The Impossible Dream

So often do I come across articles and how to's on the subject of pantries, or I should say, the organizing of pantries. I don't even actually have a full on pantry in my home, just lots of cabinets I'd really like to re configure somehow.

While I was making sure I wasn't ripping off some one's idea with this blog concept and or title I came across this image.

The article is a short guide to keeping your cabinets and/or pantries clutter free. Just look at that top shelf! Even if I were to get this exact set up, within two weeks two of the cats would of made beds up there! Not long after that all of the dishes would be either knocked down by said cats and broken or piled in the sink awaiting the next time we washed.

Let's just say my 'pantry' (as I will always call it because I will have one, one day...) is very unorganized. And it is kept unorganized by a whole host of factors beyond my control. My husband for one, who throws things asunder much like a toddler digging to the bottom of his toy box. My cats are of no help, especially the naughtiest one, Loki who will take the opportunity of a turned back to jump into the cabinet and refuse to leave without being extracted forcefully. And then there is the forces I can control, namely me. But I'm lazy and also have a tendency to leave a mess whenever I'm in the kitchen, with the intention of coming back to clean up, but I never do.

I still long for the glossy pictures of perfection, a styled and coordinated living room, a neat and organized kitchen, a bedroom that doesn't look like it's a dorm room....I'll just have to realize I'll never get it.