So... I've been setting about trying to put my garage back in order after
husband once again messed it up. She says he is "cleaning" it but his idea
of cleaning is anything but. Yeah, he does sweep the floor but... I found
all this toilet paper in there! It was in five different places. I bought
some big plastic bins to store the extra paper and plastic things. Would
you believe he actually removed it from there and put it elsewhere? Five
different elsewheres.

The cooler that I asked him to leave empty was full of the bottles of water
I'd bought at Costco and then couldn't find anywhere. So I had to buy
another case. There were also a couple of expired sodas and some sports
drinks that looked like they had been drug through the mud! I managed to
wash a few but one was so disgusting I just threw it out.

I moved my shelving unit back to where I had it. A place where it can be
accessed by all sides. I keep extra loose cans of soda there in dispensers.
Angela and husband like a variety of drinks so doing this works well. I
mostly just drink Lime Diet Coke and that is kept in a floor stack. Also on
the shelves are cases of things I bought at Costco like olives, vegetables,
meats, broth, juice and tuna. And underneath the shelves are bottled water
and sports drinks.

I then decided to tackle my canned goods cupboard. The cupboard is small
and I had so much stuff that some of it was sitting on the counter above it.
My intent was to organize and take the extras out to the garage so there
would be nothing on the cupboard.

Now I go through this cupboard faithfully around back to school time every
year. Sometimes an additional time or two. But somehow things escaped me.
There were some things that just expired in May or are going to expire
between now and August. Those are now residing on the counter so I know to
use them ASAP. And there's not a lot left in the cupboard. It's all clean
and we can see what we have.

But... But! But! How those mushrooms escaped me is beyond me! There were
two large cans from Albertson's that expired in 2006. Yes. Really! Two
small cans of Festival brand which were most likely purchased at Bartell's
on sale. I can't remember the date on those but very old. And then the
evil little Albertsons can with no date on it whatever. When I picked it
up, along came a can of tomato sauce. The can was stuck to it! I was
like... Huh? Then as I forcefully lifted it up, black juice spewed all
over the floor and my pant leg. Ick!

The can apparently had rotted to the point where the bottom of it was
separating from the edge. All of the juice had come out and the contents
inside were fairly dry. Oddly they were not moldy and did not smell bad so
I am thinking that the can must have remained somewhat intact until I forced
it up. Blech!

So I then made it my mission to get rid of anything that had no expiration
date on it, thinking it must be very old and especially those things that I
bought at Big Lots because I know I haven't bought canned goods for a couple
of years.

It was odd about the mushrooms though. Aside from the can being stuck, it
looked pristine. No bulging. No dents. Weird. Oh and I don't think I'll
be buying canned mushrooms again. Apparently I no longer use them. I know
I used to. I just can't remember what I used them in!