“Well, I guess that’s because I work in [the kitchen] every single day, multiple times a day. It’s almost like a lab, but not quite. Much homier than a lab. 🤣”
Great way to look at it. I agree. I’m in the kitchen a lot, so it needs to be functional. Mine is small, so it REALLY needs to be functional. When Beau remodeled this place (from top to bottom) he took space from the kitchen for the pantry and the laundry room - which is nice to have right off the kitchen, so it was a good sacrifice of space.
Congrats on the new freezer! We have two chest-types, which I HATE, being short, but I organize things into baskets too, for the organization aspect of it. And I make that tall person I live with do the deep dive into it if needed. ;) Nice of you to give your old one to a family in need. I did that with my Ford Escape - and they’re still using it a few year in. Pay It Forward! :)
Years ago we had a Honda Civic. It was my first car that I ever bought on my own. At one point, we became a one car family, and that little Civic was everything to us. It brought all three of our kids home from the hospital. After many years, we needed something bigger, so we got a minivan.
I had met some really neat nuns at a retreat, and they were badly in need of a car. That old Civic was still in pretty good shape. We had maintained it well. We weren’t allowed to give it to them, but we were allowed to sell it, so we did, for $1. Whenever I see an old red Civic, I check to see if nuns are driving!