Saturday, January 18, 2025

One Drawer at a Time - Back in the Kitchen

 


Working on this project each year has been beneficial to me.  Of course, it's truly only my 2nd full year doing it, but I am enjoying it.  Last year worked out perfectly because I was able to spread out the entire house over the course of the year. So, now with the new year underway, I am back in the kitchen.

This week I have been focusing on the cabinets that I keep food in.  First, I started with my spice cabinet.  I moved some things around so that all of the spices were on the same level, which will be more convenient to me for cooking purposes.  They are a little more spread out and so I can find things easier.  I ended up throwing out about 10 spices that were old.  Oh, well.  I made a list so that I can restock them as needed. And of course, when I was planning on making shrimp salad today, I had thrown out my old bay seasoning.  I did pick some up at the store this morning, so it worked out just fine.

This evening, I organized the food cabinets.  I like putting similar items together.  Of course, it won't stay looking this neat for long, but for the moment I'm very happy with it.  I only had to toss a few things, which I was pretty surprised at.  But my losses are the squirrels' gains.  Except for the self-rising flower. I didn't think they would enjoy that too much.  Maybe they would but I didn't want to risk it just in case the self-rising flour caused a strange reaction, and they ballooned up or something.  And it was almost 3 years old.  I don't use it very much and can't remember why I had it. Anyway, it's all gone now!

So, I am enjoying this process yet again.  As you can tell, I love my domestic chores!  It's the little things in life.

That is all. 

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