Dishes have to do with food, right? (Steph)

On the 24th of July we had a BBQ/ clean the garage out party at Kevin's grandparents' house.  They basically just emptied all the boxes from the garage, had the children (Kevin's dad and his siblings) sort through what they wanted, then whatever was left the grandkids could go through and sort through what they wanted.  Then everything else could go to the DI and no one could complain that they never got to look through it or anything.  Even Kevin's aunt and uncle who live in Boston were there so everyone was involved.  We didn't arrive until later in the day after all the children  and some of the grandchildren had already gone through some of the stuff.

We met Kevin's mom on the front lawn and she said that we were welcome to take anything we saw if we liked it.  I thought, "I don't want any of this junk."  Kevin actually said it out loud.  He left to go find someone to visit with and I was left on the front lawn to mill through piles of other people's stuff.  Honestly, most of it was just garbage that I didn't think even the DI would want, then my eye caught a little pile of translucent green.  I think colored glass was all the rage in like the seventies or something, but it's gone out of and back into style since then.  Luckily for me, I think colored glass is in again, or at least that's what they tell me when I window shop at home decor stores. 

Anyway, this pile was a bunch of green glass vases and a bowl that were in really good shape and actually kind of pretty. I took it, making sure that no one wanted it and looked for anything else that I might use or like. Not long after, I found four matching soup bowls and saucers that were brand new and still in the box.  I also found a butter dish that was in really good shape, no cracks or anything.  I was pretty proud of myself and my treasures.  Here's what they look like.

This one doesn't really match the others, but it's still cute.

I think this bowl is my favorite one.

 

 

 I guess Kevin's mom noticed that I thought that this green glass was pretty, so the other day as she was going through some of her antique dishes, she asked me if I wanted these teacups and saucers.  Well, look how cute they are...

 

It's a set of three cups and three saucers, so maybe not a full set, but I can't drink out of more than one at a time anyway. So now we really have to have tea parties. 

Also, about the book club.  How about we just read any book of our own choice and discuss them on the blog (or at the tea party).  That way we can read whatever we want and no one has to go out a buy a book or worry about finding it at the library.  But most importantly, we don't have pick one book that we all want to read, which hasn't been going very well.  Let me know what you think.