He took me up there last night and got down on one knee and said things that made me cry and then gave me the most beautiful ring in the whole entire world.

So we're, like, "officially" engaged now. This probably isn't big news to anyone but me, but give me a break! I rarely post in this thread! Meanies.

Gronk.

Why must telemarketers call (someone on the do not call list, no less) at 9:30 on a Saturday morning? Especially after one was out late at a poker game the night before? Ugh. After 45 minutes of lying in bed I gave up on the pretense of being able to fall back to sleep.

Oh, hey, congrats to Rio!

Editing to avoid a triple serial: Note to self, do not set your glasses down on your rumpled bedspread while you rub you eyes as you are blind as a bat without them and you don't need to spend a minute fumbling about trying to recover them. Yeesh.

Thanks you guys!

Rio, tell me about the most beautiful ring in the whole entire world, please.

do not set your glasses down on your rumpled bedspread while you rub you eyes as you are blind as a bat without them and you don't need to spend a minute fumbling about trying to recover them

Sonar, doofus.

Yay, Rio!

You're going to tell me not to soak jewellery, aren't you?

Nah. I've done it when I've managed to get bleach on sterling, which you can't polish off with paste for shit. Just dropped it in the soaker and left it for a day or two. I mean, I use paste because the soak stuff smells like ass, and most of my sterling has gemstones that I'm a little nervous about soaking. (I find that those foundation sponges are the best things ever for polishing silver.)

If it was cutlery, I'd have suggested that deep aluminium pan + baking soda (I think--it might just be salt) + boiling water method. Which reminds me, I need to find a deep aluminium pan.

Sonar, doofus.

Yeah. Just turn slowly in a circle while making high-pitched "Beep. Beep. Beep." noises and you'll find what you want in no time.

YAY RIO!!

Yay Rio! You'll be the prettiest bride ever.