January Projects

January is the perfect time to purge and organize;
and, of this ( below) I am not proud!

One of my to do projects this past weekend was to clear out...

reorganize the not too big, laundry room.

I recently (two weeks ago) was forced to purchase a new washer and dryer.  I had spent the afternoon "doing" laundry and dried one too many loads.  It started with a low bump.. bump.. bump rhythm, then escalated to the machine jitterbugging across the floor to an ear piercing thumpty thump thump thump.  Thankfully the load in the dryer was very close to being dry.  By the time I demonstrated the dryer's new act to R., the dogs were begging to visit the vet, and...
the towels were fully dry.

I really didn't need a new washer.  Honestly, I was fully prepared to have a, oh my gosh,  non-matching  set.  We all know a good salesman can sell you what you don't need, while making you think you made that decision all on your own.  I ask all the right questions, like... will this model still be available in six months?   And,  he answered with the always predictable and solemn, "I can't promise".  So, of course, we purchased the matching washer.  I suppose it was a good thing, as the washer stopped washing mid-cycle the next day.  Can you imagine the state I would be in had I not succumbed to the pressure and passed on the washing machine?

I promise, it would not have been pretty. 

The point of this digression is, washers and dryers are much larger than they were ten or so years ago.  Meaning,  some things in the laundry room needed to be sorted, rearranged and cast out.  Phew!

Yes, I am not proud I had a shelf stacked with magazines.
   Seriously, there are magazines in that collection dating to the turn of the century....
the 21st century.

I know I'm not alone.  You get it,
don't you?

  

There's always a beautiful cover.

 Bon Appetite always has a recipe or two begging to be saved

for the right occasion.  One day,

I'll pull it out and make that amazing cake.

And, I'll remember exactly the issue it is in.

Right!

And seriously, does anyone throw away their Food & Wines?

And, I haven't even begun going through the Thanksgiving and Christmas issues or the Oxford Americans and Garden and Gun.  They are on another shelf.

Okay, I'm not really going to go through them. 

 I'm boxing them up; not looking at them.  

Yes, they're all boxed up and off to the recycle bin.

 But wait, Ohhhh, didn't that meyer lemon cake look yummy?

Please tell me it isn't in the bottom of the box.

Ahhh, there it is.

Maybe I should just keep this one.

I have a freshly emptied shelf.

What do you think?

I still have a few lemons waiting to be picked.....

I will share....

Okay, I heard you.

I'm making a copy.

And...

I have the perfect spot for it. 

Please, help me remember, 

I'm putting it just inside that big over-stuffed folder of recipes.

The one on the bottom shelf in the laundry room.

Do you save magazines, or do you throw them away after you've looked at them?

I really need someone to tell me I am not in this alone.

Seriously, this is my year to throw out,  

and nothing is sacred.

Hugs!