I am about to take you girls to a dark, secret place of my life.
Underneath my kitchen sink.
Ok, maybe its not that secret or that dark. People see it every time they go to throw something out in our house, and we actually have a pretty well-lit kitchen sink area. But its not exactly an area I like to draw attention to.
When we lived at the old farm house, I was a diligent re-cycler, garbage cruncher, and food composter. When we moved to the apartment, however, I no longer had to pay for a tiny garbage can each month, and they don't exactly promote recycling that much here. Everything just goes in the dumpster. I also didn't have a container to put under my sink for my recycling (once in a while, I would put a diaper box under there, but it always got dirty and I ended up getting rid of it), and the discipline just went by the wayside. It has gotten really annoying though, because our garbage fills up so quickly due to bottles and milk cartons being in there. Finally, today, I remedied this.
Here's the before (please tell me I'm not the only one who lets areas of my home get like this)...
After pulling everything out, scrubbing the inside of the cabinets and the shelf, and putting in my new container that I got at Target today for $4.99, here is the result:
Maybe not beautiful, but definitely a huge improvement! The recycling already needs to go out, haha. I got such a small container because I wanted to make sure it would fit and be easy to carry to the dumpster/clean out every once in a while, and if we need a bigger one later on, it can always turn into a toy basket or something. It would be nice if I had some shelf liner, but I'm not worrying about it right now, because we might be moving soon anyway!
I also got this new sweater for $4.00! Which I definitely didn't really need, but I liked it a lot, so I SPLURGED (ha, gotta love it when 4 bucks is a splurge...)OH, and just in case any of you are interested, here is the recipe I used for the Pumpkin French Toast I made this morning. It turned out very tasty, but it was very sweet. I think next time I might omit the brown sugar mixture on the bottom. It was kind of more like cinnamon rolls than french toast due to the sweetness level, and the texture definitely got better after it cooled for a while. I think it would probably work fine if I made the mixture and just made it like traditional french toast on a griddle too.
Anyway, I just put Shea down for a nap, and I need to get all the music and slides put together for church tomorrow.
I'll also leave you with this quote. I've been thinking a lot about having a peaceful home, and to be at peace in where we are in life, and this is such a good reminder about how we really find or attain peace.
"Peace comes in situations completely surrendered to the sovereign authority of Christ."
Okay, don't feel bad, at least yours was clean! Mine might be organized (and that might be because I've had millions of plumbers looking under the kitchen sink in the last few days so I've repeatedly taken everything out and put it back in) but it is NOT clean!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it looks fabulous and accessible now, and I'm sure we're all proud of you for recycling. I didn't really recycle until I married Joe.
I love your sweater and your Target under-sink storage.
Wow, the pictures on that blog of the pumpkin french toast look amazing. Yum.
Becca, you inspired me to clean under my sink too! We may have just moved in but I have thrown random cleaning supplies down there since we moved in and decided to organize them all tonight. :) Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThe french toast looks super yummy, but even from the pictures you can tell it is super sweet. I may have to try it sometime with your modification advice.
And I love that quote, it is so so true.