Doesn’t it seem sometimes that we get ourselves so much new “stuff” that we don’t really use? I know that’s often the case with me, so I’m making a concerted effort to USE the stuff I have.
For instance, I love bags. Pocketbooks. Purses. I’m always buying them, it’s sort of my weakness. But how many bags can you use? I think I have found one that is great for weekdays, a black canvas messenger bag with plenty of room to cart around all my daily “stuff,” but I’ve decided that on the weekends, which are decidedly different than weekdays, and I don’t need all the stuff, I’m going to transfer my essentials into another bag, a smaller bag. Hopefully, I will get to use a number of bag this way.
Kitchen appliances tend to accumulate too, don’t they? So today, I made a point of using both the rice maker and the small crockpot, for an easy and delicious dinner of chili with rice. And right now, I’m making bread in the breadmaker. Let you know how it turns out.
If I’m really smart, I’ll go back into the kitchen and cook up a pitcher of iced tea in my iced tea maker, to bring with me to work tomorrow, so I don’t have to visit the soda machine! Cheaper, and healthier! AND I get to USE a kitchen machine that’s sitting on the shelf!
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Stuff
So true, so true. We are in the process of re-modeling our kitchen. We need to empty ALL the kitchen cabinets. If you asked me before I emptied them what was in them I would only be about 60% to 75% right. I am taking Moms’ philosophy on the matter. If you dont know its there or havent used it in 1 yr you dont need it. By the way, I LOVE my pressure cooker. It takes the place of a steamer,crock-pot, rice cooker and slow cooker. My microwave is also my ice-tea maker. 2 cups water , 1 tea bag, micro 2 min plus 6-8 spoons of sugar in a 2 qt pitcher. Much healthier then soda, yes I agree. My plan is only 1/2 of what came out of the kitchen is going back in. 🙂
Terry
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Congrats on the kitchen makeover. Russ’ parents are doing a mini-makeover right now, getting new countertops and painting the cabinets. They called us the other day to say that while cleaning out the drawers in preparation for the update, they found 18 butcher knives in the back of a drawer, they didn’t even know they had! They asked if we wanted any, but we already are full up on knives, so we said no. It felt good to say NO to more STUFF!!