The usual weekend stuff is progressing--laundry, dishes, taking out trash and recycling. Got rid of shreddings after clearing out some old files. The dining room table is getting a little neater all of the time as we finish with papers for various schools then file them in the case we're using just for this process.
I have a chuck roast thawing to make a pot roast later this evening. It's another cold weekend when pot roast and potatoes and carrots will taste wonderful. I keep a couple of candles burning in the fireplace (with the glass doors closed) to fight off the cold that seems to pour into the house through that spot.
I recycled a 16" costume doll on a lacquered stand that was my mother's, probably purchased in the 1970s or 80s, a modern version of some of the kimono figures she bought in Japan right after WWII. I think my sister has the early ones, but Mom was dabbling at adding to the collection. This new one has little value except for decorative use, and I am not interested in displaying it in a case. I wrapped her up last night as a birthday gift and drove it over to give to a friend's 18-year-old daughter who adores all things Japanese. Reduce, re-use, recycle, re-gift!
maeve, will the insurance eventually allow you to replace those instruments? There must be photos around with you playing various instruments, to prove that you owned them. Good luck with that--the fire was bad enough, but what the insurance company can put you through is more excruciating. I'm just this week changing insurance companies and hoping to land with one that has more "service" in "customer service."