A few years ago my daughter gave me a beautiful personalized journal…..It came complete with color coded stickers and a lovely laminated cover. It was so beautiful that I thought I would ruin it by writing in it, so after looking at it for a few days, then thinking about what I would write, then going to Pinterest to check out how everyone else was using journals, I put it away in a safe place. And there it stayed until I stumbled across it a few days ago while putting away some books.
As I look around my house I see many things we never use. Top on the list is the collection of crystal glasses that each year I pull out of the china cabinet, wash, and put back. I can’t recall using the brandy glasses since my scotch phase several years ago. We have on a few occasions used the delicate etched glass ice tea glasses, but I have to say I never really enjoy using them because I am afraid they will shatter when they are washed. We finally gave up on the crystal matching wine glasses after so many broke and left us with a crazy assortment of glasses from wine tasting tours.
When we were first married, we had a group of 12 completely mismatched everyday glasses, no two matched. We would joke and say that our glass collection represented the different phases in our lives. The lone survivors of the matched sets, the sturdy ones that weathered all the storms. And even with all the mismatched everyday glasses, I never once thought to set our everyday table with the good glasses.
And the glasses are just one thing I save for best, let’s not even get started with the good china, the good platters, the good candles, the good linens, the good purse, the good sweater…. we all have our lists, they are endless.
According to all the health experts the next few months of this pandemic will be difficult at best. So what better time to use all the good stuff?
May this New Year bring you good health, joy, peace and love.
Bradymom 
As always, you summarize things so well. Use the good glasses every day if you wish. I accidentally mislaid diamond and sapphire when we lived in Saskatoon 20 years ago and stumbled on them a few months ago. I think I will wear them while vacuuming this week – why not!
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shud say ear rings!
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I love this! I’ve often thought the same thing, and we’re not getting any younger. I had a beautiful rose gold bracelet that had been my grandmother’s. I never wore it, for fear of damaging the soft gold. Well…..My house was broken into, and the bracelet was stolen. If I had been wearing it, and it got damaged or lost, I would have been enjoying it! So, thanks for this wonderful reminder! Use that beautiful journal! And Happy New Year!
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