My Excellent Adventure or the day I cleaned the junk drawer

I decided that the junk drawer in out kitchen needed to be cleaned out.
I don't think it has been completely clean since we moved in 2.5 years ago.
Actually, I am sure it has not been cleaned since we moved in based on some of the items I found in the drawer.

Here is the drawer when I started

In the middle of my adventure

Some of the 57 packs of *free* labels from charities

A list of the items found in the drawer... yes, just one drawer
12 - requests for $ from charity
15 - various school papers... some from 2007
1 - stapler
1 - checkbook
1 - calculator
1 - roll of stamps
1 - set of Christmas stamps from 2007
36 - 1 cent stamps (so we can use the 2007 Christmas stamps)
1 - bag of buttons
1 - set of headphones
1- pair of reading glasses (and none of us wear reading glasses... possibly Mom Diekema's?)
2- hair bands
57 - packets of return address labels from various non-profits (?) who want a donation
2 - sewing kits
7 - glue sticks
1 - roll of tape
4 - nail polish
14 - thank you notes from Christmas 2007  - all written (oops - thanks, everyone!)
9 - markers
3 - Sharpies
10 - various legos
1 - outlet extender thing
7 - envelopes
1 - pair of scissors
5 - clips
2 - hearing aid batteries (?)
1 - soccer pin from the Libertyville tourny
1 - necklace from SB2W (which makes it at least 16 years old)
1 - letter from Matea to Peyton Manning (written on Hello Kitty stationary)
1 - Happy 16th Bday card to someone from Matea
1 - letter opener
10 - unpaid bills
4 - packs of post it notes (YES!)
1 - Myah's preschool picture
7 - Matea's preschool picture
10 - tax documents
2 - measuring tapes
4 - packets of cut fresh flower food
3 - key chains from CHA 2006
4 - bracelets
2 - rulers
1 - voter registration
2 - starbucks gift cards
$10 - Max & Erma's (is this place still open?)
$40 - Beltline Bar, etc
Dinner for 2 at Seoul Garden
2 - sets of culture passes to various things in GR
$5 to Coldstone Creamery
1 - free cone at Jersey Junction
1 - free tote bag at John Ball Zoo
1 - free video from Blockbuster
10 - Meijer Gardens tram passes
1 - free Egypt mug at GR Museum
$40 to Mountain Jacks (closed for at least 2 years)
5 - coupons from Bed, Bath, & Beyond
7 - coupons from various pizza places we have never gotten pizza from
2 - oil change reminders
9 - various other coupons that were expired

*new additions to the list*

1 - motorola phone battery

1 - nextel phone clip from a phone that has not been in our house for at least 18 months

20 - photo turns

Comments

[Joanna]

WOW!!

[AMY]

All this in one drawer!!!!! Amazing!!!!! I am happy to know there is someone else out there with a drawer like this! (:
I believe there is still a Max and Erma's by Rivertown Mall, we went there not too long ago.
Mountain Jacks, that is hilarious!!
I need to go through my drawers! Maybe this will inspire me!
By the way what did you do with all this stuff?

[CarenCrops]

WOW... how big is that drawer???

[Sue McG]

LOL Melissa, I'm a little afraid to even open our junk drawer, let along catalogue the contents!! Nice to see you blogging again :)

[Sara Knoester]

Melissa, that is impressive!!! It must feel good to have the drawer cleaned, and now you need to use some of those gift cards for a date night with Paul :)

[Veronica Zwiers]

now that you have my drawer itemized for me....are you going to put the mess back together again?

[Heather Moll]

LOL! This made me laugh SO hard!!!! I love it!

[Rachel Sheldon]

I love this post. It reminds of that cool show Clean Sweep on TLC. Such random things. My girls love those return address stickers too - they usually end up all over my clothes during church!

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