that is a drawer of beauty
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It will stay like this for maybe a day. But a lot of things got rehomed because this drawer was not where Iād think to look for them. Both Mr. Meer and I said that weāve never put the two (TWO) box cutters into the junk drawer because thatās not where they go.
On the bright side, the task I was actually supposed to be doing was putting together the grocery list and now I donāt need to get AAA batteries! We have so many batteries. So many.
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This is how I feel about our front closet. Thereās a cubby/drawer system full of art supplies, but things NEVER get put back. I reorganize it every few weeks, and then I canāt shut the door again within a few days 
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Incoming: rant.
Just took all of this out of this tiny section of room and thereās barely a perceptible visual change. I am so unbelievably sick of the tide of BULLSHIT that comes my childās way. Why, upon seeing a child gleefully pretending that an air purifier is a cash register, do my ILs need to go buy her a plastic noisy POS? Which she now refuses to use anything else for the role imaginatively, so that just stays now. Stop wasting resources, stop making her entitled, stop undermining me trying to teach respect for the planet, stop undercutting her imaginative play, just STOOOOOP. (Not just my ILs either my mom is as bad or worse). Anyway. Sorry. Rant aside. Itās just so hard because this child has a nearly perfect memory. So anything I cycle out I have to keep an in quarantine bin for like six months. So today Iām pulling everything out of the quarantine bin that she hasnāt asked for, throwing a ton of plastic trash away, and separating stuff for offering on Buy nothing, and just generally doing a ton of work that I feel like I should not have to be doing.
(ETA to be clear, Iām not getting rid of all of this, some of it is just getting rotated off the shelves because thereās too much out and itāll just go into toy storage to be rotated out later. Not all of this is trash.)
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Arrrrgh.
One of my pet peeves is toys that have 97 different pieces and if you lose one, itās really obvious. The cuckoo loves most of her Lovevery toys and they are good quality, but there are a few where the pieces are really specific and she doesnāt even like those ones anyway! They become trash WAY too fast!
(Like, there is a jar of velcro bugs. Great. You lose a bug, you still have like 6, whoās to say you ever had a dragonfly? But then there is like a hanging bag thing with a million pockets and each pocket has a picture of an animal and there is a little flat stuffed animal that goes in the pocket, so if you lose even 1 animal, you see the gap immediately. And at any given point, approximately 38% of our toy pieces are missing under the furniture.)
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I just learned that you can contact Lovevery and replace the missing pieces! If you have a subscription I think they send them for free. I pick ours up on eBay so they charged me $8 for two wooden puzzle circles which seems pretty reasonable.
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This is SUPER good to know
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You guys. I purged my bra, sock, and underwear drawer. Should have done it sooner. But here we are.
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I really want to paint this nightstand so it will match the other furniture but in the meantime I replaced the old broken knobs with new ones that match the dresser.
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This is just from our 2x7 runner in the upstairs hallway. 
This is your reminder to vacuum! 
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I vacuum my momās house because itās really hard for her. Every time I start she says not to do it, it doesnāt need it. The proof is in the canister!
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Yes absolutely every time 
Also if you have dust allergy or asthma: proof is in your nose.
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Youāve probably thought of these, butā¦
Would a roomba help your mom? Or is there too much stuff on the floor? (we have too much stuff on the floor ) I also love having a cordless stick vac/3 in 1 for quick messes/daily vacuuming since itās very light and easy to use, and can go around obstacles easily but I realize it wouldnāt help if itās a walking/mobility issue, or arthritisā¦ Also you still have to decide itās time to use it
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I tend to run my roomba with too much stuff on the floor and just rescue it occasionally. It doesnāt need rescue nearly as often as I expected.
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No before pic but I have, at the age of 43, finally kept a bathroom drawer organized for longer than 36 hours. Everything has a loose place and I keep putting it back in the assigned place! And then I can always find it!
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Oooooh pretty
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I am wondering where you keep all your used tissues and extra hairballs. (it looks great lol)
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Very impressed, love the organizers!
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I wish I had a before, but my vanity has been a disaster since I moved into this house. I saw this pantry organizer at Costco for $25 and now I feel like I live in a luxury spa every time I am in my bathroom, and Iāve also been so much more consistent with skincare because I can find things!
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