It’s cold and sunny in Mendota, Virginia today.   I have been cleaning house and enjoying being inside where it’s warm.  We have snow in the forecast for next week.  If it occurs, it will be a snag in our Thanksgiving plans for sure!  Can’t worry about what might or might not happen.

If it does snow, however, I usually am okay–more than okay– with groceries. I keep two of all the essential grocery items. Haven’t ran out of milk in over 10 years!! I organize my pantry so I can find things, and I always have some “basics” right out in the open. Like above my cabinets…colorful and useful and sparkling clean. I just cleaned each jar so I know this to be true! 

And the other direction..more jars. I have them all around my kitchen cabinet tops. I went in a friend’s house about 14 years ago, and she had green beans on her cabinet tops. Her name is Amy, and I’ve been copying Amy ever since. Sometimes there are more tomatoes than green beans. It depends on how much I’ve canned and how much I’ve used. I once asked someone “did you notice my green beans on the cabinet top?” The person sneered and said “talked about it all the way home.” Did you know that I didn’t get it? I thought she really liked them (how could she not?) and talked about them all the way home Ha! I’m serious!

Above the plates…it’s a little sparse in this picture. I usually have several jars of pistachios as they are our special nephew’s favorite. That is Neth, and he can put away the pistachios!

I like red and yellow in the kitchen. No matter how hard I try, I cannot get a picture of the plates on the wall that looks  good. I enjoy looking at them every time I walk in the room..and frankly I want to show them off. Never quite looks right. There is always a shadow. The shelves are a place where I keep pasta. I need to refill these jars.

I’m watching more Lifetime Christmas movies tonight with my Dear Girl beside me. Currently watching Country Christmas with Dolly Parton. I know it’s not cool, but I love Dolly Parton.

Yep…love these plates.