Downsizing......the hard way

I have been busy deep cleaning since Daniel has been gone. I really thought I would be able to get rid of some things like quarter size apples and the other small things I have to decorate with but no, it is all too "special" to me. The skunk was something I got my mom for Christmas. It still has the price tag and I paid $1.58 for it at Hills when I was 10. That is a keeper and so was everything else! I did downsize the cloth I have on the apple crate. (the crate belonged to Daniel's grandma Mings) I was not happy about that particular downsize because it used to hang rather niclely and show the apples around the border. Now it barely fits. The oak barrel was something a friend of mine had and no longer wanted. Something that good just can't be tossed so.........I am now trying to figure out just where to put it and what to put in it! I can't wait til my sweetie gets home this evening. I am not gonna do a big meal since I never do that on Wed. because of church but tomorrow I will fix his favorite. That is one of my ways of saying, "I missed you and I am glad you are home." I do not care for meatloaf but Daniel says I make good ones. Is there such a thing? I am also gonna try my hand at Sugar Cream pie! That I do love!