What's on your Wednesday Menu?

Mornin' All!

Two more days of hot, muggy weather before we get a break. There's a heat advisory going into effect at 1:00 today, so I'll need to do whatever I need to do this morning (not that I would do anything outside this afternoon anyway - heat advisory or not! I can't tolerate 90+ degree weather!). I need to get some exercise, so I'll either take a short bike ride or do upper body weights at the gym. Mah Jongg from 10:00 - noon. That's my day!

QOTD: I have some "vintage" (mid-century) furniture that I've collected and/or purchased that I love, but the only antique things I have I've inherited from someone else. My mother gave me the Victorian oak wardrobe that we had in my childhood houses (we found it in the attic of one of my childhood homes). It's currently in our guest room. I also have my paternal grandmother's silverware and silver tea service, both 1920's art deco style (love them!). There are a few antique odd & ends that belonged to grandparents and/or great grandparents that really are not my "thing" (too ornate - or I just don't care for them) that I don't have the heart to get rid of because they belonged to my ancestors, so I'll probably just pass them on to my niece or my cousins' kids. I do love the wardrobe and the silver sets, though.

TSS: 5y2m

B: coconut Greek yogurt with diced 1/2 mango, coffee with half & half

MS: Fit Frappe

L: this southwestern chicken quinoa microwavable meal I found last night at Aldi's (I need to eat some fun things today because I've been too tempted to stray lately)

AS: yogurt pie or L&F yogurt with light Cool Whip and raspberries

D: Caprese salad

have a great day, everyone!

There is a company called replacements.com that will buy that old ornate silverware and china. There are people who want it or want to get pieces that they are missing from their collections.

Many people are doing that. They get the extra money and don't have to worry about leaving it to the younger generation who do not want it anyway.

thanks for the tip! And yes - I've heard the younger generation (or many of them, anyway) have zero interest in their parents', grandparents', etc china and silverware! I love my grandmother's art deco silver set - but then, I love art deco. I like the simple, clean lines of it. My mother's set (which she still has) is this really ornate, frilly pattern. I don't care for it at all and am hoping she'll leave it to one of my siblings (and if not, I'll gladly give it to one of them!). If not - it's good to know there are places like replacements.com!

Morning! I'm over here continuing to recover from hip surgery. I had my first PT on Monday and it was like taking a field trip. Nice to be out of the house! I'm not allowed to sit at 90 degrees (for 3 weeks, which is 9/8) and my op side foot is always freezing (they say this is normal while non-weight bearing). I'm figuring out how to get around on crutches pretty well and have even managed to sweep the floor and clean up the kitchen a couple times while hopping around on one crutch. Showering is a real pain. I can go down stairs myself, but up requires Jon to help me. I was worried about being so sedentary and gaining weight, but so far I'm down into the 130's for the first time in over a year - yes, I've figured out how to weigh myself with a bum leg! LOL

QOTD: We have an antique Singer sewing machine that was Jon's mom's.

My Food:

• Coffee w/ Cream x3
• Protein, Dairy, Fruit - my family has been making me lunch and it's been things like deli turkey, chicken nuggets, strawberries, grapes, cottage cheese, cheese, meat sticks, string cheese, etc.
• Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili - we have a meal being delivered by a friend tonight.

I'm Glad to see you're on the mend. It is so good to see you back. A couple things I learned when I broke my foot and was non weight barring I'll share with you that helped me out. Get yourself a beach bag that you can lug around with all of you must haves in it. Then when you finally get comfy spot you have everything you need without have to get back up. Also I always did the up steps by sitting down and sliding or with a crutch but on my good knee. It kept me from having to bug DH all the time. And if all else fails get a bell and ring it every time you need something. I did it just to drive DH crazy and it worked. Best of luck with a quick recovery. Your in my prayers.

my mother used a bell with me when she was recovering from hip surgery. I drove me INSANE. I felt like the maid. I told her to please call my name, don't ring the damn bell. But she kept ringing that f'ing bell. ARRRGGGH!

When I moved into my house there was a old china cabinet stored in the basement that the previous owner left. Its oak finish matched the furniture I planned to put in the livingroom so I had the movers carry it upstairs.

Once it was in the living room, I realized it had a musty smell. So I spent some time on the internet looking for ways to get the mustiness out. My sister was getting ready to sell her home and move to an apartment, so she offered to give me the set of dinnerware that had belonged to her husband's aunt. It was all carefully stored in boxes in her basement.

It is made by Pfalzgraff in a pattern called Naturewood. Normally it should have gone to my niece, but young people do not want to be tied down to taking care of dinnerware that they will probably never use. I put it on display and enjoy looking at it. Sometimes I use it for Thanksgiving or Christmas, but really prefer my colorful Fiestaware that I use everyday.

My mother passed away in 2017 and another one of my sisters lives in her house. That is the house where you could find almost anything. My mother was a saver and a buyer. If we had not laid the law down constantly, I think she could have ended up on hoarders.

We made sure that the house stayed clean and tidy as she got older. She loved to go shopping and buy bargains. It was really nice things but nothing that she needed. So every few months we would clean things out and take them to donate. One time she had a bedroom that was so full of various seasonal decorations that the room was not useable. That is when we took action, cleaned that out, and did not let it happen again.

Because of that, I am very hesitant to buy anything unless I really have a use for it. No collections of any kind and only essential items. I like browsing in stores that sell souvenirs and antiques, but my rule is when I buy something it must have a designated place and often another item must leave the house before a new one comes in.

I've started doing that as well. I don't buy anything unless I really need it and it will get some use. I was planning to start my Scandinavian death cleaning when the pandemic started, too, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe this winter. I'm still a little young to do that, but we have crap we haven't unpacked in 22 years (when we moved to this house). Ridiculous!

I had to look up death cleaning. It is a good concept. I do look at my house and think about what will need to be cleaned up after I am gone. I started buying things I did not really need back in March when I did not know if I would be able to get it again. I have some canned things that are going to last a few years. I have finally used up all the meat that I froze.

When my husband died, I had to spend a lot of time getting rid of the things that he had saved. My goal was to move to a smaller place and not take too much with me. I cleaned out a huge basement, attic, and garage. He had things like his paystubs from his job when he was in high school.

Also a lot of tools and parts of things like motors that I had no use for and never will. I had several garage sales and men were happy to buy those kinds of things. I need to get myself into a cleaning and decluttering mode again. It is amazing how quickly things can start to pile up again. Once I get started, I enjoy the process.

Happy Wednesday! I am so ready for this week to be over but tomorrow is my Friday so I'm close. 22 hours of meetings down, 22 to go--and I'm not even exaggerating.

JB, you definitely need an assistant that can be helpful to you not crest more challenges and 3 weeks is a reasonable amount to see how things are headed. Good luck!

Qotd - the oldest things I have are some glassware from Australia that was my great grandmother's (and since European settled Oz is not that old, it's not that old!) and books my grandfather gave my grandmother in the 40s (Pollyanna series).

I also did not stay on plan yesterday so today's menu will be a repeat of what I intended to eat!

Coffee + half and half x3

protein waffle with PB

grilled turkey breast

ham and cheese roll up

light and fit greek

have a great hump day everyone!