Make It Shine

It's January

And as we decorate the house for Christmas in December

We clean the house in January

First the

CCD

(Closets, Cabinets and Drawers)

and once those are all neat and tidy

we do the

WWW

(Walls, windows and woodwork)

Moving all

(well almost all -- there are a couple of pieces that I cannot move)

and cleaning behind them

Sweeping walls and ceilings

and wiping down woodwork

Finally,

Linderhof

smells of polish and soap

But there is still more to clean

The silver . . .

First the napkin rings

The ones that I've been collecting "forever"

The collection started by Husband Jim

who bought a box with three napkin rings in it at a

garage sale, here in town

A few are gifts but most are remembrances of trips past

(They make a great souvenir -- small, easy to pack and not easily broken)

They either have names or initials on them

That is a "must"!

Sometimes I do the boiling water/soda/alumnium pan polishing

But that doesn't last all that long --

they tarnish way too fast

The best way, is the old fashioned way

Haggerty's polish and soft cloths

They look so pretty when they're all bright and shining1

And they look pretty back in place on top of the Chinese cabinet in the dining room

The old server

has a lot of silver on it's bottom shelf

That looks so much nicer when it is bright and shining!

And the tea set on the sideboard

(It's used the most and usually needs less of a polish)

And the dining room looks so nice

with the CCD clean and neat,

the WWW washed

And the silver polished!

It's January

And it's done!

It's Sunday and I'm joining The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays