Goodness...
Things are filed in folders. I'm amazed. I honestly don't remember when I was this organized. Probably because I haven't been. Now, if I can manage the furniture swap, all will be peachy. But the scary part is yet to come. Going through piles of envelopes, filing the contents, and throwing out the skins, that's tedious but not really challenging. What's challenging is going through the random boxes of crap and figuring out what gets saved and what doesn't. Mikey complains that I only ever want to get rid of his stuff, well, if he doesn't go through it with me, the stuff that goes in the "to be trashed" pile is the stuff I don't have emotional attachments to. Duh!
But first, the stuff in the dining room. Unfortunately the massive trip to the thrift store is going to have to wait until I can either use the Subaru, or the baronial stuff in the back of the truck gets put back into the "shed". If I'd been thinking about it, I would have put coolant (or, in this case, antifreeze, but it's the same stuff) in the Pontiac, but I was not thinking about it until just now, and now it is dark. Feh. Anyway.
The big question is what to do with that china. Not the Ugly Brooklyn China, but a different set to which I have no serving pieces, but service for 12. I have never used it, and in fact two thirds of it is still in boxes, so it's not like I'm doing any lasting harm to my collection of dishes by getting rid of it. Although I suppose I could ask... Does anybody want a set of china, white with gold accents, service for 12? It's free to whomever wants it (although I am not going to send it anywhere--you have to come and get it).
What really irks me is that when I finally made up my mind to replace the bland white Corelle open-stock pieces with nifty cobalt-blue stoneware, I got to Target to discover that they'd changed their stock and they no longer even carry the aforesaid stoneware. Grrrr. David has white melamine, which is all well and good for someone as destructive as he is, but I wanted real dishes and plates and stuff. I may end up spending money at Wally's Discount Capitalist Emporium, because they do carry cobalt-blue stoneware pieces. And it would match the bowls I already own. And the mugs that match are a nifty curvy shape, although I suppose I am not required to buy them. Oooh! Idea! Donate all those extra coffee mugs to charity! Yeah!
Ah, well. Time to go back upstairs and do more housework, and perhaps contemplate dinner.
But first, the stuff in the dining room. Unfortunately the massive trip to the thrift store is going to have to wait until I can either use the Subaru, or the baronial stuff in the back of the truck gets put back into the "shed". If I'd been thinking about it, I would have put coolant (or, in this case, antifreeze, but it's the same stuff) in the Pontiac, but I was not thinking about it until just now, and now it is dark. Feh. Anyway.
The big question is what to do with that china. Not the Ugly Brooklyn China
What really irks me is that when I finally made up my mind to replace the bland white Corelle open-stock pieces with nifty cobalt-blue stoneware, I got to Target to discover that they'd changed their stock and they no longer even carry the aforesaid stoneware. Grrrr. David has white melamine, which is all well and good for someone as destructive as he is, but I wanted real dishes and plates and stuff. I may end up spending money at Wally's Discount Capitalist Emporium, because they do carry cobalt-blue stoneware pieces. And it would match the bowls I already own. And the mugs that match are a nifty curvy shape, although I suppose I am not required to buy them. Oooh! Idea! Donate all those extra coffee mugs to charity! Yeah!
Ah, well. Time to go back upstairs and do more housework, and perhaps contemplate dinner.