Stuff and more Stuff

So, we have been pondering a move. This has me all sorts of ways of sideways. it will be a big move. biggest of our life and completely life changing

. New home,

 New school, 

New town,
New state, 

New job, 

New landlord. 

New friends,

 New stores, 

New places.....

NEW ADVENTURES.

 Each one with new anxieties.

For now i have dismissed all this from my mind.  I do not need the extra anxiety. Daily i take my anxiety and turn it into something productive and positive. I have tho looked at my home and opened my eyes to ....wow 18 yrs worth of shit!!!! So my new focus in the next few weeks is to clean and clear...i have a system...my husband is not exactly happy with it but....oh well. I'm ready for the battles.

Everything and anything that we haven't used in the last year is GONE, whether to be sold or given away or tossed....its gone. I started in the kitchen. My cupboards are filled with things i haven't likely seen in years, let alone used. but, not necessarily things i want to get rid of. so i made an inventory... use daily, use weekly, use once in a while...like monthly or less and used maybe once a year. this is what i came up with:

Used daily:
Lg fry pan
Sm fry pan
medium pot
coffee pot
6 plates, glasses, cups, bowls, and silverware
spatula
wooden spoon
microwave

Used weekly:
can opener
tongs
egg beater
other wooden spoons
serving / mixing bowls , the pourable ones

Used once i a while but at least monthly:
slow cooker...sometimes weekly
toaster
shaker bowl
Pyrex cookware
bacon press
bigger pots

Used rarely but at least yearly:
lg serving platters...i have quite a few
lg serving bowls
dishware for 20
roasting pan
blender
rotisserie

That is the amount of things i can live with...easily. But that's not the amount of things i have. We have cleaned the kitchen completely and found loads of lids that I'm not sure what they go to. a whole cupboard i do not think i have opened in a year....kinda scares me. likely wont enter it alone...pretty big!! I have the top two shelves of a pantry full of odd things. And I'm not quite sure what all i will find while looking at these things.

So....my task goal for today:

open all my cupboards...
empty them...
 be sure the contents are clean...
wipe down the shelves...
put only the items on my list back in the cupboards, hopefully neater than they are now.


 The yearly used items i plan to hide in my buffet and on the storage shelves i have.. I'm not sure what I'll think of using something for its intended purpose. That don't happen often around here. Everything left....go bye bye!!!

Off i go now. Giving Chris a few pots, wooden spoons and all the magnets i can find. I'll post back later and let you know how this adventure turned out.