Back in early January, we were having coffee in a friend's kitchen, talking about our wedding plans, and about shopping for jewelry, and about how Nora was wearing a $15,600 diamond-and-citrine ring around the jeweler for half an hour. And their son, in his thirties, said, "This is Vermont. Cut off some copper pipe, get some SuperGlue and a rock, and you're good to go." We all had a great laugh over that, but it got me to thinking. And so, for Nora's birthday in January (and with the help of my BAC friends Juan Guzman and Kevin Fitzpatrick), I made up a Vermonter's Wedding Set.
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| Photos courtesy of Blane Nasveschuk |
A $1.99 copper fitting, a dollar tube of glue, and a rock I found at a construction site. Stick it all in a Tiffany box and, as Joey said, "you're good to go."
Well, although that made a fine birthday gift, it wasn't what we wanted to have for our wedding rings. So now (after all the travails Nora hinted at yesterday), we have these.
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| Photo courtesy of Blane Nasveschuk |
We're wearing them today, but then they'll be boxed up, not to be worn again until June 25th. We had a nice "opening ceremony" with all of our friends in the dentist's office circled around us on the loveseat while we opened them. "Will you marry me?" I asked as I put Nora's on her hand. "Will you marry me?" Nora asked as she put mine on my hand.
Yes. Yes we will.
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