Do you remember last week that my iron stopped working and I bought a new one? Well I should have remember that I sometimes put extra items that I am not using for some reason or other out in the workshop on several shelves. I store extra kitchen items out there that are either duplicates or too big and/or rarely used so they are out of my way – I have a small kitchen and not a lot of extra storage space.
Today I am getting the back of the car loaded with things that I am donating to Good Will. I got done with the things in the house and thought to go out to the workshop to check and see if there was anything out there that I really and truly no longer needed or wanted.
Look what I found a perfectly good inexpensive iron! I remember now putting it out there but had totally forgotten about it. (I remember the big soup pot was out there and the extra laundry basket)
I also found an extra tea kettle:
And an extra coffee pot – a little dirty from being out in the work shop with dust flying and all but it would clean up just fine if I need it and it still works!
Some of the duplicates are from when we had the big 5th wheel camper – I had bought things to just keep out there – using a smaller camper meant I didn’t have as much storage space so I got smaller items for it. Extras got put in the workshop. Sometimes I get extras if we see a small appliance that I like better and then the old one gets put away in case we need it.
Do you all do that too – forget to look and see if you stuck something away before buying a new one?
Before I forget on the subject of collecting things to donate for Goodwill — do any of you visit Victoria’s site Bumble Beans ? Victoria and the group she works with are trying to collect up quilts that they donate to people down on their luck. They have been homeless for various reasons and are helped to find a home to live in. When each family moves into their home they are given a quilt – I believe that is the way it works – she explains it all here at this site Bumble Beans Basics. Quilter Pat Sloan is helping her out with the drive to collect 700 quilts which are going to be given away close to the end of November. If you have an extra quilt that you made and doesn’t have a new home yet you might want to think of sending it her way. I have two children’s quilts boxed up and ready to send off to her tomorrow.
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The color on the outside edge shown in the photo (in the book) is more of a olive brown but I didn’t have that shade. I thought I did but there wasn’t enough so I chose this one instead.
