Ah, the kitchen. I will never keep up with it. Partially because I'm just not a cooking type of gal, but more because my kitchen is so tiny, I never know how to deal with things. I'm fascinated with tiny houses, so I'd like to have less stuff, but I never know what to get rid of. I should work on that. Today I worked on the counter area above my dishwasher. (Please recall, this is pretty much the only area of significant counter space my entire kitchen came with.) While the 30 minutes really isn't THAT accurate, because I needed to take something downstairs, and while I was downstairs, the smell of cat was very strong, so I had to take some things out to the garbage, and then I sprinkled carpet cleaner powder on the floor, and...well, see, things happen. (Note to self: you need to vacuum downstairs.)
So, let's look at the cupboard above my dishwasher.
I can't even begin to think about this. Clearly, I need to unstack and re-stack my dishwasher again. That's pretty much any day in the thisisbeth household. And that baking powder and baking soda just need to be put away. (Now I'm hard-pressed to recall what exactly I made that required baking soda and baking powder... Oh, yes. Cookies for Father's Day. I feel better now, because it was only a month ago...maybe I shouldn't feel better.)
So, I did a lot of cleaning. To get some of the dishes in the dish drainer put away, as well as the dishwasher unstacked, as well as the baking soda & powder, I did have to do a little cupboard cleaning. It's not totally clean, but the old baking powder (and some cooking oil) was thrown out, and the old baking soda was relegated to cleaning duties. I also measured and found out that some of the baskets I bought for my refrigerator will fit into my narrow cupboard, so that will be a future project. But, YAY!
So, anyway, after things were put away, and such, I wound up with a counter that looks like this:
So much better!! I should find a new place for those tortilla chips, but for now they can sit there. I'm also really happy I bought a cheap letter holder to hold up my cutting boards. The large IKEA ones in the back are actually sitting behind it, but that works fine, too. They won't be falling over all the time when I pull one out. I may find that I need to add some weight to this thing (probably just adding a board underneath--or making a new one out of wood and wire), but I'm hoping it just works.
And now I'm going to have to do some more work in the kitchen--washing some dishes, etc.--so I can make supper. Because food is good.
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