I'm glad you had a nice talk with dd, Kathryn.
Groc. shopping is done, unloaded, and put away. Unfortunately, I left my list at home. I remembered most items but will need to go back before I cook dinner Wed. night.
Well, now I have looked at my kitchen counters with a critical eye - and I'd say they are cluttered after all! We don't have many appliances on them, BUT we do have a lot of other stuff in addition to the appliances I mentioned above, including: the dish drainer, 2 fruit bowls, a crate of clementines, a 5 lb. bag of oranges, 2 "pots" of utensils on either side of the stove top, a vertical paper towel holder (w/ a roll of paper towels), sugar and flour canisters, dh's coffee press pot -- and I forgot about his coffee bean grinder, which also sits on the counter. And dh usually has a nice bottle of red wine sitting out as well. By the sink is hand soap and dish soap. . I measured a little, and I estimate we have about 13 feet of kitchen counter space proper - though it is oddly shaped. I have a built in "peninsula." On the other side of the peninsula, is the island, which dh made, and another counter along the wall that is about 1 foot wide by 8 feet long? This is the area by the side door, where everyone enters our house. No one uses the front door, unless they're a stranger. On this long narrow counter sit the mw, the phone, a pile of mail,
and a collection of dh's handmade ceramic bowls, etc. I'd LOVE to get dh's ceramics out of there as they cover about half that counter and make it look very cluttered imho, but he likes having them there to show friends. OK, off to work on my teaching notes.
