Today marked the beginning of the first full week of my return to official-stay-at-home-motherhood. My three-day-a-week "job" as my niece's nanny officially ended last Wednesday. Congratulations to my sister-in-law, who now gets to be a real stay-at-home-mom herself! It's been about sixteen months since I've had five whole days per week to fill up with errands, chores, and blogging and I'll be honest, it's a little weird. I found myself excited to be able to finally tackle some of the big crazy projects I've been putting off but not really sure where to start. When I look around my very cramped, very cluttered house, I start making mental lists and it immediately gets overwhelming. I tend to drive myself crazy that way.
Today I finally decided to just pick something and deal with it. I know, duh, right? I started small. Here is my freezer before...
...and here it is after...
Honestly, this took all of fifteen minutes to do and now I can actually open the freezer without getting pummeled by an avalanche of questionably old meat-sicles. Also, thanks to the addition of the shelf (which used to hold our broken CD player), I now have room for ice-cube trays...ICE CUBE TRAYS! I feel like a real person again.
Among the treasures I unearthed in the great freezer excavation of 2011 were half a tube of Thin Mints (which I proceeded to consume immediately), a Claim Jumper pumpkin pie that I forgot I had (SCORE!), and twelve frozen
Amish Friendship Bread starters (yikes, I've got some baking to do). Also, shoved way in the back was a "Fridge-N-Freezer" box of Arm & Hammer baking soda. The date written on top of the box was...are you ready for this...brace yourself...11/25/06. Hmmmm, I think it's safe to say its lost any magical deodorizing powers it might have once possessed- the box reads, "For Best Results Change Every 3 Months."
Yup, just another exciting day at my house. Now, if you'll excuse me, my sock and underwear drawer needs some attention...but don't worry, I won't show you pictures of that.
