Saturday, August 27, 2011

Folks of a certain age will remember jelly jar glasses.  I think they had the Flintstones or some other cartoon character on them.  They were kiddy size and perfect for juice or a few sips of something.  How many of you still have them in your cupboard?  How many of you still use them?  How about plastic cups with advertising on them?  Or give away coffee cups?

I ask, because I want to know if it is a phenomenon here, that we have every single glass or cup ever bought or received…..and I am only referring to the above mentioned.  We also have every glass or cup purchased on purpose, as part of a gift set, high school fund raiser or as part of tableware set.

Dad drinks his milk from the plastic SWAG cup from my last wedding.  Mom uses a large, tall Husker cup for her tea (at least I think is it a Husker cup, it IS red and the logo is half faded off.  We all use the Ducks Unlimited, Yorky or Model T Club coffee cups and I have a penchant for my “So many men, so few can afford me” wine glass.  Why is this?

The second to last time I moved, I got rid of all cups and glasses that weren’t a part of my every day set or special cocktail glasses.  When I put away my dishes in my new place, I arranged my cupboards al la a magazine – all lined up, sparking - so when I opened the cupboards it was a treat!  I felt like a grown up, albeit a tad anal. 

So, here I am living with mom and dad with all the jelly glasses, Big Gulp cups, “I’m not fat, I’m fluffy” coffee cups and I want to know why we use them instead of the “nice” stuff.  I asked mom.  Her reply, “Because over time the good stuff has been pushed to the back of the cupboard where we can’t reach them.”

Throwing more crap away!!