What do you own that you could do without?

So my husband thinks I need to eliminate have the things in my pantry, but when the waffle maker died and I pulled out a stovetop waffle maker, he was impressed.

My piano. I never was very good at playing it. I moved it all the way to Texas (and back - a 2,000+ mile round trip. ). I haven't touched it since we moved back. The only thing that's stopping me from getting rid of it is sentimental reasons. My late father bought it for my late mother. I have good memories of her sitting and playing it. So here it sits. Maybe someday, sigh.

My exercise bike. I have discovered that I really like my treadmill a whole lot more. My DD is supposed to move it to her basement for my grandson. So far no one has had time to haul it out of my basement and put it in hers. Plus - That sucker is heavy! The flywheel weighs a ton. It's going to take at least three people to get it up the basement stairs.

If it's mine, I get rid of it if I don't want it, I can't stand clutter. But, my family loves clutter and never wants to get rid of things we never use. So we have a ton of unused stuff in the house (mostly small, but some bigger items). My husband has a car from his teen and college years that he wants to make into a classic car (was his grandfathers). But its expensive to fix up. So we have had it sitting in our garage for 20 yrs.! We can't park in the garage and the kids are embarrassed for the doors to be open. My husband has big (take up space) expensive hobbies.

Bought this big ol food dehydrator. I'd be perfectly happy without it.

I could live without my yard. I hate yardwork. We don't have kids at home to play in it. I pay to have all the work done.

I have purged my kitchen of all unused stuff. I already decided I could live without it. I only have 3 good knives. My mom keeps trying to give me more small appliances. I don't need a food processor or a rice steamer or whatever you got free at the casino, LOL.

I have some kitchen gadgets that I could get rid of, but don't for some silly reason. Several years ago I bought this flowering onion maker for $5. I've never used the thing, but I'm convinced that one day I'll use it and make this gorgeous onion blossom. So, stuff like that should go. I sound like a hoarder.

My mother LOVED to play the piano.  She would play for hours and I have so many wonderful memories of that.  After she died I really wanted it because of the sentimental value.  But I just didn't have a place for it (I only pick at it, don't really play) and would have to move it from AL to MO.  So my Dad gave it to two young sisters at church who loved piano but couldn't afford one.  It was the right thing to do.   I imagine my Mom would be happy with people who would love to play it as much as she did.

After a while, I realized that the memories were in my head, not on the piano.  Having it or not having it has nothing to do with that and they aren't diminished in any way.  So think about it.

Us too but on the other hand I can't imagine getting rid of them... I KNOW the day I would do it, that will be the day I wanted that one particular DVD. AND I still buy them.. I have some from last Christmas we haven't watched.  Ugggg.... I don't know what happened because we used to watch them ALL the time.  Several times.. several several times.

My two cricuts. I do scrap and make many cards but just never use the cricuts. Could not get along without the cuttlebug or the bigshot though.

TVs, DVDs, DH's shot glass collection, most of the holiday decorations, DH's drum set, and all the things that we haven't used in 10 years but that we both hang on to "just in case we might need it one day."

are we married to brothers?

we have an '81 Mustang in the carport that is a 'some-day project car' - it's been towed to not one but two houses now over the past 20 years....it was his first car.

DH has lots of stuff that no one touches but can't be gotten rid of...one day...I hope that'll change

and yes - we have a piano also - it needs tuning...and has since we acquired it (for free at least) several years ago...no one plays piano but it was free and DH said 'sure'

These 2 feral cats who live with us. Neither has become a lap cat--which is why we took them in. They will interact with DH, on a minimal basis. Both barely let me touch them. Not fun to have cat hair everywhere and no warm snuggles to make it worthwhile.

Old cars: We had a 61 Ford Falcon that DH was going to restore. We had it about 8-10 years and then DH said, "Enough. He donated it to a nonprofit and they came and towed it off."