Every month or so, I take everything out of our freezer on the bottom and do an inventory and cross items off the list as they get used. Sometimes a surprise to see what's in there since things shift around a lot.
It’s great Tybee that you are finding uses for things you have. Saves money and good for the environment.
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It was definitely a problem in Michigan. We kept the paint in the basement, and only took it out to the shed in the summer. But I did inadvertantly winter over some cans last year and they were fine when we opened them here.
I am hoping that the barn will keep them ok, as they are on an interior wall. I am hoping to use the three cans of red for the exterior of the house this summer, and most of what is there is touch up paint from finished projects.
I just hate having it in the house. Do you have any kind of basement in your house?
I put shelves in our basement to gather all the paint...I had collected jars to transfer it, but never did. It has been a help to have it all in one place although I ALWAYS think we have exterior primer and we don't. Nice space Tybee, hope it makes things easier.
As for refrigerators...our space limited choice of one Whirlpool refrigerator has wire shelves instead of glass, less space in the top freezer due to the blower and one less shelf on the door for who knows why? I am frustrated, but I don't lose food very often as I tend to put it on one shelf...and try to keep it in mind. I had to put the little bottled things on the bottom, back of this refrigerator whereas they were on the skinny bottom door shelf on the other. I miss the Maytag...I've had to put stuff from the freezer into the basement freezer as it, too is much smaller. I feel your pain.
I used to have a freezer on the bottom and wasn't thrilled with it. The seal always ended up filthy by food from the fridge dropping on it, etc. One of my siblings, however, loves theirs!
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I bought a jewelry box, after not having one for 35 years. It is made of blue suede, so the color is really nice. I bought it because it holds my watches--its actually a watch box, I think with space for eight watches and some rings.
So now, instead of my watches being in zip lock bags, they are all in one place, and I have little pieces of paper that explain what it is and when I got it, so that when I die, my kids can know what is there and where I got it.
I did this because of the way my brothers are dealing with my parents' heirlooms, and how they don't think they are important, and don't understand what they are.
I can also put notes in there as to who gets what, although my plan is to make them gifts before I die:
"Do your giving
While you're living
So you're knowing
Where it's going"
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