Hi Julie, Congrats on all you've accomplished, which is alot!!!! I am going to take everything out of my pantry again and paint it, shelves & all. Then I will reorganize it and throw out things that are outdated if there are any. Thanks for the reminder.
Sherry in FL On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:06:14 -0800 (PST) Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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 > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Journey from clutter List Website > http://journeyfromclutter.com > Members Only Page > http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm > > Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main > list. > > To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the > unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
