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?

I felt like the little junk woman in Labyrinth trying to make those decisions. I don't now.

Ahahahahaha. Yes. That is how I feel right now, going through the BOXES AND BOXES of stuff my Mom had squirreled away. Jesus, the woman could have opened her own yarn & needlepoint shop.