The *official* What's on your dining room table? thread!

Cactus seeds
A patch from Lassen
An illegal Barn Owl feather
A strip of carpet tacks
A small crowbar
A "Dean for America" pin (the Doctor is IN!!!)
A "Gore/Lieberman" pin
Sunset magazine
Three art pieces one of my mom's former clients did
Half a loaf of "freedom" bread
A wooden northwestern Native raven
My new laptop
A newsletter from our fascist congressman
The dog's leash
Plans for the front garden that my friend did (in a tube)
A box of nuts and bolts
My democracy bond that was on the fridge until the magnet failed
A CD/tape player

What's on YOUR table??

On edit: spaced out, not a Gore/Lieberman pin, but a Clinton/Gore pin!!!! And we've moved multiple times since then! Yikes!

Laptop
Mail
checkbook
ipod
calculator
pen
a "think blue 2006" pin
a glass of chocolate milk about 10 minutes ago

iMac
Rooting Hormone
Phone
Checkbook
iPod
Pepper
Christmas ornaments

:wtf:

28 year old male checking in..

My furniture:
-Twin mattress (I lack a box spring and frame)
-Flea market table used as desk
-Cheap office chair

That is it.

My TV sits on a stack of encyclopedias.

I now have the sudden urge to drink heavily.

with a gorgeous table, I might add......

On that table reside:

6 place mats

2 water glasses

A wood trivet in the shape of a turtle

A wrought iron napkin holder

A combo salt shaker/pepper grinder


The mail and other such stuff goes elsewhere!

And not a fem-bot or a stepford wife????

;)

But for MANY years, I have endured the dining room table as the depository for all the household junk!

When we built our home 4 years ago, I put my foot down, and announced that the dining room would no longer be the stopping place for all that JUNK!

And of course the architect was a big help......the dining room is FAR from the front door....

No more problems, and the table always looks beautiful......

I know you're J/K!

:D

:hug:

:pals:

2 bamboo placemats, each with a napkin & ring,
3 candles on stands,
car keys,
scarf,
and a couple of pieces of mail.

a scanner
a pack of smokes
a glass of red wine
Twelve portfolios waiting to be scanned
an ashtray
my cat

no picture of me ...

Just kidding.

I don't know what to make of that! :D

And I had sushi for dinner last night too!

Or two.

Hold the scallops tho...

:)

:9

And since I'm not home right now I bet my cat is on it!

BAD CAT! ::sends psychic get-offa-tha-table rays::

tiny apt also, and no coffe table because it's too much hassle to move when I exercise :D If I really need a table, say for hot soup, I clear a space on my computer table. :D

I'm a minimalist. :shrug:

:)

I love Legos!

hee hee...among many other items...

they have since moved upstairs to my son's room, since he is much more interested in Madden sports games these days. :shrug:

filled with white & silver ornaments, and my sleeping cat.

the mail and most likely my daughters backpack and school books.

other of our cats. Why do cats do that? As soon as they see me coming they're off the table so they know they aren't allowed but they do it anyway. x(

:)

Dozens of books stacked up.
My broken digital camera I've been tinkering with.
A box of DVD recordable disks.
Four of the ugliest ties you've ever seen - I'm the king of ugly ties, but these frighten even me!
A stack of PAL format BBC videos.
The broken strap from my backpack.
A pair of matt-black, dress handcuffs.
A sweater I keep intending to return.
An antique jewelry box my Irish nanny gave me that I keep meaning to pack up and send to her daughter - although it was given to me, it should really be hers, it's a family heirloom.

Khash.

:pals:

I knew someone else could share the love!

PS Old Glory and a bag of redwood stakes have appeared overnight.

And it still has the vintage tablecloth and a few napkins on it.
A napkin holder
Salt shaker
An empty cup
Library book: Don't Know Much About Mythology
Several credit card receipts

fifteen World Poker Tour chips, an empty can of Pabst Blue Ribbon and a busted flush in diamonds.

Table?

What are these things?

My wife has thenm everywhere. They are her little babies. I love them too, but don't havethe patience to care for them properly.

so we could have a "country" New Years dance and refinish the floor.


The party was fun. The floor needs sanding again, never got the finish on it.

Using a plastic patio table for the piles, don't want to look.

:hi:

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillio






























Sorry.

A pen
An empty soft contact lens box
A cheesy Christmas songbook
A model, miniature clarinet in its case, with lid open (miniature= 6 in. long and maybe 1.5 cm wide)
Some fake Christmas flowers in two ancient Santa mugs
Christmas table runner
Christmas village

*********

Yeah, random, I know :D Only the model clarinet is mine. The 'rents dumped the rest of the stuff there.

Also, some candles, and two or three piles of my wife's magazines and catalogues.

Steel Ringwraith gauntlets
Stormtrooper helmet
Sith Robes
Lightsaber
C/A Glue
Velcro
DVD
CD-Rs
usually a cat

They know they're not supposed to be on the table but I'm sure they get up there when we're not home.

We could even eat dinner in there! (shocking)


only the fall tablecloth and napkins and the candleholder.

A jar of Venice turpentine. A jar of pale drying oil. A jar of linseed oil. A jar of sun-thickened oil. A couple of easels. Three or four unfinished paintings of varying size. A jar of mineral spirits. Rags. Q-Tips. Paper Towels. Paint brushes. Dirty palettes.

Best thing about oil painting.

Is there a dining room table in there, or is it now a studio?

my purse, a couple of books, some Christmas cards, box, wool scarf, salt and pepper shakers, keys
a bottle of fabric blue left over from making voodoo dolls of Rummy, Condi, W, Darth Cheyney and Turd Blossom for my Halloween costume, a green plastic charger plate, a couple of Christmasy picks for making a wreath or centerpiece.


It was worse last night before I went through the room gathering up recyclable paper to put in the bin, since today was trash pick up day.

This description is actually of my kitchen table.

I have two other dining tables which are in the "front room", which could be either a living room or a dining room or a combination depending on your intentions and furnishings. They are not currently set up as dining tables, but serve as display places for some nice pottery and glass pieces I have collected over the years and a lovely assortment of Russian iconographic religious items my husband picked up in Alaska.

and that will be my Christmas Eve centerpiece. Then the plant gets moved to the window. Two silver candleholders with candles. Some Christmas decorations that I will put up tomorrow and that I brought up from the basement today. The "good" lace tablecloth.

All leaves are in the table because we need it big for Thanksgiving and Christmas. :D

also some dried petals from the Thanksgiving arrangement I tossed 4 days ago.

Cyclamens

Christmas letters

candle sticks

Dunno what else...

A power supply, a motherboard, lots of the kiddo's art and a stethoscope. Baby wipes too. Weird, huh?

....:shrug:

Yes it does.

a puzzle that is 3/4 of the done.
And the clean laundry my children were supposed to put away two days ago,and a black and white cat.(laying on said laundry)

just a lot of mail I have to go through

same table (for X-mas decorations, of course!)

Haven't played since college.

for my coat, lots of white stuffing from the cat's sock toy that the dog destroyed and a big packet of Christmas foam shapes that my granddaughter is using for making Christmas gifts.

a couple of issues of The Nation
several unsolicited gift catalogs :eyes:
a cat toy or two
two tiny bottles of Glenlivet in a bag from Bev'Mo (Beverages and More)
a few pieces of mail
the old digital camera

I think that's it. :)

:D

My monitor
Keyboard and mouse + pad
Printer
Laptop
Notebook (not a computer)
Fountain pen
Duff CD-R that is being employed as a coaster

:blush:

standing at attention on the dining room table.

the phone book
jar of mayo
box of plastic bags
box of wax paper
crumbs
a set of dishes I can't decide where to store
two diapers
a pacifier
a baby bottle
a 20 dollar bill (but not anymore because I just swiped it)

Last night there was the book I'm currently reading (Hunter S. Thompson's "The Proud Highway") but I took it to the bedroom to read before I fell asleep.

Paper and these:


This:


A pile of library books and miscellaneous papers.

A can of primer and a can of "sunflower" wall paint for touching up my living wall, where the paint peeled off. :eyes:

A box of holiday cards I've filled out that need family pictures inserted before I can mail them.

Crumbs.

Don't hate--we had just got it cleared off a day or so earlier and needed a good shared meal with the Television off.

I saw that one picture of you in Hawaii! :D

:hi:

a tea-stained tablecloth(stained on purpose-I didn't want a bright white), a red tablerunner, a pointsettia, salt and pepper shaker and a full service for two(table is cleared and reset after every meal for the next meal).

my pasta machine, a bottle of Future floor polish, a bottle of rubbing alcohol, a roll of paper towels, a clay blade, and a bunch of stuff I might want to use for the six or seven clay projects I need to get done - four by next Tuesday, three more after Christmas.

Also 4 candy canes and some catalogs I want to look through one more time before I throw them out.

The only thing domestic about me is that I live in a house.

and a bunch of CDs that need to be filed away (yes, the CD racks are in the dining room).

And the remants of baking them:

rolling pin
wax paper
loaf pans (baked some sweet potato bread, too)
cookie sheets
napkin holder w/ napkins
iron (I had to iron a shirt this am)
crayons (when the little baker got bored)
candles

a bottle of pepto bismol, a bag of hemp litter, my Christmas cards, a pen, and an empty shopping bag.

Mostly it's my girlfriend's stuff too.

3 nursing books
more school paperwork
her 7 year old's drawings and clay
a Highlights magazine
her lunchbag
a newspaper
her keys and cellphone
my change of address card I've yet to mail

a Hannibal Special Edition DVD and a $1 coupon for the Bead Factory.

either my couch or my bed. (not a lot of disposable space in that place of mine)

Hot plate
Two slow cookers
Candles
Ceramic soup bowls and mug
Vase
Christmas presents waiting to be wrapped
Empty boxes, waiting to be packed

a fall centerpiece (Roseville vase with leaves) that has yet to be morphed into a Xmas centerpiece, magazines, junk mail, Chrsitmas docor that hasn't put up yet...you can barely see the tabletop, and it only gets worse when we get home because hubby is a packrat/baglady who needs to tote several bags of stuff to work everyday and then plop it on the table when he gets home. :grr:

are Advent Candles. Also there is a Nativity Scene, a ceramic apple pie (painted by my dear Mother) and Nutcracker Salt and Pepper Shakers.

And a candle holder as the centerpiece.

A small Christmas tree decorated with lights, bills, car keys, cell phone