Design: Kitchen II

Thoughts: Walmart and Target both have metal breadboxes for $20. I want to check the sizes before I buy - it has to fit comfortably on a 12"-wide counter - but if a breadbox would help keep our seventeen loaves of bread fresh.... And more importantly, let me keep some sort of bread that isn't 90% preservative....

Also, I'm considering giving in and stealing from home / buying a slow cooker (crock pot). I really like having a small salad and some sort of warm food, and there's a lot of few-ingredient slow cooker recipes out there. And it has the advantage of being something I don't have to pay much attention to.

Note to self: Make up some sort of lidded can or something for used coffee grounds, and a semi-permanent plaque asking the resident coffee drinker(s) to deposit used grounds and rinsed eggshells. The tomatoes will appreciate it.

Still working on the spice rack. I went ahead and bought one of the little wire shelves you install inside cabinet doors, but I'm reluctant to put holes into the cabinets - you can't hide those like you can hide holes in the white walls. And honestly, I'm not sure there's a point...Ashlee's the prime troublemaker, and so far she hasn't cottoned on to any of the space-savers I've managed to implement. For crying out loud, she doesn't even clean out her own coffee maker. I glanced at the pot the other day, and the half-inch of coffee on the bottom was half-covered in mold. Shoulda gotten photo-docs. Oh well, I'm sure there will be a second opportunity.

I wonder if there's any use for coffee mold?

Note to self: Toss out leftover watermelon today. Next time, buy smaller quantity, no matter how much you've been craving it for the last month.