Karmacat: To Infinity And Beyond!

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

Yeah, they're not really rubbish, they're just infrequent. The only thing I've never used was a present - one of those single cup teapots, that sits over its own cup and saucer, do you know what I mean? I've never had it out of the cupboard, even, I wonder if I could pretend it got bust in the move ... am I evil to think that ?

That sounds like one of those "What can I buy her?!" panic presents.

You could always use its shrapnel to line the bottom of your pots...

Karmacat

Yes I could

And you know what, why I've kept it for about 8 or 9 years? She decorated it herself, glazed it and everything..... she put masses of thought and effort into it

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

Yes I could

And you know what, why I've kept it for about 8 or 9 years? She decorated it herself, glazed it and everything..... she put masses of thought and effort into it

If it's pretty then drill holes in the bottom (using a tile bit) and make it into a plant pot (or 2).

You don't need it as a teapot, but plantpots rarely come in wrong.

EssexHebridean

Plant pot idea is excellent!

KC - I've just posted a sort of suggestiony type planny thing over on Pippi's thread - have a read and see what you think...!

taxi73

plant pot idea is a good one.

Karmacat

Morning! The plant pot idea *is* a good one, isn't it! And so is EH's idea that was on Pippi's thread - my camera's tiny, EH, but it is 9 megapixel, so there's room for manoeuvre. I'd love to learn to layer images on photoshop too.

Well, I'm on here really late this morning! Cos I was a bit careful yesterday, and had work in the evening, I suppose I wasn't quite ready to go to bed when I should have. Thats okay.

Today - well, while I've been waiting for the kettle to boil at various times, I've scrubbed out the remaining shelf supports, including using a toothbrush for the corners - luckily, its not greasy stuff. Just sprayed it all with antibac, and I've now got to clean the one existing shelf that I'm going to reuse (I'd cleaned the top of it really well already - didn't realise how grungy the underside was _pale_ I've still got all the sawing of wood from my ex-table to do, but like I said yesterday, I envisage the whole thing taking me till Wednesday anyway.

And I have to do my accounts! And get the taxi to the rheumatology X rays.

redsquirrel80

Hello - I've had the same dilemmas when moving house - do I keep things for emotional reasons or throw them out because I don't use them - I think I reached a reasonable compromise!

Happy de-grunging and hope your appointment goes well.

Karmacat

Its tough, isn't it - when I had a farewell drink just before Imoved, I told the people I was with that I would receive no more presents of ornaments and knick knacks, thank you very much! Stuff that can be used - so my partner said "I can't buy you smellies, I don't understand them" (typical bloke) and so its come down to food, which also puzzles him because of my intolerances.... and he objected to buying what he called "groceries" too. So I said, okay, olive oil - but, cold pressed, organic, fair trade, with a sprig of rosemary in it for flavouring! Is that good enough for a present? He agreed it was

I will have no more clutter!

First shelf is in, btw - amazing the amount of stuff you can fit in when you want!

se999

KC my solution to the ornaments/knicknacks, is my friends know we like unusual Christmas Tree ornaments, so if we visit somewhere we try to find something to remember it by, or sometimes people give them to us. So each Christmas when we dress the tree we remember the people and the places. With them being Christmas Tree ornaments, they do tend to be small too and of course friends don't expect to see them all year round

gilligansyle

Karmacat wrote: »

:rotfl: yep, thats about the size of it - a little plate for fresh olives, with a side area for the stones... a shot glass from Cape Kennedy ... a Father Christmas jug from when I was little .... In the meantime, I found *three* little boxes of turmeric - one of which had a Best Before date of April 2005 :eek: I decided to throw that one. And the 2007 one ... I think I used to buy things for the storecupboard and just, you know, keep them in the storecupboard :rotfl:

do you mean that spices don't keep :eek: I've been carting the same ones from house to house for years :rotfl:in fact I don't think they put best before on things in those days.

there must be a balance between sentiment and usefulness though. I have a little pot that I bought for my Nan when I went to Chester Zoo with the school; she kept it for 40 years, it seems a shame to throw it out now.