I have written lately about cleaning out for a garage sale. Mom decided to join in the fun and she came up with more costume jewelry for the garage sale. After the bag of jewels was taken away, she remembered that she hadn't seen the little diamond stud earrings that my dad gave her years ago.
She thought that maybe she had given them to Elanor with some other small earrings a few weeks ago. No, she had not. Then I got to thinking about the little rhinestone studs that I had removed from Elanor's bag of jewels. Surely they weren't in there. I had one pair that looked likely but Mom didn't agree.
I had to get a CT scan on my head last week and I had to take off my presumably fake diamond stud earrings. I put them on the counter and forgot about them until the next day. I figured they were cheap studs and I just let it go.
Yesterday, a week later, Mom and I were in the car and I got to wondering if those could be the missing diamonds… Yes, they were. The jeweler said so.
Notice that the ones on the left have a bit more clarity, even at a small size? Would I notice that if I didn't know they were the real ones. Probably not. But they look a whole lot more exciting in my ears now than they did last week!
I thought I'd share this with you because if your mom, grandmother, aunt, or sister has something like this stashed away, will you recognize it if you have to sort out their worldly possessions?
FYI - Turns out that I have a bit more of a sinus infection that is going to have to be dealt with at the end of May. Not a big deal but I'm glad to have had the CT scan because otherwise my physician would not have seen it.
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I think this happens way more than we think!! I have been wearing very good knock off studs almost daily for years.. My husband thinks they are the expensive real thing he bought for me but I don’t worry about losing them!
Glad the scan turned out OK, scary things.
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Well, my DH has dealt with sinus infections for about 8 years now. We found out that the Great Basin Desert (which we live in) is the sinusitis “capital” of the United States due to the dry air. It is worse due to the altitude (about 1 mile above sea level). He now sleeps with a humidifier at his bedside. He also drinks a LOT more water. He also uses his Netti-Pot EVERY day or it comes back. If he doesn’t use it, in about 2 days, he’s sick with it again. It’s a miserable thing to deal with, but we think we have it licked. Oh, and he has had 2 surgeries to clean out pockets of infection that have accumulated in one sinus or the other. I hope like heck that yours doesn’t become chronic like his. Really, I do. No one should have to go thru that every day. I hope the physician can clear it up for you.
Love your blog!
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