I worked in the garage recently. More than every other room in my home, it attracts Piles o’ Randomness.
I was doing the easiest of Easy Stuff and throwing away trash first when I grabbed what looked like an empty grocery bag crammed behind some fishing stuff.
But the bag wasn’t empty. I looked inside and found these:
They’re epi-pen containers. I had a vague memory of Hubby telling me someone had given him these very cool and very sturdy containers to store his small fishing doolollies.
Great idea if you use them, total clutter if they stay in the bag on the floor and your wife thinks they’re trash.
(I’m not dissing him. I found plenty of my own clutter that day as well.)
I took them out of the bag and put them on the shelves. Taking something out of the bag is step one, right?
Bwahaha! I often get stuck at that part!
Even the greatest husband, dad & grandfather in the world (’cause he’s ours) has this one annoying habit (and well, another one or two). Buys something, puts it in its shopping bag somewhere close to where it goes. But not IN the place it should go. Not visible as anything usable. Never gonna get used IN the shopping bag. Bound to be forgotten IN a shopping bag. Possibly will be put in trash still IN THE SHOPPING BAG. After 48 years I’m probably going to have to live with this annoying habit of his for as long as I’m privileged to have him with me.
And it leads to buying another whatever-it-is, because you can’t find the first one that was purchased.
I am trying to focus on one area at a time, with my laundry area/garage being one of the first. I have downsized so many boxes of “stuff” because a lot of it was a what the heck is this item. But it was always either mine or the kiddos.
Those look totally cool and completely useful.
Hahaha! It sounds so simple, right. This is one of the things that I am terrible at! It is the start of so much clutter.
I just found your blog and it’s great! Totally the real-life sort of cleaning and organizing tips that I need to begin to tackle my habit of sloppiness. Thanks!!