This is ‘my’ corner of the garage. As you can see, we put up some good, sturdy, shelves, a peg board on the wall, and some really nice counter top. There is a good amount of storage space under the counter top.
The problem is that this space is used for a LOT of different things –
- a holding area for no sugar drinks, no sugar tea, beer, wine, water bottles
- my elliptical trainer
- my new roll-around scooter for gardening
- all of my gardening supplies
- gourds ready to be prepped and painted
- wreaths
- cat carriers
- sprayers
- a ladder
- etc., etc., etc. – (I always think fondly of Yul Brenner and “The King and I” when I say or type this. :0) )
The other problem is general laziness. I come in from working in the yard, too spent to put things away properly. My husband sees the empty counter and uses it as a staging area for a project, place for things that don’t have a home yet, etc. All too soon it’s completely covered. From the amount of junk, it’s obvious that ‘something’ is holding it all up, but you can’t walk without real care, you can’t find anything without moving a bunch of ‘stuff,’ etc. The price we pay for being slobs.
We had let a bunch take over the area. Then I did whatever mysterious thing I did to my back and a month was lost. Yesterday I decided that it was the day to clean it off again. I told my husband I had a big laundry basket of stuff that needed to go out to the greenhouse. My husband, who doesn’t notice much, came in telling me how WONDERFUL my area looked.
And the cycle begins again…
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