lisaviolet's diary

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

otherstuff
05:41 PM - 09/18/2013

The topic: I just ordered six cups
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from Southern Pattern Matching. Brian is okay with it. He agrees, it would be one thing if I did something with them, but for them to be missing because of someone else? Not good. He likes the pattern, too.

I'm glad he's making some sales right now, otherwise I might be out of luck.

I've got a little handwashing to do and one more dishwasher load, then I'll be finished with this project. Hopefully I'll be finished tonight.

Oh, and to top it off?

Some cat peed on my shoes.

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otherstuff
05:14 PM - 09/18/2013

The topic: Well, I think we know what happened to the six missing cups
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They were probably broken when the musical domes were broken. And there were so many cups up there that we didn't use, I never noticed.

I found them on Etsy.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/91625670/international-porcelain-kensington

And I found them on another site, but can't find them again. I don't really want the saucers.

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otherstuff
04:39 PM - 09/18/2013

The topic: Grrr….
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So, I'm cleaning stuff in the glass case, right? There are four musical domes in there from Franklin Mint. Wizard of Oz domes.

I'm cleaning everything in there and I take the glass domes off to wash by hand. I notice that two of the domes have broken parts inside. WTF? How? They've been in that case for decades.

I find most of the pieces and glue them back on. And I've come to a conclusion of how they became broken. Someone had taken them down, taken the domes off, then broke the various pieces when putting the domes back on. And there's only one family that had that opportunity.

Brian was gone and when he got home, I told him that they were broken. He said "I'm sorry". Then I told him pieces were missing. I let that sink in. He said "that bitch."

He came to the same conclusion I had.

The old petsitter. The one on who's watch Wally got so sick he died. The one on who's watch Lisa Violet got so upset that she ended up dying (stroke).

Someone got on that counter and took those music boxes down. Someone opened them up and broke them putting them back together. It wasn't me. It wasn't Brian. The only people in this house when we aren't home have been the various petsitters. And there was so much grime on the domes, it's been a long time since they were opened.

Will I ever be rid of her?

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otherstuff
01:48 PM - 09/18/2013

The topic: Since I’ve done just about everything I need to do
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For the meet next month, I'm getting started on house cleaning. I'm cleaning things I haven't cleaned in years, like the china and glasses in the cabinet.

We've got three full sets of china. Two Brian bought when we got married because they reminded him of his grandma's (not the pattern I would have gotten, too flowery, way back then Franklin Mint had this awesome black with gold and I loved it - Franklin Mint got to keep it because we got stuff that reminded him of his grandma's - I had no say in the matter) and a set from my parents.

They're all in the cabinet. I'm putting them in the dishwasher, light load, it's going to take a while to get through everything (ideally I'd like to pack it all away and sell it or something, we don't entertain and we never use it). Dust catchers is all that stuff is.Anyway, the first set of dishes getting washed is the set my parents gave us. There are only two cups. WTF? Where are the other six? I find this incredibly odd that I'm missing six cups.

And we've got ten cups for Irish coffee. Four of those have the recipe on them. I don't think I've ever had Irish coffee. Why, then, do we have so many of these glasses?

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