Chile’s new area of the Cut the Crap challenge is the kitchen. Now, I had a good clear-out of my kitchen in October so I’m ok on cabinet space. What I am not ok on is counter space. I give you exhibits A and B:
These are my counters. All both of them. This is what I’m currently working on–cleaning, organizing, getting rid of. Thus far I have hung a wall-mounted spice rack and dumped/washed out more expired spice jars than I care to admit. The glass ones will be reused, plastics go to Lucy for pretend cooking. I am attempting to eat through the foods in the pantry-cabinet (our real pantry is makeshift cleaning product/cat litter/fancy stuff storage plus a towering pile of plastic take-out containers I’m slowly finding reuses for. Towering. Seriously.
I’m hoping to finish today, if el hombre Chico cooperates. Last night Lucy made him laugh so hard and for so long that he collapsed in tears and passed out without even nursing for 2 hours. It was heartwarming up to the meltdown, after which I found myself instantly transported back to those days of early infancy when I found myself incapable of soothing him. Still, it was so worth it to see my kids cracking each other up while I watched from the kitchen.
[...] my decluttering and cleaning list, I keep finding new projects I want to do. Like, I finished clearing off my workspaces and now I want to clear out the rest of the kitchen. It feels so good to hit the areas of the [...]