Industrial-Sized Family

M and I spent the morning re-organizing our kitchen. We bought another set of sturdy, industrial-strength shelves at Costco yesterday to replace the wooden shelves I bought in college to hold houseplants. We have definitely grown out of those! Of course, the simple act of opening a box of shelves and putting them together turned into a day-long chore of cleaning, organizing, de-cluttering, more cleaning, sorting, and filing. The old shelves were screwed into the wall because they were so rickety and we haven't moved them since we moved in. We found eight years worth of dropped dog food and baby toys underneath! The new shelves are on wheels so we can move them around and vacuum underneath. We can now organize our giant bags of cereal grains, dog food, outdoor gear, food preservation appliances, and coloring books in one simple location. Now, at long last, the work is (mostly) done and I can get back to my favorite Saturday morning activities: drinking coffee, knitting, reading, sewing, and pouring over homeschool catalogs!