On A Roll

 I was so inspired by how quickly it was to clean my cupboard that I decided to tackle the kitchen cabinet.

This is the before photo.

I had no idea what was in there.

Also, I wanted to move this box as it was full of dishes that belonged to my mother-in-law. I didn't mind it being up there; it stopped the cats from jumping on the fridge, but the box was breaking, and I was worried that if we had an earthquake, the whole lot might fall down!

Box of dishes on the fridge

I asked Christopher to get the box down; there was no way I could have lifted it!

I was surprised at the contents. Some rather nice plates, especially the blue ones.

Nice plated

I've put them in the storage place. We break a lot of dishes, so I'll keep these just in case! I already use a couple of the blue ones for putting cookies or muffins on when I bake!

I got a good, strong box and newspaper to wrap the plates, that's when the cats decided to help!

I don't know why the newspaper was so interesting!

I ended up throwing out a lot of food, opened packages that hadn't been finished, things that were past the sell-by date by years went into the trash!

It took a lot longer to do than I thought it would, over an hour, but I'm glad I tackled it!

This is the after photo!

Looks a lot better, except the floor!

I'm now wondering what to tackle next!

David bought a vacuum cleaner, which is really going to help with the dust problem!

I have decided that even though I don't love this house, and probably never will, this is where we are, and I have to make it as nice as possible!

It's going to take a lot of work, but I think the energy I use to clean and do up this place will be less than the energy I use to complain!

So if I write a post just complaining, drop a comment to remind me of what I said here!!!