He or she has very specific tastes or needs, top of the list is pens, second is notebooks. But the latest is quite weird, dinner forks, not dessert forks which we hardly ever use. Oh No, it is dinner forks, 3 of them have gone missing, 2 from the set and 1 that I use for mixing things.
I have even moved the sofa,s and looked under them, to no avail, down the sides of the cushions AND in the sewing room!
Nothing doing.
I have looked in a few shops to buy 2 single forks, Huh all they have are nasty little things with no shine and rough edges. I will not buy a set of cutlery so it is the charity shops next.
I do have a canteen of silver cutlery, but the pieces are heavy and of course need cleaning after use. Not just washing up but proper silver cleaning stuff, unless of course you forgo any sort of acidic ingredient. I do use them but only occasionally. Yes I could sell it but it was a gift and I am reluctant to part with something that Francesca may want in the future.
Any way, lets get to the nitty gritty. My list from yesterday.
I am chuffed to report that the yarn has been tamed, every scrap apart from WIP,s is in my under sofa storage.
And, the fabric has been washed and is on the line now, in about 10 minutes I will get it in to iron.
Once that is done I have to go out to pick up my new spectacles. On my return, after a cuppa, I aim to start on the fabric. My yarn was in clear plastic boxes in a wooden storage unit (a bit like the Ikea units but hand built). These boxes will hold all my small cuts, 1 metre and smaller, I will be able to see at a glance what I have. These are currently living in a wicker chest of drawers, this will hold all my fabric that is in a bolt and the small drawers will have my notions that do not fit on my hanging board.
The end result is that the fabric bolt storage unit will be empty and can go. Woo Hoo.
It is going to be another busy day, yesterday I was up and down the stairs, backwards and forwards to the washing line, ironing and putting things away. all on top of my usual jobs. I fell into bed before 10 last night and was asleep before my head hit the pillow, thinking back it could have been before I got into bed.
I did not do my walk at home work out, there was no time to fit it in but I think that I did just as much walking/running as it was.
On that note I have to love you and leave you, get that fabric ironed and go fetch my new specs. They are a total change for me, coloured plastic frames.
TTFN Pam
Yes it used to be forks in our house too, along with teaspoons. They stopped vanishing though, when husband retired from work so was no longer taking packed lunches - what a coincidence!
ReplyDeleteI do believe that my Borrower leaves me teaspoons in exchange. I keep them in a mug and had to change it for a bigger one last week.
DeleteWe use sterling and I find they don’t need polishing if they are used on a regular basis. I enjoy the feel.
ReplyDeleteYour craft organizing project sounds lovely. It’s so easy to lose control of one’s stash!
I may give it a try, but they are Kings pattern and very heavy.
DeleteIn my house it was spoons. It wasn't until I started working in the school my son attended that I managed to find most of them.... He would leave them in the sink and the teachers would add them to the collection in their drawers.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
my son, as a small child, would put teaspoons in his pocket, I often had to return 1 or 2 after visiting someone and even to the odd cafe.
DeleteIt used to be spoons when the girls lived at home and forks when Gerard was working. Now there is just the two of us, all is safe. I have a silver set too and sadly is rarely used. You certainly have been on a mission with the fabric.
ReplyDeleteI was on a roll and now am glad to have a rest day.
DeleteLast time I bought cutlery was at a flea and collectors fair. I bought properly sized, heavy, Sheffield-made stainless steel tablespoons. I think they were £1 each and their quality is beautiful, much better than anything I could buy for £1 in the shops.
ReplyDeletenow there's a thought, there is a "flea market" style shop fairly near to me, next time I am in the town I will pop in for a look.
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