organizing

cabinet under sink:

first I want to say that almost none of this stuff is stuff I bought it is stuff that was given to me, or stuff I got free at the thrift store... I also want to say that it has been like this at every house just a pile of this junk and under it a stained cabinet bottom from make-up and products! I want to change that, use what I have, get what I need and get rid of what I don't need!!!!!!

empty compact

red button

midnight pomegranate lotion - I love this scent and bought a ton of them last Christmas then whenever someone said to me that they had got me a gift I was like oh hold on I got you one too and gave them a bottle of this :)

lipstick

massage gel???

foot and leg cream?? x 2

first aid kit - that I need to go through and see if I can use any of the stuff etc

eyeshadow x 8

buffing cream

black nail polish

tweezers that DO NOT WORK GOOD

wipes

hand balm

eye cream



hand balm

eye cream

hairspray with a broken nozzle

nail polish remover

lotion

razor x2

eye mask

bubble bath that I made that Kathy and Rachael says does not work and it has now solidifyed

bag or misc. make-up

pink Chi that doesnt work IDK why?

make-up brush

violet berry perfume

melted lipstick

q-tips

empty bottle of exotic coconut perfume

exotic beaches perfume

make-up puffs

pomegranate mango hand soap I TOLD Cindy I had handsoap, in all this cleaning out it got knocked in there and I have been cleaning my hands at the kitchen sink

rotadent toothbrush that I never use

band-aid x 2

body glitter that I made and dont really use

styling glaze

dolphin massager

hair extension

hot mask

lip gloss x 4

black current vanilla massage oil this stuff smells DIVINE!!!!!

soap holder

pantyliner

face moisterizer

sunblock/ and sunburn aide kit that someone won at Qwest then left there when they quit so I took it because my boss said go ahead...

shower curtain rings

bobby pins

hair tingler -that thing is SO COOL!

empty make-up bag

glycerine I bought for when I made bubble bath

purple inflatable tub to give pedicures and foot massages in

foot cream x 2

pads

cotton balls

hand cream

floss

hand buffer

soap

acne lotion x 2

battery operated face washer

tathitan holiday perfume with no nozzle

broken tweezers

tanning glasses like you wear in a tanning bed

empty bottle of foot soak

2 empty eyeshadow compacts

lipstick remover ??? doesnt everyones just WEAR OFF????

goddess perfume with no nozzle

nail polish

make - up brush

wow that was exciting I CANT WAIT TO GO THROUGH THAT STUFFF WOOOO HOO!!!!

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sink top:

lotion

red marker

razor (pink)

really good tweezers

brush- Harley asked me the other day if I had a brush????????? like no I don't I never brush my hair ever...

floss

toothpaste

deoderant

lipgloss

comb

foundation that is ALLLL gone I need more!

Debbie's # that I should put in my phone

hairspray

top to that lotion

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bottom shelf medicine cabinet:

mousse- that I might use if I did my hair more

lid for contact lens solution bottle

10 ponytail holders

another set of fingernail toenail clippers so if anyone needs a set they can have mine

face powder that I would probably use more if I knew where something to apply it was

2 bottles of perfume with no thing to spray them with??? one is from my aunt Bryan, she got it for me one year when I was home I think that she felt bad that she did not let Kumen and I when her pastor was there because we are LDS

ink pen that does not work

2 eyeliners 1 black 1 blue that I would use more if I did not have eye problems so often now...

eye cream that I would use if I remembered I had it

1 bead

TP coupon

bobby pin

safety pin

organizing

medicine cabinet : top shelf

blue and pink bottles on the top that I bought at the thrift store that I thought looked cool these are on the outside top

almond oil -that I bought when I made bubble bath; which was a very expensive project!

volumizing spray, that I would use if I did my hair more:) I should just buy a bumpit http://www.bighappiehair.com/

top of something maybe mousse

mascara- I have not used in so long because my eyes have had different problems for several months now :(

bobby pin

Midol- I definatly use this... I also gave it to Harley when she told me that she had a headache or stomache one night and her family did not have any meds.. I was like that is all I have.

fingernail/toenail clippers

old broken bobby pin holder

Patchouli oil- I bought when I made bubble bath

on a side note I wanted to say that my neighbors have decorated their yard with tons of Halloween decorations like purple skeletons and spooky cardboard faces on a stick and plastic windsocks... and spent HOURS doing it...and it is tacky!

organizing

next shelf in the bathroom:

hotpad

purple necklace that I wore with my princess dress on Sat... and almost wore to SLC...

radio that a guy Dan gave me that looks nicer than my old one but in reality kind of sucks... or maybe I just need to learn how to use it..

David Cook CD: HE ROCKS

Daniel Powter CD: that Danielle gave me a few years ago, that is super scratched

Tim McGraw: greatest hits

Alan Jackson: just the cover no CD

CD Danielle made me in 2008 of all my favorite songs at the time

Amber Pacific CD

CD Danielle made me in winter 2007 of all my favorite songs at the time

Book Of Mormon CD

CD Im Ok and on my way by Joyce Meyer that I should listen to

Ashley Tisdale CD that I got at the thrift store and thought might be good.. it is not...

Eat, Pray, Love on CD a book my aunt wanted me to listen to then got SO FREAKING ANNOYED that I did not and screamed at me.. and was like WELL NOW IT IS GOING TO BE A MOVIE AND YOU STILL HAVE NOT LISTENED TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just looked up that movie and guess what? it is not coming out until '11 and they have not even got everyone casted so I should have time to finish listning to it...

Film Favorites CD music from movies that Sami and Jessyca really liked listning to when they were here helping me clean and I did too:)

1992 EFY,????????? don't remember buying this

Taylor Swift -Fearless

Old Testament songs

glasses case

tape

Kelly Clarkson CD that Ryan burnt me in 2005 he even wrote all the songs

Dierks Bentley -greatest hits... I useually don't like male country singers currently but this man is HOT!!!!!!!

Taylor Swift- her first CD

Burl Ives -Christmas tape, IMO Christmas is NOT Christmas with out Burl Ives... like HELLO he narrates Rudolf and sings "holly jolly Chritmas"

broken ponytail holder

Now thats music volume 30 I got that when I went to VA in April '09 to listen to when I drove around ( they have a now thats what I call music 31 now maybe I will get that.. because sometimes that is better than switching channels and trying to find your way around and driving in very populated areas when you are only used to driving with some vehicles and tractors...if you don't know what Now thats music is here is the website....http://www.nowthatsmusic.com/

another Amber Pacific CD from August 2007

broken ponytail holder

old bandaid

Kelly Clarkson CD from 2003

tag from Somebodys Attic for a pair of jeans

the whole time I was at Qwest I was sitting, waiting, wishing for a IPOD they gave them away like candy but you know what I got... LOTS OF CANDY which they also gave away like candy...

so I still need an IPOD, I think when I get one I will get rid of all these old CD's even though it will be like the end of an era like all that time sitting over at Ryan's for hours begging him to burn CD's then waiting for him and trying to convince him to like whatever CD it was he just burnt like Clay Aiken hahahahaha........ he never did...but I will always have those memories I DONT always need those CD's !!!!!!!!!

PS if Santa reads my blog please but an IPOD on it, I want a touch one to go with my blackberry storm please!

organizing

top shelf bathroom:

1 glass soda bottle that I got from Shenendoah Caverns in Shenendoah, VA August 2007.I thought wow this is so cool they BOTTLED this water here, I remember getting it home, I got one for me and Kathy and was so worried they would break...then when I got them home I realized that it was just water from OH!!!!!! like what the??? just water from OH in a cool bottle that they put THERE sticker on... HOW LAME! but oh well I kept the bottle good memories... http://www.shenandoahcaverns.com/v.php?pg=31 that is there website so you can even see how it is misrepresented on the website....

the top to a blush brush container, that blush brush is old and leaves little hairs all over my face so I threw that out...

2 purple bottles that I got at the thrift store, that I used to have fake flowers in...

2 cool old bottles that I got at the thrift store that I used to have old flowers in...

2 saturday evening post covers with Gibson looking girls on them that my grandmother glued to particle board I think they look kind of cool and I think I may keep them I think I might hang them though Im not sure...

I had no idea that the Satuday Evening Post still existed! http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/

organizing

floor of bathroom

1 dress ( that I wore yesterday to church)

1 black tanktop that I wore under that dress

I blue dress (that I wore on Sat to SLC)

bag of makeup and stuff

2 cotton balls

1 ponytail holder

shine spray, can't remember the last time I used that but maybe I should start again always nice to have SHINY HAIR!

whole roll of TP that I put on the TP holder

1 penny

broken razor ( had no razor)

dirty tissues and floss

black pants ( I wore last night)

mattress that I got forever ago in Provo DI that I kept in case someone wanted to come and stay with me... no one has ever came to stay with me and if they did I don't know that I would want someone to stay on this mattress

So I got one twin mattress up for grabs!!!!!!

and I'm thinking that I need to get a hamper or clothes basket in there...

recipe

Apple Spice Cake
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup oil
3 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp soda
2 tsp allspice
1 tsp salt
5 apples peeled and chopped
2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
ICING
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup salted butter
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt

pre-heat oven to 325

coat a 9x13 pan with non-stick cooking spray then set aside

with a mixer beat brown sugar, sugar and oil until light and fluffy. add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. add the flour, baking soda, allspice. and 1 tsp salt. Fold in the apples, and vanilla. Pour batter into pan bake for 55 minutes or until done

for icing bring brown sugar, butter and milk to a boil stirring constantly over medium heat. remove from heat and stir in vanilla and salt poke holes all over cake and pour over

SO GOOD !!!!!!! I made this with the DeFriez's :)

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After all those many lists....
I GOT MY WHOLE KITCHEN CLEAN!!!!!!!!!!! all of it, all the cabinets cleaned out...washed out..... all walls washed down... EVERYTHING CLEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! wooohooooo!

book

I just finished "Dead Man's Walk" by Larry McMurtry It was written after "Lonesome Dove" but chronologically came before so I read it first when I was dating Mitch we talked about me reading some westerns so I had all ready bought this one and I finally got around to reading it... At first I thought "oh man this is ANOTHER GUY BOOK! this reminds me of when Ryan and Chris would tell me to read books, except Mitch had never read this book but as I'm slogging throught it, saying I think I can, I think I can... and getting grossed out... these men ate almost anything... and the way that that people got killed... very CSI of the old west... all of a sudden IDK what happend but this book GOT GOOD! Like hey wait a minute when did that happen? But it DID! it got good. I almost could not put it down and actually fell asleep reading it last night:) I have heard a lot of people including Mitch have major problems with the Mini-series of this book but I am going to wait until I finish all the books to watch that, which may take awhile because I don't like to read the same author in a row often. Another interesting thing is that I have heard several stories of the old west from the Native American point of view but interestingly enough never the cowboy.. very interesting reading it from the cowboy point of view...I would reccommend this book if you can stomach prime-time TV it is cleaner than that and does get good:)

recipe

Cherry Chocolate Brownie Squares

1 package brownie mix

1 jar marashino cherrys

1 package cream cheese softened

1 tablespoon powdered sugar

1 container whip cream

2 taplespoons chocolate chips



make and cool brownies, I did mine in a 9 inch pan.. drain cherry juice to 1/4 cup
mix cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth add cherry juice and whisk in..fold in whip cream
spread mixture over brownies put as many cherries as you want on top and sprinkle chocolate chips on :) YUMMY! I shared this with the Fieldings and the Christensens :)

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LAST SHELF IN THE KITCHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:

4 crystal square dishes and a tray to put them on , Bartley and I won these at Qwest I remember we both won them at the same time ....He was kind of annoyed because this was his 2nd or 3rd set he had won...

something that looks like you would have it at a pizza restaraunt and put cheese in it.. I think Im getting rid of it..

orange pitcher I won at Qwest

pineapple cutter

apple parer corer thing

candy molds

spray bottle with no top... going in trash

recipe card holder thing that looks like a rolling pin this is also going to the thrift store...

straws and a holder the holder is John Deere

Finding Nemo Placemat

red,brown and purple candles

2 green placemats

a really pretty thing that you light a tealight in and it melts wax

4 napkin holders

3 sets of napkins the paper kind I have just not used

15 different cloth tableclothes, napkins etc....

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Next really high shelf:

smores maker

fajita maker

sterno for smores maker

that is all...it took up the whole shelf and was in there sideways think those may need a new home

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next really high shelf:

fondue set - FINALLY glad to know that I have one since I have all those fondue things. I think that the DeFriez's and I are going to do foundue soon :)

bundt pan- I have tons of bundt pans apparently, I don't know if I should make another cake that is not a bundt I have so many of them...

Christmas cookie cutters- Marian and Josie and I made Christmas cookies with them Christmas '08

tortilla thing that you put tortilla's in that I found the top earlier

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Tippy Top Shelf
there is a shelf in my house in a cabinet that is SO HIGH that I had to stand on the counter to even GET to it.... again WHO BUILDS CABINETS LIKE THAT???? I mean I could understand in a storage room like you could put decorations there but in a kitchen COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to stand on my tiptoes to even get into it

and all that was there was something that you put cookie dough in to make different shape cookies that was my moms that she told me that I STOLE from her because she was ABOUT to use it all though I DOUBT my mom has made cookies since I was a kid... I should use it sometime...

there was also so much DUST up there it got all over my VA Beach sweatshirt I am wearing and took me awhile to get it off...

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top of the fridge:

pb chip bars

Jiffy baking mix never opened

apple cidar vinegar

3 bottles of Club Soda, I bought that to make this drink "Beach Blanket Bingo" with the DeFriez's but I made it for Kathy and Harley and it was NOT GOOD! so that will just have to be here until my next mocktail idea

2 things of blueberry pancake mix one open one not... threw out the open one

baking soda that Harley used to clean pink hair dye off her hands after looking that idea up on the internet...( it worked btw)

purple candle

vinegar

2 things of shelf liner I got from the house across the street that I need to utilize

disposable cups that had left over from when I did potlucks at Qwest

moldy pototos that are now in the trash

magnet from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Washington DC that used to have an elephant floating around but it broke and all the water drained out and now it just has an elephant in there... which was PROBABLY why this magnet was on clearence... it also lost its magnet... I need to get another one to glue on...

really cool placemats that got mold on them from above pototos... dont know if they will recover

magnet from Chile that my friends Carrie and Jessica brought back that lost its magnet...

magnet from London that someone on my mission brought me back that lost its magnet

magnet from Bob Evans in Chantilly,VA that lost its magnet

magnet that is just a purple rock that I think is ALSO from the Smithsonian museum of Natural History but lost its magnet

cat treats

square bowl

2 boxes of matches

tortilla chips

baking cocoa

sugar

tea lights

cocoa that Shelli gave me when I worked at Qwest cause the machine only gave you watered down cocoa... and I had to add that to the hot water the machine was giving out... then we got a new machine that gave you cocoa....

magnet from Mt. Vernon that I just needed to put back on my fridge so I did...

coconut palm scentsy someone gave me all though I think I am the ONLY PERSON IN CACHE COUNTY WITH OUT A SCENTSY!!!!!!!!!!!! definatly in Lewiston definitaly ... and if I bought one I have no IDEA who to support there are like THREE Scentsy sales people in MY WARD...

PB honey that Cindy and I bought when we went to Cox Honeyland

popcorn

Woodlawn Plantation (in VA) magnet that needs a new magnet on the back

John Deere container with Jello, onion soup mix, kool-aid, taco seasoning, and gravy mix in it...

anchovy paste that I bought for one recipe that Kathy and I made then later found out Rachael had some for one recipe she made and I could have used hers....

tomoto paste

powdered sugar

chia pet seeds that I am getting rid of because Chia shrek got moldy and I threw him out

hot fudge topping

green candle

I can't even BELIEVE that much junk fit on the top of my fridge and also under all that was a ton of DUST!!!!!!

my mom kept cereal on top of our fridge I dont want anything up there because there are cabinets above mine and it blocks them...

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Next Cupboard
1 tray that you put cookies on when they come out of the oven to cool off

1 stoneware bundt pan

3 really cute stoneware/ceramic IDK square hand-painted baking dishes

mixer that I am not sure that has the right attatchments

little bowl

3 bowl decrotive thing that I put taco toppings in not long ago

2 cast iron pots to cook cobbler in

1 oval ceramic cooker

2 mini-loaf pans full of spiderwebs

popcorn popper that I love!

4 cast iron little skillets making that a total of 6 that I own

sunflower plastic bundt pan

rolling ice cream maker I won @ Qwest

cocomotion coco maker that I won at Qwest which actually makes really good coco

frying pan

stoneware cookie sheet full of cobwebs and had two little spiders on it

tons of spiderwebs and bugs and mouse poop so freaking gross, I have to wash so many things now!!!!!!!!!!! and buy sticky traps TODAY because they catch mice and spiders I just better start catching something because I am sick of finding just the evidance I want to catch the culprit... it is SO SICK it makes me want to puke... like IM SERIOUS, when I am ready to buy a house or we are going to build one I am going to ask.. how is the rodent problem here ???

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Next Cupboard
2 plastic cutting boards, one has seen MUCH better days...

1 wood cutting board that I won at Qwest, not one of those way nice wood cutting boards just a wood cutting board

1 piece of plastic that they claimed was a cutting board that I won at the Franklin County Fair they say it is a roll-up cutting board... to take camping for me it is just in my cupboard

1 cookie sheet that is OLD

1 cookie sheet that I won in Dec.. and is in OK shape

a really nice grater I need to figure out how to use

a really nice chopper that I need to put together and figure out how to use

a really nice mandolin thing that I need to put together and figure out how to use

a cat toy

a ton of mouse poop and dead bugs and spiders

I have had a sticky trap in this cupboard for a YEAR and never caught any mice but three large spiders... guess I need to keep a sticky trap in there...

also this cupboard is very awkward it is very small and narrow and low to the ground

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cupboard
2 muffin tins

3 pack of loaf pans the kind you can give bread away in

a pan that makes 6 mini-bundt cakes

3 pots

3 mini-muffin tins 1 large 2 small

3 pack muffin tins the kind that you give muffins away in ( these came from the house across the street they are still packaged)

2 frying pans

1 pizza stone

1 little pan that I gave John Bright for Christmas then Kathy gave it back to me, and now I am giving it away because it is not good on a gas stove

1 tube thing that would make something flower shaped
same as above but star shaped
same as above but heart shaped

5 lids

3 little bundt pans to make little cakes

1 little pot Kathy told me to keep I need to ask her again what Im suppossed to do with it???

clown or gingerbreadman cake pan

strainer pot type thing Kathy told me how to use it but I forgot and need to ask again

Mickey Mouse waffle iron

handheld mixer that I keep forgetting I own but would have came in handy a LOT lately

2 metal things that I have no idea what they go to at all
bundt pan thing

also I found a ton of mouse poop, I have also SEEN a mouse go into this cupboard before it was a long time ago before the cats but I did SEE one go in there... now I need to wash all that stuff that was in there... I have more things that go in this cupboard but they are dirty...at least all this stuff is not hard to wash

Next time that Kathy comes over I am going to ask her what I should use some of those things for cause IDK???

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Next Shelf:
4 little silver cups that I think you are suppossed to be for camping, like to hold hot drinks but I use them when little kids come because I don't have any other little cups... It did not really work when I gave a two year old a big glass...( I won these at Qwest)- Darby and Emyrie request these cups now...

1 orange cup that I won at Qwest

1 large cup that says Applause on it that I won at Qwest, that for some reason Harley likes to drink out of when she is here, like one time I got her a drink and she asked if she could pour it out and put it in the Applause cup... like um sure why not?

1 snowman mug that is large

1 glass measuring cup 1 cup size

2 John Deere mugs

1 bowl with a handle and a lid my aunt gave me that I am not quite sure what to use it for???

1/2 cup measuring cup

1 crystal glass that Kate likes to use when she is here, same with Harley she requests this cup. Kate likes to run her finger around the edge and make noise with it

2 fancy glasses I could use and have used when I have a MAN over... or Kathy either or... But not Kate or Harley or Darby or Emyrie they have special cups...

1 pink plastic bowl

1 brown plastic bowl

2/3 cup cup

John Deere gravy pourer thing that I don't know if I have ever used for gravy but have for many many other things including to drink out of when I have had a LOT of dirty dishes lets hope things don't get that desperate again!

1 John Deere glass

all this was in a jumble in there all which ways... so now we know I also don't have a decent set of glasses of little kid cups... yet another thing to add to my list of things for when I have extra money or bday or christmas or my future wedding whatever...

Don't know if I should get rid of Darby, Emyrie, Harley and Kate's cups though... like what would happen they would come over and I would be like nope sorry.... I got NICE MATCHING CUPS AND GLASSES NOW!!!!!!! but they are lucky I don't see buying those things on the horizan anytime soon!!!!!:)

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next shelf:
6 white plates
3 plastic square plates that are cute that I won @ qwest
2 plastic plates
2 bowls, one John Deere
1 broken angel ornament
2 purple glass containers one rectangle one circle
rectangle platter
glass bowl
20 other plastic plates ( I cleaned this out yesterday I really HOPE I do NOT have TWENTY plastic plates!)
little mini-loaf pan
1 orange cup I won at Qwest
1 purple cup
1 brown 1 pink and 1 polka dot bowl
1 devilled egg platter that I just recently used when Emyrie and I brought devilled eggs to their house for dinner.


all this stuff was STUFFED on this shelf... I talked to Kathy today I need to save up for ONE set of dishes... ONE that is IT...and all the rest need to GO!!!!!!!!! the plastic ones can live in my picnic basket and I can use them then or camping or whatever...I will get a kids Tupperware set for when I have kids... or keep a couple out for when I baby-sit and that is ALLLL!!! it is tacky to have a cupboard of mismatched different size dishes but I am broke so that is what I will have FOR NOW!!!

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Next Shelf:
purple bowl

purple glass rectangle thing

rectangle platter

glass bowl

2 John Deere bowls

2 soup bowls - John Deere

1 John Deere plate

2 white plates

5 plastic plates with different cute designs that I bought at the Target in VA on clearence

1 square plate I bought at the Thrift store because I thought it was cute

1 glass pie plate

1 decrotive plate

1 John Deere mug

2 you are special today plates

have made no choices about this stuff ... YET

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Next Shelf
1 green 8x11 glass baking pan
2 plates one white, one John Deere
1 large green plastic bowl
1 blue plastic bowl
1 pink plastic bowl
1 flowered plastic bowl ( that is now holding the pasta salad that I made tonight)
1 yellow bowl
4 glass bowls
1 black polka dot bowl
1 kids John Deere bowl
2 glass loaf pans with lids

this stuff was SO JAM PACKED on this shelf it was like an avalanche when I opened the cabinet..... I have no idea what im going to keep or give away yet because I need to assses what all I have and don't have and need etc...

I also want to point out that the last two shelves I mentioned are SO HIGH that I had to get on a chair to reach them WHO BUILDS HOUSES LIKE THAT??? like did a giant live here before me???

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Next Shelf:

2 heart shape cake pans - you know I will use these every valentines day and other days like that, when I actually have someone to celebrate with...

2 plastic measuring cups that I won at Qwest one is 2 cup one is 4 cup

1 glass measuring cup that is 8 cup

3 platters , glass rectangle, cream and oval with scalloped edges and a John Deere one. I like the rectangle one but the other two... IDK but again I have no other serving platters so they are staying for now....

again IMO this shelf is an abuse of storage space if I have ever seen one...

It also makes me sad, I have had a really hard year and look forward to getting back into having people over when I would actually USE these platters... :)

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top shelf:

a rice cooker that I have never used... I have never been able to justify making that much rice for me... I did not buy it though, it was left in a house I lived in by the previous tenant... I am going to keep it because I would love to use it when I have more people to feed

John Deere Pitcher- this is not my style any more... BUT I don't know that I have another pitcher so this will stay ... for now

2 glasses...

and all this time I have been thinking I have NO STORAGE SPACE!!!!!!! well when I utilize it like this NO WONDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Under the sink:

shower spray

stain and odor remover ( I still need to use this on the carpet when I get to that point because my carpet STILL smells from when I had cats :()

3 platters

crockpot

furniture polish

2 things of carpet cleaner

lightbulbs

ammonia

training pads if Spike ever comes in...

big pot

toothbrush

oven cleaner

floor cleaner

lysol

a live silverfish that I hope I washed down the sink....

2 small cast iron skookie skillits

big green bowl

a cannister of brown sugar, why was this down there????

fabric protector

bug spray

extra grocery bags and a bag to put them in...

4 cat toys

Spike's brush

starch

2 things of lavender/vanilla/ comfort Febreeze

2 rolls of trash bags

I also found more mouse poop... I put a sticky trap down there because some months ago Josie was over here and helped me clean out down there and we wiped away mouse poop THEN I said now I will know if one has come back... apparently one has...

whatever mice that are shacking up here ... there time is limited... if/when I see one I will barricade them whereever they go with sticky traps until they meet their ultimate DEMISE!!!!!!!!!!!

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Next drawer:

storage bags 1 gallon size

sandwich bags

q-tips ( that are now in the bathroom they don't go in the kitchen!)

2 things of wax paper

parchment paper

shelf liner

a penny- that is now with my other change...

a tiny bit of mouse poop that I think fell out of the drawer above...... I hope

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Next drawer:
1 slotted curved spoon
wooden spoon in the same condition as the other wooden spoons I have..
funnell
rolling pin
wooden sticks you can use to make cookies on a stick
purple bath salts??? don't know why or how they got in this drawer
egg separtor
popcorn thing that I have been wondering where it is it goes to my popcorn popper
plastic wrap... that I threw out you will know why in a second
zester
chopper that chops things on a zig zag
tongs
hot pad
3 cookie cutters
5 more fondue forks
6 shish kabob things
dumpling maker
hamburger press that I won when I worked at Qwest
liquid measuring cup
apple corer slicer thing
melon baller
pototo masher
5 napkin holders
1 marker I won at Qwest
1 pen I won at Qwest
jar opener
candy thermometer that is basically broken unless you want to hold it over a hot pot of candy cause it has no handle any more... I have done this a couple of times...
donut/biscuit cutter
2 knife sharpener things
2 peelers, Kathy told me I should have two so me and someone else could be peeling at the same time...
foil- which I threw out

I also found tons of MOUSE POOP at the bottom of this drawer....so I had to throw all of the above in the sink to wash it... and throw the foil and plastic wrap away..
all I'm saying is there better not be a mouse or mice currently in this house!!!!!!

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Next utensil drawer I found
14 spoons that don't match.. I have had a never ending sink of dirty dishes for so long that I seriously thought that I was low in spoons... turns out I have FOURTEEN and that is not counting all the ones I accidently left at Qwest or other jobs or gave to people when I gave them some sort of food... this counts the bigger spoons and the smaller ones ... and they don't match each other either..

14 forks??????? what the??? you know they are not a set cause none of them match each other or the spoons... I need new silverware
I want a nice set and a regular set but I for real need some that MATCH

7 butter knives... and I thought I was low on spoons?????????

16 fondue things... ?????? This is something I will use more when I have a BF, husband family etc... not much fun to have a fondue party with ones self...all I know is that in this purging/cleaning I BETTER FIND A FONDUE POT!!!!

a wooden thing to get things out of the toaster that is stuck...

2 things to spread things with easier... I won one at Qwest..

1 corer

measuring spoons that say "pinch" smidgen" "dash" I think that Kathy or someone in her family put those in my stocking one year

toothpicks

1/4 measuring cup

2 tablespoons, 1/2 teaspoon, 1/2 tablespoon
1 teaspoon 1/2 tsp 1/4 tsp
and a really nice one that does all of them...
I think I may need more measuring cups..
and maybe one nice set of measuring spoons I am giving away some that no longer say what they are on them... They are from Wal-Mart of course...

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I have now cleaned out my drawer with my bigger utensils in it... there were
3 whisks
1 set of tongs
1 pastry brush
1 pan scraper
4 spatulas in different sizes
tart maker shaper thing
ice cream scoop
garlic press
1 soup spoon
2 stirring spoons
1 slotted spoon
2 rubber spatulas
2 wooden spoons

as of right now I am keeping all of this stuff... all though the wooden spoons look like they have seen better days so I think that I will replace them ASAP!... no one wants a splinter in their food.

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I have cleaned out another cabinet and here is what I found in it:
2 cans of canned chicken
bread crumbs
raspberry hot chocolate
2 jars of PB
dehydrated pototos that Angie gave me that I have no idea what to do with...
great N. beans
marshmallow creme
red, white and balsalmic vinegar
cornmeal
1 serving vanilla drink mix
mollassas
corn syrup
3 containers of honey
cream style corn
spaghetti sauce
3 containers of oil
3 cans of green chilis
green salsa
pizza crust
chili oil
au jus
chicken stock
kosher salt
muffin mix that Marian gave me that I have no idea what to do with
marshmallows
mini choco chips
butterscotch chips
pecans and walnuts
and when I was ripping up all the old shelf paper I found MOLD! I have not called my landlady yet BUT I will be VERY SOON... can my next house that I live in NOT have mold in it PLEASE!!!
I am also going to make a list of everything that I have once I find all my food because I have a feeling that I will not be using some of that stuff in the next year...

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I just cleaned out my spice cabinet this is what I am keeping:
4 bottles of stuff that you sprinkle on cakes to make them look pretty
1 bottle of vanilla extract
1 jar beef buillon
1 jar chicken buillon
rosewater
2 boxes of food coloring (one neon one regular)
maple flavoring
italian seasoning
red pepper
cloves
poppy seeds
pepper
pumpkin pie spice
poultry seasoning
ground mustard
paprika
curry
onion powder
nutmeg
celary salt
coriander
creole seasoning
lemon pepper
fajita seasoning
cumin
ginger
cinnamon
basil
garlic powder
I am throwing away everything that is "expired" including some bacon bits and cayenne I recently just bought at Theurers... REMEMBER WHEN YOU SHOP THERE TO CHECK THE DATES!!!!!!!!
I am also making a list of my spices and putting it on the inside door if I do not use them in the next year then they will be gone also...
It is like I buy these spices for ONE recipe then never use them again. I can't say that I will stop doing that, BUT I can say that I will no longer keep them forever...:) I don't need that much spice in my life!!