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It seems I will now have lots of time to blog in the very near future. My manager informed me (by phone, no less!) last week that my last day of work is Feb. 23. It is a scary proposition, having to look for work in this economy. But, I figure I can find something, even if it isn’t in my current field. Before I became a “professional” with a 4-year degree, I used to be an administrative assistant, and a “not so shabby” one at that. So, I’m hopeful.

Hope is one of the things that seems to be difficult to have in these times. My husband is taking this latest news as a personal affront. “How dare X company lay off my (insert embarrassingly gratuitous praise) wife!” I keep telling him that such an attitude helps no one, and that I need to hear positive expressions and do positive things. Unfortunately he is the type that wants to place blame, and if he could, he would sue someone over this. So, needless to say, I hate discussing this situation with him. Sigh.

I read several blogs on a hit-and-miss basis. One good one is  Dumb Little Man. I liked their recent post, How to Stay Sane as the Job Market Plots Against You. I’m actually looking forward to putting some of the suggestions into practice, but in the meanwhile, I am sucking up bandwidth at my employer’s facility while I cruise Monster.com and the like.

Oh, I’m so excited. We finally got the Christmas tree undecorated and disassembled this evening! In the process, I had a brilliant idea for reusing those wet wipes containers. I’m not talking about the baby wipes containers, although they would also work. The containers to which I refer are the Charmin/Cottonelle/Scott “adult” wipe containers. Sadly, sometimes it is cheaper to buy the container with the wipes than to simply buy the refill, so we had about 8 such empty containers distributed about the house, awaiting a use.

I used some of the containers as corrals for office supplies in my desk at my extremely cheap place of business. (They recently stopped subsidizing the soda and snack machines. That’s a boost for morale, lemme tell ya!) This latest use for wipe containers is even more helpful, given the post-holiday tear-down task we had. In order to make some of the more fragile ornaments a little more crush-proof, I wrapped them in bubble wrap or tissue and then placed them into a wipe container. After that, the containers stacked very nicely within a plastic storage tote. Sterilite is the brand name of the storage totes we have, but Rubbermaid also makes them.

Now, I know that one can buy special plastic boxes to house ornaments, but using the wipe containers within a storage tote performs a similar service at a much lower cost.

I would love to hear how you use your empty wipe containers! I am always looking for new uses for them.