"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 25 May 2015 09:46:27 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>I could never do what you do. I have no pantry and not a lot of room for
>>storing food. I have to store the bulk of my canned goods in the garage.
>>I
>>can not put anything out there that animals might get into.
>
> So get some container that animals *can't* get into and store them in
> the garage or wherever. Pretty obvious solution there.
>
>>I have to put
>>things like pretzels, chips and cereal in the dining room. None of my
>>cupboards are big enough to accommodate it except for very small boxes of
>>cereal.
>
> Is your house a tent, or what?

No. I have a stupid, small, galley style kitchen with very narrow
cupboards. I figured this out when I got the new turntables. They fit from
side to side but protrude just enough to where I can't shut the cupboard
doors. No matter really because I'd say that about half of them won't shut.
They are just as deep as my Corelle dinnerware plates. Anything bigger
around than that and the door will not shut. And while the shelves are
adjustable, in order to accommodate a box of cereal, I would have to move
the one shelf up or down so much that the rest of the space would be of
little use.

My three lower cupboards on the one side are all shallow, pullouts. Pretty
much fine for big pots and pans but not much else. I have a tiny cupboard
under the sink but I have been told by the plumber not to keep anything down
there. Not that much would fit anyway. A very narrow cupboard that only
holds shallow baking pans and the two lazy Susan corner cupboards. One is
used for canned goods and the other for baking things. But I have to be
super careful not to put much in there or it will bail over the sides and
then I play hell getting it back out again.

I have pretty much resigned myself to using the one for things that Angela
might help herself to. I have the garage organized quite well but when I
send her out there to get something, most of the time she will return and
say that she can't find it.

Nothing about this house makes sense. It has been remodeled. The former
owners decided not only to put a glass, exterior door heading outside from
the kitchen but also a stupid, wall heater along that wall. I only used
that heater once. Usually the heat of the oven is enough. But I do
remember using it once. Would have been far better to have left out the
heater and door and put in a pantry there. It would only be the width of
your standard door but it really would have helped. I see no sense in
having a door there. If you want to access the outside deck, you only need
to go around the corner and out the sliding door.

We never use the deck anyway. It radiates heat like you would not believe!
We did try to sit there a couple of times to eat. Once when we were first
moving in and another time when I had some people over to help with the
unpacking and such. It was just too miserably hot, even with the patio
umbrella. I also had one birthday party for Angela where I took the kids
out to lunch and for mani/pedis. Then back here for cake and presents. I
tried to serve the cake out there because my dining table only seats 4 but
it was so stinking hot that the kids revolted. They wound up sitting on the
living room floor with the white carpet. Luckily nobody spilled.

It doesn't usually even get all that hot here either! There is just
something about the deck that traps the heat and makes it miserable. If the
temp. is below 70 then it's okay. But much beyond that and it is torture.

Redoing the kitchen is not an option for me now. In order to do what I want
it would involve putting in all new cabinets and countertops. And if I was
going to bother doing that I would also have the wall ripped open to resolve
whatever the plumbing problem is. My cupboards could look better but after
I cleaned them the last time they still look much better than they did and
no, they did not collect dust like people here said that they would.

I am waiting now on getting the house painted. And barring any unforeseen
circumstances, that will likely be the last major upkeep thing for a while.