The best bike EVER!

Isn't this the cutest bike in the universe! I love it! If anyone has some extra $$ and would like to buy me a present, this is what I would like. I think I would want to bike everywhere.

It All Started With A Smell...

It was Saturday afternoon, nice & hot! I walked into the garage to help J-man get his bike out. An overpowering stench takes hold of me. NU & I figured something had died in there. We were hoping it might be a potato or something simple like that. After arguing with each other about who we could possibly call to come and find the source of the smell, we decided we would have to do it ourselves. So, here was our project for Sunday.
We got up early Sunday morning and started ripping everything apart. We pulled out all of the cupboards, with care, to see what was under/behind each of them. Nothing! We went through all the food storage to see if there was anything in there. Nothing! Once the cupboards were out we decided that some wire shelving would be a better idea. So, off to Costco. We got all the shelves put together and then the fun began.
Most people don't know this about me but I HATE to run out of anything! It is some crazy fear I have. I think it stems from being a poor student and thinking that I wouldn't have $$ to replace things once they're gone. Some might say that I hoard things-I disagree. I love to throw things out! I am all about purging and getting rid of the junk! I'm going to call it my "better safe than sorry" syndrome. ( Sounds nicer, don't ya think!) I just like knowing that when push comes to shove, I'm going to have what I need.
One of my sisters has this syndrome as well. I'm not naming names but she knows who she is. She will often call me from VA (oops!) and tell me that she bought something wonderful, i.e. a beautiful tray of raspberries, and she is going to save them to use in something delicious. Well, that time never comes-the raspberries go bad because she didn't use them and it was just a big waste of money. It wasn't that she forgot to use them. It was that she didn't want to use them because then they would be all gone and what if she couldn't get more. I understand completely!! Don't worry folks-we're both in a 12 step program for this. It sounds really crazy when I have to tell other people about it :)
So, back to the story. The garage is torn apart and the wire shelves are built. I start putting it all back together. It made me so happy! I organized everything! All the food storage is on one shelving unit, paper products on another shelf, and extra car wash towels and cleaning supplies on another shelf. I organized all of the food from the pantry and put all beverages on a shelf that the J-man can reach. I am able to see all of it at a glance and know what I need to stock up on. It made me so happy. It made the garage so clean. I had to call my neighbor over to look at it and admire my work. She appreciated it also-she has been in a purging state of mind as well.

We never found the source of the smell. It's gone now. Maybe it smelled just to motivate me to clean it all out and start over. Well, whatever it takes.