Ring update

Just talked to the jewelry store folks. We decided on a total of 6 stones for the band, 4 diamonds and 2 aquas. They will be on either side of the large center aqua that I have, so there will be a plain band of white gold to go around the center aqua. So from left to right: diamond, aqua, diamond, center band, diamond, aqua, diamond. I think it will be gorgeous. They are going to make up a wax model of the band so that I can see, approve, try on with the engagement ring, etc. It's $200 to make the model, but since we are doing this from scratch, I really want to see what this will be like before we spend the money to have it made.

Working on solutions for the envelopes. I've tried a couple more printing places to get prices...we'll see what they come up with. Otherwise I will just buy my own and stamp the return addresses with a custom stamp (only about $25).

My substitute left a pretty bad report for the kids on Thursday, so I had to chew them out yesterday. The whole class got chewed up one side and down the other, and those whose names were written down lost their participation points for Thursday and got 30 min. of detention apiece. I also took some class points away from the worst classes. Grrr. It just really makes me mad that the kids would behave like that in my absence. Plus, subs go to other schools and say bad things about our school when they have a bad day like that.