Kathi Lipp (00:08) 

Well, hey friends, welcome to Clutter Free Academy where our goal is to help you take small doable steps every day to live with less clutter and more life. And I’m so excited to have one of my friends on the podcast. She’s never been here before, but we are talking about, it’s a hard topic, but it’s also gonna be a good topic today. ? the title that we’re working with is A Minimalist Journey Through Loss and Letting Go. 

  

This is my friend Lisa Woolery. She recently wrote a book called The Widow’s Comeback. What if you knew you’d be okay? Lisa, welcome to the program. 

  

Lisa Woolery (00:47) 

Well, thanks for having me, Kathi. I’m really excited to be here. I just love your ministry and the work that you do. 

  

Kathi Lipp (00:51) 

Hmm 

  

Well, and you’re part of that. You help, especially over on our writer’s side, and I’m so grateful for that. And we’ve already done some foreshadowing here about what this topic is going to be. ? You are widowed. And tell us just really briefly ? that portion of your story. 

  

Lisa Woolery (01:14) 

Yeah. Well, one day when I was 50, I was making dinner for my husband who was 53 and he died suddenly while I was chopping broccoli. I unsuccessfully gave him CPR and suddenly my life really was over because I had to figure out how to create a new life without him. And I had two tweens at the time. 

  

Kathi Lipp (01:27) 

Wow. 

  

my goodness. It just unimaginable. And I will say that you do live with a lot of joy. I see that every single time I’m in a room with you, a zoom room or in a room physically with you, you do live with a lot of joy, which I’m sure at the time seemed impossible. And you had not only did you have grief, but you had a lot of really practical things to take care of. 

  

And when we were talking about doing this podcast, you said that you’re more of a minimalist. I mean, I see in your house almost every single day. We’re on Zoom almost every single day. And I would never, ever think that you have a clutter problem. But maybe your husband was a little bit more on the cluttery side. Is that the impression I’m getting? 

  

Lisa Woolery (02:35) 

My husband was a beautiful, cluttery person. Yes. 

  

Kathi Lipp (02:38) 

Yes, they’re the best, right? This is why 

  

we all marry them. And then we figure out, oh, no, oh, no, what have I done? But you guys were married for almost 30 years, you know, and very, very close. But your husband, you say was a little bit of a prepper. And you know, that’s close to my heart. I’ve written a book on prepping. But it sounds like maybe he was a little bit more extreme than I was. 

  

Lisa Woolery (02:45) 

Hahaha. 

  

Hello. 

  

Yeah, well, I think that, so my husband was a member of the NRA, lifelong gun owner, ? loved to shoot, hunt, these kinds of things. And then some new topic or hobby came about, which was called prepping. And it sort of… 

  

Kathi Lipp (03:13) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Yes. 

  

Lisa Woolery (03:30) 

it sort of fell into what my husband loved to do, which was to collect things and go like all out. Like I used to joke that Eric Woolery put in 100 % when he had a new hobby. And so when we were young in our marriage and had our first apartments, he immediately got the extra bedroom for his clutter. And then as our marriage grew and we became… 

  

Kathi Lipp (03:41) 

Right. 

  

? got it. 

  

Lisa Woolery (03:58) 

better at our careers and made more money. We just bought bigger houses so he could have more space for his things. And ? I like to laugh and say that Eric Woolery died like eight months early because he missed COVID and all of the collecting of toilet paper and all of those things. Yeah. 

  

Kathi Lipp (04:15) 

? He would have been proven right! 

  

Yes. I, my big flex was when I went to Costco, 

  

just as COVID was emerging, they’re like, you don’t need to buy toilet paper. I’m like, baby, I’m set. I’m good. Don’t you worry about Ms. Kathi. We’re good here. And yes, you know, I, first of all, I’m glad that you had whatever you needed in that time. ? you know, he probably would have looked at it like, Hey baby, look, I was taking good care of you. 

  

Lisa Woolery (04:35) 

Ha ha ha! 

  

Yeah. 

  

Kathi Lipp (04:50) 

I 

  

made sure that you were prepared. So here’s my question. ? Was it a big point of contention? Was it a big point of frustration in your marriage? Tell me, unpack that for me. 

  

Lisa Woolery (04:54) 

You 

  

Mm-hmm. 

  

Well, we had two topics throughout our 28 year marriage that we never resolved. One was junk food. One was clutter. And so we, like I said, we managed it by having more rooms and, and we had an agreement that the house was mine to keep neat and tidy and his rooms were his to do what he wanted. And so, ? 

  

Kathi Lipp (05:10) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Okay. 

  

Yeah. 

  

Mm-hmm. 

  

Lisa Woolery (05:32) 

That’s kind of how we dealt with that. 

  

Kathi Lipp (05:34) 

You know, and it’s really interesting. ? That is pretty much the conclusion I’ve come to for a lot of people is that we may never resolve with our, it’s the people who have a lot of clutter and are not working on it that I know can be very, very frustrating. And so that clutter has to be contained behind the door or, you know, on shelves or something like that. So what you guys really did was, 

  

You didn’t argue over stuff you agreed on space Yeah, and that is something that we really Preach here because you’re probably never going to change somebody else’s clutter personality But you can say hey, it’s important to me that I live in a house that I feel comfortable in and that means not having guns and ammo Because I we’ve talked a little bit about this 

  

Lisa Woolery (06:08) 

100%, yes. 

  

you 

  

Kathi Lipp (06:32) 

He wasn’t just collecting toilet paper and food, right? 

  

Lisa Woolery (06:35) 

No, 

  

1. When he died, we had in the basement of our 6,700 square foot house, he had these big rooms down there where he had his prepper things. And yeah, he liked guns. We had a joke. He never counted my shoes. I never counted his guns. And when he died, actually our estate was frozen for three months.

  

Kathi Lipp (06:46) 

Wow. 

  

Yes. 

  

Lisa Woolery (07:04) 

for an investigation and a delayed death certificate and some things. So luckily actually, because I sold his 74 guns and that allowed us to have food on the table and go on field trips with school, rent a violin and et cetera. So that was actually a little helpful. Yeah, yeah. 

  

Kathi Lipp (07:04) 

Hmm. Yeah. 

  

Yeah. 

  

Yeah, he was taking care of you from the beyond. He absolutely was. Yeah. 

  

And guys, we know people have a lot of different feelings about guns. We’re just telling you what the actual story is. Yeah. I, I, have to understand, ? you know, a lot of people really draw a line in the sand and say, you know, I, I know what’s in these rooms. So you have to, you have to get rid of this stuff. And, but 

  

That stuff made Eric very happy. ? I right? And it wasn’t a financial burden or was it? Okay. 

  

Lisa Woolery (08:00) 

Yeah. 

  

It was not. And he 

  

and he actually would invite the kids in he would take the kids to gun shows and they would buy MREs and all of these things and they would make bug out bags together. And he enjoyed it. It was his hobby. And that’s fine. I was fine with that. 

  

Kathi Lipp (08:15) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Yeah, 

  

I wonder if he and I ever ran into each other at PrepperCon, because we did go one year in Utah. You know what, we’re going to take a little commercial break. And then when we come back, I want to talk about grieving, not just Eric, but the stuff and how you dealt with that, if there was resentment. And just giving us the non-cluttery person’s perspective about 

  

you know, what we leave behind. And I think that that could be really helpful. We’re gonna take a quick break and we’ll come right back. Okay, friends, I am back with Lisa Woolery, The Widow’s Comeback, and we are talking, I’m sorry, I didn’t even get that into frame there. ? We are talking about the stuff that’s left behind when somebody you love is gone. And, 

  

not only were you grieving, but you had a lot of practical things you had to take care of. And, you know, one of them was selling some of the things. Tell me some of the other things that, you know, you were left to deal with that some of us might not think of because I’ve never lost a spouse. I’ve lost my dad, but I haven’t. My mom is still with us. I’m so grateful. So I know that there are going to be big things I have to deal with that I didn’t have to deal with with the loss of my dad. 

  

because, ? you know, and it’s a little bit different because than losing parents because that’s closing an entire estate, but you were still around. still had, you still had to live life even though your partner was gone. 

  

Lisa Woolery (10:04) 

Yeah. Well, I have a scene in my book where I wasn’t expecting this, but over the course of five days, five huge crates came from Southern California to my house in Kansas. We had lived in Kansas for nine months and he was ? working super commuting and his staff finally, a few months later, was probably six months later, packed up his stuff and sent it. And it was four very large crates. 

  

Kathi Lipp (10:34) 

1. my.

  

Lisa Woolery (10:34) 

One day, 

  

yeah, one day I looked out on to the front yard and my puppies were out there just tearing things up and there was just trash everywhere. And one of the crates had arrived and the puppies tore into it. And it was such a huge mess. I kenneled the dogs and I went outside and was just like the wind was blowing. I was trying to get a hold of all this stuff and I hadn’t yet been mad at Eric, but ? 

  

Kathi Lipp (10:45) 

Mm. 

  

Lisa Woolery (11:03) 

I was burning mad. Like I remember being out there just yelling you F F F. You leave me with this and I have to clean up more. When will it end? And I just had a horrendous meltdown in my front yard. I mean, I don’t know who saw or who heard or like I don’t even care. But ? so there was some anger. 

  

Kathi Lipp (11:09) 

Mmm. 

  

Yeah. 

  

Of course, of course. 

  

Lisa Woolery (11:31) 

in dealing with some of that stuff. And, you know, it was probably the resolution of all the fights that we had had about his stuff. But, you know, I cleaned it up, I dealt with it, and then I moved forward. And it was kind of empowering that I was allowed to choose what to do with this stuff. And I actually called my neighbor and said, all this stuff is here. I don’t want the kids to see it. And so she said, 

  

Kathi Lipp (11:38) 

Right. 

  

Yeah. 

  

Lisa Woolery (12:00) 

put it all in your car, bring it down and I’ll put my trash cans up at the curb. And then I just threw it all out and I did that for four days. I did it for four days straight. The last day I took the last crate, I put it down in the basement in this kid room where they had their puzzles and sleeping bags and just put it in the back and thought, well, they can find that one day. 

  

Kathi Lipp (12:07) 

wow. 

  

Okay, okay, so it was is a process of going through that I You know, I it’s such a weird question, but I’m gonna ask it anyway You know those of us who struggle with our clutter when we live with other people You know, they they get to share that burden What what do you wish Eric would have known? Maybe in the five years before he passed that would have helped you 

  

it not only in the grieving process, but the going on process. 

  

Lisa Woolery (12:57) 

Well, I think that his prepper stuff is okay. Like it’s fine. I dealt with it. Like I loved the guy and I loved all of his silly, silly quirks. I mean, I would say that the things that I wish we would have prepared for better were ? like financial things. Like we never got around to finishing our ? estate because we couldn’t decide who the kids would go to. And he left a business loan. 

  

Kathi Lipp (13:03) 

Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. 

  

Mmm. 

  

Yeah. 

  

Lisa Woolery (13:25) 

? Just like some things like that. So I can’t even say it was clutter. Like I’m a good cleaner out or I’m not sentimental. I just threw it all away. Well, actually, I’ll say this. And for anybody who’s dealing with a cluttery prepper husband and gets to get rid of some of the stuff, I would like take pictures of these big barrels that you could put water in or just MREs. And I just put it up on Marketplace and I’d say, 

  

Kathi Lipp (13:33) 

Yeah. 

  

Yeah, yeah. 

  

Lisa Woolery (13:55) 

prepper stuff, $100. And people would come to my house and they’d just take it away. And some of the guys would be like, are you sure I can take this? I feel like I’m leaving you in an unsafe position. And I would be like in my head, COVID happened. My husband died. What worse things am I going to have to live through where I’m going to need an MRE? 

  

Kathi Lipp (13:56) 

Mm-hmm, yeah. 

  

Yeah. 

  

Yeah, it’s so it’s so true you’ve already lived through the worst of it and Here we are and you know, I will always keep prepper stuff. Just I’m not an extensive prepper I’m a very practical prepper like I go through my stuff. We have lots of canned food. We’re good you know, we make sure that we have a ? Non-electric can opener so we can get into that food that kind of thing 

  

Lisa Woolery (14:23) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Kathi Lipp (14:46) 

? You say you’re not sentimental, but ? was there any struggle with getting rid of some of these things that Eric cared about? Or did you really from the start know this isn’t Eric, this is things he cared about. There are two different things. Like how did you rationalize all that? 

  

Lisa Woolery (15:08) 

Well, I didn’t feel sentimental about any of the prepper stuff. But when Eric first died, I took these two beautiful Tiffany boxes that we had that had had some large purchases that he had made for me. So like, I loved those boxes. And I took those boxes and I filled them with his personal items. ? And then I… 

  

Kathi Lipp (15:28) 

Mmm. 

  

Lisa Woolery (15:31) 

have them saved for my kids. They know when they graduate from college, they’re allowed to come in and choose. And occasionally, if they’re having a really hard time, I let them come in and choose things. But they’re like, so here’s, ? I’m holding up, I wear Eric’s watch every day. He had a lot of watches. He had a lot of, so many things. And so I was able to choose like some beautiful sentimental things. So I guess I am a little sentimental to keep. But then some of the other things like, 

  

Kathi Lipp (15:41) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Mmm. 

  

Yeah. 

  

Yeah. 

  

Lisa Woolery (16:01) 

MREs were just junk to me. They weren’t, it wasn’t his beautiful watch or his personal things. 

  

Kathi Lipp (16:07) 

Guys, 

  

MREs are like, ? no, that’s okay, packaged food that lasts a really long time, backpackers, preppers, know, astronauts, yes, yes, they all, MREs are something that they do. ? How did you decide what to keep and what to let go? I mean, okay, so the prepper stuff was easy, but then you get to his watches or… 

  

Lisa Woolery (16:11) 

? sorry. 

  

Army guys. 

  

Kathi Lipp (16:34) 

You know some of the other thing and what did you how did you decide what I love that you created two boxes? For your kids for things that they could have I my kids are in their 30s and they still they still feel like mom I’m not settled enough to take Grandpa’s ring yet. Can you hold on to it? And I’m like, absolutely I’m not gonna hang on to a car for you, but I can hang on to grandpa’s ring. So how did you decide what to keep? 

  

Was it about him? Was it about your relationship with him and the kids? Like, how did you go through that thought process? 

  

Lisa Woolery (17:09) 

Well, I went through when I was cleaning his things out and this was over some time. I would if I felt sentimental about it or I felt like, ? it’s Eric, then I would put it in the box. And that’s how I did it. But a year ago, we moved out of our six thousand seven square foot house with all of the things. And I took some time to get rid of things and. 

  

Kathi Lipp (17:29) 

Yeah. 

  

Lisa Woolery (17:34) 

I did what I told my kids was right sizing, like getting to the right size house for us. And I gave my kids each five boxes and I said, here is what you get to take to the new house. So when you’re packing, they were 15 and 16 at the time. Like here, you can put whatever you want in these boxes and that’s what we’re moving. Everything else. 

  

Kathi Lipp (17:37) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Mm-hmm. 

  

Lisa Woolery (18:02) 

we’re throwing away or we’re going to give to people who need it like the goodwill. So and then I said, you know, if your five boxes fill and you still have some things, you know, come and talk to me and we’ll discuss it. And so my daughter did very well. My son, who is, I think, a little cluttery, ? had some trouble. So I went down and just had a session with him where I’m like, keep or throw out, keep or throw out, keep or throw out. And 

  

Kathi Lipp (18:07) 

Right, yeah. 

  

Lisa Woolery (18:32) 

that I could walk him through, why is this special? Do you feel something special about it? Or is this just something that’s been sitting around for a long time? Like, how do you feel dad in this? And so, yeah. So I feel like we did pretty well and there’s only been like maybe one or two things that the kids have asked about. Nothing. I haven’t missed anything. 

  

Kathi Lipp (18:42) 

Mm-hmm. What a great question. What a great question. Yeah. 

  

Mm-hmm. 

  

Lisa Woolery (19:01) 

So 

  

when they do say like, well, you didn’t bring that or something, then I’ll just say, I’m so sorry. Let’s just talk about it. And then we do. And then they can get mad at me if they want. And then we just move on. 

  

Kathi Lipp (19:09) 

Mm-hmm, yeah. 

  

I love that. ? I love that you had them be part of the process. yeah, there are always going to be things, it’s never gonna go perfectly, right? It’s never going to be 100%, but we can say, we can gather these things and we can say, this is just a small representation of everything that he was to us. And these spark great memories. ? 

  

I know you live in a pretty clutter free space. ? Does that make you miss Eric more Does it give you a sense of peace? how, how is it to not be surrounded by the stuff? 

  

Lisa Woolery (20:00) 

Well, I don’t do well with clutter. I can’t write if my space isn’t perfectly clear. So I feel very empowered in my new house. And I feel like it’s a fresh start. if, like right now, where I’m sitting in my living room in a chair, and I can just glance to my right a little bit and look at my bookshelves. I have these bookshelves. 

  

Kathi Lipp (20:03) 

Yeah. 

  

Mm-hmm. 

  

Mm-hmm. 

  

Mmm. 

  

Lisa Woolery (20:27) 

Looking at the bookshelves on the very top shelf. I have five yearbooks Some of the yearbooks Eric and I shared because we were high school sweethearts. Some of them were his Before he knew me so I have those I look over on the shelf and I have his two pens sitting there and I have ? behind it like I have a beer stein with like pens in it and Behind it is the preppy handbook, which he loved in high school 

  

Kathi Lipp (20:35) 

Mmm. 

  

Hahaha! 

  

Lisa Woolery (20:57) 

And so ? then I have like on the other side back here, I have a picture of us. And so I just have some little things around that I can look at or like my son signed some papers the other day and he used his dad’s pen. So ? he’s here. Yeah. 

  

Kathi Lipp (21:06) 

Yeah. 

  

? You’ve really curated it you’ve really 

  

curated Eric around your house I love that for somebody who is going through a loss and They feel the need to keep everything because it feels like that’s how you honor the person What would be your advice? To somebody who is is really struggling with the the things left behind 

  

Lisa Woolery (21:46) 

Well, I can say for how I feel and everyone feels differently about clutter, but what I can say is you, like your loved one dies and then you have to start over. So how do you want to start over? What feels comfortable for you? Does it feel comfortable to have all this clutter around? Well, I don’t know what to say about that because I’m not a cluttery person, but for me having, and I love the word you used, having curated. 

  

Kathi Lipp (22:09) 

Yeah. Yeah. 

  

Lisa Woolery (22:15) 

the things that mean something to me about Eric and then moving forward feel really good. And ? I know that you talk a little bit about like making a video about something. I didn’t know that at the time, but I still like, this is going to make me like tear up a little bit. I remember when I got to Eric’s first briefcase because we like, he was so proud of that briefcase. He was the first person in his family to not be blue collar. And he was so proud of that. 

  

Kathi Lipp (22:27) 

Mm hmm. Yeah. Yeah. ? 

  

Lisa Woolery (22:44) 

and he took it to his accounting job at Ernst & Winnie and like circa 1990 or something. And that was so hard for me to get rid of, but I knew that I had to, because it was old and janky and dust collecting. And so I took it to the trash can. It’s gonna make me cry a little bit. And I said to him, this was your beginning and we don’t need it anymore. 

  

Kathi Lipp (22:48) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Yeah. 

  

Lisa Woolery (23:13) 

And so I threw away a close to trash can and I went in and cried. But you know, like sometimes it’s hard, like it’s gonna make you cry and just, but kind of going through all of it helped my healing. And so now here I am in this new house, new neighborhood, new fresh start, some of Eric’s things and I can be happy. 

  

Kathi Lipp (23:17) 

Yeah. 

  

Yeah. Right? 

  

? What a great note to end on guys if you are interested in Lisa’s book it’s called the widow’s comeback. What if you knew you’d be okay? It’s Lisa Woolery Lisa. Thank you so much for being on the podcast today And thanks for letting us get to know Eric a little bit ? You know, they’re never truly gone as long as we keep their memories alive ? Friends 

  

Lisa Woolery (23:55) 

Well, thanks for inviting me. 

  

Thank you. 

  

Yeah. 

  

Kathi Lipp (24:09) 

? We’re gonna take a quick commercial break and we’re gonna come back and it is this week’s ? installment of things that have earned a place in my clutter free home. So stick with us and we’ll be right back. 

  

Lisa Woolery (24:20) 

You 

 

 

 

Kathi Lipp (00:00) 

Hey, welcome back. This is my favorite part of the show, the part where I talk about these clutter-free items that have earned a place in my home. And I’ve got Tonya Kubo on the line. And so Tonya, I’m very excited to talk to you about can openers. Yay! 

  

Tonya Kubo (00:21) 

Tell me more? 

  

Kathi Lipp (00:23) 

Okay, I’m sending you a link right now. It’s called the Kitchen Mama Auto Electric Can Opener. so I discovered this when I was going through some mobility issues. I overused my phone and my kids are all embarrassed. They’re like, mom, it’s too much TikTok. I’m like, I know, I know, babe. here’s the problem. 

  

Tonya Kubo (00:27) 

1.  

  

Kathi Lipp (00:50) 

I had a real hard time with my right hand, which is not my dominant hand, but grasping things, holding things. And I saw this online. it’s a can opener that you put on top of the can and you hit a button and it spins around and does a clean cut of your can and without you even having to touch it. 

  

Tonya Kubo (00:54) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Kathi Lipp (01:18) 

It’s so great and can I tell you it’s not just a mobility thing but when I’m doing my chili which has a lot of cans in it I just sit that on top of the can push the button and it has to be seated properly it takes a second but it just spins around does it and I can open the can so if if a can opener is never anything you’ve thought about before 

  

Tonya Kubo (01:27) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Mm-hmm. 

  

Kathi Lipp (01:46) 

But I’ll tell you, there are more items in your kitchen that really take strong mobility than you might imagine. A salt grinder, a pepper grinder. And I bought one of these can operators for my mom and she’s like, Kathi, that seems a little ridiculous. And now if there was a fire, it would be one of the top five things she takes out. 

  

Tonya Kubo (01:53) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Well, you know, it’s funny is because I looked at I was like, that doesn’t look like anything. And they’re like, no, Tonya, really. But I mean, I’ve been a desk worker since college, which, you know, keyboards long before they ever knew what ergonomics was. So, yeah, my grip strength is terrible. So the idea. Yeah. But the idea that I could open cans. 

  

Kathi Lipp (02:13) 

Yeah. 

  

Yes. 

  

Yes. 

  

Right, so we have to work on our grip strength and do this. Yes. Yeah, this is 

  

Tonya Kubo (02:35) 

Cause my hand will cramp if I try to open three cans just to make chili, right? It’s like three cans of beans. 

  

Kathi Lipp (02:39) 

This is exactly where I’m 

  

1. And I like this because one, a couple of things. It’s not electric. So in an emergency situation, you know, your power’s out, battery operated, you’re good to go. The other thing I like about it is, you know, we’ve all used or seen those electric can openers that sit on your counter. I don’t want an electric can opener on my counter. I just stick this in the drawer and I pull it back. It takes four batteries.

  

Tonya Kubo (02:52) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Kathi Lipp (03:09) 

And it’s, I love it. I can’t even tell you, I love it so much. It can open any kind of can that you need it to. I have used it on soda cans that I lost a little tab on. So that was nice. And I just, yeah, so like I said, if it’s not a big deal for you, this may not be. 

  

Tonya Kubo (03:27) 

Ooh. 

  

Kathi Lipp (03:35) 

the things that have earned a place in my clutter free home, this may not be it for you. But if you have arthritis in your hands, ? if you’re careful with sharp edges. Now, one of the fun things was I was making chili when we had some friends over and their seven year old asked how they could help. And I’m like, you know, you can’t help fry the ground beef necessarily. Mom might not. And then I’m like, 

  

Tonya Kubo (03:56) 

Mm-hmm. 

  

Mm-hmm. 

  

Kathi Lipp (04:02) 

you can open all the cans. And this was the most fun that seven year old had had in a really long time. And I wasn’t worried about it because all the edges are, they’re the non-sharp edges. And so that makes me super, yeah. So this is something that Abby would have no problem working with. regular can openers can be frustrating. And by the way, I know there’s a can opener where you lay it flat on top of the can. 

  

Tonya Kubo (04:06) 

Ha ha! 

  

Mm-hmm. 

  

Right, that’s so important. 

  

Mm-hmm. 

  

I have 

  

Kathi Lipp (04:31) 

And okay, can I, yes. 

  

Tonya Kubo (04:31) 

that. But my hand cramps because I just don’t have that dexterity and Abby has a hard time because her hands aren’t yet big enough. 

  

Kathi Lipp (04:40) 

Okay, see, and this would solve both of those. And can I tell you who this would make a great gift for? The lefty in your life. Because can, yeah, can openers are not designed for lefties. And as a lefty, yeah, yeah, exactly. So if anybody wants to buy a second one for me or Tonya, yeah, this is great. Go ahead, Tonya. 

  

Tonya Kubo (04:55) 

No, no, fellow lefty here. 

  

Yeah, 

  

we’ll take it. I just have one very important question. What color do you have? 

  

Kathi Lipp (05:09) 

I have red because I live at the Red House, but ? mom has blue So that will never get them mixed up. There are different colors There’s just the plain white one if you’re more of a minimalist And there’s a green one now I am I am buying the turquoise one because the blue is kind of a turquoisey blue for our RV because everything in an RV is ? Is turquoise blue so that how what color would you order? 

  

Tonya Kubo (05:10) 

Okay, right. 

  

Mmm. 

  

Got it. Okay. 

  

A blue. I was gonna order a blue. Cause it’ll stand out. I have a yellow kitchen and so I want to be able to like see it across the room. 

  

Kathi Lipp (05:39) 

Okay, yeah. 

  

Yes, I love it. Okay, so by the way, if you’re into tinned fish, which everybody is these days, this also works on that. It opens like any weird can. So I love that for us. Yes. Okay, so the link will be in the show notes. Let me be honest, we get a little kickback. I think it’s probably gonna be a whole 40 cents from the $22 that you might spend. 

  

Tonya Kubo (05:58) 

Yay! 

  

Ooh, I was gonna 

  

say, I thought it would be like, you know, 2.8 cents. So, hey, 40 cents. 

  

Kathi Lipp (06:17) 

I don’t know, 

  

I don’t know. Who knows, maybe this is the way I get rich, I don’t know. But I wanna be honest with you, but this is something that I personally use and love and wanted to share with you guys. So friends, thank you for listening to Clutter-Free Academy, I’m Kathi Lipp. Now, go create the clutter-free life you’ve always wanted to live.