A Thanksgiving to Remember!

Have you ever thrown 13K down the drain? I don't mean spent it on frivolous stuff. I mean did you actually feed it to your garbage disposal?

Well, my mother-in-law has. She threw my diamond engagement and wedding rings down the disposal yesterday, with the disposal turned on. Yes, you read that right.

I took them off to clean them. They were sitting in a cup of bright blue, see through WINDEX!!!! Apparently, that looked like a dirty cup to dear MIL. In her zeal to clean up after the turkey day dinner, down the rings and windex went into the disposal and the cup into the dishwasher.

The wedding band is salvageable. It can't be worn, but we can take out the diamonds and have them reset. The 1.5 solitaire was sheared into at least two pieces though. We only found the top half.

So, the next time (and probably every time for the rest of my life) anyone ever uses the phrase "money down the drain" I'll probaly think of the time that $13000 went down the drain on Thanksgiving.

Once we get back home, I'll update with before and after pics.