I have been through my kitchen and pantry once in the past year, after 30-plus years of living in our home on top of a ridge line in Greenwood, Arkansas.
Last year I promised myself I would start somewhere – anywhere – and work my way through our home, taking everything out of a drawer, a shelf, a closet, and keeping what I wanted, giving away what I thought others might use or enjoy, and pitching the rest. I made it through everything with the exception of our garage and our shop – areas my husband protects with his life. He doesn’t actually stand at the doors and guard, but he does it verbally.
Now I’m in Phase II of the big clean-out.
Today’s project is going through the drawers in the kitchen. Too many of them are full of ‘stuff,’ – gadgets that haven’t been used, too many duplicates, etc. Too many ‘junk’ drawers!
I’m going to see how much I can accomplish this afternoon. I have a donation ready for us to take to the Veterans Thrift Store in Fort Smith tomorrow, but I might be able to fill another large leaf bag before then that I can add to the list and we can take at the same time.
I hope that you are starting 2019 with energy. I’m trying to make each day count.
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We started the new year in Arizona !!! We are on an army base visiting our oldest son, his wife and their new baby !!! We brought his kids from his first marriage out with us, so it has been a fun week with all of them . . We come home Sunday and I think we will hate leaving, will miss them terribly, but we miss the kids at home, miss our dog, miss our home and really miss our bed, lol. Been sleeping on a sleeper sofa !!! Once home, I want to do like you , and get the kitchen cleaned out. I have drawers that really have not been gone through and cleaned out in 17 years, since we bought the house !!!
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I know firsthand how hard it is to say goodbye to your son. I’m glad you’ll be getting back to your own home soon, though. As you know, I’ve been going through things that haven’t been touched, really, in over 30 years. Give yourself a break, though. Do a bit at a time. At the end of the year you’ll see and feel a big improvement. Safe trip home Sunday.
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