
for each and every tomorrow

I am sending so many hugs and kisses
to my sweet NIRDI misses

​

 

[Austina]

Happy Galentines lovely NIRDIs

Thank you for the lovely poem @missy Wow the sky is so blue there, and thankfully here too. Doesn’t time fly when you’re talking to friends? Shirley and I would often spend 3 hrs+ talking on Sundays. Sadly, I haven’t heard from her in a long while, but her DIL keeps me updated and tells me she’s fine. She’ll be back late summer, so hopefully we’ll get to see her again then.

It’s been all go here today, starting with a huge truckload of earth, followed by 2 huge truckloads of limestone rocks. They’ve almost complete laying the soil, landscapers matting and rocks at the sides and across the back, and I believe they’ll do the large bed by the pool tomorrow, followed by irrigation. They’re supposed to be coming on Saturday, mob handed to lay the grass.

The car is supposed to be ready tomorrow, so fingers crossed, I’m really getting bored of being home!

I hope you’re all having a lovely day, whatever you’re doing - Valentine’s Day has by passed our home!!!!!

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

@Austina VD has passed us by also! LOL. I don't care about $$ flowers just for today--I'll get them two days from now are a normal price! I hope your car is TRULY ready and no issues.

cheers--Sharon

 

[missy]

GM girls and happy wonderful Wednesday!
@Austina hope you are reunited with your car and everything is exactly as you hope it to be. Yay for things getting accomplished yesterday and people showing up as they were scheduled to...fingers crossed the car comes home today

@canuk-gal same. We don't celebrate per se. Maybe this sounds mushy but every day feels special so for us VD is just a card occasion and well we spend most of our time together every day anyway lol.

@bling_dream19 hope you had a romantic VD. You sweet newlyweds you

@Slickk happy hump day...the weekend is coming just a few more days now

@MamaBee keeping good thoughts for you and your family

@mrs-b hope you and Tim enjoyed a beautiful day and all is going as well as it possibly can

@springerspaniel good morning...hope you had a lovely day yesterday and today is a wonderful Wednesday

@marcy hope you and Marty enjoyed a romantic evening together and any pranks were fun lol

So our beautiful weather continues. We cycled yesterday again and today will make three days in a row. First February we got to cycle at all IIRC and definitely first February we cycled three days in a row. Our colder weather is returning tomorrow or Friday but no complaints here. It is winter after all

I wish all my sweet friends here a very happy wonderful Wednesday. XOXO

 

[Austina]

Hello lovelies

The car is ready - ISH!!!

Kia have sent the wrong sensor, so I could leave it until tomorrow when the part is due to arrive, or collect it today. I’m collecting it today! I’ll take it in when the part arrives, and go back for them to fit it, a 30 min job.

More progress on the garden, they’re putting in the bed in front of the pool and will be doing the extra irrigation. More stones delivered, it’s all coming together! Photos when it’s done.

It’s due to hit high 70’s here today, just crazy weather!

Woohoo to cycling in February @missy, must be great being outside enjoying Mother Nature.

Yep, I’m not in to the commercialisation of certain celebrations either @canuk-gal.

Have a good one lovely NIRDIs

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Oh the fun never ends...DH's crown fell off...not a simple fix, to the dentist for an ER extraction. Antibiotics, etc etc. Yikes.

cheers--Sharon

 

[missy]

GM girls! Happy terrific Thursday!

Oh no @canuk-gal I'm so sorry. I hope he can get it fixed easily and painlessly...sending healing vibes his way

@Austina glad you have the car back but darn I cannot believe after all that time it still isn't 100%. Hopefully the fix will be 30 minutes. Glad the garden is coming along. I love a beautiful garden

@bling_dream19 hope your week has been going well and all is good

@Slickk I cannot believe we are in mid February. Part of me is excited because yay spring and summer. But part of me is like whoa, slow down. LOL. Enjoy a great rest of the week

@mrs-b bucketloads of healing vibes continuing your way...we got ice cream yesterday in honor of you and your recuperation. Hoping each day is getting a bit better and you are seeing the light at the end of that proverbial tunnel my sweet friend

@springerspaniel hope you are having a wonderful week. When the weather is nice life seems easier and sweeter if that makes sense. And I definitely appreciate the mild temps in February. I know it won't last forever but while it does what a treat it is

Hi everyone else. So we had another good cycling day. I mean it's been windy which is par for the course at the shore especially during winter but the temps so mild. A true treat indeed. Our cold weather is due here in a day or two but we are making the most of it and planning another riding day today. Rain is due here early afternoon so we are heading out early hoping to beat the rain. So no ice cream today but we had a delish treat yesterday. One day I hope we can all enjoy some yummy ice cream together at the shore




Enjoy a sweet day girls. Sending love and hugs and all good things XOXO

 

[mrs-b]

GM girls! Happy terrific Thursday!


@mrs-b bucketloads of healing vibes continuing your way...we got ice cream yesterday in honor of you and your recuperation. Hoping each day is getting a bit better and you are seeing the light at the end of that proverbial tunnel my sweet friend

ox

 

[MamaBee]

ox

This made my day! Small..baby steps @mrs-b! I hope your recovery starts rapidly improving..

 

[MamaBee]

Good morning girls..
@missy @Slickk I received my book, A Fall of Marigolds, last night. I told my husband I need an hour..by myself…to read every day. He laughed and said okay. Carving out an hour here is insane..but I’m determined to get back to enjoying holding a book in my hand and escaping.
I loved your poem!
@Austina I‘m amazed it took so long for them to fix your car. How long ago was the accident? It feels like it’s been ages ago.
Are all the things you are having done to your house included in the purchase of your new home? I’m asking because we may have to build a house if we can’t find one. It’s getting depressing trying to find one in the area we would like to live.
@canuk-gal Ouch to your husband losing his crown. My husband has that happen a lot. He also had an implant put in recently. That went smoother than getting his crown to stay put. After my braces are off I need to have a few crowns replaced. They’re cracked. I think it was caused by the tension of the braces and elastics I have to wear. I hate these things.
@marcy That‘s great you got your cast off and can use your fingers of that hand to get dressed. It must have been frustrating for you to try to do things one handed. I only sprained my wrist..but it was a pain to do things. Baggy clothes are great!
@canuk-gal I’m glad you spoke to a counselor..It’s not good to keep things in..Work stress on top of that must be awful.
I‘ve been wondering if you are going to get some beautiful yellow diamond earrings? I think you should. I’ve been so upset about my lost band that I’ve been medicating myself with little bits of jewelry here and there. I was too cheap to buy another Art Deco baguette band..but with all the money spent on little things I could have easily bought one.
@springerspaniel Clyde and Freddie are so cute. I really miss having a dog..At this time in our lives with an upcoming move..it’s not the right time. I also don’t know if my heart could take another loss like my sweet Bailey. I really don’t think we will have another one. I said that before..after Gordie..Then I got Bailey..my buddy..
@bling_dream19 I hope you enjoyed your Valentine’s Day. I still consider you a newlywed! My husband bought me neck Warmies! Not exactly romantic but I love it!

I sent a bunch of jewelry to David Klass to fix..I’m getting them back today in addition to my new 1.5ctw lab diamonds in crown settings. I don’t have a mind clean issue with these at at all which I’m happy about. They will be fun earrings for me to wear when I don’t want to wear my larger mined studs..

I met my friends yesterday for lunch. They moved two hours away so a local friend and I met them halfway in a historic town. We had lunch in a restored house..I made the reservation for 11:30 thinking there would be no one there..It was packed. I’m crossing my fingers I don’t get anything. My friends don’t wear masks anymore…They’ve had Covid a number of times but aren’t concerned about getting it. I love them so I do meet them. We’re starting to meet every few months.

Hi to everyone else! XO

 

[Austina]

Hello lovelies

So glad you’ve posted @mrs-b, I hope your recovery is going well, and you continue to feel stronger each day.

I can’t wait to hear what you think of your studs @MamaBee. The accident happened last MAY. With regards to the house, I would suggest if you can find an established builder that not only builds on a large scale, but also helps clients find lots to build on and has numerous established floor plans, that would probably be your easiest way forward. I know here, there are several such builders, and it’ll be a lot simpler to find one of their floor plans that suits you, and then customise it. I think that would also be a way of keeping to your budget. I know @Tekate mentioned they had lots of issues with their builder and the budget. We chose the floor plan, and then made minor structural changes, like switching out the bath in Bed 2 for a big shower, adding a bay window to our bedroom, and adding trayed ceilings in the main living areas. The price included the basic house and basic ’builder grade’ finishes. We couldn’t go to the design centre, but obviously you would be able to, to select your finishes. I’m pretty sure the sales consultant went and picked the most expensive finished, based on what we wanted. Her first question was what was our budget, we told her as we hadn’t done this before, we didn’t know how much things would cost! I’m sure whatever we said, she’d have made sure we spent it! We had to choose all safe options as we couldn‘t see them in person. The builder only put in basic landscaping to the front and about 13’ of grass at the back, so the fences and rear landscaping are all our costs.

Oh no @canuk-gal, your poor DH. Sometimes if the foundation of the crown is too damaged, extraction is the only course available. Fingers crossed.

It must be challenge riding in the wind @missy, it’s been pretty windy here too, Colin said he nearly got blown in to the pool yesterday while he was cleaning it! Yum to ice cream, we’ve been having a very small scoop every other day. Chocolate cherry or coconut almond are our current choices

After picking up the car yesterday, we went and did our food shopping, and when we got back, they’d gone, so we went to look at the progress in the garden, only to find they’ve damaged 2 of our fence panels with the BobCat, one adjoining our neighbours and one at the bottom Why doesn‘t anything go to plan? They’ve said they’ll get it fixed a.s.a.p.

Just waiting for the man to arrive to quote for glass balustrading around the pool, then we’re off to Costco.

Have a great day lovely NIRDIs

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

My DH is feeling better today. No pain and minor facial swelling. Don't know what the plan is moving forward--his FU is Tuesday. His bridge came off as the anchoring tooth was cracked--hence the extraction. We hoped his teeth issues were over (he had problems for a few years straight) but with teeth --unless you have none--it is never over!!

Gotta run, ttyl

cheers--Sharon

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

NIRDI shout out!!!!!!!!!!!!

Decent weather day--a bit windy but sunny and 9C.. Looking to next week, I see a deep freeze in our future. We've been enjoying such mild temps, I get PTSD just looking at the prediction!! Bought a gorgeous piece of arctic char for supper.

@missy keep up the good cycle work!!
@Austina absolutely ridiculous the wait you had for your car! You (almost) build a house in less time!!!!
@MamaBee hope your Mom is still safe. And no I haven't bought any more yellow diamonds. I'm overwhelmed by the amount I stuff I have that I don't wear. Sorry you are so busy. Can you take something off your plate?
@marcy keep well!!
@springerspaniel nice to see you and the pooches!
@mrs-b hope you are healing nicely!!!!!!

cheers--Sharon

 

[marcy]

Hi NIRDI’s!

@canuk-gal I hope your free play turns in to the big winner. Tiffany’s here you come! I can wear my Tiffany band on my left hand, since I can’t size it. Of course, it’s even too big on swollen fingers. I wonder if I could get a layer of gold added inside the band so it fits me again? I bought it with my life insurance check on my dad, so it’s a sentimental piece. I am totally craving meatballs now. Good luck with the new software at work. That’s great your puffer coat is working out so well. I’m excited I can wear my winter coats again since I no longer have on a cast or splint. Yes, the prices at the grocery stores are nuts as well. I’m so sorry about your DH’s crown and extraction. I told a friend of mine, I’d rather break my wrist that go through the dental hell I went through last year. Big hugs to him.

@MamaBee I sure hate to hear about Chris, I hope his surgeries go well and he comes out the other side of everything okay. That’s great the kitten helps him calm down. Hunting for the perfect house, is so stressful. We looked every spring, then gave up until next year. Once it became necessary to move so Marty could get a separate office, we ended up building. Which as you can tell from some of our NIRDI stories, that can be a headache too. Also, if your realtor isn’t cutting it, hopefully you can find one that listens to you and only shows you things that might work for you. Big hugs to you! Nice to get your jewelry back and have lunch with friends.

@missy I’m glad you and Greg find a way to get out so often, regardless of the weather and appointments. It’s nuts the things we are running out of or having shortages. Everyone responsible needs smacked. No excuse in this day and age except for incompetence. I’m sorry you have chilblains, I don’t know what that is but I bet it’s miserable. Big hugs to you! I love your Valentine’s poem. Thank you! Mmm ice cream.

Hi @springerspaniel

@Austina I even put on studs a few times this week. I put them on leaning over the bed. I figure if I drop something, I can hopefully easily find that. I am pleased I healed so fast, but I’m not enjoying the torturcises. More on that below. It’s awesome to wear clothes that fit me. Great they didn’t come back to fix your pipe, hopefully that is resolved soon. I am gald your car is done - finally. Sweet to progress on the garden but holy crap to them damaging the fence.

@mrs-b I am keeping you in my thoughts and hope you are doing okay with your recovery. Mega hugs to you!

By the time I’m done working my part time job - ha ha - I am pretty sore and just set and watch TV.

I am doing my four sessions of torturcises every day - they don’t take long but then I put a heating pad over my hand for a while to help with pain. I’ve had worse pain but it’s noticeable. I do see progress, every single day. I can shower, dress and get ready for bed almost normal - by that I mean I can use both hands. That’s nice. Even though my over $2000 doctor office bills resulted in no more than 10 minutes total of the doctor with me, one piece of advice he gave me is quite useful. He said the best therapy is do every day things with your hand and if it doesn’t work today, try again tomorrow.

I can pick up a few pounds now. When I do dishes, I’m working on picking up a bit heavier things. The swelling has gone down a bit in my left hand so I’ve had my diamond ring on briefly but my diamond bands I had sized are too tight. I am wearing right hand rings most days thought so that cheers me up. As I mentioned above, I’ve been managed to put on stud earrings and more importantly to take them off.

I can get clothes on that fit me but anything with cuff still bugs my ever shrinking bruise and tender skin. I told Marty it feels like I have a sunburn and the clothing just irritates it.

I am concerned about my left thumb though. I know it’s very arthritic, but it continues to hurt more than anything else. I am wondering if I cracked it or broke it and no one noticed it on the x-ray. I was only complaining about my wrist. I’ve mentioned that spot to the doctor but I don’t know he bothered to check my x-ray. I guess if it continues to give me the most pain - I should get it checked.

We made reservations for an early dinner on Valentine’s Day and we weren’t the only ones who had that idea. We stopped on the way home and had a drink at a neighborhood bar. It was nice to just talk. Marty kind of talked about his brother and that’s the first time he has brought it up. We are going for a burial of his ashes in a few months so I am sure that is on his mind. I bought us a box of chocolates to split so it was a low key day.

Take care.
Marcy

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

@marcy give your DH a big hug. Grief, is grief. Glad your wrist is improving. And no lie, dental reparations SUCK. Seems like we do all we can only to have it needing to be repaired again. And deal with tooth loss, regardless. Anyway, resistance is futile.

cheers--Sharon

 

[marcy]

Thanks @canuk-gal I appreciate it.

 

[missy]

Happy friYAY!



@canuk-gal so glad your dh is doing well
@marcy woohoo progress and hopefully the thumb is nothing serious. Mega healing vibes to you and gentle hugs to Marty.
@bling_dream19 happy friyay girl
@Slickk woohoo enjoy a terrific long weekend
@mrs-b so glad you’re able to post and taking one day at a time and as always being strong, brave and maintaining a sense of humor through all the challenge. You rock
@springerspaniel yay almost weekend. Hope you are looking forward to a wonderful weekend
@MamaBee more good wishes being sent your and your family’s way
@Austina lol the wind is powerful for sure. What self control you and Colin are showing with a small scoop every other day. Impressive

Sorry quick post and run for now
We cycled yesterday fourth day in a row. For February that’s sweet
Rain all day so errands are getting accomplished

Leaving you with a few photos from yesterday





Have a wonderful friYay!

 

[Austina]

Hello lovelies

How lovely to go out for dinner on VD @marcy, and I’m sure you must‘ve felt emotional too talking about Marty’s brother. It’s good that he can talk things over with you. Yay to wearing some bling and finding it easier to get clothes on now. Torturecise sounds about right, I find most exercise torturous! Medicine in the US seems like a licence to print money!

Glad your DH is feeling a bit better @canuk-gal , any kind of dental pain is horrendous, it seems magnified when it’s in your head. Hope you’ve got a quiet weekend planned.

This weather is crazy @missy, 78 degs on Wednesday and down to freezing last night. I think we were forecast some rain, but it passed us by and must’ve headed your way instead. I hope your got your errands sorted, a good thing to do on a wet day.

I’m sooooo glad I picked up my car on Wednesday, no word on the replacement part arriving, so I’d have been without it even longer. I’ll give them a call on Monday and see what’s happening. We bought extra edging bricks and I was out this afternoon putting them along the front bed on the right of the house. The landscapers came to clear the old grass off the drip field, and are coming back tomorrow to finish up before the new grass arrives on Monday.

No other plans for the weekend, apart from moving the edging bricks from the l/h front bed and putting them across the study window. They’re slightly different to the new ones, so won’t match, and then we’ll replace them with the spares we have.

Enjoy the weekend, whatever your plans.




(I forgot to mention, I almost had a new friend on Sunday, I got a call about 8.30pm from a prison, asking if I‘d accept the call - needless to say I didn’t! )

 

[missy]

Good morning girls and happy Caturday Saturday!
And happy birthday to my sweet beautiful youngest niece

@Austina LOL, it isn't easy making friends at our stage in life...you missed an opportunity
Good call on getting your car back when you did. Customer service is not what it used to be

@springerspaniel @Slickk @bling_dream19 @MamaBee @canuk-gal @marcy @mrs-b hope all is going well and healing vibes to all who need it and hugs to everyone.
I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend. It's freezing here (well not really 40s but windy) today but tomorrow and Monday there's a warm up again. I will take it. We got everything accomplished yesterday so yay for that. Today we are planning on hiking. It's too cold for cycling. But maybe, just maybe tomorrow or Monday. It's a very busy week coming up work wise (Monday is a holiday) so I think I might get more reading done. We shall see.

In honor of Caturday Saturday



Hope you all enjoy a wonderful weekend. XOXO

 

[MamaBee]

Good morning! This is a review for Austina!
@Austina I TRIED to take good photos of my new lab studs. I probably took dozens. I truly stink at it..I’m wearing an aqua pj top so all the diamonds including my ACA picked up the blue. I‘m also wearing a sweatshirt zip up on top so they also picked up gray. I added my ACA which is an F so you can see it’s not the true color of the photo..The lab studs are very white..no blue nuance..They are very sparkly. I’m so use to my 3.04ctw studs that their smallness was surprising..but that is what I really wanted. I have the same size Tiffany pendant which I love..I have a mind clean thing with lab diamonds for rings but not with studs..I truly wish I didn’t..If I had to do it all over again I wouldn’t have purchased my 3 carat mined studs. I would have been happy with lab for them. My mined ones are VVS2s G color so you can imagine the cost. For me..that’s a lot to spend on for something I can’t look down at like a ring..The lab studs are D color. I don’t see any difference between their color and my F ACA. They are very sparkly but the thought that came to mind was maybe it’s because the ACA is cut so well that it appears like a lab D? I have no idea but I don’t notice a difference in the color…Thank you @LLJsmom for making the suggestion to get the D color. So….My review is that they are gorgeous..I’m very happy with them. This will be my last lab diamond purchase but it was another good one!
One thing I wanted to mention..At the size I purchased..1.5 ctw..it’s a waste to get a custom crown setting. I paid $900 for David to make me custom settings. At their small size I can’t even tell they are crown settings when they are on my ear..I could have saved a bunch just getting a stock setting. One day I may reset my mined studs into a crown setting. I would be able to appreciate it more at that size.
Bottom line is…that they are beautiful…I‘m very happy I went with lab diamonds for these earrings.

 

[LLJsmom]

Good morning! This is a review for Austina!
@Austina I TRIED to take good photos of my new lab studs. I probably took dozens. I truly stink at it..I’m wearing an aqua pj top so all the diamonds including my ACA picked up the blue. I‘m also wearing a sweatshirt zip up on top so they also picked up gray. I added my ACA which is an F so you can see it’s not the true color of the photo..The lab studs are very white..no blue nuance..They are very sparkly. I’m so use to my 3.04ctw studs that their smallness was surprising..but that is what I really wanted. I have the same size Tiffany pendant which I love..I have a mind clean thing with lab diamonds for rings but not with studs..I truly wish I didn’t..If I had to do it all over again I wouldn’t have purchased my 3 carat mined studs. I would have been happy with lab for them. My mined ones are VVS2s G color so you can imagine the cost. For me..that’s a lot to spend on for something I can’t look down at like a ring..The lab studs are D color. I don’t see any difference between their color and my F ACA. They are very sparkly but the thought that came to mind was maybe it’s because the ACA is cut so well that it appears like a lab D? I have no idea but I don’t notice a difference in the color…Thank you @LLJsmom for making the suggestion to get the D color. So….My review is that they are gorgeous..I’m very happy with them. This will be my last lab diamond purchase but it was another good one!
One thing I wanted to mention..At the size I purchased..1.5 ctw..it’s a waste to get a custom crown setting. I paid $900 for David to make me custom settings. At their small size I can’t even tell they are crown settings when they are on my ear..I could have saved a bunch just getting a stock setting. One day I may reset my mined studs into a crown setting. I would be able to appreciate it more at that size.
Bottom line is…that they are beautiful…I‘m very happy I went with lab diamonds for these earrings.

Congratulations @MamaBee!!

 

[LLJsmom]

Congratulations @MamaBee!! They look beautiful. Hope you get lots of use from it.

 

[MamaBee]

Thank you @LLJsmom! Are you enjoying yours?

 

[Austina]

Hello lovelies

Thanks for the review @MamaBee, I’m glad you’re happy with them. I’d just go for stock martini settings, but I’m not in any rush, we’ve got too much going on ATM and money flying out left, right and centre!

We decided that we’d use the leftover crushed limestone on the front flower beds, so have wheel barrowed tons of stone today. We’re both aching everywhere and have just had a nice soak. Hopefully, we can finish it off tomorrow as they’re coming on Monday to lay the turf, and are replacing lots of it at the front where all the materials have been dumped.

The guys were here this morning, finishing the clearing of the drip field, and another this afternoon, finalising all the new irrigation.

I just made a chicken (pot) pie for dinner, and then I think we’ll collapse in to bed and watch a film.

Hope all the lovely NIRDIs are having a good weekend.

 

[canuk-gal]

Hello lovelies

Thanks for the review @MamaBee, I’m glad you’re happy with them. I’d just go for stock martini settings, but I’m not in any rush, we’ve got too much going on ATM and money flying out left, right and centre!

We decided that we’d use the leftover crushed limestone on the front flower beds, so have wheel barrowed tons of stone today. We’re both aching everywhere and have just had a nice soak. Hopefully, we can finish it off tomorrow as they’re coming on Monday to lay the turf, and are replacing lots of it at the front where all the materials have been dumped.

The guys were here this morning, finishing the clearing of the drip field, and another this afternoon, finalising all the new irrigation.

I just made a chicken (pot) pie for dinner, and then I think we’ll collapse in to bed and watch a film.

Hope all the lovely NIRDIs are having a good weekend.

I adore chicken pot pie--or most meat pies!!!!! Do you make your own pastry?

NOW I WANT POT PIE! Sorry for the outburst. Get some rest.

 

[missy]

GM girls! Happy Sunday!

@MamaBee stunning, your lab studs just stunning..may we please see ear shots?
@LLJsmom I would love to hear an update...how are you loving your lab diamonds? What are your thoughts now on the mind clean issue? I need to get over that so I can get a gorgeous lab emerald cut diamond ring..8 plus carats please (lol still too expensive for me but a girl can dream right?)
@canuk-gal I love veggie chili...with potatoes...not the same thing as pot pie but still yummy..and perfect on a cold winter's day. I hope you got some pot pie to enjoy yesterday
@bling_dream19 hope you are having a wonderful weekend
@Slickk hope all is going well and you are enjoying a nice long weekend
@Austina sounds like you got a lot accomplished yesterday and hope you had a good dinner and enjoyed a nice movie too

Hi everyone else. We had a good hike yesterday despite some upsetting news about 3 dolphins who washed ashore and did not make it I was crying and we have no clue what happened. The authorities were swarming the area yesterday as we were hiking and well I am pretty upset about this. Poor babies

Today is another hiking day as it isn't warm enough to go cycling. I hope you are enjoying a wonderful weekend and all is well XOXO