A new Publix opened yesterday about half a mile from my house. Talk about happy! The closest grocery store was approx. 5 miles away before. Not far, but when you just want to dash out and grab something you forgot for the recipe you're making, it's a bit of a pain to drive across town.
So what's the secret I have to confess? *sigh* I grow science experiments in my refrigerator. Not the pretty truth, but there it is. I tend to forget what's in there, and when things get shoved to the back, they just disappear off my radar screen. I also buy things I intend to use, but somehow I forget I bought them and they go bad waiting for me to remember they're there.
Awful, huh? I am a neat person, I keep a clean house, I wear clean laundry, I make the bed every day. But I can't manage to throw out food before it sprouts green fuzz. Or, worse, liquifies (hello veggies in the drawer).
It's time for a fridge party. The kind where I get the trash can and reach to the back of the fridge, wondering what manner of odd thing I'll pull out. And then I can go to the new Publix and buy new things. And hopefully remember they are inside the gleaming stainless box.
Now, totally off topic, but over at the Writing Playground yesterday, they had three fabulous and successful writers talk about their new paranormal anthology. What cropped up in the comments, however, was a discussion about process and self-doubt. Fabulous advice from Roxanne St. Clair, Allison Brennan, and Karin Tabke! Go read this post and the comments that follow.
Do you have any ugly secrets you'd like to confess? Or have you gotten any fabulous writing advice you want to share? Am I alone in my fridge neglect, or have you made green fuzz too?
I confess that I still have some of the things you cleaned out of the cupboards in Hawaii before you moved. 🙂
At least cupboard stuff doesn’t typically grow green fuzz. 🙂
I’ve definitely run across science experiments and liquid vegies in my fridge. I cook every day so sometimes the fridge is so full of stuff things get shoved out of sight and forgotten until I dig around and locate the fuzzy contents. Ugh!
I love Publix and will miss them terribly when I move back to Texas this summer. I don’t think that’s an ugly secret.
More often than I care to think, I wind up not eating my vegies quickly enough, and find them in various stages of liquefaction. Sigh.
Absolutely, Carol! I like to cook, but when I cook too much, my hubby gets sick of the leftovers. So they get shoved back, and there they linger, growing green fuzz. 🙂
I’m coming your way next month! To the Bob Mayer thing….
Jean, you’re making me feel better! Who knew so many people also liquify their veggies?
This summer is your retirement? Hubby hasn’t looked back since. It’s been a year in February (official date, that is). 🙂 Congrats!
Not only do I need to clean out the fridge and toss the liquid veggies, I really need to get in there with the scrubbing bubbles and clean the mystery sticky stuff off the shelves…
Oh yes, mystery sticky stuff! I get that too, though I don’t think I have in this refrigerator yet. It’s still kinda new, but I have time….;)
Don’t feel bad. I think part of the lamb I made for Christmas dinner is still in there. I’d check, but I’m afraid something might grab me. 🙂
Yes, I have the veggie problem… I do try to eat my veggies. And how about those cherries… I really really like cherries and I did mean to eat them. 😉
I’ll see you at the Bob Mayer event. Atlanta traffic is so bad I’m staying overnight at the hotel rather than try to get there on time from 45 min. away. How sad is that?