straightening
Yesterday, Cole woke up (in his crib, because I'm still dithering on the tent concept) with pink, puffy eyes. Conjunctivitis, said the doctor. Which was no big deal, but meant no daycare.
I dropped Ruby off, managed to squeeze a little erythromycin between Cole's goop-encrusted lids and told Gray (who's home for a few days) that, since I was taking the day off, we could do whatever he wanted.
I think we can safely say that Gray is just about the only 18-year-old who would, unprompted, suggest that we reorganize the kitchen cabinets.
But he did and we did, moving boxes, jars and cans to the counter, tossing the stuff that had expired back in 1998, wiping down and repainting the shelves and putting everything back in a new, much more esthetically pleasing arrangement. Including, yes, alphabetized spices.
So you don't get the wrong idea, neither of us is particularly into cleaning and Gray's own room is usually almost as much of a wreck as my closet.
But the beautifully organized cabinets? They make me almost as happy as a clam at high tide. Which is about the best any of us can hope for.
eta: if you want to see far too many iterations of the photo above (plus a t.rex v. vw battle to the death!) check out my flickr photostream.
11 comments:
Excellent - want to come and do mine? They are starting to irritate me. Usually I only clean out my cabinets when I move.
I so get that. still have not found the right kind of letters to put on my alphabetized pantry shelves. So we know exactly where m ends and n begins. Did you notice the extremely disproportionate nature of spices that begin with C?
Can Gray come over to play? I'm probably going to be moving in a month or so. I neeeeeed him.
Painting, too? So impressive!
Tell Gray I have closets that he can organize and paint. I pay bribes in cookies and baked goods.
LOL, what a charmer. This reminded me of the Simpsons episode where Apu turns into a playboy after telling the ladies that he likes to make small pieces of furniture and then stand in a room discussing different locations where the piece might be placed.
the cabinets, really? what have you done to this boy?
Wow that's awesome :) Definitely an unexpected activity request from an 18 year old!
That sounds like an awesome way to spend a day!
Gray is brilliant :)
I'll show you my kitchen shelves any time, and if you feel they need painting, go ahead.
I have that toy. Got it used with the paint scratched off as well. My child loves it and all things musical.
Glad to see you're still chugging along.
-Medea
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