Welcome to the 30-Day Organize-athon!
In today’s 5 minutes we’re going to express-organize your pantry.
Let’s start.
Day 21: Organize Your Pantry
Step 1: Grab a bag and open your pantry. Quickly scanning your shelves from top to bottom, toss into the bag anything that:
- Has passed its use-by date
- Is stale or unappetizing
- No-one eats.
Step 2: Do a quick tidy of the remaining items in your pantry.
And you’re done!
Got an Extra 5 Minutes?
- Wipe down your pantry shelves.
- Check your stores of pantry staples. Add anything you need to your shopping list.
- Notice anything you have in excess supply. Make a mental note to stop buying these items.
Now doesn’t that feel fresher!
The 30-Day Organize-athon Mantra
Move fast. Don’t overthink. Let it go!
Get Organized to Win a Prize – Last Chance
If you’ve completed tasks 15 to 21 and left comments on the relevant posts, please let me know. It will help me pick this week’s prize winner – which I’ll announce on Saturday. You can still catch up!
Got a Question?
If you have questions about any of the 30-Day Organize-athon tasks, or the 30-Day Organize-athon program in general, please ask your question on this Q&A post or on this Facebook post.
I’ll put together a special Q&A post and answer the questions for you.
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See you tomorrow!
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21 days 21 tasks done
all this weeks challenges are finsihed!
Done
All done!!
21 tasks and 21 comments done
Just a small cupboard here. and a small shelf in the laundry for extras. done
All done here! 🙂
Done!
Done.
Done! was pretty much in good shape. Did all the week’s tasks again!
Done, so this was easy, I have the world’s smallest pantry.
Much like the fridge, this one was any easy mission! Not much there before I started, next to nothing when finished. I think I have my next grocery shopping visit already planned out for me. It sure will be a lot easier to handle, going in without the assumption that “I think I might have that already”!
I have a pantry inventory sheet where I keep track of what’s in my pantry and how many. As I use an item I mark it off. The sheet I use has about 10 little boxes where you put a slash mark / in it as you stock your pantry and then as you use an item you put another slash mark going the opposite way \ so that you make an X. This lets you know when you need to restock. Also when the item is low I will wipe down the area with a damp cloth and dust off my cans. I also will take the boxed items and put them into a plastic storage container, like Tupperware, to keep the bugs out and it seems to keep things fresher. I’ve done this for years.
I keep shelves organized for specific content. Top shelf is reusable grocery bags; Second shelf is for kitchen towels and dish cloths plus paper goods; third shelf is for family foods (cans of soup, dinners, rice, potatoes, etc.; fourth shelf is the kids’ stuff for school snacks and after school snacks; fifth shelf is for pots, pans and lids (discussed in an earlier blog entry); lastly is floor (nothing!). I love a clean closet and pantry!
Yeah! day 2 for me. I do what I can do and my husband takes care of the heavy stuff. 3 more weeks before I can lift over 2 pounds. So glad to find this site. I was afraid it would be more then I could handle. When I go back to work in 3 weeks I will feel like I have accomplished something! Thanks!
I did this one last week. I love it when I am ahead of the game! Of all of the tasks so far, cleaning out the kids toy was the most challenging!
Done! So proud I’ve finished all the missions this week. Thank you!
Task #21 done!
All tasks done for this week too!! Yay!!
Done 🙂 and I am going shopping for the missing items tonight!