Whew! That was a crazy weekend with my son’s birthday party, and then a fun-packed day today. It’s the kind of weekend that makes my slob-vision flare up. Focus on the fun . . . and the clutter in my peripheral vision blurs.
Thankfully, my husband has cleaned the kitchen this weekend.
More than once.
Probably more than three times.
When I saw those bowls stacked above, somehow I was moved to take a picture. Partly because I’m a slob-blogger and slob-bloggers take pictures of their dishes, partly because I just think they’re so pretty, and partly because I wanted to honor him. He has been so supportive in my attempts to change, and although he couldn’t help but be skeptical in the early days, he is now fully on board.
And those gorgeous bowls represent progress to me. My brother and his wife gave them to me last Christmas, and I loved them so much, and was far enough along in this deslobification process, that I chose to let them replace all of our mismatched mixing bowls that were cluttering up the cabinets. Pre-blog, I would have just added them to the ones we had . . . . using the additional set to justify going longer between dishwashing-sessions.
But finally, I was ready to replace mediocre things with beautiful things. And seeing them all sitting there, clean, gave me hope that someday . . . I’ll be ready for more beautiful things.
Great post. I love the idea of replacing mediocre things with beautiful things.
OK I LOVE those bowls! I too have been getting rid of things and replacing them with pretty things. It makes me enjoy using them and taking care of them!
What a great idea. I never spend money on beautiful things because of practicality. I only buy the cheap plastic bowls because I KNOW they will get messed up,and won't mind as much when they need to be tossed. But you have shown me a different perspective. If I had beautiful things, maybe I would take better care of them. And if they are better quality, they wouldn't have to be replaced as often.
Love love love the bowls. I'm so "that way". If it's something I love I'm so much more apt to take great care of it, or use it more.
You're doing great!
What?! No pics of the rest of the party setup? I was sure you’d have some and was looking forward to them.
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I’m reading through from the beginning and thought I’d let you know it’s helped me to be more consistent and less of a “crisis” cleaner.
I have and LOVE those bowls too and I got them for Christmas probably that same year! I replaced my cheepo plastic college (c.1997) bowls!
I am took a page out of your book and got rid of all the plastic containers I have that no longer have lids. I also got rid of all my extra lids. My Plastics drawer looks so good now! Now that my kids are older I feel it is safe to start investing in real Tupperware again … you know the “I paid a ton of money for that so you better remember to bring it home” stuff.