31 Days of Clearning: Day 7

Day 7:  My Catch-All Basket

Yesterday was more of an emotional clearning than it was a physical clearning. Emotional clearnings are, quite frankly, exhausting!  So, today will be simple.

I used to have two full catch-all baskets in the kitchen by the phone.  But when I did my pencil drawer clearning project, I took one of those baskets and its two plastic inserts to organize the pencil drawer contents.  What was in the first catch-all basket got dumped into the second. Today I clearned the remaining catch-all basket that was quite the distraction to an otherwise clean kitchen.

Oh no... are those MORE pens?

What I kept:

• A "hook" who's use is a mystery to me. I'm keeping it until I can figure out if I should let it go.
• A battery charger
• 3 charging cords (though a believe one of them is for a phone I no longer use)
• 1 video camera battery
• Blue Tooth accessories
• 3 LR44 button cells
• A timer
• 1 pair of sunglasses
• Glasses case
• Loose change
• Cat nip for my cat's scratching pad
• Black Eyed Susan flower seeds
• A piece of paper with the fortune: "Today will be pleasant, your life will be prosperous."  Since I read the fortune before having four friends over and the day was extremely pleasant, I figured I would hold onto it in hopes that the second part of the fortune is to be just as accurate.  ;)
• A travel size calorie counter
• Paper clips
• A rubber band
• Altoids
• A magnetic bookmark
• A nail file
• All the pens but one.  One of the pens was my dad's, who worked for Coors before retiring.  The pen has the Coors emblem.  Thank goodness, it worked because I probably would have held onto it anyway!

 

Not everything that I kept went back in the basket; some things went up to my office and the loose change went in my purse.  By the way - if you recognize the below hook and know its use, please let me know.  I'd love to put it to use or throw it away.

What I let go of:

• A cell phone carrier.  I bought this as a Valentine's gift for my daughter a few years ago.  She admitted that it wasn't her style or didn't have use for it, so I thought I would use it.  I never have.  That's too bad, too, because I love the look and when you open it, it holds cards/license, has a pocket and a mirror.
• Sunglasses
• Receipts
• 2 pedometers (they weren't accurate or need batteries, I have another from Jenny Craig that works)
• A piece of plastic that I think broke off of a refrigerator shelf
• A wrist heart monitor instructions
• A sensor that used to clip on dog collars and automatically opened the dog door when they were near
• A black rubber thing (photo below: if you have any idea what it's for please let me know)
• 2 bottle stoppers that came from oil diffusers
• A book of travel discount vouchers that aren't valid since we 'woke up' and cancelled the membership that we got roped into.
• A lens cloth
• A catering pamphlet
• A Bed, Bath and Beyond Brita Water filter mail-in rebate that expired 12/31/07.

Whew!  MUCH better.