Looking ahead, several jobs are on the
agenda. I want to lay linoleum on the toilet floor, turn out my
dressing table and sell my mugs before the years ends.
I have already talked about the lino
and what lies ahead of me before laying it in the toilet - the
hardest area yet. It is probably better left to an expert, but as I
am the only one that will be using the toilet apart from visitors, I
shall tackle the job myself and live with the results!
The dressing table is currently covered
in white paint with avocado green handles. At one point in its long
history it was simply wood. That was a long time ago, when it
belonged to my grandmother - long since dead. It was passed down to
my parents and then to me. I do not value it as an antique, although
it is probably 100 years old or more. I simply need something into
which to stash my hairbrush, neti-pot, nail clippers, first aid kit and other
such stuff.
My dressing table is currently filled
with stuff and the stuff that is crammed on top - albeit in neat
piles - needs to fit inside. I recall emptying the top drawer to fill
with hair accessories, womens' items, nail-clippers, and the like and
this is usable as is - but I have yet to tackle the bottom two
drawers. More emptying and trashing to go...
One is seemingly filled with stories I
typed/wrote out as a teenager and some art books filled with cartoon,
hippie, crazy-techno designs along with philosophical and artsy
drawings, water colors, and biro designs. The other drawer appears to
contain a fruit bowl, penknife, and assorted bits and pieces of
'stuff' - all of which must be sorted out and either thrown out or
sold.
Talking of selling items, my mug
collection is far from useful to me as a middle-aged woman. As a
teen, it was something to collect, but now I have use only for one
mug in which to deposit my morning coffee! I had been recycling them
as plant pots - but they were messy and untidy and cluttered up the
sill - I would much rather have a single pot plant or vase on the
sill and sell the mugs. Firstly, I took out the Kalanchoe and garlic
plants and rinsed them clean - my son wanted one to take back to
Australia with him today. The rest, I shall sell shortly....
Wow, a hundred-year-old dressing table! I'd love to have that. You should have it cured of the white paint and avocado green, though. :D
ReplyDeleteEven better is finding that treasure trove of writing and art from your childhood. There's a bunch of stuff that I did when I was a kid that I'm sure is probably lost-- I'd love to suddenly discover it all still existed.
I am probably just going to dump the stories and art work - i would rather have space than wasted paper, lol! I just wrote overly dramatic tales about people I was interested in because my own life was trapped and boring....
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