Duplicates...I Have Duplicates

Now, I'm not one of those uber-organized military spouses who move in, paint, unpack and decorate the first couple of weeks that they are in a new house.  Heck, I'm lucky if I accomplish those things during the first couple of years.  So it probably comes as no surprise that I've still got a lot of boxes left unpacked despite having moved in MAY.

Aside from the sheer displeasure of being surrounded by clutter, the thing that bothers me most is not being able to find specific items.  My iron, for example.  I'm completely embarrassed to admit that I haven't ironed since May because I couldn't find my iron.  Oh, well, I did borrow one from the neighbor when I had to iron labels into my daughter's clothes for summer camp.  Anyway, today I really, really needed to iron.  So I had to shuffle through boxes until the iron popped up.  Thankfully it didn't take as long as the three hole punch did.  I'm sure you know the story...girl looks for three hole punch for weeks, girl gives up and purchases new three hole punch, girl finds old three hole punch shortly after destroying packaging for new three hold punch.

As I unpack boxes, I find doubles of many things.  Hot glue gun:  2.  Mops & buckets:  2.  Fabric shears:  2.  I hate to imagine how much money I've wasted buying things that I already have, but can't find.  And then there are those cutting boards; they've been missing for two moves.  I guess I should admit defeat and replace them.  A girl can never have too many cutting boards, and I'll have twice as many after I go buy new ones!

And if you see the charger for my cordless screwdriver, will you let me know?

Comments

[Anonimouse]

I can picture exactly where my missing tools are in the hall closet we lived in three houses ago...... no clue where they are in this house though.

[Ann - AF spouse]

Moving as often as I have has made me an organized hoarder. I don’t throw anything away. There are several boxes we don’t unpack, just move from house to house. On one of the rare occasions my husband was around for the Pre-move sort and organize, he came across a Tupper-ware container full of nails and wall hooks and asked what it was. I said it was the nails I pulled from the walls when I took down the pictures. He said “oh”, and dumped them in the trash! I freaked. I had been using the same set of nails since college (we had been married 15 years at the time). He just looked at me and said “We can buy more nails”

[Laura]

We've been here for *almost* a year. I have boxes in the garage that I haven't done much with...Oh, I opened them, to figure out what was in them....but they're still sitting out there gathering dust. We've been moving some of those boxes for years. *Some day* I'll really settle in somewhere!

[CRAIGJC]

I love this blog. Keep up the good work.

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[armyesposa]

We have been in San Antonio since June of 2007 and yesterday I just found my "original" glue gun...ugh! Oh...and how many sets of curtains to I have...too many to mention!!