On an Organizing Mission

We have lived in Tokyo just shy of three months now.

And somehow my pantry has become an organizational mess already.

I’m gonna just go ahead and point my finger at Cute Husband and The Cuties.  Yeah, I did it.  Don’t hate me for it.  But as much as Cute Husband teases me about my over-organizing and excessive labeling (that would be OOEL for those of you in the know), whenever we have a crowded space in our home that hasn’t been OOEL’d, it suffers.

So today, I was a woman on a Mission Impossible.

I came armed with the appropriate tools for the job.

Then I assessed the mission fully.

{by the way, what was up with the two rogue pink cocktail napkins???}

The first step to any organizational project is always grouping like items together.  Once that was done, I could begin the labeling process.  For my family, once there’s a clear identifier as to where something goes, they are terrific at putting things back where they belong.  Let’s see how they’ll do now…

I’ll report back on how the team progresses with their training.  If they fail to meet my standards as team leader I shall have to resort to tickle torture.

This message will self destruct in 3…2…1…

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