Food Waste Friday, And An Honest Mail Delivery

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After skipping last week and posting an emo New Years post, I was a little afraid of my fridge.

I shouldn't have been!

We had a bag of deli ham that we didn't trust and gave to the dog yesterday. Other than that? A jar of bean soup, jars of beef broth (that probably could have been used tonight but I don't trust them), and a lonely 1/2 of a bagel. How the heck did THAT even get in there?

But anyway, a good week!

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And now, a story about our mail lady.
We have the same lady every day, except Saturdays, we have a different lady. We've gotten to know each other because if I know I have a package coming, I run out there so she doesn't have to get out of the truck, because we're not exactly right next to the road, know what I mean?

Anyway, today I got the mail and noticed this weird piece of paper. A post-it note. An honest to god post-it note.

Would you be interested in a pygmy goat (buck) and wether goat for $50? If so give me a call XXX-XXXX. I could email pics if you would like.
Your mail carrier

Okay, so an awesome way to communicate.
But what kills me?
She put a freaking stamp on the back and scratched it out with a pen, like they would do with a real letter. And put our address on the back.

Talk about honesty, right? And I know she wrote it on the spot because I watched her scribbling something and figured it was just a "come pick up this letter" note.
But no. It was a post-it, stamped and scratched out, addressed, offering us goats.

(And how do I reply? Put another post-it in there with a stamp that she can scratch out? Hm.)

I don't want to post this...

... but I feel like I have to, now that the task is done.

Today I cleaned out our fridge.

Shudder.

I think the last time it was cleaned out was when we bought it. And then, it was just washed down, not cleaned-of-rotten-food.

I did it as part of The Frugal Girl's Food Waste Fridays. I figured, heck, we need to do this - maybe it will help us keep waste down.
Little did I know how MUCH waste was currently hiding in our fridge.

Ready for it?






Here we go!






I can't look!






Ugh.










Dear lord.



(Please ignore the vodka bottle in the background. That's NOT part of the waste.)

Hey Ben? I found all the rubbermaid containers you wanted for work. OH! And I found some of our white plastic jar caps. Wow. AND there's that broccoli I chopped up but couldn't find a day later.

Hm.

I'm trying to not beat myself up over this because A) This is easily a few months worth of food, B) it doesn't get thrown out - it goes to the chickens, and C) I haven't exactly been stable the last month or two.

But there it is.

Yuk.