It Has Begun. With Bowls, Of Course

This sign was on the door of the Bad Girls Get Saved By Jesus Thrift Store when I went in today. I had to go to town to do my Publix/Costco shopping so I decided to stop in and see if they had anything useful for the lake house. I mean- this is really going to happen and by golly, I need some shit. The only thing in the kitchen is a cabinet full of blue glasses which are lovely. I guess we'll use them. 
There was no furniture that I was interested in at the thrift store but they had some very nice pyrex bowls and other types of glass baking dishes. So I got two bowls, and one Anchor Hocking casserole dish with a lid. 

One of the things I love about the Bad Girls thrift store is that a vintage Pyrex bowl will cost the same amount as an overused plastic bowl. They do not discriminate as in, they are not very discriminating when it comes to value. A bowl is a bowl. It holds stuff. I thought about buying a ceramic canister set that wasn't hideous but I didn't love it either. 
So what I'm realizing now is that this house will be a great excuse to buy the stuff I see in thrift stores that are good value and which I like very much but normally would not buy because I don't need more stuff. Also, it can be a good way to get rid of some of the things I have here that I like very much but I have too much or many of. Like platters. And bread pans. Pie plates. And so forth. Same with, uh...well, I can't think of anything at the moment. I do have an extra duck. And a few extra pairs of flip flops. 
Oh boy, I'm on a roll now. 
My biggest problem is going to be pots and pans and skillets. What I have now is what I use pretty much daily. My granny's old Revere Ware, my cast iron, and my Le Creuset. 
The hardest to find, believe it or not, will be the cast iron. The cast iron products they make these days are not of the same quality as the cast iron made in years past. That's just a fact. And you rarely, if ever, see cast iron skillets or pots in thrift stores. Trust me. I have looked. I did find some once at the Bad Girls and bought all they had. But it was only a few skillets and that was a one-off in my experience. 
I can see that treasure hunting is in my future. 
The main thing about these purchases today is the fact that they represent the fact that I am accepting the reality of the log cabin. Also, the reality that I will be staying there some. 
Some. 
This is a tricky and delicate dance we're doing here. We're figuring it out. This morning Glen asked if it was all right with me if he bought a coffee maker and an air fryer/toaster oven for the cabin like the ones we have here. 
He asked me! I thought that was so funny. And also sweet. 

Well, not to change the subject but would you look at these bananas? 

I found them in Publix and I have never seen bananas of that length before. I think they should be called "Porn Star Bananas," although I just sent the picture to the family group text and Hank said, "Moonanas." 
Yes. That too. 
I did not buy them. I mean, how much banana can one eat in one sitting? Plus, they scared me a little bit. 

Here's one more thing.

A few days ago when I went by Hank and Rachel's to deliver Archie the Bear to his new best friend, Hank was showing me Rachel's different basils. "That one growing in the hollow stump is an African basil," he said. 
Y'all- I grew an African basil once when I lived in the house with the pool and that thing got as big as a dining room table. The basil, not the pool. It didn't grow at all and was way bigger than a dining room table.
I gasped a little when Hank told me what it was and asked if I could have a little sprig to try and root. 
"Sure," he said. "Take all you want!"
So I took two little sprigs and put them in water and here's what they're doing already. 
Nothing could make me much happier than that. 

Not even vintage Pyrex bowls but they're pretty darn nice.

Love...Ms. Moon