I admit, as much as I was dreading this task, it was a lot less cumbersome than I thought. After sorting all the items in the drawer (old birthday candles, employment pins from when Matt was an entertainer at a local amusement park, a rainbow of highlighters and markers...even an unused cigar in a wrapper that my Dad gave me for my 21st birthday!), I pitched about half its contents and salvaged a myriad of useable writing utensils and notepads. I even found some treasures I didn't know we had!
The next step was to find a helpful way to organize the drawer, so it wouldn't become junky again. Initially, I purchased an overpriced tray from a local store, but then Matt had a brilliant idea: he would build an organizer that would be functional and cost three times less than the ho-hum tray!
A quick trip to a hardware store and an hour later, my sweet and resourceful husband produced an exceptional organizer that will maintain the order and peace in our newly dubbed Functional Drawer. Now we'll never have to dig through it again!
Now, on to the next project: my son's closet!
Do you have any success stories of getting and staying organized?
Mandy Forbus is a Sr. Marketing Specialist for Texas Health Resources and an organized Mom of two.
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