One thing we always make sure we have a good supply of on Christmas morning is batteries.  So, on the 9th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, Battery Storage Containers for the stockpile of batteries that will power up everything under the Christmas tree!  There is a specific container for each size from “AAA” to “D”.  They have a snap-top lid so your batteries won’t go rolling around everywhere getting lost or mixed up with old batteries.

I have always been bad about opening up a fresh package of batteries, taking out what I need and shoving the rest of the package in one of 2 junk drawers in my kitchen (I like to call it ”organized junk”). 

The problem comes when someone (teenage son) goes to get new batteries, looks in the drawer and decides they would rather BUY new batteries than take everything out of that drawer to LOOK for them.  So…new batteries are purchased, opened, and the rest of the pack is shoved into the drawer.  Repeat this a few times and you understand the “battery cycle” in my household. Continue Reading »

On the 6th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me the power of fast and easy recycling with the Can Crusher!

The Can Crusher allows you to never handle a wet, messy or sharp edged can ever again! Cans go into the top and once crushed, they drop out of the bottom into you recycling bin.  This aluminum can crusher can handle multiple cans at one time making it the perfect time saver with holiday guests always coming and going.  All their drink cans can be easily crushed and disposed of into the recycling bin.

Also Available:  Single Can Aluminum Can Crusher.

This joke in my house was, “It sure is nice to have a garage!  Too bad we can’t park the car in it.” 

Jump back in time to three years ago.  We were moving in.  The boxes were piled in every room of the house.  As the sun started to sink lower behind the trees we decided to take the last load of stuff and dump it on the floor of the garage.  Fast forward to the present.  The majority of that box pile still sits in the same spot and the car is still outside getting pelted by acorns and buried in leaves.

Interestingly enough, many people across the country have this problem.  The garage is full of junk and the car sits outside.  A tree could fall on your car but your stuff will be safe.  I would laugh out loud listening to George Carlin talk about “stuff” because with my garage, I could definately relate! The crazy part of all that is, I don’t even KNOW what the stuff is that I’m keeping so safe in the garage!

Obviously, if we haven’t needed any of that stuff in three years, we SHOULD trash every one of those boxes.  Things just don’t work that way in my house.  I know if I got rid of all that stuff without first going through it, I would think that every missing item for years to come was thrown out in that pile of boxes.  So the boxes stayed…for now. Continue Reading »