Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Diamond in the Rough

Linda's favorite ring in the world went missing about 5 years ago.  She was almost certain that it was on her nightstand, and then when she went looking for it, it wasn't there.  The diamond ring was her Moms, and it had more sentimental value to her then anything else.  At the time, Linda had a cleaning lady named Maria.  She cleaned our house for about 10 years, and nothing ever went missing.  (Every single time Taylor would lose his wallet, he would say "Maria took it."  Of course he would always find it stuffed in a pair of jeans or under his blankets.  When he was little, he was scared of her because she had a shiny gold tooth.)  Back to the story:  So the ring was never found.  She had a suspension that it might have ended up in Sheba's or Snicker's belly, but she checked the backyard droppings for weeks and never found it.  The other option is that it fell down the heating vent by the nightstand and she's not sure how she would get it out.  Imagine if $10,000 worth of diamonds went missing??   That's what happened to a jeweler in Georgia.  The man left the expensive earrings on his desk and walked away.  His little dog Honey Bun jumped up on his office chair and gulped the earrings down.  The next day the jeweler was able to pick the diamonds out of Honey Bun's poop and clean them up good as new.  Ha!  Do you think some unsuspecting rich lady is going to ever know where the earrings were?