3 meat thermometers?

Yes, until today, we had 3 meat thermometers....did I know we had 3 meat thermometers?  Not until today.  This is part of what I want to change with this whole challenge, and I'm hoping to transition to a new way of life in which I would either a) at least know how many meat thermometers I have, or hopefully b) become the kind of person who would NEVER have 3 meat thermometers in the first place.  One was one of those old-fashioned metal ones that I vaguely remember trying to use once to determine if a turkey breast roast we attempted to rotisserie over our grill for thanksgiving was actually done or not, and that I concluded did not work very well; the second was a digital one that may or may not work and that may have been bought after the rotisserie'd turkey fiasco--and for now that is the one I'm keeping; and the third one (this is the most embarrassing) was stuck at the very back of the drawer, bent, and was likely left by the previous owners of this home.

In addition to getting to add 2 meat thermometers to my ever growing list of things being donated or trashed, over the past 2 days we have eliminated 3 ice cream scoopers, 6 sets of chopsticks we have never used, 2 dust ruffles and pillow cases that don't match any of the comforters we currently have, and 3 random curtain rods lying in a closet that inspired Brett to create the "what the hell are these doing in our house?" category.

Like Brett, I'm feeling a mixture of excitement at the prospect of having a well-organized, streamlined, and much more manageable home, combined with fear that despite our absurd amount of stuff, actually eliminating half of it might be more difficult than we anticipated.......but I'm going to hold us to it because I believe that we need to really learn the difference between needs/wants/and just plain laziness.

Words of encouragement are always welcome and may, at some point, become necessary :)