I think everyone probably remembers having a junk drawer in the kitchen when they grew up. For some reason it was always in the kitchen, usually one of those really shallow drawers, near a phone (in the old days, when phones were stuck to the wall). The junk drawer somehow accumulates all sorts of things, tops from pens that have disappeared, pens that no longer work, old rubber bands, receipts for things you think you might someday need to return, spare change, old rabies tags from the dog’s collar, odd pieces of string, and pieces of something that you can’t quite remember what it was, but are sure if you throw it away, you will find out and realize that it is really important.

Well, we still have a junk drawer in our house, but it has now morphed to keep up with the digital age. It is filled with chargers. Wall chargers – maybe, 20 of them, for cell phones we no longer have, cameras that have long been broken or stolen or both, old computers that have been relegated to the back of the closet by obsolescence (yet the charger still sits in the drawer), even a charger for an electric screwdriver that has long since disappeared into that place that tools disappear to, probably with the socks that never come out of the drier. These chargers have tangled themselves into such a mess that no one goes near the junk drawer anymore. Perhaps someday someone will have a “charger donation” drive and we’ll take the whole lot and feel better for it.

Speaking of wonderful causes – the week, eBay is featuring North Shore Animal League as their spotlighted charity. For those who don’t know, North Shore is a large no kill shelter on the north shore of Long Island, that has recently been rescuing animals from puppy mills.

I am going to put the link here – if you click it you will go directly to the event:

I sell on eBay under the name myohomom and am selling things to benefit North Shore this week, my items can be found through the link.
I also have some new items on The Treasure Tower, including a really cool new line called Spare Soles – which are leather-like ballet flats that fold up into a wristlet/tote bag, so you can have them with you when you wear heels, and change into them when your feet can’t take it anymore. They look great! Not like cheap slip ons – and actually have a heel. They are also good for airplane flights, hotel rooms, and anywhere that you need to bring a spare pair of shoes and don’t have a lot of room.

(Remember – if you want to go directly to the listing on my site – just click the picture – just like in the Wizard of Oz – it takes you “home”).
And please – I’d love to hear your “junk drawer” stories. What’s in your junk drawer? Come on – I KNOW you have one……