Garage Sale

I am houseware heavy.  After closing III, we carted home all our housekeeping equipment that I had accumulated at III.  You notice, I said, "I accumulated".  Himself, left to his own devices would have had 1 knife, 1 pancake turner, 1 skillet and a coffee pot.  Oh, yes.  And paper plates and towels and matches.  Matches so that he could burn the paper plates and towels.  That's it! 

Worst part of all that is he probably would have been just fine and would have created gourmet meals and entertained royalty and won awards.  Whereas I dragged home 3,000 pieces to III -- utensils, silverware, glasses, china plates, mixing bowls, 6 sizes of pans, 3 cast iron skillets, a can opener, potato peeler, melon baller, 7 cereal bowls, measuring cups and spoons, steak knives, butter knives, table knives and butcher knives!  Dipper, strainer, dish pan, coffee measure, pint jars, quart jars, 1/2 gallon and gallon jars! 

And would have cooked pork n beans, boiled eggs, oatmeal, tomato soup, hominy and beef brains.

Okay.  Just kidding about the brains.  But you get the idea. 

So now what?  Now there is a "family first" garage sale.  If any of you need silverware, cooking utensils, glasses, pot, pans or dishes for camping, speak now -- or forever hold your peace! 

If you believe you can use any of these, some of these or even ONE of these, let me know. 

I'll hold it for you.  Otherwise, I am prepared . . . I am preparing . . . I plan (I really do)

on donating all this to the Twin Lake Garage Sale. 

Seven nice (brown, okay) cereal bowls. 

and this.  Can you guess what this is, above?

This is a contest.  If you know what that wooden thing does,  is, represents --  tell me and you win the prize!

Look at this beauty.  I'm not sure I can give this baby up. 

This is a vintage aluminum bread box. 

It will hold two loaves of sandwich bread

 or maybe you can store several pairs of shoes in here . . .

or the family volkswagon!  lol 

This thing is big and precious.