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Hoarding
Aug 28, 2017 23:35:07 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 28, 2017 23:35:07 GMT
My kitchen clutter was somewhat relieved by setting up the lake cottage kitchen. But now that all of our parents are gone, we've absorbed some of the stuff from their houses, so it's starting to feel crowded again. We did try very hard not to take too much stuff, though.
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Post by lagatta on Aug 29, 2017 13:33:24 GMT
That is probably inevitable. Don't worry, you can prune that next spring.
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Hoarding
Aug 30, 2017 1:04:47 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 30, 2017 1:04:47 GMT
One thing we did keep has helped to reduce storage clutter: we kept one of MIL's 3 (THREE!) George Foreman countertop grilling machines, allowing us to get rid of a large Weber charcoal grill, bags of charcoal briquettes and the fire starter coil.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 15:12:29 GMT
With the frigid temperatures here I had occasion to open up a couple of the trunks I have to take out some of the really warm sweaters. I really thought I had reduced how many woolens I have but they seem to have multiplied since my last look in there. I guess it's time I start sorting through them again....
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 2, 2018 16:32:04 GMT
They need them up in New York!
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Post by lagatta on Jan 2, 2018 23:35:50 GMT
She needs them in NOLA - have you seen how cold it is there?
I saw a picture of Bernie and Jane Sanders blue and shivering at the (re) swearing in of NYC mayor de Blasio. They don't seem to be wearing enough clothing; you'd think people from Burlington Vermont would know better (they have essentially the same weather as we do, they are a bit south, but on higher ground). I guess they thought they were heading to the sunny "South".
As for hoarding, I discovered two (more) espresso pots I didn't know I had. Those are easy to give away, though. They are Bialetti, decent ones. I buy those at "garage" sales, but have an even better stainless steel Alessi - evidently the damned thing cost at least $200. I paid $8 for it at the yard sale.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2018 0:40:05 GMT
Ooooo ~ I'd take one of those off your hands!
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Post by lagatta on Jan 3, 2018 1:35:54 GMT
I fear that the shipping might cost more than they are worth, but I'll check.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2018 1:54:47 GMT
Oh no, LaGatta! I only meant if we lived closer to each other that I would happily buy one from you. But thank you!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 3, 2018 13:03:23 GMT
My stock of canned goods and pasta is slowly but surely diminishing at last. I may be down to just a six month supply.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 4, 2018 2:00:05 GMT
Bixa, I'd love to send you one of them but alas NAFTA has been useless in that respect. There certainly isn't a single postal rate throughout North America.
If none of my friends or neighbours here want them, I'll be taking them to a charity shop that funds a shelter for women who are homeless or otherwise in crisis, and helps them get back on their feet. I've given them a lot of stuff - to fight my own hoarding, fuelled by compulsive bazaar and yard sale buying! I usually buy very nice things, and dirt cheap. but it still leads to having too much stuff in a little flat. What can I do with the yellow and white checked tablecloth? It shows every spill. (I've cleaned them). It is very nice cotton.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2018 2:19:59 GMT
I know what you mean about old tablecloths, LaGatta, as I have a thing for them too. (Casimira's fault) Once I get one clean, I don't want it to get stained. One useful way to enjoy them is to put one on a table that usually turns into a catch-all, maybe with a favorite bowl or suchlike anchoring it. It can help keep that table clutter-free, as you'll be loathe to mess up your nice cloth. If it happens to be the table where you eat, you can remove it or roll part of it out of the way when time to eat.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 5, 2018 17:27:46 GMT
If we don't sort out the loft soon the bedroom ceiling will fall in. We have some lovely stuff up there that I have kept because it's too nice to throw out. Our house is too small for all the ornaments, pictures, pots and pans, toys and crap we have up there...it's difficult to decide what to part with...I need a bigger house!
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Hoarding
Jan 5, 2018 17:54:22 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Jan 5, 2018 17:54:22 GMT
Or a shed.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 5, 2018 18:44:26 GMT
Start with getting rid of the pots and pans. I'm sure that you have more than enough of them in the kitchen, Cheery.
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Post by bjd on Jan 5, 2018 19:26:56 GMT
My daughter's theory is that if you lived without something for a long time, then you don't need it. So get rid of it.
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 5, 2018 20:01:39 GMT
I've just summoned up the willpower to sort out and cart off to the recycling some old bedlinens and curtains that have been stuck in various cupboards for mumblety-odd years. Old tablecloths and teatowels next. Eventually.......books. My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by mossie on Jan 9, 2018 19:28:20 GMT
When I visit Paris I normally visit the flea market at Porte de Vanves because I am terrible in always finding knick-knacks to clutter my place up. Here is a sample, not all Vanves, and some goes back many years. The little pyramid is a souvenir from my last trip to Vegas in 2003, the glass candle holder is one of a pair given to us by a neighbour, the Merano vase and the duck did come from Vanves, the Lladro figure was a present I bought my wife many years ago, the little painting came from a Portes Ouvertes, the pig money box is pure wishful thinking. The star is the little china frog, named on the back as "Mr Jackson", no doubt a character in a children's book, but bought because for years my employer was a Mr Jackson, and I worked in one of the Jackson Group companies.
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Post by bjd on Jan 9, 2018 19:57:08 GMT
I see in the reflection of your mirror that you have a whole cupboard full of china jugs and things, Mossie! I don't have any knick-knacks. Had a few that were gifts from people who came to stay but I recently put them all in a box to take to a charity place.
And this weekend I cleaned out the cupboard under the bathroom sink and got rid of various toiletries that have been there for years and were not used. I also took a bag of expired medicines to the drugstore.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 9, 2018 20:19:12 GMT
I try my best to never buy anything of the sort, but when I do break down to get something, it is usually as tiny as possible. I broke that rule in Cuba.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 20:34:09 GMT
But you also were thoughtful enough to procure a lovely gift for your friend Marie Morel. I was very touched by that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 1:12:50 GMT
Mossie, the blue glass vase on your mantle is exquisite, truly exquisite.
Pray tell it's provenance.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 10, 2018 2:18:48 GMT
Mossie, is that Merano glass (which I don't find) or Murano glass? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murano_glass I bought a red Murano glass necklace when I was studying near Venice, but don't know what became of it. I think it broke and I gave the beautiful beads to an artisan friend...
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Post by mossie on Jan 10, 2018 9:15:39 GMT
Comments made me go and inspect that vase. There is a worn sticker on the base which says"Genuine venetian glass. Made in Murano Italy". It was bought a some years back from a stall on the Porte de Vanves flea market in Paris for about 20 euros.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 4:37:02 GMT
I've got dibs on that vase should you ever tire of it Mossie. Do you ever use it as a vase? It really is divine.
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Post by mossie on Jan 12, 2018 19:43:47 GMT
Afraid you may have to wait a long time Casi, that is a favourite. Here is the other end of the mantelpiece The little racing car has a slot along the centreline and I guess was a placename holder for some function, it stands in front of a Daum glass owl, and both are cheap Vanves buys. The brass camel is a recent charity shop purchase reminding me of my time in the Muddle East. The china frog we have had for years and I forget where he sprung from. The plastic Concorde was a souvenir of a lunch trip I gave myself when I retired, a trip down to the Bay of Biscay so it could do the Mach 2 run, I had never had the chance to go supersonic in my flying days, so just thought I would treat myself.
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Post by mossie on Jan 12, 2018 19:51:56 GMT
Now some more clutter, this time on the sideboard. When I look at this I feel my wife looking down on me in disapproval. The models represent the 4 major types I flew in during my time in the RAF. The car is the type I had in my latter days in the RAF, mainly for courting or pub crawls. The tankards were traditionally presented to aircrew on leaving a squadron, so represent my time on the two I served on. the camera is the model I used when I was flying and you have seen elsewhere the black and white snaps it took. The glass is on long term loan from the Tiptop bar on the Monaco racing circuit.
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Post by casimira on Dec 31, 2019 15:44:53 GMT
NOLA does not have curbside glass recycling and it has always been a pet peeve of mine.
This past year a group of us in our neighborhood coordinated a monthly glass collection effort.
On the second Saturday of every month we meet at a designated location and collect glass and put them in plastic bins which we then haul out to a large recycling plant nearby.
Anyway, try as I do to resist the temptation, I always come away and bring home some bottles and jars that have various kinds of appeal to me. It hasn't got out of hand so far but it's difficult. (I always think of Bixa when this happens as she at least at one time, was totally incapable of throwing away a glass jar or particular bottle).
My husband always laughs and checks the inside of the trunk upon my return and just shakes his head. He then realized that he would rather I bring home glass instead of rescued feral kittens that are part of my TNR work with the local SPCA. And, I have come very, very close on several occasions. After 2 years I have not adopted another cat.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 31, 2019 15:57:37 GMT
I am always attracted to blue glass since it is relatively rare. There is a beer brand here that uses blue bottles and I always sigh when I toss them in the bin.
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Post by casimira on Dec 31, 2019 16:39:15 GMT
I am in that school too Kerouac.
I do have a collection of vintage cobalt glass. When they started reproducing it in the '80's and was all over the place people started to buy me pieces. I had to put a halt to that!! (the vintage cobalt ceased in production back in the '40's because of it's toxicity)
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