A Tale of Two Refrigerators
Along with feeling like I’m walking on fluff, I’ve been in the ever-common NESTING state: an overwhelming desire to get your home ready for the baby, i.e. The urge to clean and organize. I’ve made and completed to-do lists that normally take the back burner: consolidate gift bags/decorations, clean out and sell kitchen kit for business (I’m not selling the business, just some gadgets that I have not needed to use in years), and clean out and label my ever-growing spice drawer (for real, this needs to happen). If you know me personally, you know that I have good ideas and intentions, but getting the PUSH to take action can take a bit of time. That being said, once challenged or assisted with that push, I’m usually on a roll. The point of me telling you this is to stress that to-do lists are usually a joke for me, but lately I live by them–and I love it. Please tell me this won’t leave me the way I wish pregnancy brain would.
With all this nesting, you’d think that my fridge and pantry would be on-par, right? Wrong. In fact, both are disgraceful. I have one bursting at the seams with much needed organization, and another that is more sparse than a grocery store before the arrival of a blizzard. Unfortunately, the fridge is the latter. See proof in picture below.
Now, in all fairness, today is the day I’m going to put an end to it. But I figured I’d let you in on the secret that not all chefs ALWAYS have their fridge full of delectable, ready-to-eat items. Sometimes life gets in the way for no reason other than the fact that I VERY RARELY just don’t feel like going to the store. It’s so bad that I didn’t have to worry about leaving the fridge open to take the picture! That being said, I feel an unnecessary need to mention that somehow, I still managed to make my husband a hot (well-balanced) breakfast along with lunch for today. 👍 On the plus side, this gives me absolutely NO excuse to not give this fridge a good scrub-down. You’ll notice in the picture that I followed through with that scrub-down!
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| Before: So, so sad. |
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| Cleaned fridge: I feel better now |
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| After: What you see there is 3 meals and healthy snacks for the week. Everything is compartmentalized! |
The purpose of this particular post is to act as a fresh start; a clean-slate if you will. One of the tasks on my to-do list is to take charge of my blog and not let so much time pass me by before I write another post– I know, I know you’ve heard that before. The reason this is all resonating with me is because I’m understanding that when this little baby arrives, I’m going to have to hold on to what gives me joy and makes me ME for dear life. My life will be forever changed by my baby, but I don’t want to let go of who I am.
A while back, my sweet husband posted a picture of a ramen bowl I made for dinner and many people ended up asking for a recipe. I STILL HAVEN’T POSTED IT! Don’t ask me why. I’ve continuously used the lame excuse that I need to make it again during the day so I can take a picture with better lighting, yet never got around to it. The point is, I’ve added that to my to-do list and WILL post it this week. So please stay tuned.
Until then, thank you for listening to my sappy and vulnerable self be real about my kitchen and life thoughts. It’s much appreciated.
Christina
