I always wanted to do a DIY instruction type post.
Bahahahahahahahhahaha. No, I really do.
But I am not the person who could organize herself enough to write a serious DIY Instruction type post.
I know what I COULD do.
And that is to tell you how to NOT clean your Junk Drawer.
We all have that drawer somewhere in the house. It’s the black hole of things that have a home mixed in with the things that belong there, but maybe partied too hard and fell asleep where ever and now no one knows who really lives in it. (That’s how my drawer works? Yours?)
1. Lets get started shall we.
Get a cup of coffee. Or a red bull. Or a glass of wine. (Fair warning, drinking and cleaning the junk drawer does not work for the drawer check this site out. Works for me, but not the drawer..{wink}.)
Take a couple sips of selected beverage.
Open the drawer.
Close the drawer.
Look at your phone and text a friend.
Go wipe the kitchen counters down because that task is less anxiety filled.
Deep breathe, and go back to Junk Drawer.
2. Take Everything Out.
Pfhffff, easy.
Oh, God, this is A LOT of junk. I misjudged how long and wide this drawer was.
3. Organize and re-home
This is the part that gets really tricky for me. (you know, my soccer mom buddy said this word at our game this weekend and then started singing this song for a hot second. Now it’s stuck.)
Thank her people…not me.
Now, if you are me, this is what happens when you re-home.
*I’ll get a zip loc bag for the 46739489457 batteries but realize I need a refill on my coffee because the zip loc bags are in the organized drawer of my coffee cart.
*Oh, now my Keurig water thing needs more water. Re-fill water. Grab my creamer from the fridge, because I’m not hard core and don’t do black coffee.
*I now notice that the fridge needs some cleaning. Take out left over containers and start dumping whatever needs to be trashed. Completely forget that my coffee is ready OR that I was really getting a zip loc for all the batteries that…EW, how did this 2 week old dinner get way back here?
**Somehow, I’m loading the dishwasher with dirty containers that I took from the fridge.
I look back at the pile of crap on the far end of the kitchen counter and remember this is why I’m washing dishes. Damn it.
MUST.GET.BACK.ON.TRACK.
4. Getting back on track
Resume junk drawer cleaning. Re-homing…We were re-homing, right?
Any motivation I’ve conjured up for this task has now diminished due to the spontaneous cleaning of the fridge while making myself another cup of coffee. Or was I getting a zip loc bag?
This is where I make a critical decision.
You know what…maybe I’ll do this tomorrow. I scrap what’s left on the counter back into the drawer. Shut her slowly and quietly so I don’t hurt my pride in thinking I could tame the beast today.
Long Deep Sigh.
You win again old friend.
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My life would be much more organized if I had this guy tailing my behind.
Anyone else hate their junk drawer as much as I do?
XOXO
Aloha, I’m Selena, The Rambler of My Rambling Thoughts. A storyteller, wife & mother just trying to make it to the next day by hunting for the funny to stay sane! I inhale coffee to keep my brain functioning. I occasionally binge on Netflix. I beg my dog to just leave the toilet paper alone for one second when I’m using the potty, and I pray to all that is holy I can get through a homework session without breaking Google for whatever is making my child smarter for her future. And I humorously navigate my new life as a military spouse without embarrassing my husband wherever the Army sends us. Did I forget anything?
Lol that’s pretty much how it goes!
I keep thinking one of these days…I’ll have a different outcome. (Wahhhh)
That’s how I treat my “everything drawer” in my craft room. My daughter opened it this weekend and said, “I thought I lost this toy last year!” That’s what happens when she leaves stuff laying around…it gets eaten by my everything drawer.
It’s tricky tricky trickaaaay ??! Our junk drawer is a black hole!
I have to admit that we have more than one junk drawer/spot in our house. There’s just no winning that battle. I think I’ll go get a glass of wine now… ?
Ok this really did make me laugh lol. Nowwwwee I understand my clients much more lol. Until the next time ?
Lol this is great
Oh my goodness! So glad to know other people get sidetracked as much as I do! Like right now. I’m supposed to be packing up the house for a move but I find myself online;0)