QUITE a Spicy Day!

doing Challenge #12...

Today was another busy organizing day!

CALL ME CRAZY...

but...

I'm LOVING Toni's Challenge Days!

Toni, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you helping me blaze an orderly path here at my (very disorderly) house! I will love you forever! :)

There are things about my house that have gone neglected since I started these challenges, but when Toni is done with me I know a good week using my daily notebook will help me get back on track!

So many good things have already come from this organizing frenzy...

I found my favorite fleece jacket.
I found out there is a LIGHT in my linen closet (ha).
I found my WAFFLE MAKER!!
I have helped my community by donating unused home goods & clothing to our local Community Help Center.
I found a lot of food that had expired in my pantry!
I found that I apparently have a problem with hoarding cute plates & napkins...oh, & cupcake liners too.
So far, I've found a grand total of $14 in CHANGE!!
and I am realizing that my life was VERY chaotic when it didn't have to be...(it's crazy enough with these kids, why make it worse?!) ;)

(yes, that's a cat scarf...and no, the beadboard hall is still not done...we're getting there though)

So, here we go...

Challenge #12...

I will start by saying...

I'm a terrible cook.

I am a terrible and UNORGANIZED cook!

I aspire...but, alas...

I opened these cabinets, got up on my stool & thought to myself...

WTH is all of this stuff!?!!?

(I know, potty mouth...hand me a bar of dove)

I tore it all out...

AWFUL-EST MESS EVER!

One thing I noticed immediately

was that my shelves were ENTIRELY too high!

No wonder I don't utilize all my space, I CAN'T REACH it!

I adjusted my shelves first thing, then worked on organizing my bins.

While I was cleaning out, I found this picture (that I have always kept in my kitchen cabinets) of Big O when he was a wee baker in our first kitchen.

I love this picture!

I makes me smile every time I look in there. :)

I found these FABULOUS plastic bins at Walmart this week, they have a great little pull out handle on them...PERFECT for this cabinet situation!!

I also got my cupcake liners organized (they.were.taking.over)

So, if you can overlook that nasty microwave...

I'd say this turned out pretty good! :)

AND...

When I dropped off stuff at the Community Help Center today I found these AWESOME glasses!! Oh, I was needing new glassware SO bad...employing children to unload the dishwasher has really put a dent in my cabinet...

WAY too many glasses broken lately! :(