My kitchen with shelves
I came home from work feeling tired and lazy. Thought of a couple of errands I might run, but I didn’t feel like it. This is somewhat common for me, and my favorite way out of it is to keep thinking of things I’d like to get done until one of them sounds ok. And, tonight, it worked! Installing my shelves sounded ok!

So, they are up there. Curiously, my initial reaction to the big shelves was a lot like I’d feared (and that fear kept me from installing shelves for nine years): It feels like less open space! I feel more clostrophic in my (inescapably small) kitchen! But, the shelf sure can hold a lot of stuff! I’m not sure I’ll keep these flour tins up there, but having done that I put all of my mason jars (which had been competing with the framed photos on the “hutch” thing for space) on the rolling shelves and… yeah, I feel like it’s a lot more space. And I consoled myself by reminding myself that I could take them down if I find that I don’t like them. No harm done.

I didn’t feel like putting up the spice rack, but I made myself. So, that’s good. Curiously, it’s pretty level, but it accentuates the fact that the shelf above it really isn’t. Ah well. Such is the nature of my house.

By the way, my paypal payment for these shelves was rejected, after I had already received them in the mail. I don’t understand it! I’ve emailed them and asked what I should do, but I haven’t heard back. I think I’ll have to call them tomorrow. While there’s certainly a temptation to take the goods and run, I like [the company that made them](http://panrack.zoovy.com/) and I have no problem paying for a nice product. Having said that, I sure hope it doesn’t take too much work to get them to take the money I’m trying to send them!

That’s all for today. I have to get back into the habit of frequent, short blog entries. Spending all night blogging (like last night) is ok occassionally, but I don’t want that to be the norm…