At last, a day was not sabotaged by me or anyone else. I went to my doctor for a dozen items...lol. I had them written down, so we went over them, one at a time. Some questions took 30 seconds or less, some took more time. He looked at the knot in my calf and sent me right up for an ultrasound. It is "benign, not a blood clot." Whew! He told me to watch it. It is a knot on the muscle in my calf.
None of my meds are implicated in causing dementia. The severe blow to my head Monday won't cause a brain bleed at this late date.
I really like my family doctor. When I go with a list, we work through it.
We picked up refills at two pharmacies. One pharmacy had no one else in the drive-up line. We waited behind 4 cars and for almost 30 minutes at the other pharmacy. Waiting in line is sooo tiring. Went to Publix for bogo catsup. Went to a furniture store to ask a question. I found a baby chick about a foot high. Someone gave me money as a birthday gift on Paypal, and I had forgotten to spend it. So, I did, and this huge chick came home with me. It is not my style or colors, and I don't know what kind of fat chick it is, but I love Maggie May.
Right now, a nap is after me, so I am surrendering. When Tommy wants to eat, he can heat up leftovers. Thank goodness for leftovers. Nope, changed my mind! Not napping even though I only slept three hours Wednesday night.
Someone is lined up to make a coat/hat rack for Tommy. I don't know what kind of wood to use but definitely not plywood. This one will be a box with a door.
Then, I will surprise Tommy with a new bookcase to replace his rickety one that is about 5 inches too wide and made of some sort of wood covered with paper with a grain. There are three of these monstrosities in this house. He bought this one 40 years ago for this house.
I have a nice bookcase about 60" tall that my parents paid $11 for in 1957 at the Goodwill. It has a waterfall front, so you can imagine it is 50 years or more older than the shabby one here. Mine is not rickety at all, 90 years old. I found an identical one for $40 a few years ago, so I have two! Besides being sturdy, the finish is in good shape. Yep, I like "brown furniture."
At the bread store, I put the bread on the counter to pay for it. Right there on the edge nearest me was a quarter ready for me to pick up. I could barely believe my good luck.
I picked up a wand for watering to make it easier for Tommy. He is out there, watering, and holding the wand about six inches from the nozzle. He does not believe me when I tell him to hold it out to spray the plants! I cannot even watch. No, I am not just watching, but I can see from my chair where I sit.
Friday, there are plans for three chores. Let's see if we can pull this off.
Do you like old "brown furniture?" What is your favorite piece of furniture in your house, not the prettiest, not the most stylish, not the piece in best shape, just a piece you love, cherish or would never get rid of now or ever? The piece could be the prettiest!
Most of my furniture is "brown" furniture. Also, most of them would be considered antique. I have a blanket chest with 2 drawers and an old, now emptied of its parts, radio cabinet that I would say are my favorite pieces of furniture. My mom stripped a horrible green paint off of the blanket chest and asked me if I wanted it, so I bought it from her. The radio cabinet was in my room, growing up, and has been used for various things. As a kid, I didn't have the fancy Barbie penthouse, so would empty the radio cabinet and transition it into a Barbie penthouse of my own. Ranee (MN)
ReplyDeleteRae,
DeleteI am quite sure your furniture would very much be my style! It makes me sad when I see someone "upcycle" perfectly good furniture with a coat of paint. Of course, some furniture needs paint...lol. The radio cabinet was certainly a fancier penthouse than the ones sold for Barbie. You showed great imaginative and appreciation.
I also love brown furniture. I also love old furniture that has been part of my life. I have a rocking chair from the 30s that was given to me by my husbands Aunt. She got it as newlywed, to have for the babies she wanted to have. Unfortunately, she was not able to have children. She gifted me the chair for the birth of my child. It is a prized possession, my son is not 34. I also have her bridal cedar wedding chest at the foot of my bed.
ReplyDeleteI have my MIL's china cabinet by accident. She had sold the family home a couple of years before her death. She and my husband passed in a ten day period I assumed it was sold with the house. Years later I went to a dear friends home. Walked in to the back room of the house and there it set. My husband had taken it there when his Mom sold the house. He wanted it safe so she could have it back when she settled and had room for it. It is now in my dining room. In addition to special things, china, crystal etc. it also holds the ashes of my husband, my mother and the dear friend that kept it safe all these years.
It gives me great comfort to have these things about me. Just looking and touching them reminds me of wonderful people that I was honored to have in my life.
Texas,
DeleteI am quite sure I would feel at home with your furniture. And, the rocker is a special gift. How sad she bought it for babies and never got to use it. That brings tears to my eyes. You are certainly surrounded with poignant memories.
Your finding the china cabinet was a lucky accident. I have/had special things. Most are gone with the house.
I understand items giving you great comfort. That is how I felt about things I had and the few things I still have. Thanks for the stories of your furniture that you cherish.
Thank you and yes, I think you would be comfortable in my home. I have a couple of more family pieces. I also have some pieces purchased from estate sales. One is a hard rock maple Tell City table and chairs for the kitchen. I bought it for $75. Got it home and found the original label under the table that it was from Tell City, Last I checked the set would sell for 800 to 1000 to collecters. No matter, I would not sell it. I know it was devastating to lose your home and even harder to lose "your things". You now have a home but have to live without the things you loved, that documented your life. The things that brought you peace and joy. It really scares me if I have to go into care I would not be able to take my things.
DeleteTexas,
DeleteI don't want to make others who prefer a different style feel bad about what I think of their homes and tastes--just not my style and comfort zone. That is a great table buy you found. I actually don't have a home! I will forever mourn losses.
I was visiting someone in a nursing home and, of course, walked slowly along the halls. Women had sewing machines. I asked about that. I was told people could bring their own furniture. But, there was a big storage area to get furniture is a person had none when moving. You could not take everything, unfortunately, but a token piece might make it. Maybe you will be able to stay in your home until you don't know any better...lol.
I, too, love brown furniture! I have a bookcase that was made for my mother by her uncle. It's probably 75 years old, I'd say. It's definitely a favorite piece of mine. Hubby bought me a small cedar chest for my birthday a few years ago, and I also love that.
ReplyDeleteAlice,
DeleteYou have two treasures! I really want a cedar chest since the chest Daddy made me went to the dump. It hurts me to think about it! That was a very nice gift from your husband that I know you cherish.
If "brown furniture" means mahogany, cherry, or maple, I am and always will be a fan. It makes me stabby when people paint over beautiful, expensive woods. If you're talking about oak, I say go ahead and paint because it's ugly anyway (oak floors notwithstanding). Do I have any prized pieces? No, not really. I have an old secretary that I like, but it's not special. I also have a Martha Stewart armoire that is beautiful and has a ton of storage. What I paid for it back in the day and what it's worth now kinda makes me cry. Here it is:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.aptdeco.com/product/bernhardt-furniture-martha-stewart-westport-tvgame-armoire
I have forever wanted a Rhode Island block-front, shell-carved secretary, but they were always wretchedly expensive. Perhaps now in this "No Brown Furniture!" era, I should try to find one. Here's an example:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/124239401_newport-rhode-island-style-blockfront-secretary-desk
Yeah, I love brown furniture. I always will!
Sue,
Delete"Stabby" is my reaction, too. Well, you do have good taste!
A couple of my favorite pieces are varnished wood, in shades of the brown of the various wood. The butcher block that is maple wood that my Dad built in the 1970's when we first moved into our house,
ReplyDeletemy husband's Grandma's lamp table that is mahogany with lighter wood inlays on the top, my humpback trunk from the 1860's that my Dad and I worked on to get the ugly layer of black chipped paint off of it, only to find a layer of bright mustard color paint, then to find another layer of black paint. My Dad and I took it down to the metal which was a silvery bronze color, and the wood that holds the trunk together on the sides, around the bottom and the curved pieces on the top of the trunk were cleaned of paint and taken down to their natural color, and one piece that had rotted out at the bottom, my dad was able to remove it and make a perfect match for it from new wood that we stained to match the rest. Then Dad made a tray for the inside that the original trunk would have had, and Mom helped me get the inside fabric lined. It was my hope chest. But many years before that my Mom remembered cracking walnuts on the metal part of the top of it with her cousin using a hammer. Those dents are still there. On the back of the trunk there is a bigger dent in the metal where we think it might have been tied to the outside of the wagon that my Grandpa traveled from Ohio, to Illinois, to Kentucky or Tennessee (not sure which), and then to Missouri. Grandpa brought the trunk up from the country to my Mom and it was the last time that we saw him before he passed away.
And then I have my two wooden clocks that my Dad designed and built all from wood, gears and all. My favorite pieces of furniture have stories that go with them. I hope my grand kids will want some of the pieces when I am gone. I know the clocks are wanted, but I worry about the other pieces. I don't know if they understand that the other pieces are parts of our family, too.
What wonderful pieces you have. Tell stories to the little ones so they will develop a taste to have the pieces themselves. You say grandchildren, but would your children want them? Maybe if the grandchildren could play near these items without destroying them, they would cherish them.
DeleteI have a glass front secretary that my Great Great Great Grandfather brought with him on the ship when he immigrated from Wales. Then it went by covered wagon to Iowa. IT has the original glass so great care must have been taken on both trips. We have no idea how old it is. He had red hair and no one else in our family has had red hair until our youngest grandson who is 4 months old.
ReplyDeleteLana,
DeleteJust WOW. He certainly took care of that secretary. That is amazing. And, moving companies now cannot take care of an item that travels a few hundred miles! Maybe the grandson is a reincarnation...lol.
After my house was destroyed in a tornado, my mom received some furniture from a lady who was "downsizing." We got a table that is probably now over a 100 years old. We used it for kitchen prep, a kitchen table, a canning table, a laundry folding table. Then I got married and moved into my first apartment and used it for a dining table and sewing table. I have been using it as a desk for the last 15 or so years. It is sturdy and made of pine with a scarred top. My dad refurbished it before I brought it to my new house. Before that it was painted white with red knobs on the deep drawers. And I mean 3 feet deep, they go all the way back to the other side of the table. I love this table/desk.
ReplyDeleteAmy,
DeleteIt sounds like a wonderful table! I can just see it. It is good you used it for so many years and so many things instead of casting it off as old. I would love a table in the kitchen for use that had a drawer. Those are hard to come by. Thanks for sharing your table.
You are fortunate to have a MD you like.
ReplyDeleteUrspo,
DeleteI searched and researched. And, I have worked to make him an ally.