My Junque

The Hubster calls it junk

but he couldn't be more wrong.

If it were junk,

I would trash it.

No, the only occasionally necessary

and I might need this someday

items that are stashed here, 

there and yonder

are much better than simply junk.

They most definitely qualify for the

 more dignified classification of

 junque.

(A  'que' on the end

gives it a certain elegance.

Don't you think?)

(No, this is not my junk.  I found this pic on the Internet.

I just wanted The Hubster

to see a pic of a junk drawer that's even worse

than our own.

Hey, at least I didn't find a rubber hand!)

I should be embarrassed by the fact 

that I have not one... not two...

but THREE junque drawers.

In my kitchen alone.

(Don't judge me.  And we'll not be discussing 

the ones UPstairs, TYVM.)

However, the fact that I can typically come up 

with a needed item that no one else seems

to have on hand is enough to quell my shame

to a certain extent.

You need to move a heavy desk 

and could use a set of furniture slides?
Don't run to the hardware store. 
There's a set in that end drawer, under the

spare nightlight bulbs.

What's that?

You found that mini Simon game 

the kids misplaced 3 years ago

and you'd like to play it but can't find the little 

knobs they removed?
I can handle that.

They're right there in the second drawer

beside the battery charger for the 

RC truck that was trashed last spring.

(Okay, so that charger can go now.

Consider it history!)

Yesterday I cleaned out and organized

the closet that goes under the stairs,

then decided to attack the junque drawers.

After purging and reorganizing,

this is what one of them looks like now:

Pens, pencils, markers, highlighters...

a place for everything 

and everything in its place.

 Feels pretty good.  : )

Know what feels even better?

This:

WHAT???

An empty drawer!

My mind is running a mile a minute

considering all the possibilities!

 

Once I cleared out the things that 

actually have a home elsewhere

(but someone was simply too lazy to 

put them where they belong)

I managed to consolidate 

the remaining items and free up

an entire drawer.

You have no idea how happy this makes me!

Bet you already know my focus for today.

What to use to refill this beautifully empty space!

Around here, the possibilities are endless,

but I can assure you one thing:
No rubber hands will be involved!  ; )