Another Snow Day!!

We have been getting a lot of nuisance snow.

Nuisance snow = beautiful white stuff, in a smaller quantity,

often, no cleanup is required.

So clearly, I feel no nuisance...that's just what everyone else calls it.

It looks pretty, makes for some great images,

and all the critters in the yard, come in really close for pictures.

I adore it!

I have taken thousands of pictures of the backyard

after it snowed.

So in an effort to share something different,

this is the view from our deck upstairs.

 This is a view of the river, with the 911 Bridge in the background.

The river is frozen, from one shoreline to the other.

This little cutie is "not" Junior,
but he was very polite when "praying" for peanuts!!

The Lazy Susan, Reinvented!!

In the last few years, I have rediscovered my love for cooking.

With that, comes an ever growing collection of spices,

and a "spice organizational system" unable to handle all the 

new members.

So in keeping with my love of being organized, I found a new

way to organize all the spices in my cooking cabinet.

Here's a peek at the spice cabinet, before...

it did not photograph well,

but you get the idea.

It was easy to access everything on the bottom shelf,

but trying to get to anything on row two or three, 

always involved something falling off row one.

Here's what you will need for this project.

Each Lazy Susan required two cake pans and two bags of marbles.

I made two for my spice cabinet.

This update was done on the cheap, with everything purchased at 
Dollar Tree, for under 10 bucks.

Fill cake pan number one with two bags of marbles,

 then place cake pan number two on top of the marbles.

 And there you have it, easy, peasy, you've created the perfect Lazy Susan 

for inside your kitchen cabinets for fours bucks.

And it really spins, beautifully...and provides easy access

to everything.

I was surprised to see, it held 11 spices. 

 10 on this one, for the spices less used.

Both fit, side by side in the cabinet.

 I loved the idea so much, that I went back and made one for the pantry,

as I was having the same problem in there.

My home is "older" the pantry is deep

and the shelves don't slide out.

This one is perfect for my oils, vinegars, pam...pantry stuff.

 These little buckets were 2 for $ 1.00 and are the perfect size 

for nuts, snacks and granola bars.

 On one of the pantry doors, I hung some pretty art,

the other door holds my perpetual calendar.
The link for that free, printable calendar can be found here.

This was such an easy update, that is so functional and one 
I really LOVE!!!

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