Aaaah.....clean!

There aren't many things that make feel as peaceful as an organized, clean closet. Usually I'm not too fussy about my closets. I love having them organized, but I'm not meticulous enough to keep them that way constantly. But every once in a while I get in a crazy cleaning mood, and I feel like I have to organize my closets or else I'll explode. I usually can't do just one closet either. I have to organize the whole house and deep clean every nook and cranny. My friend Lindsay and I were talking about this phenomenon. Why is it that once you really clean one thing you suddenly are hypersensitive to every speck of dust in the house? If I think too much about all the dust mites hiding in my house or all the unorganized piles I could go insane. I guess it's good we get that sometimes because otherwise those specks of dust would grow into giant piles that would come to life and eat you and your family for lunch. Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration.

Yesterday I was in one of those clean! clean! clean! moods, but I could only do so much with two little kids begging to be fed and played with. But my kitchen was one place I was able to tackle. Thanks to my husband and his Dad I have a little pantry in my tiny kitchen. Even though it's small, I'm so glad it's there because if it weren't I don't know where I'd put our food. But, because it's small, I used to have to shove stuff in there any way I could, which made me cringe every time I opened it up. Then, my Mom found an over the door organizing rack. I ordered it, and it came yesterday. Yay! I was so excited and went straight to work. The above picture is the end result. Now the door is a little hard to open and close, but I don't care. Now I can find stuff easily and looks pleasing to the eye too. Plus, I was able to transfer stuff from my cabinets to the pantry where they belong, giving me more space in my cabinets. Yay for organizing! It feels soooo good!