Another White, Wood, Stainless Steel Kitchen

I found this kitchen on the blogs this morning.  As you well know, chairs are a weakness.  So, the chairs are what caught my eye first.   And I envy the homeowner for being able to clear the entire top of the table.  Mine is full of clutter, AGAIN.  Books, quilts, stacks of class materials for months ago when I taught classes at the greenhouse.  And G's clutter of notes, pill bottles and receipts.  G has another pile of clutter in his bathroom where he empties his pockets after work.  That had been included in table top clutter before it moved into the bathroom.  Before that it was on the desktop in the "office" where a large pile of "forgotten" clutter still sits.  Are we that unorganized?  Are we that unable to throw anything away?  Are we just messy?

I am a person who loves order and, yet, I can't seem to maintain it in my life.

In other "good news", my daughter's neighborhood has scheduled another Yard Sale event for the three streets that make a U off Maine Street.  I am already making a list of the things I found right AFTER the sale last year.  I have a large pile of empty suitcases.  Some over 30 years old.  Some newer.  And the large European coffee table and end table with smoked glass tops which we brought home after using in our German family room.  Why?  And a Singer Treadle cabinet.  Do people still like these for end tables?  And all the American Flyer sleds.  I may even part with my large collection of Raggedy Anne Dolls.  I bought the majority at flea markets for less than $5 each.  I filled a small German wagon with them.  Their little shiny black eyes made me smile every time I walked past that wagon but they have been up in the attic for more than 10 years now.  Along with my Muffy dolls and all their clothing.  So much money tied up in them.

My son always tells me to list this stuff on Ebay.  As if I knew how to do that and as if I wanted to manage that.  He should offer to do it for us. Like that would happen!!!  LOL.

I shredded all the zucchini we had on the counter this morning.  My "plan" is to bake a loaf of chocolate zucchini bread for G and a pan of almond butter zucchini brownies for myself.  I also have an interesting casserole recipe to try that uses zucchini as one of the layers.  Sort of a "pizza casserole" which appeals to me this morning.  I am about to use up all the wheat flour and sugar I own.  Now that I do not eat these two items, they last quite a long time in the cupboard.  Was it all ME????  Did I actually consume that much sugar in my coffee?  I find it hard to believe.  The flour is another product I just don't understand.  I never baked all that much when I did eat flour.  So where did it all go?  I seemed to be buying 5# bags all the time before low carb.  Now I buy the little 2# bag.  Mostly I use it for G's pizza dough.  And cookies for the kids at work who have asked for another batch of peanut butter chocolate chip.  I need more chocolate chips and another can of cocoa powder.

The three off limit things I seemed to use ALL the time were sugar, wheat flour and Italian bread crumbs.  I know where I still use the bread crumbs.  Meatballs, meatloaf and breaded eggplant slices. OMG do I love all three of these breadcrumb things?  YES!!!  But I never use the flour and the sugar anymore unless I make something special for G.  He likes cookies.

It's overcast on this, my second day, of vacation.  The sheets are ready to go in the washer, the garden is wet from over night rain, the corn in the garden got picked last night (we waited a little too long) and I may cut some of the kernels off the cob and make Garden Chowder which I can eat.  Need more cheese, broccoli and some heavy cream for the chowder (I'm making my grocery list) and I hope the grocery still has cherries.  I know they won't be on sale.  But I do love them.

I finished my little romance (Ideal Man by Garwood) and now have the trans gender thriller on my chair.  I have no idea where I will go next.  Garwood has a new one out--Sweet Talk so I may order it. Lots of books in my Book Book but not many for me--it's all G.  I can use some suggestions.  Hint, hint!