Service for 16!
Nov. 27th, 2005 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpWe had a fairly productive day at The House of Dad. It's getting to be the time to have the house cleared out by the auction folks, so Jen and I went to start packing up the things that are /not/ going to auction. We put aside a bunch of pictures and things that my ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
smurfbrother wants, and then packed a couple of boxes of things that we want (or that we're not sure who's going to get but won't go to auction, like photo albums). We took everything that's going out of the attic, and we started packing up the stuff that's worth keeping in the basement. The big feat, though, was packing up my great grandmother's china, which we will be keeping. I knew there were a lot of pieces but I /really/ underestimated. There were dinner plates, salad plates, dessert plates, bread plates, saucers, soup bowls, and coffee cups. FOR 16. Yes, sixteen. (!!) There was also one pitcher, one covered bowl, one creamer, one sugar bowl, one gravy boat, and two platters.
We were wrapping in paper and boxing for a LONG time.
So when we ever own a house, we can have a huge dinner party and invite 14 of our nearest and dearest. Isn't that insane??!?! (I thought it was a service for 10.) It's not our favorite pattern ever, but it IS pretty, and it's a totally complete set, and it's in fantastic shape, and it's heirloom quality, and, well, it's FREE. So that's a plus.
We also took home the parking meter lamp, which is going to look so kitschy fab someday next to the blue glass table and the blue chair with red velour seat that we dragged down from the attic. Oh, ridiculous junk, how I love thee!
So, yeah. Not the best start to the day, but I have to say that unlike a lot of our arguments in the recent past, this one was incredibly productive. Really, if we're going to have arguments (and we ARE), they should really all have some sort of productive end instead of just hurt feelings. Yes.
smurfbrother wants, and then packed a couple of boxes of things that we want (or that we're not sure who's going to get but won't go to auction, like photo albums). We took everything that's going out of the attic, and we started packing up the stuff that's worth keeping in the basement. The big feat, though, was packing up my great grandmother's china, which we will be keeping. I knew there were a lot of pieces but I /really/ underestimated. There were dinner plates, salad plates, dessert plates, bread plates, saucers, soup bowls, and coffee cups. FOR 16. Yes, sixteen. (!!) There was also one pitcher, one covered bowl, one creamer, one sugar bowl, one gravy boat, and two platters. We were wrapping in paper and boxing for a LONG time.
So when we ever own a house, we can have a huge dinner party and invite 14 of our nearest and dearest. Isn't that insane??!?! (I thought it was a service for 10.) It's not our favorite pattern ever, but it IS pretty, and it's a totally complete set, and it's in fantastic shape, and it's heirloom quality, and, well, it's FREE. So that's a plus.
We also took home the parking meter lamp, which is going to look so kitschy fab someday next to the blue glass table and the blue chair with red velour seat that we dragged down from the attic. Oh, ridiculous junk, how I love thee!
So, yeah. Not the best start to the day, but I have to say that unlike a lot of our arguments in the recent past, this one was incredibly productive. Really, if we're going to have arguments (and we ARE), they should really all have some sort of productive end instead of just hurt feelings. Yes.
