Two big drawers in the kitchen

 These were super fast clean outs. I got rid of a few things. I rearranged dishpans which helped a lot. I switched some other things between the two drawers too. If you are wondering about the hammer, I use it to tap the knife when cutting watermelon, squash, etc. If you are wondering about the new knives, if I have company complaining about the sharpness of my regular knives, I open a new one for them. 

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NBC

I love The Blacklist. I think it is smart and well written and unique. It is very well cast. I cannot predict it. The latest season broadcast recently. It was previously the only show I watched on NBC. 

I am watching the newest Law and Order on NBC. I enjoy each week, but not quite as strongly as the original series. 

NBC won me over for a second series this year when they resurrected the original Law and Order (above). I went back and watched Law and Order LA on Prime also. I am currently watching Law and Order Criminal Intent on Peacock.  

I just added a third NBC series - 

This is not a duplicate of The Black List, but it is similar. The writing is very good, it is clever. The casting is fabulous.  I am a big fan of Morena Baccarin. I am becoming a fan of Ryan Michelle Bathe. These two main characters are female minorities and are written as brilliant women. Both actors do a great job. 

I have the NBC app and the Peacock App. Between the two of them, I am able to watch NBC for free. Sometimes there is a commercial, I think just one at a time, it does not bother me. 

The computer room clean out

Nearly two years (2020-2021) of my husband working at home, and my mother bringing all her photos to my house (2019), and the stacked boxes from my husband’s old office clean out (2017) cumulated in a very big mess. 

If you look at that picture and wonder how the counter can handle the weight, it could not. One of the support brackets broke in half. 

A handyman installed a temporary support post. 

I ordered a four drawer cabinet for storage and to support the counter. I ordered the cabinets (Lowe’s) at the end of January, they arrived mid April. 

Those cabinets are my limit now. 7 years of tax binders/my genealogy binders not included, all the papers/files in the house must now fit in these four drawers. 

This is where we are today, very pleasant workspace, I am in there daily now -

The steps in this process included:

- shipping about 36 packages of photos to other people

- getting rid of 2 old file cabinets on wheels

- installing a 4 drawer storage unit for counter support 

- shredding an enormous volume of old papers 

- limiting papers to what fits in the 4 new file drawers

- repairing the broken support

- cleaning out every cupboard and cubby

- removing all the extraneous stuff from the floor 

- removing as much as possible from the counter

- rearranging the printer/PC work stations 

We devoured both seasons of this series

We are not team rainbow. We are team Dewey Decimal System. Just saying. 

But I absolutely agree with making shelves, closets and drawers look fabulous. 

And how much must they charge to cover all their air fare, hotels, staff?