Step One, Getting in Order

As I attacked our fantastically, large pantry, I looked through the door of the mess and knew it was time to get a hold of this Middle Age Mess.
This disorganized pantry resembled what I was allowing to over-come me, just throw and go.  A survival technique that needed to change as I re-entered the dance of life.

As I managed to remove all the items I was able to see the potential ahead. Starting with a new canvas is always promising.
The lesson I kept hearing, while digging through the mess, it is easier to maintain then to rebuild.  My body is reminding me of this daily.

Martha Stewart watch out!  I was starting to see progress and excited at the organized shelves.  I had to leave my microscope in the pantry, one of the last signs that I am still a home school mom.

The job was completed.  The dread of wrestling this pantry was larger then the effort it took to put it back in order.  I believe there is a lesson there also.  So, as I continue to press on into this new decade, with the hope of a new make-over, I pray I will learn from the lessons I learned from cleaning out my pantry.

Now I am ready to learn how to make home-made Artisan bread.

"For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven,...A time to tear down and a time to build up,  A time to cry and a time to laugh, a time to grieve and a time to dance..." Ecc. 3:1 - 8

May I continue to move forward in this season.