"marika" <marika5...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:...
>I also bought my friend a pearl necklace and pearl earrings.  Only the
>posts and the clasps were silver.  She loves sterling silver so not to
>worry. She went to a local jeweler to get her fingers sized so I could buy
>her a bunch of other stuff too.

> "marika" <marika5...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:...
>>I once bought a friend some zircon post earrings, she liked them so much
>>so that she would have liked a pendant to go with them. she asked me to
>>look out for her? she asked me if I thought $100 would be enough? She was
>>able to afford more but didn't want to touch her savings. IShe also wanted
>>a 21 to 24 inch chain. She didn't know what lengths they normally come in.
>>If that makes it too expensive 18 will be okay she told me.

>> she even wanted me to help her sister source some stones and some
>> jewelry.

>> part of the problem with zircon is I've seen them most commonly as
>> substitutes for diamond stud earrings.  I've seen a few rings in white
>> zircon, they're a bit more common now than they were in the past.  But
>> pendant, I've never seen at any price.  One could get a loose one and
>> make a nice pendant, I guess

>> My friend also told me she saw a mutual friend at the strawberry
>> festival. She told her about Nick dying, she didn't know. She used to do
>> all this poetry about breastfeeding, some of it was really wonderful.
>> Some of it was not.  She reminded her of his poem, SHE IS A BIG WOMAN AND
>> I AM A LITTLE-LITTLE MAN. I remember him doing that, it was so funny.
>> What an incredible absence...I want to do something. ..my friend wants to
>> do something.  she's thought about a poetry slam....she's thought about
>> Relay for Life which is  coming up...it all seems so not enough

>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "marika" <marika5...@gmail.com>
>> Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
>> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: Bush Cleptocracy takes USA Socialist

>>> <jc...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:b08ef9a4-ae5f-472a-a620-395f9c76b8e9@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>>>> Here's the Real Left's view of the two parties on this matter:

>>>> http://socialistworker.org/2008/09/26/bipartisan-deregulators

>>> excellent photoshopping skills

>>> mk5000

>>> "What a cunning way to condescend
>>> Once my lover, and now my friend
>>> Oh, you creep up like the clouds
>>> And you set my soul at ease"--tidal, fiona apple

"marika" <marika5...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>I got my friend the following

> 2.91 carat zircon (natural and untreated) 10k Gold tension back
> postback earrnings, rounds, 6mm which is pretty big for solitaire
> earrings.

> i saw them on tv and they were scrumptious

> these are real and only real connoiseurs willl know they are zircons
> (real and desirable and rare gemstone!@!!!) not diamonds.

> to put an additional spin on it

> Also -- an 18 inch strand of white cultured pearls, 11-12 mm

> these are also real and untreated and very desirable.
> therefore they
> cost minimized because they are set in sterling not gold

> they come with matching earrings 11-12 mms.

> that would be a little bit bigger than what she wore at Nick's  funeral.

> compare to qvc or home shopping.
> a great price

> the zircon earrings looked like perfect cut and except for accidental
> banging on mail truck, these should be great

> i am not a pearl expert,

> no one in gold industry that I have encountered works in half sizes

> very rarely anyway

> her hands are pretty big so finding rings for her is not easy.  she is I
> think  1o or 11.

> pesonally i would buy everything i could put my hands on

> at the time I was buying for her they said that the us to euro was sukkin
> like hell

> that means gold will just skyrocket over the next year
> "marika" <marika5...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:...
>>I also bought my friend a pearl necklace and pearl earrings.  Only the
>>posts and the clasps were silver.  She loves sterling silver so not to
>>worry. She went to a local jeweler to get her fingers sized so I could buy
>>her a bunch of other stuff too.

>> "marika" <marika5...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:...
>>>I once bought a friend some zircon post earrings, she liked them so much
>>>so that she would have liked a pendant to go with them. she asked me to
>>>look out for her? she asked me if I thought $100 would be enough? She was
>>>able to afford more but didn't want to touch her savings. IShe also
>>>wanted a 21 to 24 inch chain. She didn't know what lengths they normally
>>>come in. If that makes it too expensive 18 will be okay she told me.

>>> she even wanted me to help her sister source some stones and some
>>> jewelry.

>>> part of the problem with zircon is I've seen them most commonly as
>>> substitutes for diamond stud earrings.  I've seen a few rings in white
>>> zircon, they're a bit more common now than they were in the past.  But
>>> pendant, I've never seen at any price.  One could get a loose one and
>>> make a nice pendant, I guess

>>> My friend also told me she saw a mutual friend at the strawberry
>>> festival. She told her about Nick dying, she didn't know. She used to do
>>> all this poetry about breastfeeding, some of it was really wonderful.
>>> Some of it was not.  She reminded her of his poem, SHE IS A BIG WOMAN
>>> AND I AM A LITTLE-LITTLE MAN. I remember him doing that, it was so
>>> funny. What an incredible absence...I want to do something. ..my friend
>>> wants to do something.  she's thought about a poetry slam....she's
>>> thought about Relay for Life which is  coming up...it all seems so not
>>> enough

>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "marika" <marika5...@gmail.com>
>>> Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
>>> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Bush Cleptocracy takes USA Socialist

>>>> <jc...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote in message
>>>> news:b08ef9a4-ae5f-472a-a620-395f9c76b8e9@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>>>>> Here's the Real Left's view of the two parties on this matter:

>>>>> http://socialistworker.org/2008/09/26/bipartisan-deregulators

>>>> excellent photoshopping skills

>>>> mk5000

>>>> "What a cunning way to condescend
>>>> Once my lover, and now my friend
>>>> Oh, you creep up like the clouds
>>>> And you set my soul at ease"--tidal, fiona apple