Cellar Scribblings

[CellarDweller]

1 pair of jeans - check
1 white t-shirt - check
5 black letters that spell "Chuck" - check
1 bottle of vodka - check
1 syringe - check
1 pack of cigarettes - check
1 set of Mickey Mouse ears - check

My Halloween costume as a "busted up" Mouseketeer is all set.

[Katie77]

1 pair of jeans - check
1 white t-shirt - check
5 black letters that spell "Chuck" - check
1 bottle of vodka - check
1 syringe - check
1 pack of cigarettes - check
1 set of Mickey Mouse ears - check

My Halloween costume as a "busted up" Mouseketeer is all set.

I cant wait to see a photo of all that put together......have fun Chucky....xx

[CellarDweller]

Something new to hang up in my kitchen.



Two of the guys I've become friends with on the bowling league made me this decorative tray.






I'll be hanging it up on the wall of the kitchen when I get back from Boston this weekend.

[Penthesilea]

Something new to hang up in my kitchen.



Two of the guys I've become friends with on the bowling league made me this decorative tray.



I'll be hanging it up on the wall of the kitchen when I get back from Boston this weekend.

With glitter! Henry will be so proud of you!
The tray looks cute. First time I ever heard of a decorative tray though.

[Penthesilea]

Need clarification on this.  Is that a normal European thing?  How could you move around at all, or was that the point that you couldn't?

I don't think she meant they all slept in the basket at the same time.  It was a basket that was handed down to the next new mother.  Some baskets are quite large and could easily hold a baby.

What Chuck said.  
The "good planning" part referred to the fact that in my (extended) family the babies were born with an age-gap that allowed the basket to be handed around from one family to the next; 1960, 1961, 63, 64, etc).
And yes, the basket was big enough for a new baby (like a cradle). Later, when they get bigger and more mobile babies sleep in a cot/crib.

My aunt later used the baby basket as a fairly big laundry basket.  
Now that I think about it, that's real quality, eh? Serving seven times in ten years as a crib, then serving as laundry basket for years on end. Wow. Now I'm tempted to say 'they don't make quality like this anymore' - but then I would feel old .

[Penthesilea]

1 pair of jeans - check
1 white t-shirt - check
5 black letters that spell "Chuck" - check
1 bottle of vodka - check
1 syringe - check
1 pack of cigarettes - check
1 set of Mickey Mouse ears - check

My Halloween costume as a "busted up" Mouseketeer is all set.

You need a cape! Musketeers had capes, and so do mouseketeers. And a twirled mustache, err, mousetache.
Waitin' for the photos next week.....

[Jeff Wrangler]

And re the money-saving factor: in my family (and I guess in most families) it's still tradition today to give baby-stuff from one family to the next. I know that all my cousins and I slept in the same wicker-basket as babies (good planning, time-wise, lol). And for my kids I borrowed the crib from one of my cousins, which I gave her back when she had another child. The christening robe and lots of everyday stuff was also shared.
To this day I get big packages with clothing for my two younger children two or three times a year from my cousins and SIL.

Yeah, I know in my family things like cribs, high chairs, and play pens got passed around. I don't remember hearing anyone speak of it as a tradition, more a matter of that stuff being expensive, and a baby grows out of it before it's worn out.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I'll be hanging it up on the wall of the kitchen when I get back from Boston this weekend.

Have a good trip. New England can be lovely this time of year. 

[Sason]

You never know. What you said is all correct, it minimizes the risks compared to earlier times. But it can also be a rope of sand. When having a baby and giving birth you're always at god's (nature's) mercy. This still true today.

I totally agree, Chrissi. Unfortunately, tragedies around child birth still happen, albeit not as often.

I'm pretty sure almost every pregnant woman, in at least some tiny corner of her brain, has a fear that the baby will be born not healthy, or even still born.

Here, most people do what you do: families and close friends will hand down all kinds of used baby clothes and equipment before the baby is born.
But nobody in their right mind will give the parents an actual present until after the birth.

[Sason]

1 pair of jeans - check
1 white t-shirt - check
5 black letters that spell "Chuck" - check
1 bottle of vodka - check
1 syringe - check
1 pack of cigarettes - check
1 set of Mickey Mouse ears - check

I'm sure Ang will notice you in the audience!
Good thinking, Chuck!

My Halloween costume as a "busted up" Mouseketeer is all set.

oh....I thought it was your packing list for Boston....