Want to hear a good story? Want to hear about how stupid I have been all these years? Today I decided to take down the Christmas tree since it is 28 below zero outside and I have nothing better to do. Well, I finally got a solution to a yearly problem: how to store all those Christmas ornament hooks! Every year it's the same problem - the hooks are a jumbled mess. I have tried leaving the hooks on the ornaments, but they mostly fall off and become a jumbled mess in the box anyway. Every year I shake the mass of jumbled hooks and a few come loose and I continue on this way until the tree is decorated. This year I decided there has to be a better way. Since I am such a traditional thinker, I'm not very good at thinking "outside the box". So I tried Google for an answer. I discovered that others had the same problem, but not many answers. One guy said he put the ornament hooks on a piece of tape and rolled it up every year. I thought that would be a real mess next year and didn't like his idea. So I asked my husband Harold if he had any ideas. He quickly said: "Why don't you just stick them into something, like styrofoam?" Wow! Ding, ding, ding!!! What an idea! Then I had a good laugh at myself for not thinking of this sooner! Sometimes things are just SO obvious, ya know? Here I am, soon to be 70 years old in a few months, and I finally figure out how to store those things! Thank you Harold! What a clever guy he is. Those of you who already do this, go ahead and have a good laugh at my expense. Those of you who have the same problem, well........maybe I helped you?
Here is the problem:
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| The yearly jumble of ornament hooks. |
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And here is the solution:
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| Use those styrofoam trays that meats and produce come with to stick the hooks into. Each tray will fit into a gallon ziplock baggie for storage. Another good use for recycling those trays, too! |
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So here I am, almost 70 yrs old and I finally learn something new about Christmas ornament storage. Sometimes I wonder..............
P.S. William, if you are reading this, no comments about Polish, please!
1 comment:
O.K., I promise. Just goes to show you that there is hope yet for the Polacks. heh Yup, sometimes solutions can be right in front of a person's face, so obvious, but for some reason it escapes us. Happens to the best of us, Polack or not. Hope you got the water problem taken care of and are toasty warm.
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