Tangled up in...surge protectors?

Over the weekend, I had a friend over and we decided to check out the blog (we were lurking). I have to say, I laughed so hard that now I feel like I couldn't possibly have anything to contribute that could be as clever as what's already going on. I think my time would be better spent trying to secure the other contributors a book deal. Or a radio spot. Something. My favorite entry so far? THIRTEEN PASSPORT HOLDERS!!! Close runners up: putting your cords in plastic bags "so they don't breed," and saving construction paper for grandchildren who have yet to exist. It's all just too great. 

I've moved ten times in the past seven years. I usually move before I get a chance to accumulate clutter. I still have too much stuff, I just don't have a lot of surprise clutter. I mean, other people might be surprised to see the number of t-shirts in my dresser, but they don't surprise me.

The only surprise discovery of my most recent move? Enough extension cords and surge protectors to lap my entire apartment. I do not and will not need a surge protector, because I am no longer living in a dorm room where I need to plug 37 electronic devices into two outlets. So I gave them to one of my students who just started college last week. Problem solved. I did start to wonder, however...where did all these cords come from? I certainly did not purchase them. Then I remembered who helped me move, at least a few times...my father.

Anyway, one of my top-five organizational problems is what to do with jewelry, especially long necklaces. I can't hang them in the closet, or I forget they're there. I can't put them in a box, or they become tangled and useless. I'm kind of over the look of command hooks. So...I just have a pile of inexpensive, useless, tangled jewelry that's not sitting in a box OR hanging on an ugly hook. Instead, it's just giving me anxiety because I don't know what to with it. Perhaps the solution is to stop wearing long necklaces...but since I am a moderately trendy recent college graduate, that is not an option. I need to hang on to the Forever 21 dream for as long as possible.

This problem is definitely silly. But it's also an easy problem to fix. I think I have a plan, and I think it's a good one. Now is the time. I'll keep you posted.

But first I have to bag the rest of my cords so they don't get any ideas.