Weekend garage sale score.

This Saturday I was walking around the neighborhood with Dara, enjoying the awesome weather we've been having in Las Vegas the last few weeks and I came across a moving sale that one of our neighbors was having.

Look at this baby I scored for just.....................TWENTY FIVE CENTS!!!!!

They had a ton of jewelry boxes in a bunch of different sizes in this Asian-ish, mother of pear, inlay style, but they were all broken or missing drawers and pieces.

The only reason I even looked twice at this one was because as you folks know, I'm a sucker for any thing peacock and by some strange chance it was the only one that didn't have any major defects (and who am I kidding......it was only a quarter).

The fabric in the drawers and on the top tray was all ratty and torn up, so I cut up an old American Eagle shirt I had in a fabric pile and just replaced it.


I originally thought some of the inlay pieces were missing, but it turned out it was just
REALLY grubby, so with a bit of cleaning up it has found a home with the rest of my jewelry stuff.

The full collection.

12. Try 100 different beers (7/100).

Last week we stopped by my friend Kat's house so the handy BF could check out her hot tub.

Turns out the spa worked all along (just needed the door the be shut.....damn safety mechanism), so we ended up having a beer on the patio, just enjoying the beautiful weather.

For beers, the lovely and talented Miss Kat, shared with us her personal favorite, Honey Moon by the Blue Moon Brewing Company.

Later in the week we hung out with some more friends for Taco Tuesday and got to have another beer!!

Moose Head brewery is Canada's oldest independent brewer, and really, they've been doing a good job.

Asian Orange Mystery

I'm not really sure what this stuff is, but it was sitting in my bosses office for about a week before my interest was sparked enough to ask what it was.

Boss: "Oh, that's for you. Some one gave it to me, I don't want it, and it seemed like something you would want."

Kylie: "What is it though?"

Boss: "I think it's tea."




Well.......nothing on it says "Tea" (actually nothing on it is English), and it looks a lot more like chunky orange marmalade to me, but I'll give it a shot.

So, I put 2 spoon fulls in a mug with hot water this morning and it was good!!!

It tastes like fall. It's got a strong orange/honey/ginger taste, but you can also taste cloves and cinnamon in there too.

I'm still not sure that this was the appropriate use for this mystery Asian orange product, but it works for me. I'm also going to put a few dollops in the mix next time I make blueberry or cranberry muffins.

21. Re-hab 10 pieces of furniture (1.5/10)

I'm going to count this as a 1/2 completion

because I painted these before I started the list

but I did "finish" them by replacing the cushion.

These cute foot stools were scavenged from my neighbor a few months ago.

I was taking the trash out before work one day and caught her right as she was throwing them out. I had to argue with her a little before she handed them over. She was convinced they were junk and told me that they were older than I was. This may be the case, but with a quick glance you can see that they are NOT junk!!






As was the case with the bed side tables, these babies were used outside, so already had most of the sanding done.



I painted them with some left over teal spray paint, and replaced the old cushion with prettier ones from Pier 1.

Sept. 15th - Oct. 1st. (#25.)

Since I got started a little late in the month on this one, I only made the list half as long.

September 15th- October 1st.

1. Completely clean out car.
-wipe down
-vacuum
-set up box for the trunk

2. Consolidate all Christmas stuff into white boxes.

3. Walk/run at least 3 times a week and finish at least 15 miles at the track near the house.

4. Empty out both bins of crap in back room.

5. Do another sunset hike at Red Rock before it gets too dark to go after work.

6. Organize master bedroom closet.
- get more white boxes
- throw away mismatched plastic bins
- fill one plastic bin with cloths & items to be donated

7. Get the internet hooked up in back room and organize computer desk.

8. Put together a weekly menu for both weeks.

9. Steam clean master bedroom & office carpet.

10. Organize laundry "system".

18. Take sunset hike up to Red Rock.

Last night, J. my friends Allison, Steve and my self went up to Red Rock Canyon for a sun set hike. We did the easy, 2 mile Moenkopi Loop and it was great.

It was absolutely stunning up there. The sun went behind the mountains about 20 min into the walk, but it stayed nice and light until we were finished with the whole loop.




When left alone the desert is really beautiful. It's crazy to me that such a secluded place can be so close to all the madness of Las Vegas, just 10 min away.

25. Make monthly & weekly goal lists.

This goal address my deep desire to finally achieve some kind of control and peace over my completely disorganized, unstructured, and chaotic life.



This will be my attempt (and the documentation of it) to declutter and reorganize as many aspects of my life as possible, to refocus my attention and energy on the things and people I really enjoy, and to finally learn what it feels like to cross off EVERYTHING from my "to-do" lists.





By the 3rd of each month have 15-20 (at least 10) goals, tasks, responsibilities and projects to be completed in that month.
~carried on an index card in my calender
~written in the journal being used for the list
~posted here on the blog


If the list has less than 20 items on it, new ones may be added up until the 15th of each month.


On the last day of each month, if a task/goal is left incomplete, it must go to the top of the following months list. Nothing else may be added to that months list, until the original projects are completed.




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