Today: More Kitchen Cupboards and My Bedroom

Today I went through my small appliances cupboard. Somehow over the years we have held on to appliances that we don't use any more. Why is that? Part of it was sentimental, a couple things were given to us by family. Others, it was just too much effort to deal with it.

Today, I went through the cupboard, washed it down and put back ONLY what we use. I was able to put on Freecycle: Rice Maker, Belgium Waffle Maker and Fondue Pot. Which left my microwave rice maker, a electric grill (that my hubby loves!), a waffle maker, food processor and my crockpot.

I have a micro rice maker that I adore because it only take 5-7 minutes to make rice, rather than 40 minutes with the rice maker. So out went the rice maker. I have a wonderfully tried and true waffle maker that was my parents. It was the same one that my mom used when I was growing up. So out went the begium waffle maker that we rarely used. As far as the fondue pot, we never use it. And we don't have company enough to make me want to hang onto it for special occasions.

So those are my reasons for departing with those items. I try to ask myself: Do we use it? How often? Is it necessary? Would we miss it? If we don't use it, it goes. If we don't use it weekly, it goes. If it is not necessary (such as some fancy tool), it goes. If we forgot it was there or we won't remember next week, it goes.

That being said, I will say that there are a couple things that are seasonal that I keep even though we don't use them weekly. Mainly because WHEN it is that time of year, I use them. And before I had them, I missed them. So they are at the back of my cupboard. One is a Deviled Egg Carrier. It is not fancy at all. But I love it and use it for almost every family get together. Then I also have a couple Christmas platters that I use during the Season.

The only other thing I am doing today is going into my bedroom and making a list of the things I want to tackle there, list them by time and priority. The problem with our room is that it was a double car garage. So quite large. And it has become, over the years, the "dump" spot. It is the Craft/bedroom/workout/storage etc etc etc......My tentative goal is to get all the storage out. (Which means going through it first!) Then arranging my craft area and workout area in a way that it is restful to the eyes. Might consider getting room dividers. THAT is all in the future. Like, not till this summer. Cause in order to move out the storage, I have to have a place to  move it to! We have a storage room outside that we can use, but it needs to be gone through. We were storing things for a friend a couple years ago. She never came and got it, moved away and doesn't want it. So we need to make a HUGE trip to Goodwill or Salvation Army. That cannot happen till we have a tiny bit of sunshine!

Alright! I hope you all have a great day!