[RKDinOKC]

Funny...went through my kitchen bureau with my sister and sil. Tossed a box of stuff and made a box of give away. Most of the stuff I got rid of was stuff THEY had given Mom that didn't match anything in the kitchen and Mom didn't get rid of.

Have material for curtains, towels, tablecloths, placemats, chair covers, etc to completely redo and change the colors of my kitchen. It goes with all the chickens on the plate rack. Don't think I will ever use it. I think it is funny that my kitchen is all decorated with chickens and I don't even like chicken. Kinda the opposite of Chic-fil-a and their cows? Told them I was going to keep all the chicken stuff until I decided there was some other way I wanted to decorate.

They wanted me to throw away a book of recipes Mom had collected from just about everyone in the family. And its stuff you just don't find in cookbooks. When i told them what it was they said I would never find anything in it. Then as they thumbed through it they each copied down two or three recipes to take home and put in their book just like it. Don't think they think I can cook even though I've been doin ALL the cooking since Mom had her stroke 15 years ago.

Have cooked really well since I was about 5. When I was 6 my grandmother gave me a wisk for my birthday so I could make fluffy omelets like she did. My specialty growing up was made from scratch griddle cakes. Even did pictures in them as you pour the batter on the griddle. Made my own syrup too.

Also have a book of all the decorated birthday cakes from when I was growing up. On my birthday Mom and I would pick a theme, make a big decorated cake shaped like something and matching party favors, then invite the neighborhood kids over to eat it up. We didn't ever tell them about the party until they were to come over so they wouldn't feel like they had to bring presents. The fun was making the cakes and favors.

Man, going through stuff like that is always a trip down memory lane.

Sister must have felt bad about taking all the big pictures she painted off the walls when Mom passed. They brought a big painting of a sunset and hung it on a blank wall for me. As a single GUY just not motivated to do much of that decorating stuff. Been telling the that since there is no artwork on the walls it looks like the set of a porno.