Rings

As mentioned below, we went to get our rings yesterday. We've been looking forward to this for 6 weeks! To refresh your memory...

The day of our "Ocean Incident", we both lost our wedding rings to the waves - seems cool ocean water shrinks your fingers!. After sending Kevin home the following weekend, we consoled ourselves with shopping for replacement rings. After shopping several stores, we faced a fundamental decision: should we try to "re-create" our original ring designs or go for something new? We kept our minds open until we went to "The Wedding Ring Store" in Honolulu. There, we found many interesting designs and got the bug to try something new.

I was struck by the Tungsten-Carbide rings. Tungsten-Carbide is so hard that it doesn't scratch! This makes it impervious to wear and it will always look brand new... JUST MY STYLE! So, I decided to go with the comfort fit Tungsten-Carbide men's ring with a Platinum inlay and a diamond (DeAnna and the sales woman said it looked more classy). I agreed, but you know that the biggest selling point was the fact that I will never have to do anything but wear it!

That was fun, but DeAnna decided on a fabulous new design. It's called a tension mount ring. The diamond is held between two ends of the ring circle by the force of the ring itself. This makes the diamond appear to float between the ends of the ring. One side of the ring is shiny, but the other side of the ring has a matte finish and is studded with "mele" or little diamonds. The ring is specially made of an alloy that overcomes the softness of gold, so the diamond is actually safer in this mount than in a "normal" ring mount.

So, here it is on DeAnna's finger. Although the pictures are pretty, it is even more stunning and unique when seen in person. We are happy to share the pictures with you here and look forward to you seeing them in person someday soon.




This week is going to be very busy for me. I will be teaching modules in a Black Belt class as part of my effort to certify as a Master Black Belt. With all the Black Belts in class, I'll be focusing on the coming class of 30 Green Belts next week - coaching every one of them in addition to the existing belts! There is exciting news on the horizon though; John and Jessica will be here in about 3 weeks!