Jenny
July 7th, 2000, 10:33 AM
Well, I'm back!
First, I'd like to thank Heather for posting my message about delivering the earrings to El Segundo. Things were quite hectic for me that week with my wedding that weekend, so that's why I wasn't able to get on the forum to post the update myself. (The wedding was <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> fabulous<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> by the way!) :D
I wasn't able to call the HealthSouth center to check on the gift's delivery to Michelle until I got home from my honeymoon last week. The receptionist remembered me though, and she said that they had given the gift bag to Frank and as far as she knew, he had given it to Michelle. I put my address on the envelope so if I get a note from Michelle about receiving the earrings, I'll let you know!
Before heading out to El Segundo, we took several photos of the earrings, but unfortunately, something was wrong with my sister's camera, so they came out kind of blurry. The best one is of the whole gift (earrings, box, gift bag, etc.) which you can see here:
Our gift to Michelle (http://www.mscnet.com/jenny/mk/earring_gift.jpg)
I held the jewelry box up to my ear so you could get an idea of the size, but please note that (1) I think I have bigger ears than Michelle, (2) the rubies are actually quite a bit larger than the diamond stud shown in my ear even though they don't look that different in size on my screen, and (3) the rubies are <!--EZCODE BOLD START--> much much<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> more beautiful in person!!! Here's that photo:
Close-up of earrings (http://www.mscnet.com/jenny/mk/earrings.jpg)
On the tiny gift card on the bag, I think I just wrote "To Michelle, love (heart) MKF" or something like that. Then I put the full sized card (which you can see underneath the jewelry box in the first photo above) in the bag with the earrings. The cover of the card was a pretty Monet print, and inside I wrote a message (which in retrospect came out a little hokey, but I was rushed to get in my car to get to El Segundo!!) and I also wrote about the rubies.
The main text:
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote>Quote:<hr> Dear Michelle, . . . . . . . . . June 2000
This special gift is to you from all of your fans at the Michelle Kwan Forum. Everybody pitched in a few dollars so that we could collectively purchase ruby earrings as a token of our love and admiration. We hope you enjoy them, and we thank you for sharing your grace and beauty with the world!
Love (heart),
everyone @ MKF<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END-->
What I wrote about the rubies (I put this on the blank part of the card above the main text area):
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote>Quote:<hr> <!--EZCODE UNDERLINE START-->Significance of the Rubies<!--EZCODE UNDERLINE END-->
- it's your birthstone
- you look fabulous in red!
- many of your past costumes have been red (Rach, Romanza)
- "Red Violin"
- set in gold in honor of your gold medal at Worlds
- Both of your 1999/2000 skating costumes were red
- to match the red cord of your necklace<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END-->
I can't remember if I included the forum URL on the card anywhere, but I know I did on the front page of the book of messages, so Michelle should have no problem finding us (assuming someone finally gave her our messages!!!). I also realize now that I didn't specifically say in the note that this gift sort of went along with those messages, but being that both are from MKF and both have something to do with being in honor of Worlds, I think Michelle can figure it out! ;)
Also, here is an update about the donations for the gift:
Total number of pledges: 61
Total amount of pledges: $533
Total number of checks/money orders actually received: 51
Total amount of money actually received: $485
I used $10 to FedEx our messages, and the cost of the earrings came to $433. That means I have $42 leftover for Michelle's birthday flowers. When I talked to the lady at the HealthSouth center, she wasn't sure if Michelle was going to be there on her birthday (today!), so she strongly suggested that I have the flowers delivered on Monday instead (July 10).
I think the top two flower choices from before were a "rainbow of roses" or an assortment of tulips. Most of the links in the old flower thread don't work anymore (or they don't offer those flowers anymore) so I've had to do some more searches. With the money we have, I can send one dozen mixed roses, or a larger assortment of tulips.
Here are the roses:
RoseOnline.com (http://www.roseonline.com/roseonline/catalog/How_to_order_/Rainbow_Roses/rainbow_roses.html)
Yahoo (http://store.yahoo.com/freshflowersource/12lonstemrai.html)
And here are the tulips:
FlowerBud (http://www.flowerbud.com/browse/tulips.asp?i=55585&m=e1)
Where is says "Pick a color" select "Mixed" and click the "View" button.
I personally prefer the tulips since it'll be a bigger bouquet and they'll last longer than roses, but let me know if you think differently. I'll need to put the order in ASAP, so please post here if you feel strongly about sending certain flowers!
Hmmm.... i think that's it. It's going to take me a while to catch up with email, everything on the forum, etc -- did I miss anything major? ;)
First, I'd like to thank Heather for posting my message about delivering the earrings to El Segundo. Things were quite hectic for me that week with my wedding that weekend, so that's why I wasn't able to get on the forum to post the update myself. (The wedding was <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> fabulous<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> by the way!) :D
I wasn't able to call the HealthSouth center to check on the gift's delivery to Michelle until I got home from my honeymoon last week. The receptionist remembered me though, and she said that they had given the gift bag to Frank and as far as she knew, he had given it to Michelle. I put my address on the envelope so if I get a note from Michelle about receiving the earrings, I'll let you know!
Before heading out to El Segundo, we took several photos of the earrings, but unfortunately, something was wrong with my sister's camera, so they came out kind of blurry. The best one is of the whole gift (earrings, box, gift bag, etc.) which you can see here:
Our gift to Michelle (http://www.mscnet.com/jenny/mk/earring_gift.jpg)
I held the jewelry box up to my ear so you could get an idea of the size, but please note that (1) I think I have bigger ears than Michelle, (2) the rubies are actually quite a bit larger than the diamond stud shown in my ear even though they don't look that different in size on my screen, and (3) the rubies are <!--EZCODE BOLD START--> much much<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> more beautiful in person!!! Here's that photo:
Close-up of earrings (http://www.mscnet.com/jenny/mk/earrings.jpg)
On the tiny gift card on the bag, I think I just wrote "To Michelle, love (heart) MKF" or something like that. Then I put the full sized card (which you can see underneath the jewelry box in the first photo above) in the bag with the earrings. The cover of the card was a pretty Monet print, and inside I wrote a message (which in retrospect came out a little hokey, but I was rushed to get in my car to get to El Segundo!!) and I also wrote about the rubies.
The main text:
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote>Quote:<hr> Dear Michelle, . . . . . . . . . June 2000
This special gift is to you from all of your fans at the Michelle Kwan Forum. Everybody pitched in a few dollars so that we could collectively purchase ruby earrings as a token of our love and admiration. We hope you enjoy them, and we thank you for sharing your grace and beauty with the world!
Love (heart),
everyone @ MKF<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END-->
What I wrote about the rubies (I put this on the blank part of the card above the main text area):
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote>Quote:<hr> <!--EZCODE UNDERLINE START-->Significance of the Rubies<!--EZCODE UNDERLINE END-->
- it's your birthstone
- you look fabulous in red!
- many of your past costumes have been red (Rach, Romanza)
- "Red Violin"
- set in gold in honor of your gold medal at Worlds
- Both of your 1999/2000 skating costumes were red
- to match the red cord of your necklace<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END-->
I can't remember if I included the forum URL on the card anywhere, but I know I did on the front page of the book of messages, so Michelle should have no problem finding us (assuming someone finally gave her our messages!!!). I also realize now that I didn't specifically say in the note that this gift sort of went along with those messages, but being that both are from MKF and both have something to do with being in honor of Worlds, I think Michelle can figure it out! ;)
Also, here is an update about the donations for the gift:
Total number of pledges: 61
Total amount of pledges: $533
Total number of checks/money orders actually received: 51
Total amount of money actually received: $485
I used $10 to FedEx our messages, and the cost of the earrings came to $433. That means I have $42 leftover for Michelle's birthday flowers. When I talked to the lady at the HealthSouth center, she wasn't sure if Michelle was going to be there on her birthday (today!), so she strongly suggested that I have the flowers delivered on Monday instead (July 10).
I think the top two flower choices from before were a "rainbow of roses" or an assortment of tulips. Most of the links in the old flower thread don't work anymore (or they don't offer those flowers anymore) so I've had to do some more searches. With the money we have, I can send one dozen mixed roses, or a larger assortment of tulips.
Here are the roses:
RoseOnline.com (http://www.roseonline.com/roseonline/catalog/How_to_order_/Rainbow_Roses/rainbow_roses.html)
Yahoo (http://store.yahoo.com/freshflowersource/12lonstemrai.html)
And here are the tulips:
FlowerBud (http://www.flowerbud.com/browse/tulips.asp?i=55585&m=e1)
Where is says "Pick a color" select "Mixed" and click the "View" button.
I personally prefer the tulips since it'll be a bigger bouquet and they'll last longer than roses, but let me know if you think differently. I'll need to put the order in ASAP, so please post here if you feel strongly about sending certain flowers!
Hmmm.... i think that's it. It's going to take me a while to catch up with email, everything on the forum, etc -- did I miss anything major? ;)