Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for February 20, 2019

Too many single purpose appliances!

I have this problem with my cooking utensils and appliances!

Arlo needs to do more cooking so his tools are not unused.

Arlo needs to build a multi tiered carousel to store all those appliances for Janis and himself. Put it in the a closet if he can use one by taking out the stationary shelves.

I want to know what she’s doing in my kitchen.

I want to see his Fire Pot skills.

Have him use his unused tools to build on a nice pantry addition :)

Yeah, but since those look like food prep tools, you can be glad they’re safer now from bugs and mice.

I have a blender that has not been used in about 8 years, a bread maker that has not been used in about 5 years, a George Foreman that has not been used in about 5 years,…….get the point. I use my skillet and an old slow cooker for most of the things I do in the kitchen. Alton Brown always says never buy a UNITASKER. I try to see at least two jobs for everything.

It used to be that only men were the collectors of rarely used “things.” Welcome to the club ladies.

Often wives are unwilling benefits of semi-useless item due to men’s proclivities of succumbing for holiday ads aimed at them. A good example: what woman in the world desired a “Salad Shooter®” for her birthday or Christmas? Or a six-foot teddy bear on Valentines Day?

I don’t think I’d complain much if my husband cooked sometimes.

learn to cook well. It’s fun, it’s healthier, it’s satisfying and spend the money you save on junk appliances for better wine. You really only need a few pots and pans, a couple of good knives, a blender, and a food processor. The rest is a waste.

It’s better when I had a garage to put all that ‘seemed like a good thing at the time’ stuff.

But, I need my panini grill.

PUT IT in the garage

I seen nothing that looked like it belonged in a garage!!

Nice, a Le Creuset stew pot.

Husband has the entire garage as wood workshop. Shed mostly holds items to set up at craft shows, though we have not gone in a while.

Family room serves as our studio. He has about 70% of the space and storage.

2nd bedroom is our office. He has about 3/4 of the space. We have 5 full height bookcases and a half height one. 2 shelves are mine. He also has bookshelves in the bedroom.

The unfinished half of the basement contains more woodworking stuff including picture frame making tools. Finished half has his leather working stuff including an overfull (clean) garbage pail of leather hides, tools and leather “horse” (work bench). Also a table for cutting mats and fabric. Fabric on bolts. 2 boxes of his books plus 2 more bookshelves of same. Electric train layout. Exercise bike and boxing thing – both never used.

About 2 years ago he turned the living room into a room for weaving with a loom – I get it back for December and January for Christmas.

Last year he turned the dining room into a weaving area for a small loom called a tape loom.

Only rooms not mentioned above are the bathrooms and 3rd (tiny bedroom).