Sunday, December 1, 2013

Organizing with ease

There comes a time at least once a year, when you look around at your home and you say to yourself, "Who accumulated all of these things?" and "I wish I could find..."  That occurred this weekend here at the homestead and some of the things we have been talking about doing, got done.

One of the things that we recently saw at a dear friend's house has been an item we've been searching for.  Our friend was using an old bill stabber as a way to collect all the receipts that she and her husband accumulate in a month.  You know think back to an old diner where you paid the bill at the register and after handing over your bill and paying, the person behind the counter stabbed the check onto a stack. This glorious item had to be ours, only after many trips to the thrift store and resale shops I had no luck coming up with one.  We consistently find wadded up receipts after they have journeyed through the washer and dryer in a pocket.  This little do-hicky was going to be our new best friend.

But low and behold, it never turned up, so the Mr. had the brilliant idea to use what we have and the essence of what this blog is founded on.  He asked politely for a knitting needle- and in a matter of mere moments, he returned with our new organizational strategy tool.