Kitchen reorganizing leads to Freecycle

 Latest successful rehoming of nice stuff that's run its course.

Yes I know most of them are collectible and "worth $$". But not to me. Everything's isn't a dollar transaction. Some people who don't have spare cash for these items will love them, and they've outlived their life in my house.  

One person, very excited about receiving some of these things, has freecycled a lot of surplus good food to me more than once. I've shared some of it with the food pantry. So I was almost prepaid, if you're of a transactional frame of mind.

So yes, I'm aware of the $$ value, used to trade in antiques and collectibles way back, but this is my choice at this age.  I've already had people explain how to sell them, yep, thanks for sharing!

Sunday called on my organizational side to get the kitchen contents thought out and moved and cleaned, those containers of tools get greasy and I didn't notice till I started handling them. 

I laundered the curtains and they literally fell into rags and lint in the dryer. Probably the result of being in a west window. I have to rethink the kitchen window.

I thought my toaster oven had died, no response, just clicking, until I remembered the gfci plates. The nearest one didn't govern the near outlets, noooo, it was the gfci across the room, silly me. Anyway I reset and the toaster oven worked again.

It seemed like a good moment for 

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It pays to keep up with your strength training, mental and physical! Mine's been called on quite a bit lately. At this point everything is back in the kitchen because I couldn't stand it any longer. This evening's video is about back strengthening, good.

Next Friday is Handsome Son's birthday, so I plan on my failsafe chocolate walnut cake and a handmade card, which is all he wants. There may be a bit of $green added in though.

As usual, we won't know what day to celebrate till he knows his work schedule and other plans. So I'll bake the cake ahead of time to be sure. 

Every year I remember what a broiling hot humid summer that was, and how thrilled I was to have that hot baby safely born and not kicking inside my ribs any more. I felt so cool by comparison, in a hospital with no ac,  with just one body heat to deal with.  And of course he was the best baby there had ever been.

This week 57 years ago, one week before I gave birth, I sat daily under a tree in the yard, and read War and Peace. It took five straight days. But I thought that might be the only time in my life I would have the chance to do nothing but read all day. Turns out that was quite an accurate forecast.  I just finished,  then started  labor that evening, and I have never had a free block of time since!

Happy day everyone, enjoy your week. Gary is all in with the patio idea. When he can get to it. He'll recruit another neighbor, who's in India till September, so no rush.