Decently and in order

Recently I mentioned that my daughter and I had reorganized our refrigerator. Shown below is a picture that my daughter took earlier this evening. I wish I had a before and after photo. The before was not bad at all. However, the clear stackable bins make everything neater. I still might swap a few items around. I’m thinking I’ll move the jars behind the pitcher somewhere else; however, that’s just me being picky.

In the above picture, the lower bin on the right is bothering me. It cracked over a year ago. I need to find a replacement bin.

Staying organized always brings to mind the following Bible verse…

Let all things be done decently and in order.

I Corinthians 14:40

We like to keep the refrigerator clean, and she or I go through it at least once weekly. We wipe it down if we see any spills. Weekly checks are also a great way to stay on top of expired food items. In addition, those checks inform us of what’s needed when we go to the grocery store, which eliminates unnecessary purchases since we know what’s required.

The stackable bins were my daughter’s idea. She saw the tip on some websites she visited about refrigerator organization. She mentioned it to me. I told her to send me a picture. I looked at the photo that she had sent. I loved the idea since I could see that it would take our organization to the next level. I promptly told her to look for some on Amazon, and I would buy them.

The above picture is what she sent to me, and later that day, they arrived at our home. While purchasing those refrigerator bins, I also purchased Rubbermaid Leak-Proof Brilliance Food Storage containers.

The above picture is a sample of the food storage containers that I bought. I bought several, and they have replaced all the storage containers that we were using. I love the fact that they are clear, just like the storage bins. Bonus points that they all match. I still need to purchase stackable bins for our deep freezer, and I’ll most likely take care of that this weekend. If I remember, I’ll get my daughter to take “before” pictures. The deep freezer still looks neat; however, the sectional bins will make it where item organization is better instead of just stacking foods items neatly on the deep freezer floor. All the food in the deep freezer has been vacuum sealed. So everything is already neater, and there’s so much more room since I used my VacMaster 215!

We didn’t stop at “renovating” our refrigerator.

We’ve done some more renovations in our home. This lovely Smyrna, Turkish Throw Blanket, arrived yesterday. It’s displayed on one of our maple (wood) rocking chairs.

And the above faux fur throw will be arriving at the end of this week. It’s machine washable! So that will be placed on our Papason chair located in the entrance room of our home.

And we’ll be replacing our kitchen chairs with four of the above chairs.

Perhaps I’ll take pictures of the inside of our home at some point.

In other news

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and yes, we are thankful!

In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
I Thessalonians 5:18

My father is doing much better, and I do believe he’ll be coming home either Friday or shortly after that time.  This is truly a blessing since we thought we were going to lose him. The hospital bed arrived at my mom’s house today. I helped set it up. My father will be rehabilitating at his home. A home health nurse and his therapists will be done at their home to assist him in rehabilitation.