Fridge full but have no food?

My fridge has been bugging me for such a long time. It is messy and not organized and I was certain that there was expired food in there. I can not get over how bad it looks and how little food there actually is in there when it looks like a ton.

The freezer is just as bad.





So I decided to do something about  it. I removed everything on the fridge door first so that I can clean up the spilled orange juice and put everything back neater.


See how gross that is? Yuck!

So now it is much better!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look how nice that door looks now!!

Then I took everything out from top shelf to bottom shelf and washed each shelf.
You see those sheets to the left? Yes those are to write down what is in the fridge and when they expire. That way I will not be worried about food going to waste. I just highlight what expires that month and add new foods to the list when I get them from the store. You can get the printable I use for free from mommy-mode.

 

 

Look I have a empty shelf!

 

 Not much food in here but it is much better.


I guess it is time to go grocery shopping.
How does your fridge look? Any where else you need to clean out?

Paper pileup on highway Sauter

The amount of papers that we have acquired since moving into our apartment in December is unbelievable. Finally after letting all our paper stack up and stashing them in different parts of our house I decided it was time to get them organized and filed. So I bought these red, green, and blue file folders from target on clearance.



I then had to dig out all the piles of papers that we have just stuffed in places to keep it out of the way. These are only three of our 10 piles. Yes, I know we should have got it all sorted out months ago. The sad part was the amount of this stuff that could have been thrown out. Once I put the ten piles all together, I sorted them out and put like items into piles.

Then it was time to pull out the folders. I started labeling them based on what was in our piles of paper.

The folders I ended up with were: receipts, bills, preschool paperwork, home school curriculum, church/bible study paperwork, cards, owner’s manuals, apartment documents, tax returns, legalzoom, and paystubs.


Yes, we have preschool paperwork and home school curriculum all for one child. He does both. I promise a post on why we do this soon.

I scored this file cabinet from my grandmother’s house after she passed away. My plan is to change the locks, handles, and label plates after I paint it. However, I cannot paint it until it stops raining and with this back and forth weather who knows.

What are you letting pile up in your life that you can tackle today?

Dirty dishes... Blessing or a curse?

So the one area of our apartment that truly bugs me if it is messy is the kitchen. It makes me feel like we are a bunch of pigs if it is not spick and span. Now many of you feel like the kitchen is your area of the house. You do the cooking so you also work to keep it clean. Well in our apartment that is not always the case. Usually my fiance cooks breakfast once a week on Sunday morning while i get ready for church and dinner once to twice a week while I am at bible study or have babysat that day.

I know I know I am very lucky to have a amazing man who can actually cook. I really am very very grateful to him for doing that and his food is amazing. However the part that I can not stand is when I leave the kitchen presentable and come home to this.  I feel as if I could lose my mind. I mean look at this huge mess. Who would want to come home to this? I realize he was nice enough to cook and that he made it easier for me to go have some me time but really? He could not have loaded the dish washer? So his feelings are that since I am the since he made a meal I can clean it up. Which would be nice if only he did the same thing and cleaned up after I made food.
Well that just was not going to be something that was going to happen so what is a girl to do?

Of course I always wind up cleaning it up and making sure that everything is put back where it goes by the time I go to bed.  So how do I do this three times a week without starting a fight? I look for the blessing amongst the dirty dishes. But what in the world could the blessing be? Well I came across this blog post by colorful cravings. I loved her quote on dirty dishes so much I decided to make my own with some paint, a wood plaque and some vinyl that I cut with my silhouette portrait. I think it turned out pretty cute and gives me just the reminder I need.

Twenty minutes later my kitchen is back to normal and I have kept my cool.

So how about you all, what is your pet peeve that your spouse/ significant other does? How do you get through them? What other blessings can you find in your daily chores?