I completely forgot there’s locks on the fridges. Our son with Autism used to constantly climb in them or leave them wide open all night so we would lock them at night. We don’t use them anymore but they’re super stuck on there. You’ll notice the two new fridge/freezers don’t have any locks because we no longer need them.
We had a similar situation in our last place. Our son kept opening the fridge for no reason and leaving it open all day 🤦♀️. We put those on our fridge geez those never come off 🤣
My grandma just used a chain an a actual lock 🤣 we werent even young she just had her own personal full sized fridge in her bedroom and didnt want us getting her stuff!
To get the sticker residue off ( and possibly the locks ) goo gone spray and a paint scraper works great. But it is very stinky and may need to be done without kids or dogs nearby. Love seeing ur vlogs from Spokane Washington!
My tip for anyone who wants it, Don't think of the spice labeling as one big project, just keep a sharpie near by and label the one you're currently using as you put it away. I'm doing a few areas around the house like this, slow and steady wins the race
I love that you care about what your kids CAN eat, and not what they can’t. Food aversion is a real thing, and I’m so happy you respect and work with everyone’s food choices. It’s heartwarming💕
Tons and tons of sugar. The amount of sugar products is unbelievable. No kid needs that amount of sugar options. The sugar cereals alone just I don't know blowing My Mind by the amount of sugar food
@@oneeyeopen5044 yes a large amount of food items are either sugary or canned/processed food which is downright unhealthy. But can’t blame her. With such a large family to attend to where’s the time to cook.
@@oneeyeopen5044 The pantry in the kitchen is every child's dream (mine included). Unfortunately, most of us were raised on this kind of convenience food. Big Food has us addicted, and in return, we're feeding Big Pharma. It's all about the money.
Can you do an end of week pantry tour so we can see how much the family actually gets through? you seem to have hundreds of chips but you tend to buy them all the time lol! i have OCD and food and germ phobia and one of them is to do with dates of foods - how do you know if its all fresh?!! love you guys!! xx
My guess is that it doesn't get that low because she's constantly buying more food and then this is part of her channel she gets to a tax write off on groceries
@@soapygirl83 yep, and she does those outrageous weekly shopping hauls for shock value. she could go 2 months without shopping and she'd be good with that hoarder stock supply
Nobody’s business actually, she has to provide for her large family. Each to there own. People are too presumptuous. If you don’t care for what you see then don’t watch, nobody cares. Nobody is making you watch.
Why would she let it go empty? It's good to have stock in case of emergency, exactly like when the pandemic hit and shelves were empty or limited. Mind your own business and stop hating. Jealousy is really ugly and not God's love.
i’d love a video tour of after a week’s worth of meals! then you could film you “stocking” your shelves and organizing the groceries that you buy. i loveee those videos on tiktok. they’re so relaxing and motivate me to clean/organize!
I always love seeing your shopping trips and storage! Dreaming some day you get a mini mansion to expand your kitchen and storage as you deserve. Until then it's nice to see you making the best of what you have and inspiring others. I also love Wegmans too!
I’m proud of you honestly! You are dedicating your whole life to others and that is a godly thing to do. Every day you wake up and you do everything for everybody. A choice I can no longer make. After years of trauma I realize that the only person that matters is me. I have to take care of me first. I can’t take care of anyone until i am ready. So I choose not to have children.
My daughter made the same decision. She said she can't take care of herself properly, so won't put a child in danger. I know lots a coworkers and family who decided one child was enough for them. "I don't have the patience to make their life fun." A lot of people don't understand that and coitized no kids families. Silly
eucalyptus oil works wonderfully for getting stickers off, I use it removing labels from our glass jars. We are a special needs household too and have had to use lock on the fridge and pantry before, people can get very weird about it, but we do what we need to to keep our kids safe!
I only have 2 kids and it's always a struggle to be organized. How you do it all momma, I have no idea but you're such an inspiration and a blessing! I binge watch your videos every morning, even my kids can roll call your kids now. HAHAHA. All the love from a fan from the Philippines!
I am not an organized person! I’m like Harlee when she wakes up in the morning 😂 there are three of us and two dogs and we have 2 fridges, a stand up freezer, 2 pantries and our kitchen. Could never find anything!! Recently organized everything and it’s the greatest feeling!!! My son kept saying there was no pasta or cereal… we have a years supply!! Love your channel! Love how perfectly imperfect and normal you are!
ik this is kinda late but i'm p sure she meal plans and then goes grocery shopping for that weekly. im not sure about snacks and stuff but i feel like they go through those pretty fast anyway
I had a similar thought as well - especially with some of the bins like the snack bins where things at the bottom might expire if not rotated. I mean I know I've let some things unintentionally expire but I try to not waste food as much as possible.
Great video ! I’d love to see and end of the week video showing how much you are left with. Your family eats well. I am sure the kids are happy they have such a large selection of snacks. Thanks again . Love this video
I'm glad you have some food put back. With prices still going up, and new shortages daily, it's so important, esp with so many mouths to feed. Great organization!
Thank you for showing us how you organize y’all’s food. I am so glad you have all of that. You and your sweet family deserve to have all of that. You and Josh are such good parents to open your hearts and home to children that need a great home. You are wonderful.
Wow, you just amaze me!!! I shake my head and just can't believe the love that you have for children and life in general. Thank you, it is so refreshing... Could you please explain food aversion a bit more - I do remember you went into it a bit, but I would really like to know more about it and how you handle it both with food and with the individual child (discussions, etc.). I respect their privacy, so I am not asking you to go into complete detail; just to inform myself and others of what the effects are on the child and your dynamics on how you proceed forward. Thank you again for being such a Blessing!
I love this! Thanks for taking the time to share. It actually is very interesting to see how you manage all this food and it’s not like you’re kitchen is huge so you’re organizational skills really amaze and inspire me. It’s like you’re running a mini Costco lol thanks for all the positivity hope you guys have a safe happy 4th of of July!!
If you mix baking soda and vegetable oil and leave it on the stickers for some hours, it’ll remove the stickers with a swipe🙂 there’s RUclips videos of it!! I use this method all the time as I upcycle glass jars.
@@keahithefieryone8513 that depends on if people can stand the smell of nail polish remover some people get headaches or sick from the smell of nail polish remover.
Former school custodian here. Tip for the stickers on the fridge: WD40. I'd spray WD40 on the stickers placed on desks and scrap them off but if you don't want to risk scratching the fridge you can just take a wet towel or magic eraser and scrub it off.
Ok- you have a grocery store! I find myself buying things that sit in the pantry for years and I end up throwing food away that’s expired. Or my family eats snacks so the veggies go bad- Does that happen a lot to you? With that many kids I can’t imagine eating out!
Hey Miss Alicia if you put some cooking oil on those stickers on the refrigerator just take your fingers and rub it in and you can put a paper towel or something so the oil won't run all the way down like stick it in the crack at the bottom of the door that the stickers are on and just keep putting oil on there the oil will dissolve this sticker and it'll be easy to wash off love your videos thanks for sharing
I love this family u adopted children and they have so much love you can tell how happy they are God bless you all all children deserve a loving stable home thank you for loving and caring for them
I'd like to expand my pantry storage into the garage like you've done. There are only 4 of us living in our home, but I keep my 6 year old great-niece during the week while her daddy is working. Her snacks are all within her reach in the main part of the kitchen because our pantry scares her. (It's also our laundry room and the drier "growls" at her so she avoids it like the plague.). I have our grocery list written on the refrigerator door with a dry erase marker and she's learned how to write "ice cream sandwiches" and "toys" every single week. She signs her name so we'll know they're for her. 🤣 My 22 year old son is autistic and will write very specific lists for what he's wanting. For example, "2 cups of all purpose flour, 2 eggs, 1 Tbsp cocoa" etc. He likes baking so he basically writes the recipe on the list.
I wanted to give you a dyi on how to take stickers and also on products you buy in the store. Take a blow dryer and put it on the highest setting. And then start to peel with either you finger nail or something that will not scratch. I have been doing it for years and you would never notice that the stickers or sales sticker tag was there. Also have white rubbing alcohol to take the excess off. After peeling or pulling the sticker or sales sticker off. A quick and fast dyi.
Did you have to add more electrical power to the garage to accommodate the extra refrigerators? Also, do you have to be mindful of the kind of food items you keep in the garage, due to changing weather? For example, my garage isn’t the best insulated, so the changes from extreme heat in summer to super cold in winter might affect the food (i.e. freeze, mold, explode 😂 etc). Love watching your videos! 💜
Absolutely amazing absolutely amazing! It would take tremendous time to organize something like that the way you've done it! I think you got a couple angels on your shoulder! Thank you for the tour
Hello there!! Sooo a hack for your stickers on the fridge is to try and get them out as much as you can, the sticky residue that’s left over can be taken out using zippo(lighter fluid). Just put the fluid on a piece of folded paper towel and rub away, it’ll leave everything clean afterwards.
With how hard it is to find staples at times, it's easier have extra. Especially with a big family. It's only 2 people in my home and i have an over flow of food as well in case you ever need it. Logistics still isn't 100% better to be safe than sorry. I have had times where i couldnt find basics where i live and i started to keep extras of stuff i use. If i get into my overflow i know that its time to restock.
If your shelves can take more weight you can get little stands that make a shelf within a shelf. This is good for cans especially which arent filling the height of the shelf but you don't want to stack 4 high. It's also useful for having easier access to more varieties instead of having things behind each other where they can't be seen.
I'm really interested in seeing what you consider empty pantry because you always buy so much and there's a ton of food that you have in stock, I feel like it's enough food for a whole month or even more and as a person who tries to avoid overconsumption and is really anxious seeing overflow of foods i almost had a panic attack lol No hate, I'm just really interested whether you really need all that chips and cereal and other stuff every week
I agree I am amazed at how much food there is in the household, I understand the needs of feeding 14 and special needs and you do make brilliant meals for everyone 😀 but maybe use abit up before shopping every week as rotation of food dates must be nightmare. I think you probably have more on your shelves than some shops. Anyway each to their own and you certainly do a great job xx
To easily get rid of stickers…pull off as much of the shiny bit as you can, then apply a good amount of furniture polish, mr sheen or any cheap brand works the same. Leave it to work in for a while. The take some kitchen paper, dry dishcloth or anything similar and rub…if it stops coming off easily, add more polish and repeat. Then you can wash it with a soapy cloth or whatever you usually clean your surfaces with. It’s good for when a gift has the price label and it doesn’t peel off easily too.
Easy way to remove stickers from almost anything .First try to "score" the stickers by using any dull knife(plastic knives work great) then spray oil on the stickers(yes any veg oil). rub in in .keep going with the plastic knife.Let sit a few minutes. scrape again, and you usually get everything off. clean with alcohol on paper towels.
Wow! Your organization blows me away. We are now a family of three retired sisters, outlived spouses and parents, and I bet our grocery budget of $220 wouldn’t even cover your pop budget. Blessings to you and yours… Debi in Vicksburg, MS. 🥰🥰
Just some advice don't keep your Apples and bananas together the apples put off a gas the ripes the bananas faster. Also if you wrap the bunch end of your bananas they stay fresh longer. Also if your bananas start to turn brown and no one will eat they peel the and freeze them to make your banana bread.
No joke, this would keep me going for the rest of my life. I've literally only ever seen this amount of food in a store. I'm quite sure in a global famine, your family would be the only survivors bar the elite lol. They're gonna be looking at you like 'damn, you were never meant to make it' lol
It looks like you have mini grocery store Alicia... I love it and I cant imagine how much everything did cost you... and my also dream someday is to buy things without checking the price just like what you are doing.... just grabbing everything...
So, why the many shopping trips weekly? For the essentials like milk and bread but your stock is more than a small store. Even with 14 people that seems like alot. I'm just asking, I don't know what it feels like to have to shop for that many.
She said in one video that they use up almost all the bread in like 4 days. And they probably run out of milk around the same time hence when she would need to get more bread and milk half the time.
@@lovely4079 it’s not all that excessive when she keeps stocked up on certain foods and we don’t know how it takes her family to go through the other foods she also makes a snack board/snackery board almost daily,meal plans for Monday-Sunday every single week,needs to keep stocked on certain foods for all the kids plus her and her husband. She needs to make sure that they don’t run out of food they are a family of 14 eatting all that food plus meal recipes get doubled or tripled up for larger families. And to one person she said it would take about 2 weeks to go through all that food she didn’t go shopping weekly. Meaning they go through alot of that food faster than expected.
Hi Alicia new subscriber here! I love watching your videos and shorts! Keep em comin! Your kids are so well fed and loved. I can't have children of my own Physically, but I'm hoping to adopt one day too. ❤️❤️
I would love to see a video on your experience w having an autistic child. My older son (he will be 5 this Sept) was diagnosed w severe autism however his dr changed his status to mild once he started to interact w him. I did not even know what the proper diagnoses was until I called the dr's office w a question & they pulled his chart. They just nonchalantly said he has severe autism. I almost dropped the phone. My younger son who is 3 also shows signs of autism but hasn't been properly diagnosed yet. Most days I'm at a loss. My heart hurts so much for them. They're both so sweet & we live in such a cruel world that it terrifies me. They don't understand fear. Any help or suggestions? I would be SO grateful.
We call our frig a side by side. You are a special mom to take care of all the children. Living in Fl. We don’t store food in our garage. I have a small pantry, but it works for us. Thank you for sharing, I love your channel. God bless
Love this. Going to need more of this content. Especially after you come back from grocery shopping and put it all away. With the help from the kiddies of course. I love watching organizing videos.
I’m impressed! I would have loved to have seen a “before” picture of the disorganized pantry/ shelving units. I have a sneaking suspicion your “before” was way more organized than most and definitely mine!💕😉😂
Thanks so much for your food tour. The shorts are fun but so very quick. I loved that you keep things organised and easy to grab. I love the cereal and snack section 😍😍😍😍 Hahaha that’s my stomach talking. Great vid. Thank you again 🧡
I love the fact that your storage is so normal. And what I mean by that is that you haven’t spent $1,000 at the container store buying matching storage boxes. Gosh I love your realness. It’s refreshing. God bless 🙏🏼❤️
my gosh, it takes alot of food to feed 12 kids! whew! God bless you! I thought I was organized, then I saw this. I'm not as organized as you, and it's me and Skittles the cat!
I couldn't leave just bins of chippies and snacks and sweets and cereal like that as free for all at mine cause my teens would just eat it all day long and not eat anything else or their dinner. How do you manage that constant snacking.
it must be some task trying to feed and look after all that kids you must feel really blessed that you can manage in the present time of poverty. God Bless everyone of you and good luck.
I’ve been waiting for thisss, and one of my other comments, not to be rude but how do you financially handle 12/10 kids. And also, you might have done a video about this but what is everyone’s favorite food
im always wondering how someone figures out something is expired with that much storage, certaain times the experation date labels can be worn out and fade
You are such a wonderful mum. I always think what hard work it must be to have a large family but also fun and full of love. You always seem so calm. Keep up the good work.
Not gonna lie I wish I had at least 5% of the food she had I literally have four jars of pickles in my refrigerator lol she takes such good care of those children
Soothing to see she has enough of everything. Seeing what she has and it's very tidy. That can get out of control real quickly. I'm coming to her house!
I hope your garage has AC... here in Texas our garages are baking ovens ...lol 99 degrees today here . Good job on keeping your beautiful children fed and paying attention to their needs . Your family makes me smile . God bless .
That’s funny because in America you call these fridges “French door fridge” and in France we call them “American fridge” 😂 Love your channel, it always cheers me up, what a beautiful family ❤️
Wow so much food. Do you ever go through to throw out expired foods? You could do a pantry challenge for months…curious- you go weekly shopping for overstock or you really use up all the foods (non meat) that you have? Just curious to see how it works with so much food and lots of mouths. Thank you for the inspiration you give me watching your vids to simply do any task when I see how much of a super woman you are it amazes me!
We're really curious to see what does your food storage looks like BEFORE YOU GO GROCERY SHOPPING? does the storage really goes almost empty each week?
I don’t see any locks and anyway you don’t need locks on fridges and freezers . Some foods are actually good for kids to have at night time before bedtime like cheese and crackers,fruits,some ice cream a tiny bit of icecream/like one or two bowls of icecream aka stuff that helps kids sleep at night. Kids should also go to sleep on full tummies.
Those are our older fridges. Bodhi has autism and when he was younger use to climb into the fridges, so we locked them for safety. Luckily he doesn't any more but they are super stuck on! That's why all the new fridges don't have them.
I completely forgot there’s locks
on the fridges. Our son with Autism used to constantly climb in them or leave them
wide open all night so we would lock them at night. We don’t use them anymore but they’re super stuck on there. You’ll notice the two new fridge/freezers don’t have any locks because we no longer need them.
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We had a similar situation in our last place. Our son kept opening the fridge for no reason and leaving it open all day 🤦♀️. We put those on our fridge geez those never come off 🤣
My grandma just used a chain an a actual lock 🤣 we werent even young she just had her own personal full sized fridge in her bedroom and didnt want us getting her stuff!
Looks like you have a scammer commenting on everyone’s posts on here
To get the sticker residue off ( and possibly the locks ) goo gone spray and a paint scraper works great. But it is very stinky and may need to be done without kids or dogs nearby. Love seeing ur vlogs from Spokane Washington!
My tip for anyone who wants it, Don't think of the spice labeling as one big project, just keep a sharpie near by and label the one you're currently using as you put it away. I'm doing a few areas around the house like this, slow and steady wins the race
I love that you care about what your kids CAN eat, and not what they can’t. Food aversion is a real thing, and I’m so happy you respect and work with everyone’s food choices. It’s heartwarming💕
I said the same thing! She is so good at making sure each kid has their fav things and taking care of the kiddos with food issues. ❤️
@@Aragedie 100000% agreed!! She’s so sweet and does her best, and does a dang good job!! All the kids are so blessed and happy💕☺️
Tons and tons of sugar. The amount of sugar products is unbelievable. No kid needs that amount of sugar options. The sugar cereals alone just I don't know blowing My Mind by the amount of sugar food
@@oneeyeopen5044 yes a large amount of food items are either sugary or canned/processed food which is downright unhealthy. But can’t blame her. With such a large family to attend to where’s the time to cook.
@@oneeyeopen5044 The pantry in the kitchen is every child's dream (mine included). Unfortunately, most of us were raised on this kind of convenience food. Big Food has us addicted, and in return, we're feeding Big Pharma. It's all about the money.
I’m a single 25 year old and I love your videos 😂 so sweet how you remember what each kid likes individually. ❤️
Thank You 🧡🧡🧡
Can you do an end of week pantry tour so we can see how much the family actually gets through? you seem to have hundreds of chips but you tend to buy them all the time lol! i have OCD and food and germ phobia and one of them is to do with dates of foods - how do you know if its all fresh?!! love you guys!! xx
In Scotland we call what you call a French door fridge an American fridge freezer!!😂xx
That’s hilarious 😂
are you serious? lol, that's funny!😂
So apparently it sounds exotic to say that something's from anywhere else but Wherever You Are, that's so funny.
What's even funnier is that in France we also call it an American fridge 😂
Cool fact! Thank You 🧡🧡🧡
Okay, I would love a follow up video that shows what it looks like when it’s “empty” before you go shopping again each week.
My guess is that it doesn't get that low because she's constantly buying more food and then this is part of her channel she gets to a tax write off on groceries
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@@soapygirl83 yep, and she does those outrageous weekly shopping hauls for shock value. she could go 2 months without shopping and she'd be good with that hoarder stock supply
Nobody’s business actually, she has to provide for her large family. Each to there own. People are too presumptuous. If you don’t care for what you see then don’t watch, nobody cares. Nobody is making you watch.
Why would she let it go empty? It's good to have stock in case of emergency, exactly like when the pandemic hit and shelves were empty or limited. Mind your own business and stop hating. Jealousy is really ugly and not God's love.
i’d love a video tour of after a week’s worth of meals! then you could film you “stocking” your shelves and organizing the groceries that you buy. i loveee those videos on tiktok. they’re so relaxing and motivate me to clean/organize!
I always love seeing your shopping trips and storage! Dreaming some day you get a mini mansion to expand your kitchen and storage as you deserve. Until then it's nice to see you making the best of what you have and inspiring others. I also love Wegmans too!
The moving situation isn't going to be pretty lol
Maybe one day! Thank You 🧡🧡🧡
She already has a mansion.
I’m proud of you honestly! You are dedicating your whole life to others and that is a godly thing to do. Every day you wake up and you do everything for everybody. A choice I can no longer make. After years of trauma I realize that the only person that matters is me. I have to take care of me first. I can’t take care of anyone until i am ready. So I choose not to have children.
My daughter made the same decision. She said she can't take care of herself properly, so won't put a child in danger. I know lots a coworkers and family who decided one child was enough for them. "I don't have the patience to make their life fun." A lot of people don't understand that and coitized no kids families. Silly
eucalyptus oil works wonderfully for getting stickers off, I use it removing labels from our glass jars. We are a special needs household too and have had to use lock on the fridge and pantry before, people can get very weird about it, but we do what we need to to keep our kids safe!
I only have 2 kids and it's always a struggle to be organized. How you do it all momma, I have no idea but you're such an inspiration and a blessing! I binge watch your videos every morning, even my kids can roll call your kids now. HAHAHA. All the love from a fan from the Philippines!
I am not an organized person! I’m like Harlee when she wakes up in the morning 😂 there are three of us and two dogs and we have 2 fridges, a stand up freezer, 2 pantries and our kitchen. Could never find anything!! Recently organized everything and it’s the greatest feeling!!! My son kept saying there was no pasta or cereal… we have a years supply!! Love your channel! Love how perfectly imperfect and normal you are!
How do you keep track of what food is going out of date, like which ones to use up first? Do you meal plan and rotate your stock pile? Just curious!
ik this is kinda late but i'm p sure she meal plans and then goes grocery shopping for that weekly. im not sure about snacks and stuff but i feel like they go through those pretty fast anyway
I had a similar thought as well - especially with some of the bins like the snack bins where things at the bottom might expire if not rotated. I mean I know I've let some things unintentionally expire but I try to not waste food as much as possible.
Great video ! I’d love to see and end of the week video showing how much you are left with. Your family eats well. I am sure the kids are happy they have such a large selection of snacks. Thanks again . Love this video
Thank You 🧡🧡🧡
I'm glad you have some food put back. With prices still going up, and new shortages daily, it's so important, esp with so many mouths to feed. Great organization!
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Great organization. Now time for a pantry/freezer clean out challenge! I see so many fun meal options 👀
She does all the time when she gets ready to feed her dozen. 👍
Thank you for showing us how you organize y’all’s food. I am so glad you have all of that. You and your sweet family deserve to have all of that. You and Josh are such good parents to open your hearts and home to children that need a great home. You are wonderful.
Wow, you just amaze me!!! I shake my head and just can't believe the love that you have for children and life in general. Thank you, it is so refreshing... Could you please explain food aversion a bit more - I do remember you went into it a bit, but I would really like to know more about it and how you handle it both with food and with the individual child (discussions, etc.). I respect their privacy, so I am not asking you to go into complete detail; just to inform myself and others of what the effects are on the child and your dynamics on how you proceed forward. Thank you again for being such a Blessing!
Love your organization. I can't imagine how hard it is to keep everything sorted (and also showing it's not perfect all the time). Love your family!
I love this! Thanks for taking the time to share. It actually is very interesting to see how you manage all this food and it’s not like you’re kitchen is huge so you’re organizational skills really amaze and inspire me. It’s like you’re running a mini Costco lol thanks for all the positivity hope you guys have a safe happy 4th of of July!!
Its great to have all that frozen food! Do you have a generator? Im not really sure why you would store all the frozen stuff its a lot if it goes bad!
Everything looks so nice and organized. I hope you have a whole home generator to save all that food when the power goes out.
I wondered the same thing!
If you mix baking soda and vegetable oil and leave it on the stickers for some hours, it’ll remove the stickers with a swipe🙂 there’s RUclips videos of it!! I use this method all the time as I upcycle glass jars.
I was gonna say nail polish remover?
I knew about any kind of oil but I didn't know about the baking soda.
Thank You 🧡🧡🧡
@@keahithefieryone8513 that depends on if people can stand the smell of nail polish remover some people get headaches or sick from the smell of nail polish remover.
Another idea is to use a hair dryer to activate the sticky backing then peel it off.
Oh, I've been waiting for this! I LOVE seeing organized pantries& whatnot. Especially when theyre this aesthetically pleasing!
Yay! Thank you! Thank You 🧡🧡🧡
Former school custodian here. Tip for the stickers on the fridge: WD40. I'd spray WD40 on the stickers placed on desks and scrap them off but if you don't want to risk scratching the fridge you can just take a wet towel or magic eraser and scrub it off.
How fast do you go through all of the storage food? Your stuff is pretty organized!!
I wondered that too! It would be cool to see a video of how empty things are at the end of the week.
Fast enough to make a BIG dent at the end of the week haha Thank You 🧡🧡🧡
Ok- you have a grocery store!
I find myself buying things that sit in the pantry for years and I end up throwing food away that’s expired. Or my family eats snacks so the veggies go bad- Does that happen a lot to you?
With that many kids I can’t imagine eating out!
Hey Miss Alicia if you put some cooking oil on those stickers on the refrigerator just take your fingers and rub it in and you can put a paper towel or something so the oil won't run all the way down like stick it in the crack at the bottom of the door that the stickers are on and just keep putting oil on there the oil will dissolve this sticker and it'll be easy to wash off love your videos thanks for sharing
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Goo be gone works well and it has a pusher built in to help scrape the stuff off.
I love this family u adopted children and they have so much love you can tell how happy they are God bless you all all children deserve a loving stable home thank you for loving and caring for them
I'd like to expand my pantry storage into the garage like you've done. There are only 4 of us living in our home, but I keep my 6 year old great-niece during the week while her daddy is working. Her snacks are all within her reach in the main part of the kitchen because our pantry scares her. (It's also our laundry room and the drier "growls" at her so she avoids it like the plague.). I have our grocery list written on the refrigerator door with a dry erase marker and she's learned how to write "ice cream sandwiches" and "toys" every single week. She signs her name so we'll know they're for her. 🤣 My 22 year old son is autistic and will write very specific lists for what he's wanting. For example, "2 cups of all purpose flour, 2 eggs, 1 Tbsp cocoa" etc. He likes baking so he basically writes the recipe on the list.
It was probably 26.2 cubic feet. Also, thanks for describing everything so well! I'm completely blind and appreciated the lengthy descriptions.
It has to be said, you look absolutely gorgeous in purple! 💜
I wanted to give you a dyi on how to take stickers and also on products you buy in the store. Take a blow dryer and put it on the highest setting. And then start to peel with either you finger nail or something that will not scratch. I have been doing it for years and you would never notice that the stickers or sales sticker tag was there. Also have white rubbing alcohol to take the excess off. After peeling or pulling the sticker or sales sticker off. A quick and fast dyi.
Did you have to add more electrical power to the garage to accommodate the extra refrigerators? Also, do you have to be mindful of the kind of food items you keep in the garage, due to changing weather? For example, my garage isn’t the best insulated, so the changes from extreme heat in summer to super cold in winter might affect the food (i.e. freeze, mold, explode 😂 etc). Love watching your videos! 💜
I love all the fridges and freezers. Very organized. You’re set for a month ! I wish I was your neighbor! Love love ❤️ love your positivity
Absolutely amazing absolutely amazing! It would take tremendous time to organize something like that the way you've done it! I think you got a couple angels on your shoulder! Thank you for the tour
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Hello there!! Sooo a hack for your stickers on the fridge is to try and get them out as much as you can, the sticky residue that’s left over can be taken out using zippo(lighter fluid). Just put the fluid on a piece of folded paper towel and rub away, it’ll leave everything clean afterwards.
She could spray the stainless cleaner and use a blade to gently scrape it off. Or goo gone
If you have a overflow then why do you keep buying more?? **no hate just a genuine question, sorry if it offends anyone I’m just genuinely curious**
I’m curious too
With how hard it is to find staples at times, it's easier have extra. Especially with a big family. It's only 2 people in my home and i have an over flow of food as well in case you ever need it. Logistics still isn't 100% better to be safe than sorry. I have had times where i couldnt find basics where i live and i started to keep extras of stuff i use. If i get into my overflow i know that its time to restock.
If your shelves can take more weight you can get little stands that make a shelf within a shelf. This is good for cans especially which arent filling the height of the shelf but you don't want to stack 4 high. It's also useful for having easier access to more varieties instead of having things behind each other where they can't be seen.
I'm really interested in seeing what you consider empty pantry because you always buy so much and there's a ton of food that you have in stock, I feel like it's enough food for a whole month or even more and as a person who tries to avoid overconsumption and is really anxious seeing overflow of foods i almost had a panic attack lol
No hate, I'm just really interested whether you really need all that chips and cereal and other stuff every week
I agree I am amazed at how much food there is in the household, I understand the needs of feeding 14 and special needs and you do make brilliant meals for everyone 😀 but maybe use abit up before shopping every week as rotation of food dates must be nightmare. I think you probably have more on your shelves than some shops. Anyway each to their own and you certainly do a great job xx
To easily get rid of stickers…pull off as much of the shiny bit as you can, then apply a good amount of furniture polish, mr sheen or any cheap brand works the same. Leave it to work in for a while. The take some kitchen paper, dry dishcloth or anything similar and rub…if it stops coming off easily, add more polish and repeat. Then you can wash it with a soapy cloth or whatever you usually clean your surfaces with. It’s good for when a gift has the price label and it doesn’t peel off easily too.
That’s allot of Fridges and foods😯. You and ur husband do an amazing job with all ur kids and how much y’all give them.!
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Easy way to remove stickers from almost anything .First try to "score" the stickers by using any dull knife(plastic knives work great) then spray oil on the stickers(yes any veg oil). rub in in .keep going with the plastic knife.Let sit a few minutes. scrape again, and you usually get everything off. clean with alcohol on paper towels.
awwwww the ending message made me really happy. amazing food storage! you’re a SUPER MOM!
Wow! Your organization blows me away. We are now a family of three retired sisters, outlived spouses and parents, and I bet our grocery budget of $220 wouldn’t even cover your pop budget. Blessings to you and yours… Debi in Vicksburg, MS. 🥰🥰
This video was so interesting! I would love a whole house tour!
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@@DoughertyDozen No problem! anything for my favorite family channel! 😍😇
Just some advice don't keep your Apples and bananas together the apples put off a gas the ripes the bananas faster. Also if you wrap the bunch end of your bananas they stay fresh longer. Also if your bananas start to turn brown and no one will eat they peel the and freeze them to make your banana bread.
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No joke, this would keep me going for the rest of my life. I've literally only ever seen this amount of food in a store. I'm quite sure in a global famine, your family would be the only survivors bar the elite lol. They're gonna be looking at you like 'damn, you were never meant to make it' lol
It looks like you have mini grocery store Alicia... I love it and I cant imagine how much everything did cost you... and my also dream someday is to buy things without checking the price just like what you are doing.... just grabbing everything...
Wow that's so much food I'd literally eat all day if I lived with you!!
So, why the many shopping trips weekly? For the essentials like milk and bread but your stock is more than a small store. Even with 14 people that seems like alot. I'm just asking, I don't know what it feels like to have to shop for that many.
She said in one video that they use up almost all the bread in like 4 days. And they probably run out of milk around the same time hence when she would need to get more bread and milk half the time.
@@Megz1794 yes, but she goes shopping at Wegmans, Target and Costco every week. On her receipts she spends $600 + every week. It's excessive.
@@lovely4079 it’s not all that excessive when she keeps stocked up on certain foods and we don’t know how it takes her family to go through the other foods she also makes a snack board/snackery board almost daily,meal plans for Monday-Sunday every single week,needs to keep stocked on certain foods for all the kids plus her and her husband. She needs to make sure that they don’t run out of food they are a family of 14 eatting all that food plus meal recipes get doubled or tripled up for larger families. And to one person she said it would take about 2 weeks to go through all that food she didn’t go shopping weekly. Meaning they go through alot of that food faster than expected.
Hi Alicia new subscriber here! I love watching your videos and shorts! Keep em comin! Your kids are so well fed and loved. I can't have children of my own Physically, but I'm hoping to adopt one day too. ❤️❤️
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@copycatmadame Adoption is such a wonderful option. There are so many precious little ones who need your love and support. God bless sweet friend 🙏🏼❤️
I would love to see a video on your experience w having an autistic child. My older son (he will be 5 this Sept) was diagnosed w severe autism however his dr changed his status to mild once he started to interact w him. I did not even know what the proper diagnoses was until I called the dr's office w a question & they pulled his chart. They just nonchalantly said he has severe autism. I almost dropped the phone. My younger son who is 3 also shows signs of autism but hasn't been properly diagnosed yet. Most days I'm at a loss. My heart hurts so much for them. They're both so sweet & we live in such a cruel world that it terrifies me. They don't understand fear. Any help or suggestions? I would be SO grateful.
So fun to see another large family's food storage! We're a family of 12 and the challenge of fitting it all is real!
We call our frig a side by side. You are a special mom to take care of all the children. Living in Fl. We don’t store food in our garage. I have a small pantry, but it works for us. Thank you for sharing, I love your channel. God bless
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Where I'm from, side by side fridges are fridges, that have a freezer part on one side and a regular fridge part on the other
Can we talk about how good all the snacks are like I’m coming to the Dougherty house for snack time 😂❤️
Might take home some leftovers
Yea you are picking me up too 😏
Love this. Going to need more of this content. Especially after you come back from grocery shopping and put it all away. With the help from the kiddies of course.
I love watching organizing videos.
It looks great and so organized!! You do such an awesome job! 🧡🧡🧡
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I’m impressed! I would have loved to have seen a “before” picture of the disorganized pantry/ shelving units. I have a sneaking suspicion your “before” was way more organized than most and definitely mine!💕😉😂
Holy Cow! You have everything so organized!
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I hope I’ll get to see a house upgrade with a walk in restaurant like fridge & freezer. That would be so perfect for yall!!!
I love how thrilled Naveah looks in the intro.
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Are you locking the fridge?!
I love seeing the house looks like a lived in house.. Your family deserve the view..
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Thanks so much for your food tour. The shorts are fun but so very quick. I loved that you keep things organised and easy to grab. I love the cereal and snack section 😍😍😍😍 Hahaha that’s my stomach talking. Great vid. Thank you again 🧡
I love the fact that your storage is so normal. And what I mean by that is that you haven’t spent $1,000 at the container store buying matching storage boxes. Gosh I love your realness. It’s refreshing. God bless 🙏🏼❤️
Have you see The Holderness Family videos about putting foods in storage containers for aesthetics? It cracks me up!
@@DoughertyDozen I just watched it. So true!!!!
Your fridge organization is legit! I love it.
my gosh, it takes alot of food to feed 12 kids! whew! God bless you! I thought I was organized, then I saw this. I'm not as organized as you, and it's me and Skittles the cat!
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@@DoughertyDozen, you are welcome!
I couldn't leave just bins of chippies and snacks and sweets and cereal like that as free for all at mine cause my teens would just eat it all day long and not eat anything else or their dinner. How do you manage that constant snacking.
This is a very neat food storage for a family of 14 and I’m surprised the fridge and pantry is so neat
it must be some task trying to feed and look after all that kids you must feel really blessed that you can manage in the present time of poverty. God Bless everyone of you and good luck.
I’ve been waiting for thisss, and one of my other comments, not to be rude but how do you financially handle 12/10 kids. And also, you might have done a video about this but what is everyone’s favorite food
I wanna know too!!!
Roll Call!! Thank You 🧡🧡🧡
Well Done ! 👍 - But how long will it last? You need Rice, Beans, Lentils, Salt - things for survival.
I watched the Live so I was waiting for this you don’t know how much your family means to me and my family❤️❤️
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I hope you can share a little amount for my family inneed😥
You guys are a true blessing to each other, ❤️❤️
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im always wondering how someone figures out something is expired with that much storage, certaain times the experation date labels can be worn out and fade
Soo.. love your stocks it is indeed overflowing! 😍😍😍😍
Do you have a system for using the inventory? Like incorporating more of X into meals or do you go through it so fast it doesn’t matter?
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You are such a wonderful mum. I always think what hard work it must be to have a large family but also fun and full of love. You always seem so calm. Keep up the good work.
Awesome tour! If you have time and I doubt you do 😂. Could you show just before you go shopping? Like how quickly things empty out. Love your family!
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Love the bit about the spilt smoothie and how it fits in 👌🏻. You are so organised and tidy 👏🏻. I just love you and how real you are !! Xxx
I noticed you have a bowl of onions on the bottom shelf. Onions are highly toxic to dogs! Just kindly wanted to share that info! ❤️❤️❤️
Ah! Good tip, we'll make sure to move them 🧡🧡🧡
If you take a blow dryer on low heat to the stickers, they'll come right off. I love watching your video's, and being a part of your day to day lives.
Not gonna lie I wish I had at least 5% of the food she had I literally have four jars of pickles in my refrigerator lol she takes such good care of those children
Soothing to see she has enough of everything. Seeing what she has and it's very tidy. That can get out of control real quickly. I'm coming to her house!
That's quite the stock you have.
If you needed to you could skip a week of shopping and survive! 🤣
You're quite organized!
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I hope your garage has AC... here in Texas our garages are baking ovens ...lol 99 degrees today here . Good job on keeping your beautiful children fed and paying attention to their needs . Your family makes me smile . God bless .
That’s funny because in America you call these fridges “French door fridge” and in France we call them “American fridge” 😂
Love your channel, it always cheers me up, what a beautiful family ❤️
🧡loved it, thank you for taking the time to make this video.
best family on youtube. so positive and kind!
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In Germany this fridge is called a " Side by Side Kühlschrank":)
Hey from Virginia. I'm happy to see your videos pop up. You have a beautiful family.
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I have ocd and organization is a must...love your storage
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Wow so much food. Do you ever go through to throw out expired foods? You could do a pantry challenge for months…curious- you go weekly shopping for overstock or you really use up all the foods (non meat) that you have? Just curious to see how it works with so much food and lots of mouths. Thank you for the inspiration you give me watching your vids to simply do any task when I see how much of a super woman you are it amazes me!
Love the way you have everything so organized.
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We're really curious to see what does your food storage looks like BEFORE YOU GO GROCERY SHOPPING? does the storage really goes almost empty each week?
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You are so organized for the space you have and the amount you have,thanks for the tour, great job!
Are those locks on the fridges?
I don’t see any locks and anyway you don’t need locks on fridges and freezers . Some foods are actually good for kids to have at night time before bedtime like cheese and crackers,fruits,some ice cream a tiny bit of icecream/like one or two bowls of icecream aka stuff that helps kids sleep at night. Kids should also go to sleep on full tummies.
Those are our older fridges. Bodhi has autism and when he was younger use to climb into the fridges, so we locked them for safety. Luckily he doesn't any more but they are super stuck on! That's why all the new fridges don't have them.
It’s like a mini shop within a home! Watching from the UK 🇬🇧 I wish I was as organised and had the space, uk kitchens in homes are small 😢