It’s over.
Thank goodness I can chalk this week up as being complete. It was exhausting! I’m exhausted. I really want to clean my kitchen, but man am I beat. I took my before pictures and they are not pretty. Also, I see another trip to Bed Bath & Beyond in my near future.
On the upside, I only gained 1.6 pounds instead of 3 like I feared and my weight loss solutions counselor gave me a hockey puck! So cool. I love it. And (drum roll please!) I made it to the gym today at 6 am.
So my kitchen post doesn’t become outrageous, I think I’ll discuss my before right now…
So, there’s some things going on here. First I should admit that currently nearly every glass and pot/pan we own is dirty right now which is the only reason those cupboards look so empty. Of course this shot also shows the obligatory “junk” drawer. Why is it that nearly every home has one of these? And that ridiculous cupboard with the blue pitcher? Why? Why does it even exist. It’s like the black hole of cupboards.
Lots going on here too. Usually the towel cupboard is overflowing, but again, since no one in this house seems to use a towel for more than a nano-second, they are all dirty. The poor hand mixer…I keep it because my dad gave it to me and he’s dead. I’m trying to determine if that’s a good idea. The contact paper? Yeah, we used that in maybe four houses ago… I don’t know why I still have this. What you can’t see in the picture with the aprons is that there was a big pitcher that someone had shoved in there that fell out when I opened the door. Finally, I think the utensil drawers are able to explain themselves well enough.
Here we have the random drawer of lids that don’t go to anything… We also have the plastic wear cupboard that only looks good because I forced my son to organize it the other day.
And, the best for last. These counters pretty much look like this every day when I get home. They make these gigantic messes in my kitchen and then leave it. Shortly after this was taken, the kids guilted themselves into doing the dishes. That cupboard up there is the bane of my kitchen. It’s such a disaster. There are items up there that have been there for 13 years untouched. I am not even kidding.
So there you have it. This is what I am up against.
