Welcome to the Southern Sunsets Edition of The Homesteading Carnival. We took a great vacation last month, and I enjoyed snapping shots of the Southern/Southwestern skies. We have a lot of really great entries this week, so take some time and enjoy them!
Jocelyn is Feelin’ Feminine on the homestead, and she has issued a challenge for all who care to participate: Feelin’ Feminine - What’s Your Story?. Read her story about why she wears skirts almost all the time and how she lives on a homestead wearing them at A Pondering Heart.
Paul Suarez Jr. is blogging his travels across the country with his family. You can read daily/hourly Updates from His Trip via his Blackberry and see the beautiful pictures from all over.
July 12th is Paper Bag Day. “Excuse me ma’am, but would you like paper or plastic.” You might hear that whenever you go to the grocery store. Lady Olivia shares some ideas for using paper bags for crafts and shares a neat link with us at Growing in Grace Magazine.
Dora Renee’ Wilkerson presents Y-2K Hippie: 07/07/08 posted at Knitting, horses, and my family.
My mother came for a visit and made this really easy and tasty cake with my daughter. I thought some of you may enjoy it.
Amanda is making Fried Green Beans all over the country! Check out her recipe and the picture of her cookin’ in LA!
SeaBird presents crafts for young children posted at SeaBird Chronicles. You must go over and read all of the great ideas she has for fun times with your Littles this summer! She has pictures too!
Kendra presents When life gives you cherry plums? posted at A Sonoma Garden.
Sometimes the tastiest food is food we find in the wild. When my husband decided to can these strange cherry plums I thought he had gone bananas, but now we can jar after jar of this jam every year!
I absolutely love Laura Williams’ idea to give each child their own raised bed to care for! I so wanted to do that this year. Boy did that two-week vacation and planning cut into our garden this year! That and the chickens! Read about Laura’s summer as she presents Around the Homestead Today… posted at Laura Williams’ Musings.
GP presents Inn Your Comfort Zone posted at Manely Montana Memories-Come on Inn.
Ah summertime and the livin’ is easy… or is supposed to be. Unlike what you ‘re most likely to read about going out of your comfort zone… now ’s the time to go inn to it instead… Hmmm you thinks.. Trust me I’m going somewhere with this.
Robin at Heart at Home shares Another Use for a Leaf Blower. Ever think of using your leaf blower to clean the garage, barn, or patio? She tells that she “dusted” and “swept” our horse barn and metal storage building with a leaf blower. “No more sweeping yucky cobwebs on my head!”
Rachel is at home, Just Bein’ A Country Girl. She has, for the past few days, been letting the does out to eat the apples that are right next to the barnyard. She also found a giant egg last night that has two yokes in it.
ElCloud of ElCloud Homestead who admits she is not a country girl was raised in towns and on military bases. She has never been in 4-H and I have never raised poultry. Her pets were limited to fish, one bird, cats, and dogs. She asks, “How did I End Up With This Job?“.
Jonash of Two of A Kind, Working on A Full House reminisces about her Apple IIE. About 17 or 18 years ago, her dad brought home their first computer, an Apple IIE,. Come reminisce with Ashley.
Cameo, a ten year old Country Girl, shares about Frogs and Toads and shows pictures of her new frog, Beans.
Marsha, at Clutter Control Freak Blog, lets us in on her Favourite Organising Tools #9: Baskets. Baskets are a great way to organize, and she shows us some ideas on how to use them!
Sherry, of Large Family Mothering, gives us a peek into her days as a homeschooling mom of fourteen in My life, and other things. Sewing, teaching, reading, managing… take a peek in yourself!
That’s all for this weeks Homesteading Carnival! If you would like to participate in next week’s carnival, please be sure to send your submission in! For future carnivals, please be sure to check out The Hosting Schedule. Thanks to Jocelyn, for putting time into this carnival. It is fun and encouraging and informational to have all of these links put into a carnival!
My Mother turned 60 yesterday. Had I been up on this, I could have had it published for her birthday! Anyway, I have always been late on things like this. My Mom, on the other hand, would have sent a card out last week, scanned pictures, written a great tribute and posted it fifteen minutes early, because she always arrives fifteen minutes early
Tia did a wonderful job on this week's carnival. She is always has something amusing to say and really made this carnival something! So what does the homesteading carnival have to do with homeschooling?? Tia knows... check it out: 36th Carnival of Homesteading ~ It's an Education
I hope you'll join next week for the 37th Homesteading Carnival, which will be hosted at quietcajun's and if you are so inclined you could write up a post and enter it here. Just add your entry URL and it will add all your info for you! Then push send! I hope to see you then!!
Now for my contest:
Mike Lupicia has also written two books about The Comeback Kids. I am giving away 4 sets of The Comeback Kids by author Mike Lupicia (each set is 2 books).
"Dedication, teamwork and heart make Mike Lupica's Comeback Kids series a touchdown for young readers. Meet basketball great Billy Raynor (Hot Hand) and star drop-kicker Scott Parry (Two-Minute Drill). Both boys strive to be team players on and off the playing field. However, when faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles, each character must reinvent his strategy if he wants to keep playing the game."
This series is recommended for readers between ages 8 to 11. Each subsequent title will feature a new protagonist, sport and challenge to overcome. Look out for future Comeback Kids books soon!
To enter the contest to win the books, all you have to do is leave me a comment. Please link your blog or your email or both in your comment. If you want an extra entry, blog about the contest or link the icon in your sidebar and leave me a second comment telling me so with the direct link to your post or that it is in your sidebar.
You must be at least 18 years of age and live in the U.S. You can read official contest rules HERE. The contest will end Jan. 26 at midnight EST, so leave a comment now!
Make sure you leave me a link I can contact you with. I will be letting you know through that link that you've won.
Do do sports?? This would make a great gift for nephews or friends!
blessings!
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I am happy to say I will be hosting the 31st Homesteading Carnival tomorrow - er, today. I will be hosting it on my Homeschool Blog. Although it is too late for me to ask you to submit a post, I am sure that Catherine Love~ Ramblings from my Heart and Home will be thrilled for you to flood the Homesteading Carnival Email with your submissions, as she is hosting it this next week. Please have them in by 9pmEST on Sunday evening.
Thank you to all who commented on my To Christmas or Not To Christmas?post. I wanted to post about it for my own record, but in a non-argumentative way. Topics like that - homeschooling, breastfeeding, home birth - seem to be ones that invoke defensive feelings on both sides.
Celebrating Christmas is a decision that we do not want to just jump into and regret stomping over God's will and family traditions, while still desiring to live a holy life for Him. It's hard to find that middle place between being self-righteously over-zealous and complacently wanting what I want. But... it's where we need to live, and I so desire it.
I appreciated all of the information and encouragement, as well as the other posts I have found on the same subject. It almost reminds me of what I am finding out about the whole voting in the Primaries: There are a lot of people in the same boat - or mindset, but we don't know it until we speak up about it.
Oh my word! I found this last night on a blog, and we have watched it about 20x today. Even though I am way behind on finding it... It is still hilarious. And, it is sung to The William Tell Overture, otherwise known and loved in our home as "The Lone Ranger Song".
I listened to it five times last night, trying to hear everything she says. Today, we found a video with the lyrics.
Here is the Yahoo one that worked best for me: http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/247.1/popup/index.php?cl=4274384
Here is the one with the lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJUY9STo6BU
This is part of a comment from one of the YouTube videos about the author of the song: "This lady is a wonder and yes she wrote it.....I met her in August in Dallas, Tx. where she lives near. She is a member of Women of Faith and this is part of her ministry." I just got an email from my friend Dianne, and here's what she had to say: "That is SO hysterical! Anita Renfroe is very funny. We got the very humorous pleasure of seeing her perform here at the end of November. She was just a scream. I got a couple more books of hers (already had a couple) and a CD. If you ever have a chance to read The Purse Driven Life or The Purse Driven Christmas, they are a riot!! We even got pix and autographs with her. You can also watch her on Bananas if you get that show - or probably even rent a Bananas video."
Here are the lyrics, in case you think you really don't need to listen to the video... I'm sure you will want to take a few minutes to listen to her sing it after reading them anyway
Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepyhead
Here's your clothes and your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now! Get up and make your bed
Are you hot? Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where's your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat
Don't forget! You gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast, the experts tell us it's the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today
Don't forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play
Don't shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don't play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don't forget to share
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare
Get along! Don't make me come down there
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day? Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone! Get off the phone!
Don't sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod's my iPod if you don't listen up
Where are you going and with whom and what time do you think you're coming home?
Saying thank you, please, excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam You'll appreciate my wisdom someday when you're older and you're grown
Can't wait till you have a couple little children of your own
You'll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate
Use your fork, do not burp or I'll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, get the door, don't get smart with me
Get a grip, get in here, I'll count to three
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD
Get a dose of,
"I don't care who started it!
You're grounded until you're 36"
Get your story straight and tell the truth for once, for heaven's sake And if all your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump, too?
If I've said it once, I've said at least a thousand times before That you're too old to act this way
It must be your father's DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straighter when you walk
A place for everything and everything must be in place
Stop crying or I'll give you something real to cry about
Oh!
Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on Get in bed, get up here, say a prayer with mom
Don't forget, I love you (kiss)
And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom's work never ends
You don't need the reason why
Because, because, because, because
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so
I'm the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!!
Heart of Wisdom Blog Contest: A Free Book Random Drawing will be held every Monday through the months of December and January at the Heart of Wisdom Blog. Each week one Heart of Wisdom subscriber will be randomly selected o receive one FREE Homeschool Book or Heart of Wisdom Ebook from Homeschool-Books.com. A new title will be given away each week. Click here to enter.
My friend Ruth at Heart of God is having a contest. " I have finally taken some pictures of the snowflakes I have been crocheting. I would love to hold a contest to give away a dozen of these assorted snowflakes to one lucky person. I have wanted to do a contest for some time and couldn't think of what to give away. I am so glad to have thought of these. I love to make them and would love to share them. "
She also has them for sale, if you would like to purchase them. All you have to do is leave a comment, so head on over there!
Being a day late, but not a dollar short, I finally bring you THE CARNIVAL OF HOMESTEADING... HOMesteading... homestead..... that was an internet echo, fyi. heheeh. Ok, if you do not know what a carnival is, this may give you an idea. If it doesn't, then look at The Homesteading Carnival for which I getting a post copied over there...
Now... onto what you are looking for: The Homesteading Carnival #23 ... originally posted over at my Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths, my homeschool blog.
I get to host the Homesteading Carnival again! Yahoo! So, being as the time just changed and it is beginning to get cold around here, I thought about what I could include in this carnival. What Fall things I can include. Fall. Let's take a look at what is on our homestead friends hearts for Fall:
Pumpkins
I belong to the Blogger Friends School, hosted by Tamara at Training Hearts. This weeks assignment is a Pumpkin Party! We incorporated it into our school... as we do with most everything! I blogged the sketches and drawings we did for it.
Apples
Tamara at Training Hearts has a nifty idea for simple Apple Pie in a Jar. Sounds so yummy, Tamara. and so pretty! I love to make Apple crisp in the fall. This would be a great idea to can for the winter and spring on those cold days when we are hankerin' for something sweet!
Soup
Yummy, have a great bowl of Autumn Harvest Soup full of butternut squash, onions, and apples that Tina has posted. It sounds good, I think I might have Rachel make some.
Change in weather Melissa, a new blogger, who is Homesteading in Nicaragua tells us of The End of Rainy Season "On the isthmus of Nicaragua is a little finca called Quinta Quijote (Keen-tah Key-ho-tay). It's not quite an up and running farm yet, or finca as it's called down here, but we're getting closer to our dream every day, despite rainy season and any number of other crazy obstacles that we've encountered in our four years of life here."
Fall is the time to get end-of-summer work finished before it gets too cold to finish it. I hate it when I can't get something done, and then the snow starts falling, and I know I am going to have to wait until next spring for some nice weather to get things around here finished. FarmGal ~ Stone Farm 35 leads us through Farm Work and Pictures, as they prepare for a pond.
Catherine Love is Cool Weather Cooking "it is at least cool enough these days to enjoy having the oven on! I'm going to search through my recipe pile today and do some cooking."
Leaves Falling
Catherine shares about making leaf prints with your children on the HSB Front Porch in her post, Fall Fun.
Harvest
I found a very interesting post, More Agrarian Secrets from E.P. Roe, that is a part of a series you will have to take a look at. "And speaking of insightful, here’s what E.P has to say about raising children so they will NOT trade the richness of rural life for city existence when they grow up."
Eric of The Voice of Experience shares with us the Cycle of Life. The cornfields began to come down as the tractors role in. Take a peak at the tractors he captured and take a minute to read his poem.
Jasmine at Ponder the Path tells about her Canning Basics-Baby Steps. She explains, "When I was young, we lived near my great-grandmother. Every summer, my mother and great-grandmother both had large gardens and preserved the bounty each fall. At the time, us kids couldn't stand canning season, because of the vinegar smell we had to endure on pickle canning day. I was too young to appreciate being able to grow and preserve food for your family to enjoy all year long."
Homemade
Some times the best way to tell a story is through photos... Nancy of Gaelic Acres shares her experiences about making goat cheese in A Photo Story .
First time making Goat Milk Soap, Jocelyn posts the recipe she will be using and her trip to the store to find all her supplies. Join her at Amusing Reflections of a CountryGirl as she attempts to make goat milk soap.
Time Change
At Hidden Haven Homestead, Peggy shares about the Time Change over at her farm. The animals there aren't too happy about it.."all the animals thought I was late with their supper. Seems they didn't get the memo about the time change. Williamsaid I should post a sign by their pens letting them know." I can definitely relate to this whole time change thing. We've been trying to figure out when we're feeding the animals - on our "regular" schedule or going along with the time change!
Amanda of My Learning Experience shares about what a God of Wonders He is. As she shares her pictures of the bright pink skies, she thinks "Isn't that just beautiful?? I am not a person who really cares much about scenery, but when I walked out into the pink world, I couldn't help, but want to capture the moment."
Craft Fairs and Festivals Oak Hill Homestead ~ Fall Festival (Sorghum Day). Take a virtual visit to the Sorghum Day Festival in an Oklahoma town.
If you are looking for something cute and festive to eat at your harvest party, Ann'Re made a sweet Recipe: Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes. Yesterday was Rachel's birthday, and these were simply too cute to see and then not try them! Everyone loved them, especially Caleb who got into them a few times...
Homeschool
In Morning at the Pumpkin Patch, Nancy shares a fall day in pictures at the pumpkin patch with other homeschool families - and fun! We went to a pioneer day at a homeschool familiy's homestead several years back. It was really fun and interesting. I still have keepsake heart-wreaths hanging on my wall from when we went.
Hunting
Our neighbor is an avid hunter. He takes many trips all across North America every year hunting everything from deer to turkeys. He goes out on his 4-wheeler; sometimes he takes Annie, his Springer Spaniel, sometimes he leaves her. I usually know about his hunting excursions because the girls always houses it for him and take care of Annie for him. He is in his 60's and does not blog. Otherwise, I am sure he could tell you some stories!
Jamie, AnOldFashionedGirl, has posted a few blogs about her husbands love of hunting. Slow Starting Monday is one of them. See how it is a great benefit for their family. Hey - meat in the freezer! That's why we have so many roosters walking around here... I'm gonna can them soon! I totally agree with Thank God For His Provision. I'm even excited for how well her homeschooling is going! Anyway, read all about Jamie's husband's hunting experiences. Hunting Again even has a picture that I am going to show Eric. He would love to learn.
Fall Favorites
A favorite of mine for this season is my copy of the Fall issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. Have you gotten yours yet? I don't think I am even all the way through mine, and I got it a week ago!
Another favorite of mine right now is the new book I got for the HSB Literary Book Club discussion: The Hedge of Thorns. It is a skinny, short 88pp, and I cannot believe how much is packed into them. I started it last night, and I was left with my mind, my heart and my spirit opened. If you think of it, would you pray for me about moderating it? This book has so many lessons and memories in it, I just pray God will lead the discussion and that many more will join us. It is really something.
I am a Believer of the Lord Jesus Christ, a wife of 18 years, and homeschool Mom to 3 wonderful boys and 5 wonderful girls.
We are a family of 10, living on 2 1/2 acres. My desire is to serve the LORD and seek His paths for our lives as we homeschool on our little homestead.
Jeremiah 6:16
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Adam walked in the Garden with God. He talked with him. God was his companion. Yet, that did not complete man. God's plan was different. Even as Adam walked with God, God saw a need in his new creation. God met that need with a woman.
Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Let us turn from the current 'pop-culture-christianity' society we live in and get back to the Word.
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Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
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Keep their hearts. If you don't have their hearts, take note and re-capture their hearts!
Don't let the seeds sown by the ideal of today's youth culture ruin the glorious plans God has for your child.
Satan wants him. Your child is a jewel in Christ's crown, and satan wants him. Train him as such.
You want him more. So does the Lord.
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Our School 2007-2008: How We Learn:
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*Early morning coffee-time to include:
* Bible Reading
* Prayer: for Husband, children
* Planning
*Reading to Littles
*Time to snuggle
*Computer Time
*Time with older children
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*Love God and Family
*Bible Reading
*Self-discipline
*Proper Manners
*Polished Cornerstones or Plants Grown Up
*Art: sketching, coloring, painting
*Cooking
*Caring for animals
*Arithmetic
*scrapbooking, notebooking
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Teaching the Littles
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*Love God and Family
*Self-discipline
*Proper Manners
*Cooking
*Caring for animals
*Arithmetic
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*Playing Cards - War
*Chalk and chalk board
*modeling clay, a cutting board and a plastic knife
*Counting chocolate chips
*folding laundry - towels are easy
*paper and pencil
*helping to make cookies
*rolling out dough (playing with the flour)
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*Self-discipline
*Cooking and Baking
*Sewing
*Feed and Care of Goats and Chickens
*Mathematics
*Reading Literature
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*Daily Bible Study
*Home Economics:Hospitality and the Art of Life
*Writing Essays
*Blogging
*Writing E-books
*Making up unit studies
*Literature: Foreign and American
*Life Skills
*Algebra
*Biology
*American History and Government
*Computer Technology & Web Design
*Reading Homeschool books
*Business Skills
*Spanish
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Deuteronomy 6:1-13
1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
1 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Paul Suarez Jr. is blogging his travels across the country with his family. You can read daily/hourly Updates from His Trip via his Blackberry and see the beautiful pictures from all over.
SeaBird presents crafts for young children posted at SeaBird Chronicles. You must go over and read all of the great ideas she has for fun times with your Littles this summer! She has pictures too!
Rachel is at home, Just Bein’ A Country Girl. She has, for the past few days, been letting the does out to eat the apples that are right next to the barnyard. She also found a giant egg last night that has two yokes in it.
Laura, an Organizing Junkie, shares her Monthly Organizing Round-Up - Organizing under the bathroom sink. I need to do that. Seems everything finds its way under the sink in the bathroom. It’s like the adage about the dryer eating one of a pair of socks.
