Friday afternoon, we hit the road. 7 hours later, we arrived in Jackson. I packed up my great grandmother, Pearl Caine's, green depression glass dishes along with some other serving dishes, and we loaded them into the truck. It's a full service for 12+ complete with dinner, salad, dessert, demitasse cups and saucers, glasses, sherbet, a few serving pieces, and the list goes on! I see a get together of sorts in the very near future to get those out (I'll post a better picture when they are out of the boxes and cleaned up)!
Earlier this year, we got my great grandmother Johnson's dressing cabinet which will be going into the NURSERY when we finally get around to decorating it. It has a lovely stained glass window in front of some shelves along with 5 shallow drawers on one side. Perfect for storing baby's things. I'm tempted to try to change out the hardware, but I don't want to do anything to damage this piece. It's so beautiful! See?
I was also able to pick up a few pieces of linens - table cloths and napkins, a bread bowl liner, etc. They have been in storage for a long time and need a good cleaning, so I'll have to figure out the best way to wash antique linens - dry cleaner maybe? They are cotton, so they may do OK on a delicate wash cycle. I just don't want to risk it!
Anyway, a few more odds and ends, a parts washer, sand blaster, and metal band saw rounded out our load in the truck. When we got home, we were all very tired. It was all in all a great trip, but I'm glad we won't be driving that far again for a while. Little Guy was getting restless by the time we pulled in the driveway. He kept pushing against the side of my stomach really hard. It didn't hurt, but it was definitely uncomfortable. I can't believe I'm only 12 weeks away from having him here! How exciting!
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