Tidying the pantry

We have a very small pantry.  A closet actually, in the hallway.  Away from the kitchen.  I've always thought that was weird.  In our next home, we will have a walk-in pantry fo' sho'.  Since it's small, it gets messy pretty easily.  Today I straightened and tidied and organized it and it looks much better!

This is how it looked before. 

And this was the bottom.  Eeeeeeeek!!  Couldn't find nothin'.

So after moving stuff and straightening cans and boxes, it looked like this.

This Mikasa basket I got from QVC was perfect for Larry's guilty pleasure.  Ramen noodle soups.  

I'm still scheduled for surgery Tuesday and now our house is neat and organized!  We bought a CatGenie and it's been the best thing we've ever bought in our entire lives.  Having two cats now made for a lot of work in the litter box department.  This thing has been sooooo nice to have.  Tabbie is having a little trouble getting used to it and had to go potty on Mama's bathroom rug but, bless his heart, he went on the rug and all I had to do was get it up and then throw the rug in the washing machine.  He's a smart boy.  Always has been.  Anyway, I sure hope he gets the hang of it soon.

Four months of da foot and some organization therapy!

March 6th.  Four lonnnnnng months since my initial ankle surgery.  How's it going??  Well, it looks better on the outside for sure.  Some new stuff is going on on the inside (popping and snapping) but I DO NOT want it fixed.  I have to go Tuesday for the skin graft but I don't want anything else "fixed" while I'm under.  I told Larry that.  I'm done with all of it.  If it doesn't get better on its own, it'll be like that 'til Jesus comes to get me.  I'm seriously done with surgeries.

The popping is pretty much constant but doesn't hurt.  The snapping (like a rubber band snapping) is not constant but does hurt.  I still have the burning, biting nerve pain in my toes ALL the time and the cold icy wet feeling in my toes sometimes.  And whatever pain that feels like it's in the bone is also not constant but it's regular enough to keep my attention.  So.  Here's the pic from Monday.  Lots better!!

I've been organizing some this week.  First time I've actually felt like messing with it.  I hopped on the whole Marie Kondo/KonMari tidying wagon in January but fell right back off when I realized I was going to have to have the energy to DO SOMETHING.  I did my closet yesterday and my dresser today.  I am quite pleased with myself.  I still need to finish the closet (I have stuff stuck everywhere!) but that'll have to wait until I can stand longer and climb up on a step ladder.  Sure can't do that right now.

Here are some before and after pics of my dresser drawers!

Bras and panties.  Before:

And after!

T-shirts.  Before:

And after!

Shorts.  Before:

And after!

Summer pajamas.  Before:

And after!

I was so in the zone that I didn't even GET a before pic of my winter jammies.  But here they are after!

And I ended up with TWO empties!  I only had eleven pairs of black yoga pants, too.  I trashed two pairs of holey ones since I just bought two new pairs last week. Ha!  

I'm actually embarrassed to show those before pics.  OMG.  Such a pig.  But they good now.  :)

I'll tackle the pantry tomorrow or Friday.  My dressing gets changed tomorrow and my foot always hurts worse after they change it.  Waaah.  But I'll post the pantry when I get it done, too!