organized dogs

i love having a place for everything and everything in it's place.  really, who doesn't?!

when we built the house, i made sure to have cabinets put above the dogs kennels to store all of their things in the mudroom.  we have high maintenance dogs so they have a lot of things!

this is my favorite organized space in the house.  it came together exactly as i had picture it in my mind.

here is their space... (please ignore the mess on the counter, our foster came with a lot of extra things that i was trying to find a place for)

and here is how it is organized...

i bought these bins at Target in the kitchen section.  they fit in the cabinets really nicely.

starting from the top right is:

• foster clothes, misc extras (like extra leashes, booties, etc.)
• jackets, toys/treats
• medical, necessities (like their collars, doggy bags, etc.)

the other cabinet is used for random stuff for the house.  it holds the first aid container and a sewing kit.  the girls overnight/dog park bag.  Lily has a few things that also got a bin too.

makes me happy to be able to easily find things in the cabinet.  and it looks much nicer than having random things all shoved in a cabinet :)

five on friday: Easter weekend!

1. finally picked out some furniture and ordered it!  it will be here monday!!  i can't wait to get it!

2. can't wait to celebrate Easter with my family and Mark's mom's side!  always awesome to spend time with family.

3. we are going to the Soos's tonight to decorate eggs with the girls!!  can't wait to see them.

4. our newest foster is fitting in just fine around here :)

5. i decided to put my nose ring back in.  we will see how long that lasts...  so far i'm not loving it.

and a picture of Lily, just cause she is awesome! 

where'd you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

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Lauren Conrad has a book club through her website.  i have never been able to follow along with the book club because i've always had too much school or work or whatever.  i was so excited that this time i was able to keep up!

'where'd you go, Bernadette' was an interesting book.  it was written more as different forms of correspondence between people.  it was a book within a book as well.  most of the book were e-mails back and forth between character.  the daughter in the book did some narrating in parts to help the book along.  i think that's why this made the book such an easy and quick read.  it's almost like you are snooping on someone's e-mails ;)

the book is about a girl, Bee, who's mother goes missing.  the mom is very antisocial and she gets overwhelmed easily.  Bee decides she wants to take a trip to Antarctica, and so when Bernadette goes missing, they assume she is overwhelmed by the trip and some other things going on in their lives.  Bee is determined to find her mother, even though everyone thinks she has died.

it was a good book that kept me interested throughout.  it was a quick read, and i would definitely recommend it.  it was also fun to follow along with the book club and see what others had to say about the book as well.