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Making some rings for my friends

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Some friends of mine are getting married next year and since they know that I used to be a jeweler they’ve been asking for my help in designing their wedding bands. I helped them with their engagement ring a few months ago or rather I helped him design the ring and then figure out when to pop the question.

I got them a great deal on the diamond and the engagement ring was made of platinum so now they want their wedding bands to also be platinum. I can continue to design their rings and get them made for them but just for some ideas I suggested that my friends take a look at the platinum rings for men at Joy Jewelers for some design ideas. It sounds like they like the rings on the site so we’ll see what happens. Hey … maybe I just lost myself a sale. LOL

I’m actually glad that people don’t ask me to help them with jewelery as often as they used to. For a few years after I got out of the jewelery trade it seemed like I might as well be back in the business with all the requests I was getting.

Our friend’s working on a comedy tour

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I found out something interesting last week … My husband came home from work sometime last week – maybe last Wednesday evening and he’d run into an old friend of ours who used to have his own music studio.

I guess our old friend is taking a break from making his own music an helping others record their own music as well .. .because he’s the sound guy for Seinfeld’s Canadian Comedy Tour that’s going on right now. How about that? That’s something cool to be able to put on your resume isn’t it?

I don’t know what his plans are once the tour ends, perhaps he’ll return to his studio full of recording equipment and numark mixers and computers and I don’t even know what everything else was … it must have cost him a fortune to set up his studio. I can’t imagine him getting rid of it.

Anyway I’m really happy that he got a chance to work with Jerry Seinfeld even though it’s totally different work than anything he’s been doing.

So tired this week

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I’m really tired this week. I’m not sure why. I suppose it’s because I was so busy last week and last weekend what with my cousin passing away and my traveling out of town for her funeral. It all happened so fast. Then when I got home I was very tired on the Sunday and kind of nauseated so I didn’t do anything at all that day.

I was still really tired and out of sorts on Monday too. I think I’m just starting to feel a little more like myself today, but I’m still tired.

Oh well … I’ll live!

In other news I’m working at keeping in touch with family members like I said in a recent post. I was just talking with a cousin of mine in the US. We haven’t talked much in the last few years so we talked for quite a while earlier today. He’s doing ok and his kids are doing well in school, but I guess times are tough there. I guess he’s had a bit of financial trouble and he said something about title loans philadelphia. I think he had to get a title loan on his car? I don’t really understand title loans all that much. I think he’s fixed that situation now though.

It was good talking with my cousin. I’m going to try to keep in touch with him and a few of my other cousins and other relatives more often. If I’m still feeling a little off this week I’ll just relax and make phone calls. At least I’ll be doing something productive.

My traveling brother

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I feel a little sorry for one of my brothers. He’s traveled every week so far this year for his job. I know some people do that all the time, but it’s unusual for him and when you aren’t used to traveling that often it can take a lot out of you.

I suppose it’s a good sign for him that his company is having him travel to their head office in Montreal so often. They must have a lot of confidence in him. At least he can visit with his son when he’s in Montreal – that’s one plus. Another plus is that my brother used the conferencing service to call my sister, my brother in Vancouver and I last week for a family conference call. That was kind of cool. Of course he could do that any time from his Toronto office, but he rarely does.

I don’t think my brother is traveling this week. If he isn’t it’s the first week this year that he hasn’t had to fly out of town. I’m sure he’s happy!

Do you travel for work a lot? Do you like it?

Helping a relative start a business

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One of my nephews has been thinking of starting his own business for a while now. I’ve been talking with him on and off for months, giving him ideas and helping him come up with a business plan. Now he’s at the stage of putting all his plans into action and I’m just dying to see his business take off. I know he can do it.

First though .. he needs to rent some space and I think he’ll have to look into small business equipment financing because I don’t think he can afford all of the equipment he needs on his own just yet.

I don’t want to say what his business idea is just yet, but once he gets started you can be sure I’ll be writing about it and helping getting the word out about his new business. He considers me his PR person. LOL

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