Organizing

Hello!
I have been considered the organized one in the family for years. Sometimes I think it is organized chaos - but still organized. One of my favorite sayings is: A Failure To Plan is a Sure Plan for Failure.

I recently organized my pantry. Too bad I forgot to take a before picture. First, I removed ALL the plug in appliances I never use - moved em out! Then removed anything else that never got used. I next went through ALL the food and removed anything expired. (you know - the stuff that gets moved to the corners never to be seen again.

After meal planning for a month, a trip to Sam's Club and the grocery store - this is what I now have:

 

I added a couple of baskets - one to hold snacks and one to hold all those paper products and Ziploc bags.

 

I mentioned meal planning - I recently discovered planning meals a month at a time and freezer meals - why didn't I think of this year's ago?!?

When I do my freezer meals, I set everything out the night before that I can - Ziploc bags - label those - non perishable items etc.. The morning I make my meals, I chop first, then start adding to the bags.

I think one of the first things I organized in my kitchen was the spices - in alphabetical order. I see from this picture something is out of order - good grief! One thing to watch out for - your niece!! When mine comes to visit she likes to tease me and I seem to find things out of order after she leaves. All in good fun! :)

I organized my Kitchen Desktop recently. I noticed a few piles of mail laying around and decided to fix that nonsense too! All nice and neat now including my phone holder.  The area never gets used as a true desk - my puppies cage sits under the counter for when he decides he wants to use it...

Enjoy!
BB