victory

Today I overcame a huge obstacle in my life. It was a torturous journey, particularly the last 24 hours or so. You see, I'm afflicted with petite kitchen-itis. This means that I've been storing dishes and other kitchen what-not in a hutch in my dining room. My fabulous, twice-the-size-of-my-kitchen, dining room. Oh, how I love you DR! Anyways, I have, as of this morning, managed to fit all of my kitchen belongings into my 5 kitchen cabinets (I only get the number 5 by adding together half and partial cupboards). AND it's neat and orderly too. This has been a year long process - every other month I cut a little clutter and try to consolidate and organize. I'd like to thank all the people who made this effort a success - the builder (who clearly has never had to prepare his own meals - ever!), my children (who loved pulling everything out of that hutch and spread it willey-nilley around my home), Sherraine (who endowed me with a gift of out-of-seasonal candy so generous that I had to rearrange my cupboards to accomadate it), and of course my husband (without whose ginormous slurpee mug eternally cluttering my countertop, I might never have found the motivation to persevere and find a cabinet home for or discard all that useless junk).
On a COMPLETELY separate note. Anyone with a kind heart and cabinet space willing to give a home to a bunch of baby spoons and a babyfood grinder, please leave a message in the comments.