January 15, 2006

• Gettin’ organized

  It seems that every January I
  make some attempt, however feeble, to organize some corner of my life
  that needs it.  This year I took on the challenge of all my sewing
  junk.  Yeah, don’t get overwhelmed at the magnitude of this
  project…I know…you’d think there might be something a bit more
  worthy of the effort.  But, honestly, it really is irritating to
  have to dig through all kinds of stuff to find the seam ripper when I
  really need it.  Or search through four different drawers or boxes
  for the right shade of thread. 

  Enter Plano Molding Factory Outlet.  This place is amazing. 
  Plano Molding makes tackle boxes.  And all kinds of stuff that
  resembles tackle boxes.  And you can buy these amazing plastic
  things at their outlet for a pittance.  Well, maybe 1 1/2
  pittances.  So you wander around this big room looking at all
  these boxes with a thousand little cubbyholes in them and the
  organizing bug bites you then and there.  You pick up one you
  think you can’t live without and carry it around with you until you
  find a bigger and better one.  Or one with special little
  verschnörckelungen (German for sort-of-nooks-and-crannies) in the
  lid.  And if you get out of there with fewer than four of these
  monstrosities you are doing good.  We actually got out of there
  with only three but then we got to the car and Pete said, “Will you
  wait here just a minute?” and before I could even answer him, he had
  headed back in there.  A few minutes later he came back out with
  another box in each hand and a foolishly happy grin on his face. 

  So now my sewing stuff is organized and Pete has his model plane stuff
  organized.  I’d say that’s doin’ pretty good for this
  January. 
  
  What you can’t see in the picture is that my wonderful thread box has
  two sides so there’re more rows of thread on the other side.  Once
  again we have defeated, at least temporarily, the Law of Entropy. 
  
  

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