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For those of us who are...
in our prime in January
Welcome ...
to January's newsletter for those of us who are in our prime.
Well, Christmas is over for another year, and despite all my good intentions about eating sensibly I once again find myself compeled to eat up the leftovers - clearly I'd rather 'waist' them than waste them. And having eaten more after Christmas than during it I now resolve to shed half a stone before the end of the month. Tall order...
I promise myself a facial as an incentive - but if I don't make it I'll enjoy the facial anyway. Life's too short to beat ourselves up over missed targets, so let's spoil ourselves a little - and if no calories are involved, so much the better!
And now for a practical matter...
In the kitchen
This month let’s turn our attention to the state of the kitchen—and sorry girls, but I’m talking cupboards. From the picture above you can tell mine need attention but having stuffed extra in over Christmas the time has come to be ruthless!
You know the horror of finding something that has a use by date that has long since passed. There’s almost a fascination about how far something can date back—as if to a former life. But I digress.
Now attacking storage cupboards is not high on my list of “things I like to do at the weekend” which is precisely why the horrors lurk there undiscovered for so long. But how about attacking one shelf an evening after dinner—perhaps you could even persuade another family member to clear up after dinner to release you for this task. There again pigs might fly...
Whatever, simple process—
- remove contents of shelf
- discard aged items
- wash the dust off the others
- wash the shelf
- restore items to said shelf with anything due to run out in the next twelve months at the front and make a note of any items you really need to replace (how organised is that!)
Lastly, give away the multiple jars of spices that you repeatedly bought for that recipe that you only tried once, and resolve to visit the shelf again this time next year.
You can do another shelf tomorrow evening—after all you want to make the most of delegating the washing up don’t you? And can anyone use two jars of cloves?
All the best till next month!