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stitchwhich) wrote2023-04-10 04:16 am
stitchwhich) wrote2023-04-10 04:16 am
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Empty Shelf - for now
Domestic Stuff
On Friday I took all of the empty plastic food storage containers out of every cupboard and stacked them on the table, then separated them all and put their lids on them. I was surprised to learn that one of our most-used-size of container had no lid. When did that happen? I guess we never noticed because there were three that used the same sized covers. So it, and a spare lid that belongs to nothing I could identify, went in the trash. I took pictures of the Tupperware - so much Tupperware - and posted them up on Facebook to ask for pricing advice from my friends. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161111123829283&set=a.10150327748139283 One of the advice givers contacted me privately to ask about the squared ones, so three large containers are going north to her via the SCA delivery system. We'll take them to an event next month and give them to a mutual friend who will carry them to the area where the recipient resides. She wanted me to mail them to her and offered to pay for the cost, but if you followed the photo link, that would be the three square shaped containers (two don't have lids), which are huge. Shipping costs for those would be outrageous. Probably $50 or so simply because of the size. So SCA Mule Train takes the load. A set of our card playing friends who are male roommates got chivvied into taking the rest of the Tupperware. Whatever they find that they don't need, they will give to a woman with a growing family who will likely find a use for them.
Then there were the non-Tupperware containers. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161114810884283&set=pcb.10161114810944283 Those are going to a member of our local barony, again by SCA Mule Train. One of the roommates is going to the local Baronial business meeting this week and will deliver them to the new owner.
I didn't charge anyone for any of it after all. I'm just glad to have it out of our house. I kept one large nesting set of nine containers made by Rubbermaid. Unfortunately, the set I gave away had to go because their lids are almost-but-not-quite the same size and color as the Rubbermaid ones and frustrated my spouse to no end when he mixed them up. Now we have one nesting set of various sizes that all have the same blue lids, and another "set" of rectangular red-lidded cold cut containers, and a small selection of the standard take out/delivery containers, which reside in the bread drawer. Because they get taken to work to hold the sandwiches my man makes from the bread in the drawer. Hey, it made sense to me. For now the top shelf in our cupboard is absolutely empty. Tomorrow, though, there will be a set of three Rubbermaid "Brilliance" black-lidded containers living there. It turned out that the smaller set I gave away is the one made of the largest containers, which we use most often for leftover pot roast, pulled pork, homemade soups, and the like. So I'd definitely miss them. But I am feeling virtuous because I didn't toss all of the stuff on the table and replace the whole shebang. I "saved money" because the new three-bowl set wasn't as expensive as starting anew would have been and it covers the one area of need we would have had. So opaque square blue lids, rectangular red lids, and square almost-glass containers with black lids. Hubby should not get any of those confused. Why yes, I am preparing for our old age and probable dotage.
Our new flatware is in its drawer and we're getting used to it. It is considerably heavier than our previous (mixed)set and the forks and soup spoons are longer in the hand. And my! The bowls of the spoons are deeply dished! I bet I could use them as measuring spoons! We like them. The old stuff is donated away to a charity shop.
I haven't risked starting on the mugs. I think what I am going to tackle next is the two not-matching 12-piece sets of water and wine glasses we were given when we married. The water goblets are red with clear stems and the wine glasses are a hideous pattern of clear leaves incised in gilt in a background of frosted glass. Ugh! In fact, the ones on the top of this page https://www.etsy.com/listing/265354576/vintage-libby-gold-leaf-frosted-wine ) We've carted them around for forty-six years, shoving them in the hard to reach back areas of our various kitchen shelves all the while. About once every five years or so we might pull out some wine glasses to share a bottle of wine with our friends. Maybe. We don't really drink much of it. And then back into the cupboard they go. I have to convince my almost-hoarder spouse to let me get rid of them. Honestly, it isn't as if we like them. They were just wedding gifts we've felt obligated to keep, because, you know, wedding gifts. I'll put them in the same bag as the ugly lidded beer stein our eldest gave his dad. Which is stored right next to them.
On Friday I took all of the empty plastic food storage containers out of every cupboard and stacked them on the table, then separated them all and put their lids on them. I was surprised to learn that one of our most-used-size of container had no lid. When did that happen? I guess we never noticed because there were three that used the same sized covers. So it, and a spare lid that belongs to nothing I could identify, went in the trash. I took pictures of the Tupperware - so much Tupperware - and posted them up on Facebook to ask for pricing advice from my friends. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161111123829283&set=a.10150327748139283 One of the advice givers contacted me privately to ask about the squared ones, so three large containers are going north to her via the SCA delivery system. We'll take them to an event next month and give them to a mutual friend who will carry them to the area where the recipient resides. She wanted me to mail them to her and offered to pay for the cost, but if you followed the photo link, that would be the three square shaped containers (two don't have lids), which are huge. Shipping costs for those would be outrageous. Probably $50 or so simply because of the size. So SCA Mule Train takes the load. A set of our card playing friends who are male roommates got chivvied into taking the rest of the Tupperware. Whatever they find that they don't need, they will give to a woman with a growing family who will likely find a use for them.
Then there were the non-Tupperware containers. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161114810884283&set=pcb.10161114810944283 Those are going to a member of our local barony, again by SCA Mule Train. One of the roommates is going to the local Baronial business meeting this week and will deliver them to the new owner.
I didn't charge anyone for any of it after all. I'm just glad to have it out of our house. I kept one large nesting set of nine containers made by Rubbermaid. Unfortunately, the set I gave away had to go because their lids are almost-but-not-quite the same size and color as the Rubbermaid ones and frustrated my spouse to no end when he mixed them up. Now we have one nesting set of various sizes that all have the same blue lids, and another "set" of rectangular red-lidded cold cut containers, and a small selection of the standard take out/delivery containers, which reside in the bread drawer. Because they get taken to work to hold the sandwiches my man makes from the bread in the drawer. Hey, it made sense to me. For now the top shelf in our cupboard is absolutely empty. Tomorrow, though, there will be a set of three Rubbermaid "Brilliance" black-lidded containers living there. It turned out that the smaller set I gave away is the one made of the largest containers, which we use most often for leftover pot roast, pulled pork, homemade soups, and the like. So I'd definitely miss them. But I am feeling virtuous because I didn't toss all of the stuff on the table and replace the whole shebang. I "saved money" because the new three-bowl set wasn't as expensive as starting anew would have been and it covers the one area of need we would have had. So opaque square blue lids, rectangular red lids, and square almost-glass containers with black lids. Hubby should not get any of those confused. Why yes, I am preparing for our old age and probable dotage.
Our new flatware is in its drawer and we're getting used to it. It is considerably heavier than our previous (mixed)set and the forks and soup spoons are longer in the hand. And my! The bowls of the spoons are deeply dished! I bet I could use them as measuring spoons! We like them. The old stuff is donated away to a charity shop.
I haven't risked starting on the mugs. I think what I am going to tackle next is the two not-matching 12-piece sets of water and wine glasses we were given when we married. The water goblets are red with clear stems and the wine glasses are a hideous pattern of clear leaves incised in gilt in a background of frosted glass. Ugh! In fact, the ones on the top of this page https://www.etsy.com/listing/265354576/vintage-libby-gold-leaf-frosted-wine ) We've carted them around for forty-six years, shoving them in the hard to reach back areas of our various kitchen shelves all the while. About once every five years or so we might pull out some wine glasses to share a bottle of wine with our friends. Maybe. We don't really drink much of it. And then back into the cupboard they go. I have to convince my almost-hoarder spouse to let me get rid of them. Honestly, it isn't as if we like them. They were just wedding gifts we've felt obligated to keep, because, you know, wedding gifts. I'll put them in the same bag as the ugly lidded beer stein our eldest gave his dad. Which is stored right next to them.
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