Sometimes it’s the little things… I had a hanging wire basket many years ago–I think it was mandatory during one of those past decades when I’d probably barely cut my teeth–and who knows what happened to it along the way with a divorce and an ever-changing cast of roommates and homes.
Recently I was reading how this thing I do–putting damn near everything in the refrigerator because of the climate I live in–is bad for potatoes, onions, and some fruits and vegetables. I love almost all vegetables, but I have a problematic relationship with fruit. I like it okay, but I rarely think about eating it. And if I put it in the refrigerator, it’s really easy for me to forget we even have it.
Solution: back to the wire basket. Some things still have to be refrigerated, but as long as we eat those apples and oranges quickly, they can stay at room temperature. It’s working, because I’ve eaten at least half a piece of fruit a day ever since Tom figured out a place to hang this Container Store version in our small kitchen. Making healthier choices is a happy thing.
We have opposite problems, I’m anti when it comes to most veggies, but very pro when it comes to fruits … and back in the day when my bedroom was a walk in closet, I had a basket like that in my bedroom … it held my socks
For my socks, etc., I do the same, but in plastic baskets. One of my past boyfriends had an art studio with metal shelving, and he used metal baskets for the socks. I thought it was rather neat as at the time I just threw them on the shelf in the closet. Not being able to find the brushed metal bins, I settled for the plastic.
The part of my wardrobe where I keep my socks is a nightmare because I have too many. And I rarely wear most of them. I need to purge them.
Or, recycle them into fashion 🙂
It’s true–socks make GREAT fabric for Barbie clothes!
My parents user their wire basket to suspend the potatoes above the dog food storage container. Such a storage container has a screw-on lid to make it air tight, thus protecting it from the dogs. Most fruits end up on the counter in the kitchen; most veggies end up in the fridge, then the trash.
We have a mini galvanized trash can for our dog food. My dogs LOVE the sound that thing makes when we pull off the lid–it’s how I know they’re not all the way deaf.
I’ve been meaning to get something like that ever since we moved into this house! We have the perfect spot, and even the perfect hook for hanging it (left by the previous owners) – I just haven’t remembered to pick one up anytime I’m out. I SO wish we had the Container Store here in Canada – I could blow a LOT of money there!
That place is dangerous! It’s one of the few places where I will actually shop the way my mother used to (and that drove me nuts), looking at everything on every aisle, buying nothing.
The baskets are great. As for the paltry consumption of fruit, this is why the smoothie was invented. Fruit (banana, mango, berries), ice, rum (I’m told this is optional), sweetener of your choice (we like Truvia) all blended together? Good times. And even the trainer at my gym said “Fruit, ice, rum, Truvia? Yeah, I have no problem with that.” : )
I’m coming to your house for my fruit consumption!
I’m not a massive fruit person, although I like it too. Go figure.
However, since Chris usually puts an apple and a banana in my lunch pack every day I nearly always eat them – if not on that day, then the day after.
Surely I should be twenty pounds lighter by now..?
It depends on what you’re eating and drinking in addition to the fruit, I think! But at least the fruit is nutritious. =) And I don’t see where you could lose twenty pounds from, so I think you’re doing just fine. =)
Yeah. The chocolate probably doesn’t help. Or the cake.
Trust me, I’ve gotten sneaky at hiding that belly…
Oh, I’d say you’re doing something right–don’t think the chocolate’s winning.