Hang-ups

I don't know if there is anybody else out there who has certain hang-ups. I wouldn't mind hearing about it!

Mine stems from my youth. I have mentioned earlier that I come from a large family as was very common those days. You hear about the famous stars, such as Oprah, who grew up being poor. They grew up in an era where everybody was poor and we just did not know any better.

Especially during the war in Holland when all furniture etc went into the furnace to heat our living room. (Other parts of the house were so cold (including the toilet where the small window was always open, guess why? Clue: Ten people!) Cold beds with scarcely any covers, something you'd never got used to).

After the war we slowly got some furniture. I can't remember how or where it came from since I was only five. Clothing came from churches in America and Canada, looking very odd. All I remember is that we had an assortment of dishes and cutlery. As a matter of fact we each got a new fork, spoon and a knife when our birthdays rolled around. And because setting the table was my job I knew who they belonged to because they were all different. (No the plates were not as cute as the picture, hahaha!)

Now here comes my hang-up, I refuse to use different dishes and cutlery, I have one kind of dishes and it is glass.

We have various kinds of teaspoons, but when Ted and I have tea, the teaspoons

will be the same.

Even for eating yogurt I like to use a plastic spoon, guess what, the bowls and the spoons are going to be the same.

Pots that have been on the stove will NOT appear on the

table either. Well, you get my drift.

Oh, and yes. I light candles every evening, which is odd since we must have used them during the war.