bonny! Find someone with a button box--I'd send you my grandmother's, but I gave it to a friend who makes her living from her ebay store--or who collects or keeps old photographs --also given to the ebay cause. Hey, I figure anyone willing to pay for old buttons or old photos wants them and will use them more than me. And this way my friend gets to feed herself and her rescue animals.

Anyway, among your friends and contacts must be people who collect ephemera. You can make vignettes with one or two of your hankies and sell them on etsy. Old jewelry, giftwrap, gloves, hats, veiling--all things people collect now to make their own collages, and the hankies would find some owner to appreciate them.

I taught myself to unfailingly remove my makeup at the end of the day by taking the pillowcases my mom and grandmother had embroidered and crocheted and tatted edging laces for out of the cedar chest and putting them on my bed. I gave boatloads of crocheted doilies, antimacassars, and dresser scarves away when we moved--we're so not antimacassar people. But I still have glass towels my mom used, plus a couple she got from her older brother who worked for the railroad, that he filched from the dining car. They're wonderful for drying without leaving lint.

Boil chicken parts, de-bone and cut into bite-size pieces, mix into rice with steamed broccoli florets, shredded cheese --we like cheddar, but whatever you prefer--and chicken boullion or stock in a casserole, bake for 20-30 minutes. Not very savory, but filling comfort food.

Old jewelry, giftwrap, gloves, hats, veiling--all things people collect now to make their own collages, and the hankies would find some owner to appreciate them.

Also known as: Stuff Jilli needs to put up on eBay and Etsy.

Oh, S. just said the magic words: rice pudding. I knew I married him for a reason.

My sheets setup is pretty simple--I go for burgundy, navy, or black, and mix and match. And jewel toned blankets. I don't buy in complete sets, just bits and bobs here and there. No patterns. High thread count cotton for my normal bed, beech for the spare.

Hey, LAistas, I might need to beg a pharmacy run tomorrow. Could anyone help?

bon! We need to watch TV again soon.

Rice pudding is with leftover rice, isn't it? (x-post, of course)

Your swiped glass towels reminded me, Bev, one of our family heirlooms is some monogrammed silver - I can't remember if it is a single piece or a single place setting, but I think it's, like, a knife - that some ancestor took from a hotel (I think his employer) because it was also his initial. I think my mom has it, still.

You can give me a call ita, I should be around.

I never thought of ebaying some of the old keepsakes that have trickled into my house. Some of this stuff would make an artist wibble in excitement.

edit: though getting over the idea of a family keepsake possibly being taken apart will take some getting used to. I'm such an animist.

Also? Cass is taunty with the handwriting print pillowcases. WANT

Connie, I fibbled so long about how, whether, and to whom to sell my foremothers' accumulata. I gave some things to friends I knew would appreciate them and just donated the rest to the cause. Decisions and rammifications kept me paralyzed. Did I get rid of some things I wish I'd kept? Yes, a handful. Those don't balance out against the truckfulls of stuff that aren't hanging over me like psychic weight. I felt like the little junk woman in Labyrinth trying to make those decisions. I don't now.

Not giving advice, here. Just relating my personal experience.

bon! We need to watch TV again soon.

Absolutely. Stuff has been not happening because of the new job; I'm going to the OC again tomorrow for the week. How about 2/19?