Friday, May 29, 2009

A thing of beauty

Like most people, I procrastinate from time to time (or maybe every day). One project that's been put off for a while now is the Cleaning and Re-organization of the Pantry project. However, I couldn't handle the clutter any longer, so last week I tackled it.

Very quickly, I was reminded of why I actually love projects like these. I really should do them more often. After I wiped down all of the shelves, I began putting things back. My OCD-self kicked in with great delight as I lined things up. A row of cereal boxes. Baking goods organized together. Baby food, all in one place! And the best part of all? Throwing crap away. De-junking has got to be one of the greatest household tasks. Yeah, it can be annoying when you let stuff pile up, but oh, the bliss when you get to throw things away and carve out a clean space.

Ahh. I love it.

Behold... the clean pantry. To quote Mary Poppins—or maybe it's actually John Keats—"a thing of beauty is a joy forever." Or, until the beautiful pantry gets messed up by the little people that I live with.

5 comments:

Monica said...

Ahh got a love a clean and organized space! Hope it last longer than things seem to around here!

Angie said...

Beautiful. Good work, sis!

Anne said...

every once in a while craig goes totally type A on our pantry. he did it in our garage the other week which i appreciated because it looked great but we couldn't get any of our stuff (bikes, razors, tricylces) out.

Sabine Berlin said...

Way to clean up. I love my pantry after I clean. Right now I am tackling the kids closets. Hope to get some stuff to sale and make a profit off my hard work.

J Glazier said...

I just did mine last week I couldn't take it anymore. I had to prep it for SUMMER kids in and out of it.