The Junk Drawer

The junk drawer; a necessary evil in every home.  You pack-rats out there might think this is a free-for-all, but the junk drawer comes with RULES. 

Rule #1:  You can only have ONE.

Rule #2:  It has to open and close easily.

Rule #3:  Nothing can be growing in it!

Rule #4:  There are basic requirements like; shoestrings, paper fasteners, popsicle sticks and an electrical adapter. (you know 3-prong to 2-prong).

Caution: It can be dangerous to stick your hand in the junk drawer, but it’s the nature of the beast.

A junk drawer may sound like a frivolous thing but it really is necessary.  It holds those items that might come in handy but don’t really have a proper place.  Just recently my daughter was headed out the door for the airport and the strap on her luggage tag broke.  I don’t know why but a few weeks before I had saved the little chain from the tag on a new purse. I couldn’t bear to throw it away (see there is a pack-rat buried beneath this organized exterior!) Well there it was in the junk drawer, just what we needed in a pinch.  That’s what junk drawers are for; the little things that save the day!

I thought I would take a gander into our junk drawer and see if I could find anything interesting, besides the batteries and scissors.

1 orange super ball (now in the toy box)

Several suction cups with hooks (???)

Countless magnets covered in paper fasteners

2 spools of string

Tick Tweezers (thanks Dad)

Mini bungee cord

Clothespins

These were all residing contentedly beside the masking tape, extension cord, glue, and hand pruners!  What’s in your junk drawer?