Fall Fridge Clean...

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The Fall cleanup has begun... I started with the fridge... having that out of the way will make the big house scrub down... next weekend... will go much quicker...

Check out the mess... that just organizational... under that food you'll find spills and onion skins... you know.. it doesn't take long to get messy in there...

I concentrated on just the fridge last night... Pull EVERYTHING out... I work kinda quick so I just had everything on the kitchen counters... if you're a slowpoke have a cooler handy for the foods that you don't want getting warm... maybe throw some ice in the bottom... thats a lot of fussing around though... maybe enough to inspire you slowpokes to work quick on this one...

As you pull out bottles and cartons wipe them down with a warm lightly soapy cloth... get any stickies off... then packing it all back in will go quicker...

Then start pulling parts out of the fridge... clean the bottom... and wipe down the walls...  I have one of the sinks ready with warm soapy water and wash... so rinse... dry... replace all of the fridge parts...

The Brita seems to have a slow leak at the spout... so there was some hard water stains on the top shelf... pick up a couple of these...  best scubbies ever... most kitchen stores seem to carry them... glass cleaned in no time...

Crumbs and spills be gone!.. nothing left under the glass edge... sounds kinda lame but I was stoked when I discovered that the glass shelf came out separate of the piece that it sits into... so easy to clean!..

Ta-Da!.. clean fridge!..  Be sure as you are putting your food back into the fridge that you consolidate any duplicate containers... if possible... I had three bottles of home made salsa... now I have two... then check for any items that may have gone past date... like salad dressings...  if any of the fruit and veggies aren't looking so hot then toss them into your composter... 

...and order is restored to the refrigerator...  freezer is easy... again work quick with the freezer... luckily its smaller!..

And The Cleaning Continues...

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Last night I took the racks out of the oven and put it on clean mode for three hours... opened the house windows and let the oven do its thing... this morning I looked inside and anything that had been burnt on the inside of the oven was now dust on the bottom... it wiped out with a damp paper towel!..  There is a little bit of scrubbing I could do around the edge to make it perfectly clean inside... I'll get that tomorrow...  Then I put this contraption in the oven... I got it two Christmas's ago...

I don't know why it hasn't made its way into the oven before now... you can pick these up at Williams Sonoma...  Here it is installed after the cleaning and once the oven cooled... see the few blackish spots around the front edge there - tomorrow those are toast!..

So easy... really don't know why I haven't bothered putting this into the oven yet... I didn't even have to cut it to size... it fit perfectly...

Then I started the laundry... once that was underway I began cleaning the downstairs window blinds and then washing the windows - inside and out... once the windows were washed I gave them a couple shots of Jig-A-Loo...  The windows were really stiff from all of the dust from outside so this seems to make them glide open and shut more easily... this stuff is GREAT!.. the real test though will be for the two windows upstairs that are really stiff...  (Note: I did not spray this with the cats near... Cleo hopped up in the window just as I was taking the photo)

Then this afternoon I headed to get ma hair did... got my roots touched up and got BANGS!..  I haven't had bangs for ages!.. My hair is also curled so its quite different right now... I'm going to straighten my hair tomorrow to get a better look at my new do!.. I'm holding my hair back in this photo because it is a big change with bangs AND curly hair!..

After the hair did Brooke and I stopped for lunch and then headed home... it was so nice outside today that we sat outside for a bit in the blistering sunshine... then because Chris was working all day today I thought it would be nice to mow the lawn for him so he wouldn't have to... and I mowed the neighbors while I was at it... the grass is connected... might as well mow it too!.. Then I hosed down the front steps and walkway and headed in to tackle the cupboards... I'm exhausted now but happy to say that ALL of the cupboards have been wiped down and out with vinegar water... and tidied up inside... I had reorganized them a couple months back so they weren't in bad shape at all... now its time to catch some Zzz's... only we have to make the bed first!.. 

Tomorrow's plans?.. put a stew on in the slow cooker... dust the living room... vacuum downstairs... scrub floor in kitchen... wash and jig-a-loo the upstairs windows... dust and vacuum upstairs... pack away the laundry... It feels so good to get the house all cleaned for the fall... it'll be nice to have it all done before Thanksgiving... (for my US readers next weekend is Thanksgiving for us!..)  Come on long weekend!..

If I can get the cleaning done before lunch I'm going to spend the afternoon either working on that quilt (if the sewing machine will cooperate)... or pulling apart the second wing back chair that I'm reupholstering for the front room...   

Pantry And Fridge Fall Clean...

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So I was inspired by these two blogs to gut my pantry and fridge this weekend: Three Boys and House Of Grace...  Take a look:

I remembered to take the before picture after I had taken everything off of the top shelf... It was getting hard to find things in the pantry... the baking supplies were just a big pile...

Here are the contents of the pantry all over the kitchen... I washed down the entire pantry with some hot vinegar water... floor too... 

And here it is all put back together... I picked up a pile of baskets for the pantry to make taking things out easier and to help keep things organized...

Here is how my spices were... they had overgrown their previous basket... but now I have them in two small bins...

Same with the banking supplies...

Now they're in two baskets too...

And same went for the fridge... here is the before... again remembering to take the photo after I started to empty everything out...

I emptied the fridge completely... washed it out... washed all the shelves and drawers in warm soapy water... tossed anything out of date or that we just no longer used and wiped everything down before it was all put back in...

Next weekend I want to tackle all of the kitchen cupboards... clean them all out... wash them down and make sure they're nice and organized...

I forgot to mention that I found a spot for the little corals and things that I picked up at the neighbors garage sale on Saturday... I had an empty jar on the fireplace...

They might be moved out to the front room once I get that room finished... we'll see... AND I almost forgot... Chris and I went to the Flames/Lightening game Saturday night!..

Our seats were AWESOME!..  and ate a pile of stadium food... pocket dogs, cheeseburger, fries, pretzel, popcorn and pop...  I was gonna go for a churro too but was just too full!...