This is one of the favorite times of the month. Today is Big Brother, Big Sister day. This is the day when I rid my home of things that are no longer necessary in my life. I may not have tons of things to put on the curb, but there are always things out there.
Today, BBBS is being gifted a kitchen trash bag of my clothes that have not been worn in 2 years. There are also plastic lock n lock storage containers going away as well as a couple of knick knack items and last but not least, cookbooks!
The cookbook declutter was a last minute idea thanks to Sam. She is going through her cookbooks and is making food from them to see if she wants to keep them or not. I pulled all of my cookbooks and loose leaf recipe books off the shelf this morning.
These are all the cookbooks I own. It may not seem like many to most of you yet, I find I hardly ever use them. I obtain most of my recipes from Skinnytaste or from Pinterest. That is how I have 2 loose leaf notebooks with recipes in it. One of these days I will get those two books organized according to type of food, but not today.
I threw away copious amounts of duplicate recipes. You see, I have my mom's 'special' recipe books and she loved to print out recipes and stick them in there. She had 4 of the same recipes for fruitcake as well as hummingbird cake. Not to mention all her duplicates of candy recipes. (She loved to bake!)
When I finished I had a small pile to donate.
There is another cookbook under the Better Homes and Garden book. It feels good to have those gone. I now have room on the cookbook shelf for other items that need to be visible. I can hardly believe that I used to have enough cookbooks to fill up 24 inch long shelves. I am not down to 12 inches of cookbooks. I did find two books that I had forgotten I had. I have been perusing them most of the morning getting ideas for meals over the next couple of weeks.
Other than that, I plan on taking a little walk today. It is supposed to start raining tonight and all day tomorrow so won't be walking outside tomorrow. I want to knit some more on the shawl also. Hubby and I have Bible class tonight. Luckily I did study yesterday so am kind of prepared for that.
May you all have a great day today.
Until next time................happy crafting!
Big Brother But Sister day that's a new one but what a great idea. Being down to 12 inches of cookbooks is amazing. I think I could part with a duplicate but I love my cookbooks ! I have a bunch that are at least three decades old. Enjoy Bible Study !
ReplyDeleteWow! Look at you go! I wish I had BBBS here as there is no way to get rid of big stuff. You sure got going on a Monday! Good for you!
ReplyDeleteI declutter cookbooks to. For the same reason as you. It is just too easy to go out to a website like SkinnyTaste and scan the website for say ground beef - and pull up choices - AND print them out!
ReplyDeleteWe have a charity, curbside pick up this Wednesday. Finally, to get rid of some stuff and not have to haul it somewhere!
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