Tag Archives: storage

Let’s play.

.

Just in case you’re bored and have nothing better to do.

.

.

We have a closet next to our hutch.

.

.

And like the junk drawer in our kitchen, it’s my guilty secret. When I don’t know what to do something, or other proper storage areas are full?

I cram it in the closet of shame.

.

.

There are tools and Tupperware.

Batteries and basting sauce.

Flashlights and flour.

Mayonnaise and markers.

A crockpot and crazy glue.

There’s no rhyme or reason…wood stain is next to beef broth and egg noodles rest on a tube of epoxy.

Once a year I organize and rearrange, but it doesn’t last long. Chaos wins every time.

And if the shelves are nuts, the tiny floor isn’t much better.

.

.

It’s crammed with 50 lb bags of bird seed, fox food, deer grain and now duck pellets. Which, by the way… the ducks don’t like and won’t eat.

My name is River, and this is my closet of shame.

How about you?

What brings shame to your household….

.

You never know what you’ll find.

.

I cleaned out another closet yesterday and this time the mess wasn’t my husband’s.

Our spare bedroom closet has always been the repository for luggage, extra blankets, pillows and wrapping paper.

So much wrapping paper….

.

.

I also found a mink stole from Saks and a stuffed beaver… as one does.

.

.

Six overnight bags, four suitcases, a travel makeup case from 1974 that yes, I still use…. and a large bear that was supposed to go to Toys for Tots last Xmas.

There was also beach glass and gift bags.

.

.

Enough to last me into the next century…

.

.

And a whole lotta ribbon.

If you need a present wrapped, apparently I’m your girl.

A lot of the items got stuffed back in there, though much more neatly organized this time.

Heck… I can see the floor again.

I’m calling it a win.

.

Things my husband does that make me say WTH?

 

So I went out to the garage a while ago and saw he had moved the snow blower.

And while that in itself isn’t strange…

This was.

 

truck 1

 

Huh?

 

IMG_2666

 

Yes, that’s a bungee cord with one end hooked to the mirror…..

 

IMG_2667

 

And the other end hooked to the blower chute.

It took me a minute to realize he did this due to the limited space on his side of the building.

How limited?

Here’s a shot of the back end.

 

IMG_2865

 

Yeah.

 

IMG_2862

 

I’d say he had backed up as far as he could.

 

IMG_2861

 

The more logical solution of throwing out all that crap treasure not withstanding.