I put it there so I would use it. 

As I uncover totally-useful-but-long-unused stuff in my various decluttering escapades, I really do try to figure out ways to get value out of the things I decide are worth keeping.

For years, I stored my food processor in a cabinet that was almost impossible to get into.  Therefore, I got out of the habit of using it.

If a smoothie or hummus or whatever else sounded good, I suppressed the craving.

But months (at least?) ago, I put my beloved blue kitchen appliance out.  Out on the counter where it could be used at a moment’s notice.

During a recent blending kick, I reached to pull it out from under the cabinet so I could whip up some black bean dip for my healthier-than-ramen-noodles lunch.

I pulled with one hand.  Then I yanked with two.

That thing wouldn’t budge. 

At all.

I pulled and tugged and perhaps even grunted.  It didn’t even give me an inch.  Finally, I had to get out a spatula and scrape it off the counter.

Evidently, when you wipe up a particularly sticky spill off of the counters, you should move the appliance that’s covering the last of that sticky spill . . . and wipe underneath it.

Good to know.