The Fridge.

Today I tackled the fridge.

Not Refrigerator Perry...and not the now-closed toboggan run out in Oakland County, but our fridge.

Part of my call to decrapify, spurred on by the 21 Day Organization Challenge, and forced to do today because I just couldn't take our fridge any more! This little bigger-than-it-seemed project took the better part of 2 hours to complete. Which is weird because I do wipe the fridge down when stuff gets spilled and I do toss foods when they're expired. I hadn't taken out all the food and all of the shelves and scrubbed just the box, though, so that's what I did today.

I just used warm soapy water and a dishrag and elbow grease. Only casualty was the "dairy" shelf/bin/thingie. I broke one of the little hooks trying to pry it off the door. A few curse words later, and it's back in and just a tad wobbly.

The bonus of cleaning the fridge? I made myself an AWESOME salad with all the veggies I found hiding in there.

Ok, now for the nitty gritty. Here's the fridge "before" shot. Not too bad, really. Just not great. See the juice container with the foil on top? Yeah. I can't find the lid. And the blue bowl on the top shelf? Yeah. Two sticks of butter I set out to soften and then didn't get around to using. Ni-ice.

And the door "before". Well, it's the door "during", because I started wiping one shelf and then realized the whole thing needed cleaning and I should do it & cross off one of the 21-day challenge items.

The inside of the frige with all the shelves and food removed. Yes, that nastiness down there is bits of food, a science experiment, really. And yes, the black thing IS INDEED a grape-turned-raisin. Yum. Oh, the purple circle thingie? Interesting. That's a cap to a gallon of milk. I never even noticed we were missing a milk cap!  Clearly, my cleaning/organization mojo has been obliterated.

Ta-da!!!! The door after cleaning!  I threw out some nasty strawberry jam. Barely even a strawberry-ish color, it was easily 2 years old, leftover from when I could enjoy a PB &J. A "J" sandwich just isn't the same... (i don't like Sunbutter, it tastes too, well, sun-ish) Anyway, I also tossed two 12month old  15 month old who am I kidding, it was 2 years old shave ice flavors. Ick. I figure we can just purchase NEW ONES when shave ice season returns. OR--we could go outside and dump some juice on clean snow and eat it. whatever.

Finally, the "after" of the fridge itself. I went all out, pitching things, re-containerizing things, regrouping things. I don't know how long this will last to be honest. I don't know that the testosterone presence in the house will be hip to the new containers for the veggies & fruit. I also don't know that I'm going to want to wash them or change them out when the amount/type of fruit changes. And in summer, when I'm overrun with produce? Pretty sure these cute bowls won't help me.

Just a reminder...the "before" (yummm, that grapey/raisin thing is hiding under there!):

and the "after":