Challenge #1: organize it!
In case you've missed it, violetvale is hosting some challenges to get us inspired and motivated. The first one was to find something that needed organizing ... and organize it.
Here's where I admit that I'm not always that great at reading directions. Like the bit about "post pictures of your project by midnight on May 19th."
Oops.
My project of choice is further proof that I'm not lying about being food obsessed. Ya'll are organizing offices and bathrooms and pantries and cars: I'm organizing an 8" high stack of recipes.
Eight inches. This is kind of ridiculous. Because I also have a full complement of cookbooks.
Here's what happens: I find recipes in a cookbook that doesn't belong to me, and I make a copy. I print out recipes I find online (oh, Pinterest.) I tear them out of magazines. They get thrown on this pile. Theoretically, they end up in the appropriately labeled folder (pies, cookies, quick breads, breads, breakfast, sides, main dishes, desserts, cakes, drinks/appetizers, and that ever-helpful "misc") but even if that happens, it's still a challenge to find what I'm looking for if I have a specific recipe in mind.
My goal is to get each recipe into the correct folder and then make subdivisions within each folder - so breakfast might contain a section for pancakes, egg dishes, fruits, biscuits, and so on. I know there's no way I can get the whole stack done by the end of this month, but I'd like to at least make enough of a start to keep me motivated to finish it sooner rather than later. :)
Here's where I admit that I'm not always that great at reading directions. Like the bit about "post pictures of your project by midnight on May 19th."
Oops.
My project of choice is further proof that I'm not lying about being food obsessed. Ya'll are organizing offices and bathrooms and pantries and cars: I'm organizing an 8" high stack of recipes.
Eight inches. This is kind of ridiculous. Because I also have a full complement of cookbooks.
Here's what happens: I find recipes in a cookbook that doesn't belong to me, and I make a copy. I print out recipes I find online (oh, Pinterest.) I tear them out of magazines. They get thrown on this pile. Theoretically, they end up in the appropriately labeled folder (pies, cookies, quick breads, breads, breakfast, sides, main dishes, desserts, cakes, drinks/appetizers, and that ever-helpful "misc") but even if that happens, it's still a challenge to find what I'm looking for if I have a specific recipe in mind.
My goal is to get each recipe into the correct folder and then make subdivisions within each folder - so breakfast might contain a section for pancakes, egg dishes, fruits, biscuits, and so on. I know there's no way I can get the whole stack done by the end of this month, but I'd like to at least make enough of a start to keep me motivated to finish it sooner rather than later. :)