jmcquown wrote:
> After over a year of basically living in someone elses' house, now that
> I've officially moved here I'm making it my own home. I've rediscovered
> my own (sort of) belongings. Some of this stuff my mother gave me years
> ago. Like the set of copper-tinted Jell-O molds from the 1950's. I've
> had them packed away in a storage room for the last 20 years. They're
> now back out, freshly washed and shining brightly! I'm going to hang
> them in my kitchen just as though I was a 1960's housewife. LOL
>
> I've unpacked my Fiestaware. (No, not the stuff that was lead based; I
> bought mine later.) I have several lovely bright soup bowls, a purple
> art-deco style pitcher and a spoon rest. It's good to see my own
> housewares again.
>
> I removed my mothers old boring Corelle dishes (I had the same ones for
> years) and put my white lattice patterned dishes in the cabinet. I
> removed the 1970's gold glassware and replaced them with my cobalt blue
> goblets.
>
> Up until now I've basically been living out of a suitcase and feeling
> like I was staying in a time-share (as Nancy Young put it). Now that
> I'm getting to unpack my own things, decorate my house, it feels good.
>
> OB Food: dinner tonight will be baked flounder fillets with steamed
> spinach. Served on my own plates!
>
> Jill

Oh, I LOVE unpacking. Even moreso if the things have been packed
a long time. It's kind-of like Christmas--and brings back such
memories!

--
Jean B.