2014!

Drawer A Day 2014!

Sept. 1

I decided to start small. I have a china closet in my dining room that has three shallow drawers at the base. They are stuffed with anything that has been designated keepable but uncategorizable. My attack on the first one yielded a small delft jar, three pewter Jefferson cups, a little package of those umbrellas you put in festive drinks, assorted cocktail napkins, a few crocheted doilies and a mysterious box labeled with Japanese characters.

One of the Jefferson cups is a trophy, awarded to me for raising funds for a charity. The other two, and the little umbrellas stymie me. When did I ever think I was going to make drinks that required Jefferson cups and/or umbrellas?

The Japanese box contained a bunch of buttons and political memorabilia that include a card promoting the re-election of State Senator Tex Barton, (who???) a button celebrating Gino Marchetti and Bill Pellington  (who?) Day at Memorial Stadium in 1964, a button acquired at the October, 1967 anti-Vietnam war March on Washington, a few plastic coins that indicate that Louis Goldstein wants God to bless me "real good," and a glass paperweight commemorating the inauguration of Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner (again… who???!) in 2001. Oddly enough, the paperweight came from my son who had to very reluctantly don a tuxedo to attend her inaugural ball. (It’s a long story and anyone who has seen my son knows that this was not a place he wanted to be.) My favorite is a membership card my husband received in the mail, showing that he is a card-carrying member of the GOP…which he is definitely not.

If I truly want to live the simple life, I should toss ALL of this away. There’s nothing that I need, or even particularly want in that whole drawer. But I didn’t. I rearranged it all neatly, and put it back in the drawer. I don’t know why but I didn’t want to throw it away. I need to justify this. It would be helpful if sometime in the next few months, you would invite yourself over for mint juleps and ask if you can see my collection of political memorabilia.

Sept. 2

Second small drawer in china cabinet. More paper umbrellas for the drinks. If you invite yourself over for mint juleps, bring a friend!

Sept.3

Third and last drawer in the china cabinet. I have a set of 6 steak knives. Who knew? They’re dull but maybe you could poke a steak apart with them.

Sept. 4
Woo-hoo! I organized a large file on my computer and disposed of 200+ documents in the file. I can now actually find the things that I need in this folder.