Gift

London Mug Mark II is Dead

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On my first trip to London for work in 2012 I was on a mission to get M the one thing she wanted. A mug. The specifications were such that I actually couldn’t find one that meet the criteria until I was at Heathrow on my way home.

About a year or so later T broke that mug after M left it where a toddler could easily grab it. And T totally grabbed it and broke it.

On my next trip to London I went in search for the same mug. I couldn’t find it until I was again at the same cheesy gift shop at Heathrow on the way home. That is how the mug mark II came into our house.

Flash forward to today. M texted me this photo of the broken mug. She wasn’t sure what she did but the mug fell off the table and is now destroyed.

I am torn. I would like to replace the mug (again). I also don’t know if getting a mug like that of NYC instead of London is appropriate now that we live in London and not NY. Either way I am going to have to ask anyone we know visiting to check out the gift shops in Heathrow for this mug.

My New Watch, Well Not Yet!

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I went to the jeweler today with my dad. We are nothing alike in the fashion or jewelry dept. He likes chains and bracelets, and other jewelry. I wear 1 chain I got when I was 13 and a watch. This was my first time to this jeweler. One of my dad’s best friends used to be his jeweler but he got married and moved so my dad found this new guy. I went to try and adjust the watch he gave me so it will fit on my wrist. Right now it is way too big for my wrist. Oops, didn’t get a picture of it on my wrist. It was kind of funny to see.

Turns out that I never realized what makes the Omega watch that he gave some important is that it has the original parts. The band is not the same on all the new ones and you cannot get a replacement like the one currently on the watch. That is bad for me. Since my dad has been wearing the watch for 35 years the band is worn. The links are loose. They are still in really good shape, but they kind of stretched. That means that it wont fit on my wrist correctly. The jeweler is going to see if he can fix it. If not I may have to buy a new band and just keep the old one around in case I need it.

This watch is so freak-in cool. Granted I won’t do anything crazy with it besides get it wet, but it was the watch that they wore on the moon. Can’t say that about my Casio data-link.

Now all I have to do is get used to reading a dial watch. I am so used to digital. I don’t even think I ever had a dial watch?

I will wait the week and see what they can do about getting this thing to fit on my wrist. Till next Saturday…

The Most Awsome Gift

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My dad blew me away with the best gift I can ever remember getting. He gave me his Omega Speedmaster chronograph watch. He has had that watch since 1969. It is the exact watch that the first guys on the moon wore. They only made a few of them (couple of hundred he says) or so of them. I remember him telling me of how he saved up for it. It was like $400 back then. I 69 it was allot.

I was really freaked out by the gift since I thought I would get it in his will. That is what we always talked about. He said he wanted to see me enjoy it while he was around and my 30th birthday was a good time to give it to me. I am still a little freaked by it, but it is an awesome gift. I don’t even know how much it is worth now, but it is probably allot. It is just such a cool watch with so much history.

I am not sure if I will wear it on a daily basis. Everyone in my family thinks I should. I am used to being a $40 Casio watch wearing guy.

My dad and I need to goto the jeweler and have the band adjusted. It is way to big for my writs. until then it sits in its box. I can’t wait to get it adjusted if only to give it a test drive so to speak.