Well littermates, I did the pantry today, or that was my goal. I started where I left off yesterday which was the tupperware cabinet (kind of like a portable pantry cupboard). I cleaned the top of that off. :) Then the dreaded pantry was begun. I moved the canned goods into the tupperware cupboard, the tupperware (actually a lot of Rubbermaid and Anchor Hocking) into the pantry, organized, re-arranged and threw out expired food from the pantry. I have a bag of semi-expired food that dh and I are going to eat (dry goods, nothing perishable). Then I got crazy. I have a corner cupboard above the counter and a lazy susan below it. I switched them around. The corner cupboard had my pots and pans in it and a lot of wasted space. The lazy susan had baking supplies, spices, ect and it was VERY disorganized. Then I noticed that dd's stuff was in the 2 thin cabinets on either side of the stove that would be perfect for all of the cool stuff out of the lazy susan. Moved it all around. I also was able to get the 3 frying pans that were living in my dish drainer into the lazy susan. Yeah me! Dh had a cabinet of just coffee mugs that are now housed with the glasses, the 9 x 13 pan and the 9 x 9 pan that were with the glasses are now where the coffee mugs were and MUCH more accessable. No more stand back and pray that something doesn't come crashing down on me! :) I threw out any food that expired in the 1990's. (Yes, I had some.) Some stuff that expired in 2000. (Less of that.) Some expired food that I knew we would never eat. A can of shortening that expired in March of 2000. Yuck! And we still have enough food to be snowed in for months! But the good news was that the trash men were late and I got the bag to the curb today and it is now gone. The rats at the dump are eating well tonight! I felt so guilty for throwing out food but I know that food banks and other charities don't accept food that is old and expired. So...I will just have to curb my shopping habits. So, my new project is to see just how long I can live out of my freezer and pantry, going to the store only for milk and bread (and once we run out of ground beef and chicken, that too). And dh agreed to do that (you all know about the $50 rule at Walmart <g>) so we can save extra money. Further example of how you learn new habits while babystepping. :) The dishes are done. And I am going to relax and watch SVU tonight. CSI was good last night, I enjoyed it. :) That is my dream job, forensic scientist. I actually looked into going back to school for it but I think it will stay a dream. (Physics, organic chemistry and calculus in one semester? I think not!) For now I will just enjoy my shows, and forensic night on the discovery channel. I'll just call it a hobby. Besides, being around crime scenes and dead bodies all day would probably mess with my head. Julie
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