I watch people work, and I realize how differently we all approach tasks. Most of the time, we all have the same outcome — task completed! However, we each do things differently. I do better when I’m doing multiple things.

For instance, I came home from church on Sunday and milk was spilled in the refrigerator. At first I was slightly annoyed, and then I realized I needed to clean the fridge anyway, so why be hateful about it?

The cleaning began. First I took everything out. I was also unloading a few groceries.

There were “science projects” inside the fridge — moldy food. Yuck.

As I pulled out the potatoes, I thought “why not make some potato salad?”

Which required some chopping..

So while I had the celery out…I thought I’d rinse it in vinegar and seal it so that it’ll keep longer. (If you have not got a Mason jar sealer yet, you need one. Trust me.)

Do you see a pattern here? I’m not even thinking about wiping down the refrigerator at this point. Also, notice the groceries never got put away.

And then…the potato salad. I made it.

It was yummy! So…I sat down and ate some. Still no movement on actually cleaning the refrigerator.

But….then…I got moving.

Cold cut drawer. Check.

Removed shelves, wiped, disposed, cleaned and then put things back in. Check.

All clean. Everything put away nicely. I see two prepared dinners in there. There is a frozen casserole on the right with the red lid that is thawing for tonight, and beef kabobs on the left for dinner on Monday. (We have frozen casseroles on Sunday night because I hate cooking on Sunday. I actually hate cooking every day, but on Sunday, it’s particularly offensive. )

And…tidied the kitchen. Everything came together at the end.