Organizing Goods, Containers, Containers, and... More Containers!

One of the best things my husband ever did for me was add a second set of cupboards with a counter for my mixer, bread machine and... containers. I love having my primary use items quick at hand, and sealed up.

Here are some of my containers: Snacks, Flour, Sugar, & Coffee- which actually holds Koolaide packets, The tall cylinder in the background has tea bags.


We eat pasta as sides, I toss it with olive oil, tomatoes, and parmesan for a side. Or I'll make homemade mac & cheese, the possibilities are endless. Our local store has the 32 oz boxes on sale a few times a year 10 for $10.00, and I stock up!


We use rice, popcorn, risotto, and bread crumbs. Popcorn is a quick fiber filled snack, rice we use as so many sides, I'll toss garlic, onions, and some butter in and have garlic rice. Risotto is my creamy go to dish, I use extra asparagus ends, cheese and milk to make a delicious side!

What are your organizing tips? I can store a lot more when the ingredients are upright, it's much easier to buy in bulk and freeze the rices that don't fit in the container & not have to have the huge bags sitting around.

Two Missions

I've given myself two missions for the next few months, mission one.. the kitchen.



Mission two.. the yard.

I'm pretty sure on what I'd like to do outside... I want to paint the house a beige and put color in by florals and painting our cement walkways.

The interior. Oh man... I go from rustic country to french country. Trying to find a happy medium. I feel like maybe I should take pictures of each before I start. I should have taken pictures before I moved in. When my husband had the budwiser banner saying "welcome" over the dining room table, or the beads hanging from the fan that sits over the table. uhm. Yeah. Pictures before = bad.

Our house is so little, the biggest room is the kitchen.. then the living room.. then the bedroom. I've confined the majority of man things to the garage and the extra room we have just hanging out in the back of our house. I know what I'd like.. a better flow. I feel like for the time being, I've gone back and forth between putting my porcelin dolls on display or my quilts in the living room. I want a grown up flow, one I've seen few houses have...

We'll see. I'll be posting my ideas, writing about my flow.. and kinda go from there!