My Kitchen Adventure

Today I set out to clean my kitchen and start on my son's 10th birthday cake.

Well.......

The kitchen is clean!

Ok, so I didn't get to the cake. I'll get it started tomorrow. I have until Saturday.

But my kitchen, that was an adventure.

I started with the worst area. The "dead zone." That area where everyone drops toys and papers, mail and just... junk. Everything now has a new home. After the "dead zone," I moved onto the counter on either side of the kitchen sink. I removed the stuff and washed the dishes and cleaned all the small appliances, then replaced everything to where it belongs.

(Pic: the counter at the far end of the picture - the wood counter - used to be the dead zone. It now houses my bread machine and deep fryer. Heading left is my microwave and espresso machine. Next is the sink and the dish drainer and knife block.)

After the counter were cleaned, I moved on and scrubbed the inside and outside of all the cabinets and drawers. Then came the windows.

The stove, refrigerator and floor were last on my list.

They all got a good scrubbing and I am very happy with my nice, neat, tidy, organized kitchen.

(Pic: from left to right: my coffee pot on the counter with the coffee and supplies behind the pot, ignore the messy dining room through the doorway, I'm tackling that room tomorrow. My refrigerator has a lot of little notes stuck on it and then my stove and buckets of bulk supplies are closest to the camera.)

So, tomorrow I will bake the cake while I scrub down my dining room.

Pre-spring cleaning has begun and should be over by Saturday in time for my son's birthday party.

I still can't believe he's turning 10. The time has flown by so fast.