While football games blasted from the tv on New Year’s Day, I made a start emptying the cabinet that has lived for years in the corner of the dining area.  Last month, when I realized that I no longer used my collection of ruby-flashed glassware, I also realized that when the ruby stuff went on to another home there would be little need for this piece of furniture.

An interesting thought. 

I pondered.  I stared.  I envisioned an empty space with some artwork on the wall.  I liked the vision.

You can see there are a lot of cookbooks stored on those shelves.  And, to be exact, 29″ of them I use frequently.   They will be stored on a shelf above the stove.  The rest I will have to sort through.  Some I will keep.  Others will move into purgatory in the basement bookcases.  Even more will be donated along with the eight bags of books waiting to go to the library’s storage shed.

And hey, unless I am cooking up an old favorite recipe, it’s more fun to peruse recipes on Pinterest.

I am also trying to cook less, but don’t tell anyone.

Back to the cabinet, Banjo Man wants to know what I am going to do with it.  His first idea is to push it out to the little back deck and bang it apart with a hammer, then take the pieces to the dump.

He has done this before.  Sadly, several times.

I hate to throw it away.  But there is also the issue of how do we move a piece of furniture down the stairs and into the car to take…where?  There is a waiting list at the consignment store, but hopefully we could donate it to the store in Westerly that supports music programs.  I’ll ask if they take furniture if we ever get the darn thing into the car.

In the meantime, I spent Monday reorganizing the kitchen shelves and wrapping up glassware to donate.

A great way to start the new year!!!

What are you getting rid of in 2024?