Kitchen

Finding "Happy Homes" for the items you no longer need and your extra stuff makes it easier to let go of them.

The link in this Better Homes & Garden article http://www.bhg.com/health-family/finances/how-to-get-rid-of-almost-anything/ has lots of places for you to consider. Need more ideas look on this website under header Residential and you will see even a larger selection.

The other day I had something happen that reminded me how we can be "visually blind' to our surroundings. My daughter asked me where the mini blender was, so I looked where I thought it was and didn’t see it, and then looked in several other cabinets I don’t use a lot. When I found it, it was in a cabinet I am in all the time and it was sitting right out front.

This same situation can happen with clutter. We get so used to seeing it we don’t see it.
I remember years ago when my children were growing up, one day I looked at a flower arrangement on a table – really looked at it.

Here is an easy and fun project that is quick, inexpensive. People tell me this is so fun and that it motivates them to do other projects.

1. Dump the contents of your junk drawer onto a cleared space covered with
newspaper.
2. Assemble all the different size zippy bags you have - snack, sandwich, quart, etc.
3. Pick out all the items from the drawer that need to be returned to other areas of the house.  Then return them.
4. Sort items you want to stay in the junk drawer and put them in the appropriate size clear zippy bag.
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