Kat,

I have my mother's silver that she gave us when we got married. It would stay in the box except for special occasions, like she used it, but one day I decided I needed to just use it. So I put the cheap stainless stuff in storage - I use that when I need a lot of extra utensils - and I use the silver every day. I would have told you to do that with the set you'd had in the cupboard. Is there something else that you have put away as "special" that you can bring out and use regularly? You'll find it is more special when it gets used.

My son had his wisdom teeth out today. I'm going to take some mashed potatoes over to his Dad's house in a little while. I have a recliner that he might be more comfortable sleeping in, but it sounds like they've got him pretty well propped on pillows on the sofa. It's getting liquid into him now that is important (he felt a bit nauseous). I'll take some of my green tea for ice tea over also, maybe that will be less jarring than Gatorade.

106^o here today. We are unhappy campers. And I had a soaker hose on a timer right before I left for my son's surgery (at noon). I went out at about 4 to check the mail and realized the line had broken sometime after the timer stopped the flow. Who knows how many of those four hours the water ran full-strength out of the tap? [grinds teeth after having been so very careful with water]

SRS