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post #41 of 57
4/10/07 at 2:08am
One thing I did get rid of this week was a lot of plastic containers they take up a lot of room and I've found I use a lot of mason jars these days for leftovers.

I also went through and got rid of some of my pyrex dishes. I had a few sets handed down to me and only really need 2 or 3 of them not 8.

The last thing that went this weekend was an espresso machine. I forgot I had it; it was tucked far back in a cabinet and hadn't been used in a long time.

They're now all freecycled to folks.
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post #42 of 57
4/10/07 at 2:14am
Cable. My husband ALWAYS has the TV on. It wastes so much time.
post #43 of 57
4/10/07 at 11:09am

Waffle makers

I bought a waffle maker at a garage sale. I cleaned it. My first batch of waffles stuck at the beggining. As the batch progressed it got better. Now nothing sticks. I use it about 2x a month. I think use keeps things from sticking.
post #44 of 57
4/10/07 at 11:36am

YaHOOOO!

Well ladies my first post was I'd like to rid our house of TV. Last night, we made a step in the right direction. My husband said I can yard sale our big 42 inch older projection type TV.

YEAH! So come May 12th I hope its gone and for a reasonably good price.
post #45 of 57
4/10/07 at 4:58pm
Probably not around here so much, but in the mainstream world...

Every stinking battery operated/slathered in licensed characters toy that my ILs have bought for DD. Ugh, ugh, ugh! I hate them all. I refuse to put new batteries in those that die. Barbie computer, Diego drawing book, Barbie flashlight, Barney phone and on and on and on. They don't get it, I don't want that crap in my house and my daughter is not being deprived by not having toys like that.
post #46 of 57
4/10/07 at 5:21pm
Our bed. For the first several years of our marriage, we slept on a mattress on the floor. When we bought our house, my in-laws bought us a sleigh bed for a housewarming gift. It's beautiful, but I was just fine with the mattress on the floor.

The coffeemaker--and we didn't even buy it or want it! The coffee addicts in our family only come to our house once a year, so we refused to buy a coffeemaker. We rarely have less than 6 beverage choices, we don't have the counter space, and we didn't want to buy junk we didn't need. And, somehow, my mom manages to make her coffee just fine in a mug in my microwave. Well, after several arguments with my in-laws ("But it's rude to not have coffee for Grandma!" ), they bought a brand new coffee pot and snuck it into my DD's birthday party last year. When I found out, I told them they were taking it with them, but they refused to take it. Now, it's sitting in the back of my pantry. :
post #47 of 57
4/10/07 at 7:42pm
: about the battery operated toys!
post #48 of 57
4/10/07 at 10:58pm
toys with batteries....
post #49 of 57
4/23/07 at 4:29pm
I know this is an old thread, but those of you who have waffle irons and use them with whole grain type recipes, can you tell me the make of your iron? We have one and it's just a PITA - the "plates" come out for washing but every waffle recipe I try in it sticks like mad no matter how well i oil the plates. I'm ready to ditch it and get one that actually works (that I'd USE) rather than this one that sucks and takes up cabinet space.

My boys LOVE waffles and request them when we do the grocery shopping, but I'd much rather make my own.

Thanks!

~amey
post #50 of 57
4/23/07 at 4:54pm
I finally just put our microwave in another room for a trial period of not using it and it's been great, we won't be using it again!

I'm hoping to really cut down my stove/oven usage. I have a small cast iron cook stove, but am waiting for DP to build a small shelter for it outside. Also, I'm constructing a solar oven from freecycle materials. Once they're done I hope to be using them regularly, especially the solar oven....can't beat free energy!

I have to say my other appliances are used often: crock pot, food processor, bread maker, coffee maker. For other things though I do my best to get non-electric options...such as my pasta makers, they're both hand crank models, which I love!

I'd love to have a cast iron waffle iron for my stove, been looking for one!
post #51 of 57
4/23/07 at 6:31pm
Unused crib, microwave, any toy that people have given ds that requires a battery or too much space!!!
post #52 of 57
4/23/07 at 6:45pm
We have been without our microwave for about 2 yrs and none of us miss it and never did. I thought it would be harder than it was. I get tired of all the appliances I use to eat raw foods, like the blender, food processor, juicer, dehydrator. I don't really use the dehydrator, but i always plan to use it soon!
post #53 of 57
4/23/07 at 7:20pm
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Originally Posted by Mama_Bear View Post
Cable. My husband ALWAYS has the TV on. It wastes so much time.
This is what I was just coming in to post. THe TV really needs to go! I hate that thing! I don't watch it, but DH has it on the entire time he is home (which is most of the time honestly). He even goes so far as to insist that his computer MUST be in a position such that he can be online AND watching TV at the same time. And that's where he is 24/7. Good luck trying to have a conversation with that. Yeah, guess that's a sore spot here .
post #54 of 57
4/23/07 at 10:42pm
Boy, I guess I would say the crib and the changing table. They take up so much room and I'd love to get rid of them but I do use the crib for naps for the 2 kids I babysit for and I have no idea where I would lay them down if I didn't have it. The changing table stores all the diapers and wipes for ds and the kids I watch, even though I do all the actual changing on the living room floor...
post #55 of 57
4/23/07 at 11:31pm
I have a mound of various types of pillows and one white terry cloth shower curtain (with hole) that I would LOVE to get rid of, but just can't.
post #56 of 57
4/24/07 at 5:03am
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Originally Posted by Codi's Mama View Post
I'd love to get rid of the coffee pot, but I don't think anyone would stand for that.
I cleaned up my coffee pot to donate. We use a French press instead, since we already have that. It makes me think twice about just automatically making coffee since it's two steps harder or whatever . So, the funny thing is once I got mine cleaned up I broke my girlfriend's pot and gave her mine! (total accident and crazy since it was a stainless one) That was pretty slick, I must say. Well, that ended well since my old one kept the coffee really hot for a long time (thermal) and they don't have a microwave ! I wish we could get rid of ours, but admittedly we do use it more than I'd like to think about.
post #57 of 57
4/24/07 at 11:18pm
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Originally Posted by SusannahM View Post
The kitchen table. I'd love to have a Japanese tea table height table and some pillows to go around it. So much better for keeping a strong back and posture, plus you could easily make it where you could use all of the floorspace if you needed it. However, if we did this, I don't think I'd ever be able to get any of my family to come visit again!

For that matter, I wouldn't mind just having floor cusions instead of my couch and chair, but once again, I think the company I keep would.
Gasp! That's MY dream too! We'd be perfect partners.....and have no company ever.