I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenck's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirl under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Sunday, March 22, 2009

My Great Idea

Yesterday I was out in the garage and saw some MDF that I thought would make some good shelves to add to the white cupboard in the kitchen. Well,... today when Anthony said that he had to cut out some wood blocks for a school project, I remembered my great idea! Anthony agreed to cut the selves for me and I began to clear out the shelves that held the cereal. While I was at it I realized that some of the pegs were missing, you know, the ones that hold the selves up. Anyway I was telling Anthony this and wiggled one of them to let him see what I meant and down the cans came! And I mean, down they came. They just cascaded out! Luckily I was enough out of the way that I didn't get to hurt and I was even more lucky that I was kneeling! I would have had a broken toe, or toes, for sure. I guess I wanted to organize every thing anyway right?!




The Finished Look

6 comments:

Elder Larkin said...

Holy Crap! You're actually lucky that the little girls didn't get in there to get some cereal and have it come down on them. It's probably a blessing that it happened when it did. Looks great now!

Unknown said...

I know, I said the same thing to Anth, it probably would have really hurt them. I'm glad it happened to me.

JustLivingMYLife said...

WOW! that is so crazy! im glad you didnt get hurt!!
go anthony! they look great! :D

Always, Forever, NO MATTER WHAT said...

What a mess! The shelves turnes out so good. I need to organize my shelves too.

kate said...

Good job on the food storage. I need to get more stuff for a {small} collection.

aprilalexus said...

So your were the lucky one...LOL
That sux,but hey do you wanna come build me one :) My kitchen is just like yours no freaking pantry I hate it!!