TV is in. It is great! I can quickly see that it will become one of those things that I don’t know how I lived without it. (in the same category as my laptop, DVR, double ovens, ipod)  It is very big, really too big for the space, but I don’t care. It’s perfect! The sound is awesome. My favorite thing to do is play some awesome music loud and do my jobs. Well, I shouldn’t say that’s my favorite thing to do. I’ll rephrase it. Since I’ve got to do my jobs, doing them with loud music makes it much better! Can’t wait to get my ipod docking station. That will make my music selection much better!

Tupperware party was today. Despite 4 people not being able to come at the last minute, I think it went well. Everyone seemed to have a good time. Everybody bought some stuff, and 3 people booked parties. I’ll know by Friday what exactly I get out of it. Several more people need to place their order. In prepping for the party I totally cleaned out the playroom. It looks fabulous! Cleaned out the loft, ditto. The living room looks great with the bookcase actually functioning now. Still need to get art for the great room and dining room and lamps for each as well. All the glassware in the dining room is up. I did a lot, and it all looks great! I got to use Keith’s mother and grandmother’s dishes today. That made me happy. They are beautiful, and I am proud to have them! It’s hard to believe these two women who, by Keith’s accounts, had very different taste, each had very similar taste to mine (regarding dishes anyhow, I probably won’t be wearing any of their clothes anytime soon).

Speaking of wierd things. I never knew that my dad was such a fine shoe connoisseur. Because they wore similar sizes, Keith got all of my dad’s dress shoes. It was about 10 (or maybe more) pairs. Now let me give you some background. Keith’s shoe wardrobe (up until now) consisted of one black and one brown casual pair of shoes, and one black pair of dress shoes. He literally wore the casual shoes out every school year because he wore them so frequently. To now have such a plethora of shoes in his closet is shell shock. Say nothing of he has black, brown, tan, maroon, black and brown, loafers, boat shoes, and due to his own contribution, crocs. I never noticed my dad having such fancy footwear. But everytime Keith is wearing his shoes (which is almost every day now!), it sure is the first thing I notice. When I mentioned this, Keith asked me if it was bothersome, and if so, he wouldn’t wear them. But it doesn’t bother me. I like it. It makes me proud that my dad had such good style, which is something that I NEVER would’ve given him credit for 1 year ago! Keith is in shoe heaven! I’m sure his colleagues and students are appreciating not getting to look at his socks through the soles of the same old shoes every day.

So, other than I still feel like crap, life is good!

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Do you often find the cereal boxes open to dust, bugs and weavels in the cabinets and cuboards? Does the cereal often spill out making a mess to attract insects or maybe even rodents, let alone just another job for you to have to clean up? Often we ask our children to fold the inside bags of cereal boxes to keep the contents fresh and crisp, only to find the next morning that the cereal is soggy if living in a humid area near lakes or rivers or seashores. 

Is this what your cabinet looks like, with the liners out and the boxes just shoved inside?

Instead of getting frustrated and yelling at the kids over and over, find a simple solutuion that makes it easy and fool proof for them to close up and pick up after themselves!  One such solution is to purchase inexpensive plastic containers that are see through with easy to close lids. Some times I can mix different kinds of flake cereals like raisen bran with country flakes to make a compromise between tastes.  Also by actually seeing the cereal helps the children choose what they feel like eating versus seeing a box.  Thirdly, it keeps the cereal fresher longer and nohumidity,dust, bugs or insects can get inside the containers.  Lastly, if you do not have insects in your home, keeping spills out of the cupboards will continue that good trend.  Below is a different picture of the same cabinet where the boxes have been replaced by some purchased containers.  On the last shelf on the left there are two plastic containers.  The smaller semi transparent one is actually a recycled container that had cheese in it!  So look around you and see what you have that can be used or purchased to redesign your cabinets and keep them clean and tidy!