On a recent Sunday morning I took my coffee standing up. Rather than brew my Sunday morning coffee, then taking the time to sit alone in the quiet of the house, brainstorming, thinking, meditating, I remained standing in the kitchen.
The reason: a Saturday evening delivery that led to Sunday morning reorganization.
The Puzzle
To put it simply: Kitchen organization is a puzzle. I’m always trying to fit all the pieces together – pots, pans, baking molds, silverware, roasting pans, serving pieces – so I can enjoy seamless movements while I’m cooking or baking. I dream of the day when all pieces are put together in a logical way that speaks to the way I maneuver throughout the kitchen. But, because our kitchen is in need of a major rehab, my kitchen tools, gadgets and cookware aren’t always housed in a way that keeps me from digging around for something when I need it.
This week I had enough of some of my frustration and decided to make a change. Nothing major, just one simple change. But that change led to a Sunday morning kitchen reorganization that lasted for hours.
My Spice Collection
It all started with the spices. We had been housing them in the lower shelf of the cupboard just to the left of our stove. It was so hard to find anything. We’d have to move the spices in the front down onto the counter, in order to locate something behind it. Then, as we shoved them all back in, nothing seemed to fit perfectly, so we stack and move things elsewhere – making the search even more complicated the next time around.
My drawer organizer came to the rescue. But, now that the spices were in the drawer, I had to relocate all those oversized kitchen tools elsewhere. And, when I did that, I had to move the items from that drawer into another – and so it went, for the next several hours.
As the family rose for the day, and we all jockeyed our way through the kitchen, trying to find counter space to do our usual kitchen tasks, I continued on my kitchen reorganization. Rolling pins here, cutting boards there, pan lids under there . . well, you get the picture.
While a good portion of my morning was taken over by reorganization, I did get rid of a few things ( and, discovered duplicates – even triplicates – of many spices). Kitchen reorganization is always a work in progress – and I’m still hoping to deal with the cupboards under the counter. But not this Sunday. I’m going to endure a bit of disorganization in the kitchen, because I want my quiet weekend morning back.
