Handy Mandy

Okay. So, my goal for this week is to organize. Yesterday, I cleaned my entire refrigerator- removing and washing all the shelves, etc. I even cleaned my oven. GASP!

Goal for tomorrow is the pantry, and if I'm lucky, my bathroom cabinets. I'm done with stuff falling out every time I open the doors.

Today I took steps to prepare for this tomorrow. This is pretty great, and you might want to "pin" it. So I took pictures.

Here's the tools I needed:

1. Headed to Walmart and purchased wire products that would maximize my space.

2. Decided there was no need to wait for hubby to get back in town to install said products. Even if it's only my second time using a drill and I really like my cabinets.

3. Turned down offers of assistance from my 10 year old boy scout (who probably knew what he's doing).

4. NAILED it in the kitchen cabinets for my new wrap holder.

5. NAILED it on the first rack under the bathroom cabinets.

6. Decided to wing it on the last rack- who needs to mark the holes anyway, right???

7. It worked! I have a handy dandy rack for my hair dryer now! I ROCK!!!!

8. Oh, wait. The cabinet won't shut... what the...?????

9. Oh, I see, it's wider than the others, need to move it over a notch. Unscrew nearly stripped screws.

10. Mark the new holes, drill, insert nearly stripped screws. There we go... oh, wait... great- it still won't shut.

At this point, I realize, the rack is too deep (not wide- as I originally thought) to clear the cabinet and close. Well, Crap. This makes me very annoyed because when I have a wild hair, it NEEDS TO WORK!!!!

11. Screws are now completely stripped. Fetch pliers to twist screws out manually. Alright, let's nail that sucker to the wall under my medicine cabinet. Still works- and gets it off the counter.

12. Better use anchors so Martin will be proud and know that I did it right. SHOOT! There goes the anchor- into the wall. THAT IS A HUGE HOLE!!!! How will I ever cover that up so Martin doesn't see it?!?!

13. Text best friend to show her my FAIL. She suggests I learn to patch holes. No.

14. At this point, I go to the garage and find an old anchor that is bigger, and fills the hole perfectly. BINGO! Only problem is, there's not a matching screw.

15. Take a break and go eat chips and guacamole because at this point, I'm starving, and cussing.

16. Back to work, and decide to put a screw in there anyway, hang the other side on the opposite anchor and see if it holds (because I also could not get the other anchor into the wall and was by this time skittish about dropping it INTO the wall and causing another big hole).

17. It worked! I am a MIRACLE WORKER! Hubby would never know (if I hadn't called and told him). Never mind the holes under the cabinet, or the fact that I have no idea how long this solution will hold to the wall. I will count this as a successful second use of a power tool.