Puppy Proofing and Flowers

I told you I would be boring you to death regarding the puppy...Today Michael and I went to town to find some organizational items for puppy proofing the house...below are before and after photos. (I can't believe I'm showing photos of my cluttered mess of a house) LOL...

This is our shoe pile by the front door...It is the catch all for any shoes and or boots....to me a Puppy chewing heaven!! Fred has been after me for years to do something about the mess and I finally did...lol...

We went to Lowes and found the bench below with cubby holes. I thought cool perfect for storing our shoes and boots and also for sitting down to put them on. I bought an extra basket/case to put our hats, gloves and flashlights in...not a bad idea and looks much nicer...So far Michael has been doing a Great job of putting his rubber boots back in a cubby when he comes inside. Now how long he'll keep it up is another story....It's that cheap press board stuff but it will work for awhile...

Television stand and wires and cables
Now the wire and cable mess under the television...ugh!! There really wasn't too much I could do here but tie up the cables and wires and then put plastic casing around some of them...For your information I was going to buy an entertainment center for Christmas as I am really tired of staring at the the bread rack stand and everything behind it...LOL...But the puppy I'm sure will be more fun!! Hopefully the puppy will leave this stuff alone. I wasn't too happy with my work but just don't know what else I can do here...It is an eye sore.

And for my dear friend Helen who has been asking me why I am not taking nature photos as of late...I saw I had a red rose blooming in the garden and know she loves roses....

Below is a Plumbago, one of my Mothers favorites...

I took the flower photos in full sun...not recommended but I think they came out pretty good!

I couldn't help myself today...I wanted to get the Puppies house crate out and set it up. Michael helped and it was fairly easy. We stuck all his toys, bowls, etc in his cage for now...Michael is starting to get excited now...hopefully by Oct 30th we'll have our new pup. Scarlett was trying to get in the cage to get to the rawhide bone so I just gave it to her. Michael threw a fit and told me it was the puppies. I told him that the puppy and Scarlett would have to learn to share and that we had more rawhide bones for the puppy. It's going to be a learning experience for all of us and I will have to use every ounce of patience I have, LOL....I'm hoping after the puppy is house-trained and done chewing we won't have to use the crate/cage...

Hope everyone has a great rest of their weekend!!