Yeah. I think nearly everyone has a junk drawer - with most of the same things in it. I wonder what would be found in a junk drawer in a different culture. I mean - do the Japanese have junk drawers, for example?
We are taught to multi-task. ONe thing leads to the next and the next and the next ad infinitum. ONe cure is to get rid of the junk drawer all together. Put the first rubber band in the desk box designed for rubber bands. The twisty ties go in the little jar in the silverware drawer beside the stove where the bread is smeared with butter and jelly. Proximity is important. There should ALWAYS be a pin cushion in EVERY room. ...especially critical for people who sew or weave or make lace or fix stuff. The one in the kitchen beside the sink attached to the wall has the most pins. Go figure. My "junk" drawer in the kitchen has a whole collection of rolling pins carved for different cookies and noodles and breads. ... and a little jar for random nails and screws....and a wine cork puller...used so seldom I don't even know its proper name--ah well, I know where it is. ))))
Oh Sharron, this is delightful - and it's such an honour to see my name up in lights at the top! HUMBLED. Thank you so much.
We're great at multi-tasking, aren't we? Or - some might say - 'sidetracked'! I have so many occasions where I have to go back to where I started just to remember what I was supposed to be doing in the first place. And then I don't always remember....!
I'm very grateful to be fit and mobile, because I go up and down the stairs several (hundred) times MORE every day than I would actually NEED to if I'd actually just fetched/returned the originally-intended article in the first place.....!
Thank you for the laugh! The final line gave me a good chuckle. 🤣
We just went through our main junk drawer the other day, and soon we will progress to the basement. It’s amazing how one (or one family) can accumulate so much random stuff/junk!
Where does it all come from!!? I clean it out and a week later, everything multiplies and it is back again. And I live alone - so no one else to blame...
Thanks for posting this. Been there, done that. Rabbit holes suck!
Yeah. I think nearly everyone has a junk drawer - with most of the same things in it. I wonder what would be found in a junk drawer in a different culture. I mean - do the Japanese have junk drawers, for example?
We are taught to multi-task. ONe thing leads to the next and the next and the next ad infinitum. ONe cure is to get rid of the junk drawer all together. Put the first rubber band in the desk box designed for rubber bands. The twisty ties go in the little jar in the silverware drawer beside the stove where the bread is smeared with butter and jelly. Proximity is important. There should ALWAYS be a pin cushion in EVERY room. ...especially critical for people who sew or weave or make lace or fix stuff. The one in the kitchen beside the sink attached to the wall has the most pins. Go figure. My "junk" drawer in the kitchen has a whole collection of rolling pins carved for different cookies and noodles and breads. ... and a little jar for random nails and screws....and a wine cork puller...used so seldom I don't even know its proper name--ah well, I know where it is. ))))
Thanks for reading my foolishness, Kate. No doubt I could learn A LOT from you, my friend. Corkscrew. Probably the utensil I use most around here.
🤣 I buy cheap plonk with screw tops.... Just as well, as I've no clue where I'd find the corkscrew!
Hey! A lot of prize-winning California wines have screw-tops. I still shop the bottom shelves for wine, though, as, apparently, do you. Hah!
Bottom shelf EVERY time, Sharron! 🤣
Hahaha. Thanks for the morning laughter, Sharron.
And now, if you'll excuse me, you've inspired me to head for my junk drawer. Fun awaits!
Well, that will have you busy all day. Keeps you out of trouble!
Oh Sharron, this is delightful - and it's such an honour to see my name up in lights at the top! HUMBLED. Thank you so much.
We're great at multi-tasking, aren't we? Or - some might say - 'sidetracked'! I have so many occasions where I have to go back to where I started just to remember what I was supposed to be doing in the first place. And then I don't always remember....!
I'm very grateful to be fit and mobile, because I go up and down the stairs several (hundred) times MORE every day than I would actually NEED to if I'd actually just fetched/returned the originally-intended article in the first place.....!
I feel your pain. Ha Ha Ha. Thanks for the commiseration.
Thank you for the laugh! The final line gave me a good chuckle. 🤣
We just went through our main junk drawer the other day, and soon we will progress to the basement. It’s amazing how one (or one family) can accumulate so much random stuff/junk!
Where does it all come from!!? I clean it out and a week later, everything multiplies and it is back again. And I live alone - so no one else to blame...
I still love this piece!
Been there. Done That. And That. And That. And That.....
Yes... and it only gets worse! ha ha ha
so damn true, I would be busy all day.
Right, you are. Staying busy is not the problem around my house. Having something to show for it at the end of the day, that is another story!