Working On Goals - Buckets - Knife - Give-Away

I’ve been working on some of the goals I set for 2013.

I started working with our dog Bug (the new rescue puppy).  The bell I placed on the back door entices her (remember the bell is there to let me know when she needs to go out).  She loves to just touch it and run away.   I figured give her a little time, and she will be ringing that bell, and driving me crazy in the process.  Bug has an insecurity issue, she likes to whine (remember she was a rescue dog, and had a hard life).  She starts whining and shaking when she can’t physically see me.  I know resolving this problem is going to take time, which I have plenty of.

Bug, tired after working with her

 Then it was time to start working on several of the overgrown closets in the house.  This one is one of two hall closets, it generally holds extra pillows, blankets, linens, first aid kits, toilet paper (not all, only one container and a few loose rolls), heating pads, blood pressure cuff and some (not all) extra toiletry supplies.  As you can see it’s a disaster, everyone just grabs what they need, and when they return the item they don’t place it back where it was found. 

I’m embarrassed……………..here’s the before picture.

And here’s the after picture.

I’ve pulled out all the pillows, a total of 10, and saved only two.  Those two were placed inside a large storage bag in the bottom right of the closet.  Of course, I have two travel bags in the lower part of the closet for easy access (being that we don’t have a lot of storage closets in this house).  I’ve placed all the liquid soap, shampoos and conditioners in a large plastic bin and labeled them.  Then it was on to placing the bar soap in another container, and the extra razors in another.  I placed a shelving type unit inside the closet side ways to hold the heating pads, blood pressure cuff, and minor bathroom electronics.  The top shelf holds linens, and blankets in large Ziploc storage bags.  I pulled out all the extra boxes of bandages and band aids stored in the closet and placed different size bandages and band aids in three first aid kits. By doing this, I eliminated 8 boxes of bandages and 3 boxes of band aids sitting on the shelves.  ****Note to all Blogger friends, please check your first aid kits to make sure your items haven’t expired!!!

Next on my agenda, tackle the closet by the front door in the foyer. 

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On my last trip into town, I picked up several more free food grade buckets. This time the buckets are the small ones, I won’t complain, especially since they’re freeJ.   I decided to scrub the buckets outside and let them dry in the sun since it turned out to be a beautiful day. When I decide to use these buckets, I will wash them one more time.

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This section of my post I dedicate to Stephen and Matt. I couldn’t resist, I had to get in on the knife sharing post, lol.  Here’s one of my favorite knives, it’s a Kershaw 1070 Echo AUSSA by Ken Onion.

On a special note, the Hi Mountain Jerky Cure & Seasoning give-away winner has until Thursday night at 11:59PM to e-mail me at 

SandyLivesay@gmail.com,

in order to claim her winnings. The winner was announced on Saturday, the 19^th of January, and still I have not received a response from the winner.  Ya’ll know what that means, on Friday, I will have Bulldog Man pull another name from the bowl of people who registered and another winner will be named.