Wicker baskets can be used for all kinds of things. You can put them on an open shelf unit in your bathroom to hold towels, washcloths and toiletries. You can hang a small one on the wall in your living room, kitchen or computer room to hold your car insurance bills, electric bills and such.
Wicker baskets also make a nice decoration on top of your kitchen cabinets if they don’t go all the way up to the ceiling. They are great for putting kids toys away on shelves in their room. I’ve used small ones to put out wrapped candy on the coffee table and different sized ones for fabric flowers on the dining room table.
Large baskets make nice looking trash cans or laundry hampers. Large oval ones can be used as pet beds or even a temporary bed for an infant (of course you have to put some kind of pillow or padding inside first).
Wicker baskets are very versatile. What uses have you come up with for them?
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I’m still using Andi’s spare laptop after I tried cleaning my desktop and removed the heatsink then bent some pins on it when I tried to put it back together. I should have left well enough alone and just used the canned air to get what I could instead of trying to make it spic and span.
The tower turns on and the fan runs like a champ but nothing loads. The USB ports and other plugs in the back don’t work at all and anything plugged into them don’t work.. like the monitor and keyboard.
A new heatsink will cost only about $20 but it’s just a matter of being able to spare that $20 right now. I’m also spending my time looking at netbook reviews, laptops on different websites or even a whole new desktop.
I’m just thankful, right now, that Andi had this spare laptop. It’s been a real lifesaver.
Sometimes I just want to smack my husband. He gets all ticked off at me because I don’t have a job yet. I have been looking but the job market around here isn’t good at all. Then he goes and tells me I should go on social security disability because of my spinal fusion surgery I had a few years ago. I told him that I am still able to work, I just can’t stand or sit for long periods of time or my back hurts. That is no reason to have myself classified as disabled. Social Security would just turn me down anyway.
I can walk fine. I am allowed to pick up heavy things. The doctor told me, when he released me after the surgery and rehab, not to lift 90 lbs until I’m able to lift 50 lbs. In other words work my way up to heavier and heavier things.
Men!! Can’t live with them.. can’t shoot them! 
Andi, Drew and I have been rehabbing my sister-in-law’s house that we have been living in. Some bedrooms have been painted. The living room has been painted and so has the kitchen. The kitchen could use new counter tops, sink and new Moen kitchen faucets. It’s surprising what a coat or two of paint can do. The kitchen cabinets have been painted white and the old hardware was taken off and painted what now looks like a brushed chrome. It looks really pretty.
Drew took down the range hood and gave it the same brushed chrome look too. The walls had an apple wallpaper border along the backsplash and we took that down. It was very easy to do with a spray bottle filled with hot water and a scraper. Over the sink had apples painted across the wooden strip that joins the cabinets on either side. They are now gone too thanks to primer and paint.
I have to admit that I didn’t get to help out with the painting much. I mostly kept the baby occupied while Andi did most of the work. I did help with the trim while the baby was napping though.
The house looks almost 100% better now even though there are still more rooms that need repainting.
I don’t remember if I posted on this blog about taking a vacation or not but I found a few things on my cpanel that shows how people got to my blog. I found things like cruises Royal Caribbean, vacation, packing for a trip, etc. I didn’t find too many strange things… this time.
I mostly get searches for recipes, tips for making your own Febreze, baking soda, crochet, hair color and stuff like that. It’s all stuff I’ve posted about on this blog. I probably have posted tips on packing a suitcase, although I can’t find that post at the moment.
I think I’ll go and check out my stats some more and see what else I can find.
Benton is almost a year old and he’s into everything. We can’t afford to buy baby gates right now so we have to use chairs to keep him away from the stairs and the cabinet under the sink. This is not an easy task because he’s learned how to pull the chairs away from things.
He’s not walking yet but he stands by himself and has taken a step or two. I’m not looking forward to him walking.. well I am but I’m not. He’s also a climber and is constantly climbing on the couch. Andi says he’s going to give her a heart attack because he’s such a daredevil already.
He used to, as of just a few days ago, take 2 naps a day. The past few days he’s only taken 1 nap a day. That is making for such a long day chasing Benton and trying to keep him out of trouble. As Andi says… It’s a good thing he’s cute! lol
I’m still looking for a job. I do clerical/office work and can use a variety of computer programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Quicken and different document management software programs. I have been doing this type of work for the past 22 years and consider myself quite experienced. I am self-taught on the computer and I am a quick learner. I can use a lot of different types of office machines such as faxes, copiers and scanners.
The reason I haven’t found a job yet is that the job market for my type of work is not very good. There aren’t a lot of jobs out there for general office workers and secretaries. I was working at a temp job in 2008 and was laid off at the end of the season. The company decided, because of the economy, not to bring in temp workers in 2009. Because I was a temp worker I didn’t pay in enough to unemployment that the unemployment I did get only lasted a couple months. I have been without any income, except for a little here and there since April of 2009.
I haven’t given up. I’m still looking. I send out resumes and have even tried to make my resume better but either I don’t hear anything or I go to an interview and don’t get the job.
I need to redecorate my bedroom. It’s needs painting in the worst way. I also need a real bed. Right now I’m sleeping on an air mattress bed and I really miss my queen bed. I have a $50 gift card to spend on bedding and will either use that to get a nice mattress pad or matouk linens for the bed.
I’m thinking of painting the room a nice, calming color. Right now it’s my escape.. well it will be more of an escape once I get a TV for in there and get it painted and get new linens and comforter. It’s a plain, dirty white rectangle right now.
Wicker baskets can be used for all kinds of things. You can put them on an open shelf unit in your bathroom to hold towels, washcloths and toiletries. You can hang a small one on the wall in your living room, kitchen or computer room to hold your car insurance bills, electric bills and such.
