Yesterday I put the contents of our kitchen "junk drawer" into a box so the drawer could be used for our steak knives and cheese knife set, plus batteries (which had been in a drawer over the pull-out trash bins which caused them to corrode from the high humidity). Today I sorted out the box of junk; here are some high(low)lights:
- about a dozen pads of Post-its (already told DH never to buy any more),
- lots of picture hangers, wall hooks, furniture pads, etc.
- three sets plus assorted loose allen wrenches
- 7 unidentified keys
- a bunch of random tools that I think came with various purchase over the past 9 years
- a handful of business cards for various artists/craftspeople we've bought from
- loose single batteries, about 50 cents in change, various office supplies.
No wonder we couldn't ever find the things we actually used that were kept there (primarily needle nose pliers, wire cutters, pruning shears for cut flowers, spare house key for guests). I think all but the house key will go in a small open box in the drawer where the steak knives used to be, and the house key will go into the box where I keep other keys.
Now I need to put everything else worth keeping into the garage or office where it belongs. Sigh.
