Yep, it's a big week for my kitchen. Or so I hope! Still fighting a gross cold so my motivation is blah! But I have realized that scrubbing the be-jeebus outta stuff allows me to vent my frustration with work in a lovely positive manner. Oh, and before any of you go all grammar-police on me, that's right, it's "The Kitchn Cure", so named after AT's sister site, The Kitchn (apparently when they split off with a re-design, all the good domain names were taken. It's grown on me).
So anyway, they decided they wanted in on all the Cure goodness and started up their own 8-week Kitchen Cure, beginning today, the official first day of Spring, and smack in the middle of the Spring Cure's Kitchen Week. There are also a couple of non-kitchen tasks for the regular Cure. But no big deal really.
Here's my to-do lists for the week:
AT:Chicago Spring Cure
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- Fix one thing yourself: mine is hopefully going to be either the crooked stove (not on my list from last week, but because I forgot and someone reminded me! Thanks!!), or the squeaky back door. That requires a trip to somewhere that sells WD-40.
-Clean the kitchen top to bottom, throwing out old food, and de-clutter cabinets/storage: I'm on it! We've done the pantry and fridge and some drawers, and I am keeping on it.
-Buy and use a water filter: done a long time ago. I love me some H20!
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-Run your hands over every wall in your apartment: I did this last time, sort of, but I guess I'll do it again. I know which walls are crumbly and which are cold and whatnot, but it can't hurt seeing things from all perspectives I suppose.
-Clear a spot for the Outbox, then clean a surface and USE the Outbox: I think I'll use the same spot as last Fall, right in front of my doorway, so I see it every time I'm coming and going, and will have to take care of it often. The Outbox is like clutter limbo. You put stuff there when you haven't decided exactly what to do with it or before you actually get rid of it in whatever manner you've decided (give away, sell, donation, storage, etc.). I don't plan on much in my Outbox though. Just clothes and the occasional kitchen item.
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-Buy fresh flowers: Still need to do this but my 19-day old flowers still look amazing.
-Determine your style: They give some guidelines in the book and on the website. I've sort of narrowed it down to the ever-popular "organic modern". Yikes. I don't like putting myself into a box, but I do see how it is helpful when trying to make design decisions. I still like the occasional worldly, retro, mid-century, or otherwise eclectic styles. But I need to focus. Plus the "organic" part of the modern allows for lots of clean-lined solid wood stuff. Which I definitely like.
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-Find a new recipe and cook it at home: Maybe I'll do this tomorrow when I need a break at work, and then try to cook something with mostly ingredients we already have. Or cheaply. I'm broke! Just had to pay $150 a stupid "parking violation" aka the reduced charge for my speeding ticket I got in January. Grrrr....
-Choose a date for your "housewarming": Well, you are supposed to throw a housewarming after this is all said and done but I don't know. I WOULD like to have my Grandma and Aunt come see my place since they haven't in the entire 4 years I've been here, and I know they'd like it. Maybe I'll do a little lunch for them or something. Don't get me wrong, I like having people over, and I have been doing it more often since the Fall Cure, but I don't know if I can swing a full-blown party. Although when it's warmer out...well, we'll see.
Now, I've got the list for the AT: The Kitchn Spring Cure
-De-clutter your food! They give these guidelines to get rid of stuff:
• if it has expired
• if it has not been used in the last 6-12 months
• if it has duplicates (combine containers if possible)
Well, that was easy enough, we pretty much took care of it on Sunday morning, and then went out and bought lots of new stuff! You are also supposed to upload your "Before" pictures to their Flickr group, which I did!
I've scrubbed the kitchen floor tonight on my hands and knees, and am ready to go clean a few more surfaces and put stuff away before konking out for the night. Super excited, though, about the possibility of getting my kitchen workspace into tip top shape and then maybe, just maybe, being a more adventuresome cook!
2 comments:
Your welcome for the reminder. I think I'm just going to pull that sucker away from the wall and hope nothing explodes. There is going to be so much food, cat hair, rust (from the stove legs), and who knows what else under there, I'm waiting to clean the kitchen floors until I do this. Eeww.
Thanks for getting me into this. I'm having fun. And I think I'm mid-century modern. It's gonna cost some big bucks to get what I want, so we'll see what happens. This Sat. lacrosse practice is eating into my quality bargain shopping time.
:) That's a good idea...I wonder how much you can pull it away without stopping because of the gas line. Mine is definitely gross, I am so sure that it never gets cleaned between tenants. Plus, I've been here nearly 4 years!
That's gross that you have cat hair around, and it's definitely not your cat!!
And you're welcome for getting into it! I'm glad you did, and especially soon enough after moving in so that you didn't get into any ruts or collect a bunch of junk like I did. If you are mid-century modern then you HAVE to check out that place that we were shopping at when we ran into you at Imo's. They have these cool display rooms set up with nice, restored mid-century stuff and then a big back warehouse room filled to the brim with stuff that's a bit cheaper and might need some work, but some good things to be found for sure. It's called the TFA Warehouse.
Alright, off to do more de-cluttering! :)
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