I am ready for the winter as far as leisure time goes. Now I am getting the stocks in order. I have started stripping out the cupboards, cleaning shelves, lining and then re stacking and writing an inventory. While I am in the mood I will be doing the fridges and freezers, and oh deep joy I may as well do the crockery and utensil cupboards and drawers. Then there will be the pots and pans, baking tins. Cutting to the chase I am going through every nook and cranny. I hope to jettison some unused equipment, the CS will benefit. Then there will be a "fill the shelves" shop. I know that I am set with meat and fish and the preserve shelves are groaning. I will also be looking at cleaning and laundry stocks and the bathroom stuff will be checked as well.
Wish me joy, I am not a lover of this type of housework. I do have a freezer contents list but it is a mess of crossing out and adding on, I am thinking of a laminated list. Or maybe a blackboard?
Now I am back to the cupboards.
TTFN Pam
I'd say have fun.....but I'm sure you'll just be very relieved when you've done all that!
ReplyDeleteIt was not too bad at all, it was just getting off my bum and starting that was difficult.
DeleteI have tried a blackboard for shopping lists and inventories but then found I had to copy them out onto paper for taking with me to the shop. I now use paper and clip it to a board. It is much more convenient and saves writing the list twice. Hope that helps. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI will try a variety /combination of methods and see what works for me. I have drawn up a meal plan for the next 4 weeks, there is space for shopping list but now the freezers are sorted there will not be much to buy.
DeleteNobody likes these jobs, but you will be all sorted out for the winter.
ReplyDeleteI am a bit of a control freak and not knowing was nagging at me. Totally my own fault.
DeleteI will need to get organised for food if we really are going to have such a harsh winter as they are saying! xx
ReplyDeleteI want to get a 3 month stock of all the basics in, then if bad weather sets in it will not matter.
DeleteHi Pam, wow! That's all I can say! WIll you do it all again in Spring? And would you pop round and do mine for me? Just joking, sometimes, if I min the mood, this IS the kind of housework I can do pretty well without having to gee myself up first. but I do have to be in the mood!
ReplyDeleteI have a white board, with a magnetic strip, attached to the freezer door. I write on it in china graph and rub things out as they're used with a wipe I keep next to it (doesn't matter that it dries out, it works fine. See if this suits you. I think I bought mine at the Range.
I am {fingers crossed and touch wood) planning on staying on top of it. I have been so busy in the garden and sewing that I really let things slip. Now that the freezers are done as well I am quite euphoric. I have listed contents and quantities on 2 sheets of paper, 1 for each freezer and will cross off and add on as and when. The white board idea might be better for me, at least on the upright. I will be near a Range on Saturday and will have a look.
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