Thursday, August 27, 2009

Hiatus

I'm going to be taking a day or two off. I'll be back on Monday. I have plenty to blather on about and share with my dear readers, but this wallpaper job will have my attention tied up for a bit.

I had mentioned on Facebook the other day that I was going to bring the pearl necklace back. I have a strand of real pearls that my parents gave me years ago. I wore them at our wedding and I think I wore them to my high school graduation.

I started wearing them again a few days ago. The clasp had been broken for years and all that held it together in the back was a tiny safety pin.

I had been meaning to take it somewhere for repair, but wore it so infrequently, I just kept putting it off.

Last night, the strand broke! I managed to keep most of the pearls on the strand and save the rest to be restrung. I put it all in a little baggie and I suppose it will make a trip to the jewelry docs soon to get put back together and get a new clasp and all! Oh well.

I will leave you with a necklace I wear quite a bit. I like to think of it as my modern day "pearl necklace".



I found it at Kohl's and I think I had a $10 off coupon, so I got it almost for free! I do loves me a freebie (or a nearly freebie - you know I'm cheap like that!).

So, I will be back on Monday morning. But, in the meantime - probably in the evenings, when I've had my fill of wallpaper removal for the day - I WILL be reading and commenting on all your blogs. I couldn't stand to miss a one!

19 comments:

  1. That's all we get for the HNT this week? Bah! :)

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  2. You don't need pearls, you have cute freckles : )

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  3. Well, the fake pearls look good on you, so the real ones must look totally fab!

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  4. pearl necklace, that joke never gets old! hurry back soon,

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  5. Good luck with the wallpaper - you reminded me I have some pearls, too - good fake ones, though. I just need somewhere to wear them!

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  6. I wear mine all the time. But then I do dress fairly nice on an almost daily basis! ;)

    Don't work to hard. See ya Monday!

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  7. I love my pearl necklace, but since perfume and hairspray are so bad for them, I rarely wear them. Heaven forbid, I give up my perfume and hairspray!!! LOL

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  8. Have fun with the wallpaper! Maybe the necklace breaking was just a way to make you take it to be repaired? It wants to be worn!!

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  9. I have to concur with Ron. Please get it fixed. It accents the whole package. Jewelry looks good on women. Nuff Said...

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  10. You are one hell-of-a-woman. Taking off wallpaper no matter how easily it comes off is a messy, nasty job. That job is right up there with lawn mowing. I am not much of a color changer either....unless the wheat color comes out looking like shit....literally.

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  11. If I lived near you I'd totally be drinking the hooch and stripping down wallpaper. I love getting a good buzz while accomplishing something at the same time!

    Have fun.

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  12. Very pretty. Good luck with your project.

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  13. I can't believe that I'm the 14th comment and nobody has suggested that the ET help provide you with a pearl necklace on a monthly / weekly / daily basis??? Wow - your readers are just so much more civililzed than I am, I suppose... ;)

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  14. I'm glad your pearls broke at home instead of out somewhere. Get them restrung quickly!

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  15. My wife has replaced many clasps down at the jeweler in Spring Hill. It's not too bad...

    Have a good weekend!

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  16. You ought to have ET take a photo of you wearing your pearls, an apron, and heels, vacuuming. Donna Reed's got nothing on you!

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  17. Cheap is my life! Love that necklace.

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