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.)

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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