Just to be clear, I meant that about here (at b.org). The news here has been a weird mix of awful and wonderful.
Ah...gotcha. Clearly I hadn't had enough coffee yet!
read her posts in Natter about what she's getting rid of, or doing in her own home, and can tell she's the right person for the job.
She really is. We had some good laughs yesterday as we went through some of the boxes. She recommended that we set up a big box in the middle of the dining room to put stuff in that I decided I didn't really need. And, it's actually pretty full. So, got rid of some unnecessary stuff.
But, boy, do I own some silly stuff. I had this set of magnets that were just horrendous...little cutesy sayings on them with bunches of flowers and stuff. Boy, have I changed in the last four years! In lots of good ways, though. I'm glad I'm not still that person that needs cutsie little sayings to fulfill my day.
Some of the silly stuff I'm keeping...like my popcorn bowls [link] LOVE them. Hated to not have them with me the last four years, but there just wasn't room in Cambridge. Now they are proudly displayed on the baker's rack in my dining room. And all my fabulous dishes are displayed in the china cabinet. And the drawers are filled with table clothes and Christmas platters. It's great.
Edit: To be clear, I really love some of the stuff I haven't had access to in the last four years. And some of it I forgot about...One of the first boxes I opened was like Christmas. It had my gorgeous crystal coffee mugs that I adore. I had completely forgotten about them...actually, I thought I had sold them on ebay. But, in the same box were these HORRID big Kim Anderson cups. So, there's a dialectic.