Kathleen
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Thanks, Aunt Bea. I need someone to treasure hunt in my basement.....attic....multiple closets....
Don’t look in any of those old boxes or you’ll get bogged down and never finish!Thanks, Aunt Bea. I need someone to treasure hunt in my basement.....attic....multiple closets....
Good advice. Y'all know I am easily distracted by random rabbit holes.Don’t look in any of those old boxes or you’ll get bogged down and never finish!
AIN'T LIFE GRAND!As fate would have it, I have stumbled into a complete remodel of the front room in our basement. It started with waterproofing the basement. Then I painted the walls to "make them look better." While visiting a friend, another friend of my friend's roommate was laying tile. I complimented the extremely nice job he was doing and he replied that he was between construction jobs and decided to help my friend out. Long story short is that he is very talented. He started by making a top to finish the trellis on my garden gate. Then, he created a bar out of a piece of countertop that came from my grandparent's old diner. Both looked great., but the floor was in sad shape....and the room really had no ceiling. It now has a ceiling and the floor work starts tomorrow. But...all I originally planned was to get my gate trellis restored.
Yeah, it's much easier to get rid of that kind of things when you find someone who actually wants them.Cold and rainy day!
The recent V-8 thread prompted me to make a loaf pan of Spanish rice and while the oven is on I added a foil pouch with several small new potatoes to roast/steam.
My efforts to unstuff my little apartment are finally showing some results but I still have much to do.
It’s a bit disappointing to find that things I’ve cherished most of my life are of little interest to anyone but me.
Oh well, the beat goes on …
Or lack thereof? When we moved from CA to WA, we had to let go of a lot of stuff. We didn't have a place to move to. We planned to travel by RV until we found a place that found like home. So, I had to ask myself, how much $ am I willing to pay to store "this" or "that". A lot of stuff went to the Salvation Army or Freecycle. I kept Mom's jewelry (costume stuff), a couple of her favorite shirts, her treasured silver and her Lingerie Chest. She was so proud of that chest. It was probably the first piece of store-bought brand new furniture she ever bought...and I remember the day. It doesn't go with my bedroom stuff, but I do not care!I think it's also a question of taste. Younger people nowadays don't want the Royal Copenhagen or Wedgewood fancy figurines or sets of plates etc. They don't want sterling silver cutlery sets. They don't want the antique furniture.