Tackle it Tuesday -- Spice Cabinet

This week, I organized my spice cabinet. I moved rarely used things to the higher shelves, dusted off the shelves and the lids, and labeled the tops of the spices for easy finding. Then I put the less-often used spices in baby-sized shoe boxes and lids and left the more-often used ones in the front.

I'm not convinced this is the best method, but it will work for now. I had bought a lazy susan to use for the spices, but it didn't fit in the cabinet. I may look for something at the Container Store the next time I am there. I'm picturing three or four levels with the labeled lids facing out. I'm sure I'll find it.

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This week I tackled the refrigerator. It wasn't too bad, really. The worst thing I found was a box of pancake mix that expired in November. I think I've used it since then, but it was in the fridge and we obviously didn't get sick from it. It's nice to have such a central part of the home organized, even if it won't stay that way for long. Notice the big plastic bag on the lower shelf. That's a skinned wild turkey my dad killed on my uncle's ranch. I'm going to make tukey-au-vin today with it.

Tackle it Tuesday -- getting started

It's actually, Wednesday, I know, but since Monday was a holiday, my week's schedule is a day off. My housekeeping schedule is Monday: bathrooms, Tuesday: organization, Wednesday: living areas or bedrooms, Thursday: tile floors, Friday: vacuum. The idea of Tackle it Tuesday, hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom, fits perfectly with my schedule. Each Tuesday, I'll tackle an organizational project and post the details here.

This week, I worked on the LLL library. We have three bins full of books, but I'd say only three or four titles are regularly checked out. I weeded through and posted about twenty of our books on paperbackswap. Nine have already been requested, so I have those packaged up to take to the post office tomorrow.

Paperbackswap is a great resource for readers (and declutter-ers)! You list books you want to get rid of. When a book is requested by another user, you pay the shipping ($1.59 media mail) to send that person the book, and you get one credit in your account. You use your credits to request books you want. You can keep a Wishlist of books you want and be notified when those are posted or even have them automatically ordered for you. It's totally free, except for your shipping expenses.

(If you happen to sign up, please mention me as your referee -- I'm ajfowle on paperbackswap.)