Killing dog toys to ravage the squeaker inside.

It’s a well worn pastime of every single dog I’ve ever owned personally. Doesn’t matter what make or model of toy it is, they are going to back chew it to death and extract the frosted white gold inside. Super tuff, unbreakable, extra hearty, nothing much matters as my dog is going to get down into the juicy, squeaky heart of it, and RIP it’s stuffed guts out. I spend a good deal of time picking up puffs of dog toy stuffing from the floors all over our house. The garbage can is currently full of it.

I managed to declutter the living room, and the basement bookshelves in one fell swoop on Friday. I got two large tote bins full of stuff. Giant floor puzzles, colouring books, baby/infant toys, Peppa Pig brand mini figs & houses/vehicles, Barbie dolls, their vehicles, and clothes. Plus every single low end Mc Donald’s toy that I could lay my hands on. I’m so far ahead of schedule that I can start my table project on Tuesday of this coming week. I managed to clean out the toy box in the living room, and the associated bins of Barbie, LOL, and Shadow/Rainbow/Monster high dolls, and all of their accessories too. Bins of blocks, and all three wooden stacking toys which my two year old nephew is very excited for (as I knew he would be). All of this cleaned not only my living room, some of the dining room, but opened up shelf space on the basement bookcases. I do still have some totes on that bookshelf to look into. We have an awful lot of broken WII guns, steering wheels, mats, and paraphernalia. I’d like to toss all that, plus some other broken technology that is taking up space.

I know I’m on the right track because on Friday, while I was purging the house, two new bags of clothes showed up on our doorstep from our friends whom have an older daughter. That’s why I had to move stuff out, as more was coming in! Can you believe it? Ha. I do appreciate it, a great deal. I just have to be the one to keep the cycle moving. If it were up to my wife our basement would still have 20 bloody great bags of baby, infant, toddler, small child clothing, plus all the cribs, change tables, swings, exercise circle thing, and floor tummy time mats etc… I had to be the coldhearted SOB who removed it all.

I think a trip to the driving range to celebrate is in order!