ABCs of What's Hidden in your junk drawers

[ajrsmom]

We all have them........some have several. lol!

The dreaded junk drawer that rarely gets cleaned out.

What's hidden in there?


A -- apple scented candle


B.......

[barbszy]

B....Blue lego


C...

[ajrsmom]

C--cuticle clippers :rolleyes:

[tater03]

Dog Tags

But to be honest I could do the alphabet a dozen times over. But that's another thread all together.

[cat lover]

E.. envelopes~~used ones (I use them for my grocery list)


F...

[dval]

F... flashlight


G...

[cat lover]

Gum


H....

[dval]

Hollow tubes....don't ask me how they got there:)

I

[cat lover]

Ice Pack (guess I need to get it into the freezer! LOL)


J...

[pag36]

J==Junky Jewelry (should have been thrown out)


I

[Coates]

K--Knife it is a small one and that is where my son keeps it.

[cat lover]

Loose leaf notebook paper ( I have no idea why) LOL


M...

[dval]

Markers...


N

[cat lover]

nutmeat picks

O...

[Barb]

odds and ends stuff.

[fanniemae]

paperclips

[dval]

quarter (mine!!!)

[cat lover]

crumbs (time to clean out the junk drawer! LOL)

[dval]

dead battery (me too! LOL)

[cat lover]

I messed Up! LOL Should have been "R" next!

So....

rubber bands


S.....

[dval]

LOL I didn't even notice!
ok...
scissors
T

[cat lover]

Tums (they've been in a snack bag and are now "fuzzy"); think it's time to throw them out!


U...

[happy6]

Undeveloped film...

[dval]

Vitamin....
That's where it landed!!

[cat lover]

wide mouth canning jar ring


X...

[dval]

X is to hard!!!!

Oh! I know!
X-tra batteries! LOL!

[cat lover]

Yarn scraps

Z...

[Bilby]

Zester
A...

[cat lover]

apple peel ( somebody left the drawer open?)


B....

[barbszy]

butter-holding thingie to use with corn on the cob in the summertime
(yes, that was a Technical Term :D )

[dval]

Corn on the cob poker thingys (my technical term LOL)

[Bilby]

Dangly clips that go on the points of your table colth on the patio to hold it down. We have a set of 4 fruits.
E~

[cat lover]

envelopes from junk mail to use as scratch paper


F.....

[dval]

fondue forks....What!? I don't even own a fondue pot!

G~*~

[barbszy]

a Green Crayon


H...

[cat lover]

Hot mitts ( that need to be taken to the sewing area and fixed)

I...

[barbszy]

ice-cream store spoon with a long handle and a straw in the handle for "drinking" the melted ice cream at the end.

[cat lover]

Jam jar label ( a recipe I wanted to save)


K.....

[Bilby]

Knotted up rubber bands that are supposed to be in a little container for later use.
L...

[cat lover]

Lipstick tube (I don't even wear it anymore)


M....

[Bilby]

Match box
N..

[cat lover]

nut cracker pickers


M...

[cat lover]

Anyone ready to play??? M is next

[Bilby]

Orange zester
P~

[dval]

Actually, O is next....

Orange peeler

Q

[dval]

Oops! Ha! I skipped a letter and Bilby beat me to the O

Ok...
Peeler for oranges!

LOL
Now it's Q

[cat lover]

Boy was I messed up! LOL


Q-tips (because the cats know the sound of the jar opening I keep them in so having some in the junk drawer when it is ear cleaning time they don't run)!


R...

[cat lover]

Anyone interested in playing?

[dval]

Sure...
It's R now right?

OK...Red handled scissors

S~~

[cat lover]

Straws (leftovers from some take out at sometime! LOL)


T.....

[dval]

Timer (the old tick, tick kind)

U~~

[cat lover]

umbrellas (the little drink kind) I have no idea what I'll ever do with them, but can't bear to throw them away! LOL

V...

[Bilby]

Vast array of junk LOL
W~

[cat lover]

Wet Ones (those little packets you get at restaurants to wipe off with after a messy meal---- they have been in there so long they are probably dried out!!

X....

[Bilby]

Xorbitant amounts of junk?
Y~

I'm having a garge sale in a couple of week so that junk hopefully will be less in my drawers.

[cat lover]

yellow index cards


Z....

Good luck on your garage sale Bilby!

[dval]

Zoo button


A...

[cat lover]

Apple corer

I REALLY need to clean out my junk drawer and make it a SMALLER one so much won't be able to be thrown in it! LOL


B.....

[dval]

Bottle opener


C....

[cat lover]

cat treats


D....

[Bilby]

Dark corners where I can't even see what junk is there LOL
E~

[cat lover]

enrollment forms for things I should have thrown away instead of putting into that drawer!

f.....

[dval]

fork ...mini one for seafood

G

[cat lover]

Gate latch


H...

[Bilby]

Hot mat for keeping food warm
I~

[cat lover]

Ice cream scoop



J.....

[dval]

Jar opener

K

[Bilby]

Klip onz (the chip clips etc)
L~

[cat lover]

lucky metal emblem that belonged to my grandmother


M....

[Audrey]

Masking tape

N

[cat lover]

nephew's picture


O....

[dval]

Orange peeler

P

[cat lover]

paperclips


Q....

[Audrey]

quilt scissors

[dval]

Razor (single edge)

S...

[Bilby]

String ball
T~

[cat lover]

Turn Key (for the water turn off for the house back in Louisville; guess I need to take that to my DS that lives there now! LOL)


U...

[Audrey]

U again LOL....

umbrella toothpicks...you know the kind they put in fancy drinks LOL

V...

[Bilby]

Vintage apron
W~

[cat lover]

wet wipes (the kind restaurants give you with a messy meal!)


X....

[Audrey]

Can I move on to Y?

Yucky lint/fuzz....ug, when ever I clean out a junk drawer I find fuzz and wonder where on earth it's come from LOL

Z.....

[cat lover]

zipper bought one to fix a winter jacket and it is still in the drawer! LOL


A....

[dval]

Apple corer...why do I even have one?!?!?

B....

[cat lover]

bubble light (found one after all the Christmas stuff was packed away so must have stuck in where else, but the junk drawer! ) LOL


C....

[dval]

cards....Anyone up for rummy?

d....

[Audrey]

dust...there is no way you could open a junk drawer in my home and not find dust in it

E...

[cat lover]

earrings,no wonder I couldn't find this pair! LOL


F....

[Audrey]

Flashlight...I don't guarantee there are batteries in it, but I do have a flashlight in there..

G...

[cat lover]

gum wrappers (been saving them to make one of those gum wrapper chains)



H...

[Bilby]

Ham slicer
I~

[Angie1313]

ice hockey puck keychain

J ->

[Audrey]

junk...just plain old junk LOL

K...

[cat lover]

keys... to what I don't know....LOL


L....

[Bilby]

Label from a tin, why?
M~

[Angie1313]

mouse traps!! those little buggers...

N -

[Audrey]

nails....my guess is at this point they are rusty, but I'm certain you'd find nails in there....I'm laughing so hard about the keys. Our junk drawer always has keys in it and we never know what they are to. You'd think those keys multiply by themselves.

O...

[cat lover]

outlet cover.. now why didn't it make it to the garage where it belongs? LOL



P....

[Audrey]

Putty...I'm certain I'd find putty of some sort there

Q...

[rachael24]

Queen of spades and other playing cards

R...

[cat lover]

rawhide chews


S....

[Audrey]

scissors

T...

[cat lover]

tums; need to throw them out; must have been in a pocket at some time; full of pocket fuzz!


U.....

[dallasalice1]

Useless rubberbands

V

[cat lover]

Vaseline


W....

[dallasalice1]

Wrappers


X

[Bilby]

Xtra crumbs that just seem to come from nowhere
Y~

[cat lover]

Yo-Yo pattern (for a quilt pattern)


Z....

[cat lover]

Won't you come and play?

[Bilby]

Ziplock bags
A

[cat lover]

Apple corer

B.....

(Good to see you Bilby)