50 Weeks of Purging Week 1: Kitchen Cupboards

I shall be RUTHLESS.

I shall take no prisoners.

These are the "rules":

1.  You must LOVE it.

or

2.  You must USE it.

or

3. You must RE-PURPOSE it.

or

IT GOES.

Right now.

Do not put it in a box, bag, or pile

to give to goodwill/Salvation Army, etc.

unless you are giving it to your sister, who lives next door 

and you can and WILL walk it right over after your session.

I know I am going to get flack for this, but

I know myself and that well-meaning box, bag, or pile

will remain in my house 

FOR MONTHS,

most likely directly in front of the door

so I don't "forget" it...

until it somehow gets unpacked and ends up right back in my kitchen.

DON'T LAUGH

IT HAS HAPPENED

(I have a husband, you know!)

If I LOVE it, but don't use it

it stands to reason I

need to find a way to 

reuse it somewhere else.

Why don't I use it?

Is it broke?

Fragile?

Too Expensive?

TOSS IT!

If there is one thing I can't stand,

it's stuff in my house that 

doesn't do SOMETHING.  

Now, if I don't particularly LOVE

something but use it all the time

(or at least predictably - like

the china I use for special occasions)

It's a keeper.

HOWEVER,

I need to investigate further.

Should I love it?

Why don't I love it?

Can I replace it with something I DO love?

This could be tricky

because,

FOR EXAMPLE,

I do not love my silverware.

I am thankful that it is there.

I use it multiple times a day.

But silverware isn't my thing.

I am not getting rid of my silverware.

I am highly unlikely to find silverware that I LOVE.

I'm keeping the silverware anyway.

If I don't LOVE it

and

I don't USE it

but

still can't bring myself to toss it,

can I at least put it to work somewhere else?

And this means

immediately.

Not "well, with a coat of paint"

or 

"if we just did X, Y, or Z"

because

I know myself and it will just clutter up

a completely different area waiting to be 

"perfected"

NO WAY

NO HOW

AIN'T DOING IT THIS YEAR!

Example:

I have this random canning jar

that floats around from place to place

and is currently not working in the kitchen.

(This is purely fictitious. A situation like this

would NEVER occur in my house.  I LOVE

canning jars!)

I could plop it in the bathroom and use it for:

cotton balls

q-tips

tampons

combs

toothbrushes

toothpaste

and the list goes on

(probably because I love canning jars!)

Got it?

Okay, so you have this week to 

go through every nook and cranny

of your kitchen cupboards.

YOU CAN DO THIS.