| Did you notice something green and moldy growing in | | | | on them causing rings on the door's shelf. |
| the back of your refrigerator this morning? Do you | | | | 3. After you clean off all of the items that left a sticky |
| commonly keep a science experiment hidden in the | | | | ring on the refrigerator door's shelf, check one more |
| dark corners of your electric icebox? Or perhaps, your | | | | time the expiration date on the bottles. Then, using the |
| children are the ones who are responsible for growing | | | | warm sudsy water in your cleaning bucket, clean off |
| that dark, green science concoction lurking in your | | | | the shelves. Some people prefer to use a non-toxic |
| refrigerator and stealing valuable space. If you think | | | | cleaner. You can use a solution of vinegar and water |
| that it's time to organize your refrigerator, you may be | | | | as a non-toxic cleaner for the refrigerator. The vinegar |
| right! Use these simple ideas to make it happen. | | | | and water solution is safe for the plastic. Some people |
| 1. To begin cleaning out your refrigerator, get a bucket | | | | use 1 cup distilled white vinegar to 1 gallon of water. |
| of warm soapy water. Or you might decide to use | | | | 4. After you have reorganized the items in your |
| vinegar and water as your cleaning solution. Put on | | | | refrigerator door, move to the inside of the refrigerator. |
| your rubber gloves and perhaps your knit hat because | | | | Take everything out of the refrigerator and put it in an |
| it's cold in there! Start by looking at the expiration date | | | | ice chest if you think it's going to be a while before you |
| on the food items. See that jar of mayonnaise that's | | | | complete the job. Most likely it will only be a few |
| been in the refrigerator door for 10 years? Simply look | | | | minutes so there's probably no need to put ice in the |
| at the date. Even if that jar of mayonnaise has been in | | | | ice chest with the items. However, if you refrigerator is |
| the refrigerator in the unopened, unsealed state in | | | | so sticky and messy and dirty but it takes an hour or |
| which you bought it, throw it out! | | | | more, you may want to put ice in the ice chest with |
| 2. After you throw away all of the expired items, clean | | | | your items. |
| your refrigerator by sections. Start at the top and | | | | Finish cleaning out your refrigerator and then put |
| move down. Decide if you would like to clean the | | | | everything back in. Voilà! Now your refrigerator is |
| items in the refrigerator door first. Remember to clean | | | | clean and organized once again. |
| off the bottoms of bottles that might have sticky goo | | | | |