I have several family members and Christmas time can get expensive.  So from year to year I try and save boxes and such so that I do not have to purchase so many items the next year to wrap presents with.  This year however I have nothing saved.  I do not know how that happened but I do not.

It is time for me to clean out my youngest toy chest so he can be ready for new presents on Christmas. This however is no small feat. He has accumulated a lot of toys and junk over the past year. I will need to purchase a few storage containers to contain the mess. I feel like I should have him go through all this stuff since I do not know what he wants to really keep or throw out.

I hope when I am ready to move I can find some cheap movers .  I just really hate moving and the more I think about it the more I cringe.  I can not stand moving that is why I do not do it very often.  However the neighborhood I live in has become less than I desire so I am moving this year when my lease is up.

Just got done putting my sons basketball goal he had received as a gift for his birthday.  That was a major aggravating experience.  Not only did it come in a zillion pieces but had all kinds of little extra pieces.  I need extra storage containers just to keep all the pieces in.  I finally did manage to get it together though and now he is very happy.

I wish I could move away to where the weather is warm all the time.  Sometimes though that is not an option for some people.  Moving away requires extreme planning and also alot of time and money.  Not everyone can do that relocation is very detailed you have to make sure you have a job and a place to live on top of everything else.

Well in taking as many calls as we do here it seems to be that the word of the day is cheap storage . I have people calling and that is pretty much the only factor they are basing their storage decisions on. With the economy today its no wonder and it does not seem to be changing anytime soon.

I have a friend that we actually were neighbors first and this was over ten years ago.  So in the past three years we became neighbors again and sadly they moved last night.  My daughter and her daughters are all friends as well.  I figured we were neighbors for 6 years the first time and this time we were neighbors for almost three years.  Crazy where life takes us but maybe someday we can be neighbors again.

Its that time of year again where people are going to be calling to get storage for their goodies they will be purchasing for Christmas.  It really is a good idea especially if your kids are as nosey as mine.  I can not hide anything from them.  I have been creative in the past but as they get older that gets a little harder!

Well our dog has gotten to come home from his long 10 day stay at the pound.  He had been very sick when he came home and I was not so sure he was gonna make it.  So its been about a week and a half now and he is almost back to his old doggie self.  So last night the kids are playing outside in the yard and hes watching through the window, which is what got him in trouble last time.  He was watching my son run around and then run to the door AGAIN.  Kane took off outside to one of my sons friends and started to do what male dogs do to dominate.  So since he did not learn his lesson with a 10 day stay at the pound I had to put him in his crate. I am going to need a super lock to keep this dog under control and safely locked up.

I recently had a incident where my dog was put into quarantine for scratching a little boy that was hitting my son.  Of course my dog was just doing what he was suppose to do which is protect his humans. However we had to take him to the animal control office, that way the charges would be cheaper, and he went willingly into the pen they had set up for him.  Then I noticed that in addition to the latch on the door they also had locks on each pen. I guess just in case someone came to break him out then he would not be able to get out.  Hope we can get him back soon.