Downsizing! Part 3

Part 3:  Bust the Misc Boxes!

I cant be the only one who "saves" things because they still work but got replaced. 

Well, we have the "Electronics" box...

This has been around since I was in middle school.  It holds any still working mouse or keyboard, misc wires, manuals, ect.  It is a VERY large box.  I mean fit a old fashion tube that measures 30 inches big box.  In fact it might of been...

All the same, we popped that open and we counted 12 key boards, 20 mouse (3 wireless), a tangled mess or 6 of cords, and manuals that dated back to the 40s.

So first step:  We saw what we could still use of the manuals.  We kept two... And that was because one was for our stove, the other for my computer.

We had an original computer manual from the 90s, some for old appliances, a car manual that we no longer owned, and one for a insulin breathing mask that I out grew in Elementray school. 

Next we tested the mouse and keyboards.  (atleast the the USB ones)  The ones we couldn't test we donated anyway since someone might need the old fashion stuff.  The wireless mouses didn't work (even with batteries) so they got tossed and 3 keyboards had busted keys ad got tossed. 

We kept one mouse and one keyboard as spares... Because you never know when these will act up.


The cords... Of we tossed any we couldn't identify in under 30 seconds.  This left us with 2 that we knew and still could use.  And that was mainly because they fit our phones.

The others got tossed.


Next we hit the "Misc" box I packed.

This one was mainly things I forgot to pack or waited to the last minute to pack...  It was mostly dirty clothes, some soap, and extra dog leashes... We actually kept all that because our dog chews his leash so we always keep extras of them... We can go through two a week or 1 a month depending... So that IS something we keep on hand.


But enough on me for once...

I know everyone has that "junk" drawer.

Go clean it out and organize what you need from it. 

Tell me what strange things you find in your own junk box/drawer.  Lets share the pain with complete strangers so we might feel less alone!