all that's past is prologue...

Heh! Patrick praises my stockpiling ways ! (Just as I am in the middle of cleaning a ton of stuff out).

So the other thing that our unfortunate guest this summer did that she should not have was to put a bunch of things that should not go into the dishwasher...into the dishwasher. This led me to a massive cleaning of the cabinet that our dishes are stored in. A take-no-prisoners adventure that tossed out a ton of items (including the Aas Beer glasses I got from a liquor distributor before we were married) and all the chipped dishware.  Of course, I had to get a set of gorgeous highball glasses from the free board today to replace the 16 faded pint glasses I had tossed, but that's normal, right? We got new shelf liner and Patrick got it set up while I was in a zoom meeting tonight. The new glasses are in the top middle. Please admire them to prove I was right. There was enough liner left over to redo the super-greasy cabinet by the stove. That also involved some major de-accession, including a bottle of paprika oil I believe I bought in Slovakia in 1991. I even packed away my beloved

In the spirit of "Fun Fall" yesterday was pretty much a day off. We were back on the mat at yoga, went to the Picnic Operetta's FAUST with the Chelimskys at Alexis Bailly Vineyards (and also got a hug from Nan), and hung out more with the Chelimskys that night. It was much needed. Today was harder work because we had to move back to the other house, which meant loading up lots of stuff (how did all that get over there?), plus dogs and cats and such, while running a few errands since there was no food or anything at Ashland. The kitchen is in disarray because we cleaned out a couple of cabinets, including the dish cabinet, and are waiting for new shelf paper to be delivered. There's a lot more space in there when you throw away things you don't use... On that same theory, we also cleaned out the china cabinet. We packed up some of the crystal we don't use but don't really want to get rid of, which left more display space. This summer Patrick had gotten me s