Yeah, I know, I'm getting to be really irritating this year with so many prolonged absences.
Do you mean you want to clean the silver, or the beads? You can clean the beads with a bit of Windex or mild detergent on a soft cloth. The silver will need to be cleaned with a tarnishing cloth, or dipped, but be careful to not dip the beads if they have any sort of coating on them or it will be damaged.
To keep them tarnish free, you can stash them in a plastic ziploc bag or keep them in a jewelry box. Don't store them in cotton! It attracts moisture, which causes the tarnishing in the first place. Also, keep them away from the open air when you're not wearing them.
I have several tabs open in Firefox right now, and one of them is your fabulous story Book Learning (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2989877/1/), which is absolutely wonderful, of course. I'm trying to catch up on a few things online, but every so often I go and savor a paragraph or two. Beautiful.
Squee! You like it and you admitted to reading it! This is the story that many read but few admit to reading. Huge number of hits (by my standards, anyway) but not so many reviews. But if the discriminating Valis enjoys it, then I am happy. :--)
A couple of days? ACK. Stop leaving like that. I did a recap of our vacation when we got back a couple of days ago and tried to make it a little like your recaps (listing odd things that happened to us), but only one truly weird thing happened to me, so it's a bit lacking. Glad you're back, even if it's just for a bit.
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Date: 2006-06-22 05:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-22 07:52 pm (UTC);)
*hugs*
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Date: 2006-06-22 07:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-22 08:01 pm (UTC)I, on the other hand, am downright spammy sometimes.
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Date: 2006-06-22 05:28 pm (UTC)Someone over here missed you. ;)
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Date: 2006-06-22 07:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-22 07:22 pm (UTC)X
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Date: 2006-06-22 07:55 pm (UTC)Well, I am, now that I think about it.
I missed the ginger cat! *hugs*
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Date: 2006-06-22 07:42 pm (UTC)*hugs*
It's good to have you back, even if only for a few days. &hearts
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Date: 2006-06-22 07:59 pm (UTC)*hugs*
I'm happy to see you too!
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Date: 2006-06-22 08:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-22 09:05 pm (UTC)I'll spam ya with more over the weekend, that's for certain.
*dies laughing over icon*
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Date: 2006-06-22 09:29 pm (UTC)Excellent, I cannot wait for spam! XD
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Date: 2006-06-22 08:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-22 09:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-22 09:12 pm (UTC)Welcome back. I'm getting used to saying that to you.
Since I have your attention, (no, I'm not going to bug you about TLS) how do you clean those bead earrings you gave me?
Marianne
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Date: 2006-06-22 09:20 pm (UTC)Do you mean you want to clean the silver, or the beads? You can clean the beads with a bit of Windex or mild detergent on a soft cloth. The silver will need to be cleaned with a tarnishing cloth, or dipped, but be careful to not dip the beads if they have any sort of coating on them or it will be damaged.
To keep them tarnish free, you can stash them in a plastic ziploc bag or keep them in a jewelry box. Don't store them in cotton! It attracts moisture, which causes the tarnishing in the first place. Also, keep them away from the open air when you're not wearing them.
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Date: 2006-06-22 10:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-22 10:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-22 10:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-22 10:17 pm (UTC)You really are a talented writer, and I wish I wrote half as well...I'd consider myself accomplished, indeed!
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Date: 2006-06-23 01:59 am (UTC)Glad you're back, even if it's just for a bit.
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Date: 2006-06-23 02:08 am (UTC)I just got my pics from the Really Long Trip, and will try to put them up this weekend.
This is the busiest year ever for me! I'm gone so much. Wah! I miss everybody so much!
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Date: 2006-06-23 07:00 pm (UTC)*waves*
*hugs*
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Date: 2006-06-23 07:16 pm (UTC)