Day 11 of a bowl full of lemons' 21 Day Getting Organized Challenge is the freezer! I never really felt too horribly about my freezer, but upon close inspection, it definitely needed some work! I don't have any spare little bins and baskets to make my freezer as awesome as Toni's, but it's a small freezer and I think we'll be okay. Usually there's a bit more sitting in there, but well, with all the snow (more than 36 inches this week as of yesterday morning, and it's been snowing almost all night and day since!) and needing to bundle up the boys, I just haven't done a lot of grocery shopping.

Here's our freezer:

We've been living in this house for a year and a half and I really can't remember the last time (if ever?!) I cleaned out the freezer. I'm too short to see the top of the door, but I got on a chair to pull some things off the top and noticed the awful grime in the door seal. Yuck!

I had a baggie of these colorful ice cubes that have been getting frosty all year long. (Just a couple drops of food coloring + water.) We used to use them in the boys' bath for them to play with as the cubes melt and turn the water all sorts of pretty colors. We just haven't used them in a long time and I decided it was time for them to go. I also tossed a couple freezer burned or just really old bags of tortillas and veggies, as well as some ancient ice cream that I really don't need anyway!

Then I got to work on that door seal gunk! It's still a little stained, but looking a million times better!

I took everything out and scrubbed the door, walls, shelf, and bottom down. It might seem a little silly, but I've been enjoying using my label maker, so I labeled areas for different kinds of food.

So here's our freezer now:

We have spots for convenience foods, meat (usually there's some sort of meat in here, but not today!), treats, ice (maybe it doesn't need a label, but you saw that I was keeping the puff pastry in there before!), fruit & veggies, bread / dough / crust, and ice packs. I don't have any frozen juice at the moment (we have had that lemonade for almost 3 years and I just don't see drinking it any time soon so I tossed it) but I'll make a label for juice eventually.

Does anyone else doing this challenge feel kind of nutty taking photos like this? Or like a freak for posting evidence of the disgusting ways they live? Or maybe that's just me! Regardless of how I feel photographing my freezer crumbs, I'm feeling more productive than ever and look forward to the next daily challenge at a bowl full of lemons!

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