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Ultimate Junk Drawer

March 26, 2008 by Lauren 13 Comments

This picture is edited so you don’t see the surrounding mess.

As I was putting away my hot-glue gun tonight, it occurred to me that we’ve never shown you our drawers. A couple of years ago at one of the surplus auctions we bought an old library card catalog to hold our junk. I insisted that it would fit perfectly in the little nook in one of our closets. I said I was sure of it! (I actually had no idea.) We brought it home, and with the tiniest bit of modification (taking off the baseboards and cramming it in so we’ll have to sell it with the house), it fit like a glove. A really, really tight glove.

We keep all kinds of stuff in it – each in its little labeled drawer, but the drawers aren’t arranged in any logical order. That makes Brad crazy, because when he’s here he’s always looking for scissors, and I move the scissors drawer around.

Organized crap

sewing items pins & clips fasteners (velcro, hook & eye...) ribbon string pens & pencils glue other adhesives masking tape big tape markers balloons little tape colored pencils flash lights (always empty) hole punch scissors other cutters measuring things stapler & staples

Filed Under: Journal, Lauren Tagged With: auction, junk, organization

The Auction

October 28, 2006 by Lauren 17 Comments

Well, folks, another Saturday was frittered away at an auction. This was the Lincoln Public Schools auction, which is better than the rest because they have many things that I’m interested in. (The others just have rows upon rows of computers and monitors. *snore*) Sure, up close they’re all worthless, old globes and microscopes that nobody needs, but taken together – they’re like beautiful displays at Target!

He's got the whole worlds in his hands...

Lloyd here now. I might need to find someone else to go to auctions with me. Lauren doesn’t appreciate them quite enough. She didn’t even mention that I bought 26 laser printers for $1.50 each. By the way, does anyone need a laser printer? …They might work…

what are you lookin' at?

She also didn’t mention the pallet of choir music that I got for $3.00. After pulling about a dozen “worthwhile” titles from the pallet we put a sign on it that said: FREE TO GOOD HOME. Some people even took some of it after Lauren pointed out that it makes good wrapping paper.

I write the songs that make the whole world sing

The pallet-o-music came with such classic titles as:

  • You Don’t Bring Me Flowers by Neil Diamond
  • Can You Read My Mind by Lois Lane
  • Truly by Lionel Richie
  • Mandy sung by Barry Manilow
  • Babe by the river that runs through hell
  • Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Sir Paul McCartney
  • Eight Is Enough by the mid seventies

Filed Under: Journal, Lloyd Tagged With: auction

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