***For those of you “playing at home”, I threw most of the stuff away, moved things that BELONGED somewhere else to their proper home, and I was slightly exaggerating on the amount of twist ties. As you were.

I have decided that each day this week I am going to clean out a drawer. I’m going to be brutal. My friend Annie gets rid of five things a day and it has inspired me to do the same, BUT recently I have been unable to find a few needed items. This has led to the Great Drawer Declutter. I figure doing it on the blog gives me accountability. Five days. Five Drawers. Here we go. . .

On this one I actually kept track of what I found in there. It’s ridiculous:
2 travel size lotions
19 sharpie markers
Walmart receipt
Bubbles
2 dried markers
3 pair of scissors
5 notepads
box of matches
1 lighter
2 boxes of toothpicks
birthday candles
7 dry erase markers
1 map of St. Louis
4 travel Kleenex
1 set of motion sickness bracelets
1 Glade Plugin
1 flashlight
2 measuring tapes
1 sucker
1 pink eraser
3 tea candles
1 allen wrench
1 Super glue
1 coffee thermometer
1 balloon weight
3 pencils
4 AA batteries
1 pen
2 bottles of Visine
1 chip clip
2 small wrenches
1 mini screwdriver
1 nail
1 plumbing connector thing
1 barrett – green
4 alchohol prep pads
1 binder clip
1 seminary phone book
18 packs of gum
905 twist ties!
While you all ponder what a slob I am, I would like to point out that I am one amazing woman to fit all that in one tiny drawer. Marvel at my skills and then check out the drawer now:

Next up. . . my bedside table drawer!

Do you remember back when I talked about turning 40 and NOT going on a cruise with three of my closest friends? I asked for alternatives. It seems that blog post sparked something in our dear family friend, Glenda, and she went and planned a cruise with her three dear friends. ( I guess they were celebrating NOT being 40)

My mom was one of the dear friends to go along. My mom. On a cruise. It’s hilarious to me.

I have heard bits and pieces about the trip but felt a bit like I was missing something. It seems they were taking the Vegas approach “What happens on a cruise ship stays on a cruise ship”. Well, thanks to other children of women on the trip (thanks, Penny) I now have evidence of the raucous behavior.

Nice, ladies! REAL Nice!

We rode horses in July while visiting Memom and Pop. JULY. Since leaving my parents Little has talked incessantly about two things: going back to Memom’s church and riding horses again. I put her off by telling her the plan is to go to Memom’s church at Christmas and we plan to ride horses at the pumpkin patch. Praise the Lord the rain let up and Saturday was beautiful. Hallelujah they had the pony rides at Rombachs Farm again. And now we pray we make it Memom’s church in December.

Our pumpkin adventure began with a couple photo ops and then we headed straight to the horses.