Early morning dawns over Pentoga Village

May 27, 2021 - Thursday morning

33 degrees/clear skies/calm winds

Pentoga Road

I was home from my walk Wednesday morning shortly after sunrise. Sargie was in the shower and it wasn't long before the car was headed south for a big day in Green Bay.

I'd given Sargie a wrap around diamond band to compliment her wedding/engagement ring last summer while driving through Iowa. We'd stopped at a random outlet mall and wandered into a Kay jewelry store. It was there we met Shane, a visiting rep from Dana Augustine Jewelers.

Shane had a ring to compliment Sargie's original set. Sargie and I, both, fell in love with it and as a surprise, I purchased it on the spot. It was sized in the store and an hour later, Sargie walked out wearing a new band that wrapped around the bottom of her original ring.

It was then I promised myself that my girl would be wearing the complimenting top half sooner rather than later.

We received a call sometime ago from our friend, Andrea, the manager at Kay Jewelers in Green Bay, saying that Shane would be visiting in the future. It was time that Sargie have the top band to complete the set. My beautiful wife gives me so much and asks for so little.

Why not?

We walked through the mall and into the jewelry store, there to be met by Andrea. What a sweetheart.

It wasn't long before Shane was free. From Iowa to Green Bay, it was like seeing an old friend complete with man hugs and greetings.

Through multiple phone calls, messages, and no small effort on Andrea's part, Shane just happened to have the top half of Sargie's wrap around set. He reached into a box and there, in front of Sargie's eyes, was the diamond band.

It was fun to watch Sargie. It was just as much fun to observe Andrea and Shane watch Sargie. Their vocation is to sell jewelry, but somehow, I had the impression that their real purpose in life is to make people happy.

Steve, also from Dana Augustine, who makes everything look beautiful, was able to size the new band and solder all the pieces together.

With another round of hugs and promises that we'd stop by the store the next time we're in Green Bay, we bade Andrea goodbye.

And Shane? Who knows when we'll see him next. The traveling rep/jeweler seems to be everywhere. 

It's taken a while, but Sargie now has a complete wedding set. 

We made the usual stops at Sam's/Costco/Aldi Foods and other places before turning the car north and heading home. It was late afternoon before we pulled into the drive and after a quick jaunt up the road to deliver a few groceries to Neighbor Sue, we called it a day.

It's daybreak and time to head out the door. The only thing planned for today is to continue laying landscape cloth in the aisles of the garden and covering them with wood chips. Tuesday's coming, the first official day of gardening on Pentoga Road, and I'd like to have that finished by then.

After all, a man's work is never done.

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