Hiya! How was your day? For some reason I am sooooooo tired! (its not even 8pm and I'm trying not to fall asleep!)
Today was fridge cleaning day! Something I've been wanting to do for a loooooong time! But before I get onto that, I wanted to share something I forgot to add last night....
I mentioned on the Facebook page, that my washing got rained on only 10 minutes after I hung it out, but then it stopped as quick as it started, the blue skies returned, so I left it out there!
At about 3:30pm, when Boo and I saw this out the front window:
We ran outside to quickly grab the washing (it was 'colours' day on the new laundry routine) off the line. By the time I took this photo, grabbed a washing basket and bolted outdoors it was pouring!!! I was saying "nooooooooooooooooooooooo"!!!!! We even got hailed on!!! Now that hurt!!!
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The hail stones on the almost dry washing |
They felt so much bigger than that though!!!
LOL I just wanted to tell you that we got hailed on, and that it hurt and, and, and, and *sad face*
So onto the Fridge! Mine was disgusting! It had been quite a few months since I cleaned it last.
There was a lot of out of date food in here! Mustard that went out of date in 2011!!!! OOPS...
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Before - Fridge { inside } |
There was a lot of out of date food in here! Mustard that went out of date in 2011!!!! OOPS...
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Before - Fridge { outside } |
Sooooooo much crap and clutter!
Once I had emptied the fridge of all the food and science experiments, I removed all the shelves and drawers and washed them in the laundry sink... Not only is the sink bigger - it kept them all out of the way while I washed the inside of the fridge....
I was out of hot water today, so had to boil the kettle a few times, to get some hot water to fill the sink, so as it was boiling, I cleaned off and wiped over the outside of the fridge.
The bright, white and shiny after photos:
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Oooooooh shiny! |
It is soooooo bright! I felt so much better after it was done.
HAHAHA Purty!
First thing Jman said when he opened the fridge to get a drink after school was "Whoa! the fridge is VERY clean!" That made me smile!
Can't see the cook books though all the medicinal crap in front of them!
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So nice and shiny it needed a close up lol |
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With the food put back in |
First thing Jman said when he opened the fridge to get a drink after school was "Whoa! the fridge is VERY clean!" That made me smile!
It looks so bare - but I wasn't about to go and do the grocery shopping, filling the fridge, knowing that it would only create extra work for myself when emptying it to clean it. So there is a tip for you - clean fridge before you clean it.
The next part of the challenge was slightly more challenging! De-cluttering the cook books!! Although it needed doing!
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Before - What cook books? |
Can't see the cook books though all the medicinal crap in front of them!
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Before - Nup - still can't find them! |
That is a shelf in my pantry with my cook books and overload of medicines! (that have mysteriously fallen from the shelf above) Not a pretty sight at all..
I find that with technology these days and especially the readiness and ease of the interent, that I was using that more than my cook books to look up recipes.. It is so much easier to "Google" it, or search online, than it was to find a cook book...
So what I decided to do was go through the magazines first, rip out the recipes I liked and add them to my Recipe Binder, then recycle the rest.
Here are some photos of my Recipe Binder, and I will do a full blog post on it soon.
I have had this binder for about 5 years, it has 3 sets of 5 dividers. They're all pretty self explanatory, but will go into depth on what recipes I put in each one in another blog.

Once I went through the magazines, I went through the actual books! I kept the books that were gifts or handed down to us from Parents or Grandparents, and flicked through the others, looking for recipes I have tried and liked, or ones that I have wanted to try but haven't yet, marking the pages with sticky flags.
Once I had done this, I photo copied the page, removed the tags, and put all the books in a box to be donated (have a sleep over) to the lovely Miss Catherine x.
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Setting up to rip and tag magazines and books |
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The books I tagged |
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The books I tossed { sorry the image is sideways } |
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Ready for their new home! |
It feels a little bitter sweet to let these go - but I know they're going to a good home and my shelf looks a lot better for it....
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After - recipe book cull |
Much better!
The last part of today's challenge was to organise a Meal Plan... I have been doing meal planning for aaaages now, and if I don't do it, my grocery bill is almost double what it is when I do! Again I will do a seperate blog post { if anyone wants me to } on how I do my meal plans another time.
Here is a picture of an example meal plan that I put up on the wall to avoid the "what's for dinner?" questions EVERY day! I find that the only people in my home that 'ask' all the time, are the ones that can read! The young ones don't ask at all! Or they ask "When is dinner?" Never 'what'.
So what are you cooking for Dinner tomorrow night?
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Example Meal Plan |
So what are you cooking for Dinner tomorrow night?
Now - Onto tomorrow's task!!! Tomorrow { day 8 } is kids toy room, craft room, spare room OR extra living room (only one of these). Your { printable }
As I have neither of these rooms, I will be doing Mr Magoo's room instead..... His room is a mess (although not as bad as his brothers')
Well that's me for now! Good luck with your Toy/Craft/Spare rooms...
Talk to you tomorrow...
Meegs xx
Another great post love! #SQUEE The jewellery shelf is being relocated and I might have to eat into the school shelf so that your gorgeous books can come sleep in my bookshelf! I'm with Jman... the fridge looks fantastic as does the recipe shelf and ... when I come stay next I'd like fried socks on pyjama bread please. :) xoxo
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