Poison & Paint!

These are some things you CANNOT have in unlocked conditions if you want to be certified to adopt.

So...you find some place that can be locked, or you buy something.  In our case, Lowe's so graciously sent some wonderful coupons and we had fun loading up a cabinet yesterday.

Josh, being influenced by another handy man in the class, went to work after dinner tonight to put together our lockable cabinet!  I was impressed.  And it looks really nice!

I will have to say, this looks a TON better than the other shelving we had it on; we got rid of a number of bottles that were useless (I'd had them since before Josh & I were married) AND it will help to keep the dust off a few things.

Oh yes, plus we get to be certified for adoption.

We still have a few other things to maneuver and complete in order for our house to be ready, but we are on our way!  And I do believe that was probably the biggest project.  If anyone has been in Phoenix lately, you can appreciate the sacrifice this was as it's not easy to work in a garage with the temperatures outside being 110 degrees!

But you know what...it's a must if we want to be certified to adopt! :)