One way to avoid inheritance battles is to sell your jewelry so no problems come after you die. Just leave cash and sell your treasures. (Sounds great, but unfortunately we don't know when we're going to die, so if this sounds like a good idea to you, don't wait!)

Jenny McCarthy, the high-energy co-host of “The View,” thrilled her studio audience and three million viewers at home yesterday when she showed off a huge yellow sapphire-and-diamond ring and announced she was engaged to singer Donnie Wahlberg. Do you like the ring? http://susaneisen.thejewelerblog.com/

Music Friday: Christina Perri Looks for a Ticket to a Higher Place in Her New Single, ‘Burning Gold’

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great new songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. Today, we feature “Burning Gold,” the second single off of Christina Perri’s latest album, Head or Heart.

In this song about pursuing one’s dreams and looking for a ticket to a higher place, Perri “sets fire” to the remnants of her past until what remains is “burning gold.”

The song, which she co-wrote with Kid Harpoon, was inspired by Perri’s decision as a 20-year-old to move from her home in Philly to pursue a musical career in Los Angeles.

In an interview with Radio.com, Perri said, "A lot of times our dreams aren't where we grew up. We have to go find them… I would not stop until my life was burning gold, which I think it is now."

Perri revealed to Billboard magazine that “Burning Gold” almost didn’t happen. She was at “gnarly point” in her career when she wasn’t enjoying music anymore. Perry was finishing up a tour of the U.K. when her manager insisted that she meet with songwriter Harpoon. Reluctantly, she agreed, and the collaboration — which took place at four in the morning — netted “Burning Gold.” She said the song was “birthed” in 20 minutes and represents a “whole new sound” for her.

If “Burning Gold” sounds familiar it could be because the 27-year-old songstress performed the song live this past Monday on NBC’s TODAY Show, which was seen by four million viewers. A clip of that performance is included at the end of this post. The lyrics are below if you’d like to sing along…

“Burning Gold”
Written by Christina Perri and Thomas Hull (Kid Harpoon). Performed by Christina Perri.

Looking for an exit in this world of fear
I can see the path that leads away,
Momma never left and Daddy needs me here,
I wish the wind would carry a change.

I'm setting fire to where I gotta go,
Let's start a fire everywhere that we go,
We started fires,
We started fires 'til our lives were burning gold,
'Til our lives were burning gold.

I've had enough,
I'm standing up,
I need, I need a change.
I've had enough,
I'm chasing life,
I need, I need a change.

I'm setting fire to where I gotta go,
Let's start a fire everywhere that we go,
We started fires,
We started fires 'til our lives were burning gold,
'Til our lives were burning gold.

Looking for my ticket to a higher place
I can see my chance begin to fade,
One step forward into back again,
I wish the wind would carry a change.

I've had enough,
I'm standing up,
I need, I need to change.
I've had enough,
I'm chasing life,
I need, I need to change.

I'm setting fire to where I gotta go,
Let's start a fire everywhere that we go,
We started fires,
We started fires 'til our lives were burning gold,
'Til our lives were burning gold.

Looking back I see, I had flame in me,
I'm the wind that's carrying the change.

I've had enough,
I'm chasing life,
I need, I need to change.

I'm setting fire to where I gotta go,
Let's start a fire everywhere that we go,
We started fires,
We started fires 'til our lives were burning gold,
'Til our lives were burning gold.

I'm setting fire to where I gotta go,
Let's start a fire everywhere that we go,
We started fires,
We started fires 'til our lives were burning gold,
'Til our lives were burning gold.

No Joke: Pet Frog Scarfs Engagement Ring, Undergoes Tricky Medical Procedure to Give It Back

A 10-year-old pet frog named Croak is making international news for scarfing the engagement ring of his owner’s fiancée after she accidentally dropped it on the kitchen table.

The enormous and handsome frog, who is considered a family member by Russian Roman Livane, was allowed to roam free for a short time while Livane cleaned his glass aquarium, according to The Daily Mail. Reluctantly watching over the mischievous amphibian was Livane’s future bride, Kristina.

As Croak sat on the kitchen table, the two eyed each other as Kristina played with her diamond engagement ring. But then the unthinkable happened when Kristina accidentally dropped her ring on the table. Croak shot out this tongue and scarfed it on one bounce.

“I admit things got a bit strained when I asked her to look after him,” Livane, a resident of Yekaterinburg, told The Daily Mail. “She dropped [the ring] and it fell towards the table where my frog was sitting, and as quick as a flash [Croak] snapped the ring out of the air and swallowed it.”

Livane and his fiancée took Croak to a veterinarian who took X-rays of the frog’s anatomy to determine exactly where the ring ended up.

Dr. Julia Malyshev deemed it necessary to remove the ring by a tricky medical procedure during which the doctor would use a special hook-like device to enter the frog’s mouth and then fish the ring out of his stomach. The strategy worked and the ring was cleaned and returned to Kristina.

“I have had him for almost 10 years. He's like part of the family,” Livane said of his trouble-making frog. “My girlfriend Kristina is the only girlfriend I have ever had that also likes frogs, so we are a perfect partnership.” The couple plans to wed at the beginning of August.

Back in September of 2013, we reported on an equally misbehaved pet cockerel that pecked a diamond stud earring from his owner’s earlobe.

Fearing the risks related to surgery, the bird’s owners from Berkshire, U.K., decided to leave the earring in the bird’s gizzard, where it will likely stay until the end of the bird’s life — about seven years from now.

Frog images: via DailyMail.co.uk, uncredited

Tana Clymer, the vivacious Oklahoma teenager who unearthed a jelly bean-sized 3.85-carat canary yellow diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park in October, recently sold the gem for $20,000. The bonanza will be used to help pay for college. Much more at our blog. http://susaneisen.thejewelerblog.com/