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Dear Gus & Magnus,

Headed home. During a pitstop, I came out of the bathroom to these two creatures.

Dad.

Perry, Oklahoma. 1.26.2024 - 11.34am.

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8 Brilliant Home-Organizing Hacks Using Stuff You Already Own

Chances are good that one of your resolutions this year (along with “dry January” and nudging down that pesky body mass index) is to organize your home. Because which of us doesn’t constantly feel as if we’re drowning in clutter?

But first, you need a place to put it all. Before you run out to the store to stock up on specialized bins and storage racks, take heed: It doesn’t have to cost a small fortune to store your stuff in style. Instead, you can grab everyday household items that you need to purge anyway and instead use them to keep your things in order.

So without further ado, we present to you eight DIY storage solutions that cost pennies on the dollar.

1. Plastic shoe holders

Tuck curling irons and hair spray into these perfectly sized pockets.

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  Banish the mess under your bathroom sink by hanging a plain ol’ plastic shoe holder over the back of your door. Once you’ve sorted out the products and devices you use most often, store them one per pocket.

“These holders start at $5 at Walmart and can easily hold gardening tools and cleaning supplies, too,” points out Carson Yarbrough, savings expert at Offers.com.

Another pro tip? Use a shoe holder inside your coat closet for corralling hats, mittens, gloves, and the dog’s leash. They look fine and work well: What’s not to love?

2. Empty candleholders and baby food jars

Store cotton swabs and tweezers in empty votive candle holders.

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  This sweet idea takes advantage of all those little votive candle holders and tiny baby food jars rolling around in the bottom kitchen drawer.

Darla DeMorrow, the home organizing pro behind HeartWork Organizing, put these pretty filigree cut metal cups in her medicine cabinet to hold makeup brushes, bandages, and cotton swabs.

Move on to the garage or your kids’ room to organize tiny items in baby food jars, says Marty Basher, an organizing expert at Modular Closets.

“Store screws, nails, buttons, stickers, and all of those google eyeballs the kids use in craft projects,” she suggests.

3. Wine racks

This kitchen extra is ideal in your closet.

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  So you’ve upgraded from a wine rack to a wine fridge? Use your old rack to tuck away small purses and clutches, suggests Julie Coraccio, the organizing guru at Reawaken Your Brilliance.

Don’t stop there, though. You can use wine racks for stylish storage in nearly every part of your home: In the bathroom, store rolled-up towels in a wine rack for a beautiful display. In the kitchen, use a wine rack to store all those water bottles and thermoses piled in your cupboards. And in the bedroom, you can even use a large wine rack for shoe storage. (Extra credit: Organize and preserve high boots by cutting up old polyethylene foam pool noodles to insert into the boots; it’ll help them stay upright and keep their shape.)

4. Empty marinara sauce and peanut butter jars

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There’s no need to spring for a specialized set of glass jars for your beans and pasta. Instead, hit your recycling bin for marinara sauce and peanut butter jars, and set up your pantry for greatness.

“Wide-mouth jars can also hold spoons, spatulas, zesters, tongs, and whisks very neatly on your counters,” reports Cynthia O’Hara, aka The Harried Housewife.

5. Castoff wooden plank and clothespins

Clip it—and forget it.

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  An overly elaborate scarf organizer from the store? Nah. You can nail a small plank to the back of your closet door and glue clothespins on it instead, Yarbrough says.

“And if you have any spray paint hanging around, you can customize the color of the pins,” she notes.

O’Hara makes her own version with a sturdy plastic hanger, duct tape, and shower rings. “Cover the hanger with tape, attach the rings with the tape, and then hang your scarves,” she explains.

6. Custom-cut cardboard boxes

Simple cardboard from your recycling pile will transform your drawers.

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  Cardboard boxes can be quickly cut to size to create a grid for your socks, hose, bras, and underwear, Yarbrough says. Measure carefully and cut slats or small notches to make the shapes.

7. Toilet paper rolls

Grab paper towel rolls for home-office organization.

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  These simple rolls from your paper towels and toilet tissue can be decorated and glued to an old tray or painted round of wood for a smart desk organizer.

“Stash scissors, pens, and pencils in these DIY cups, for an upright and organized look,” Yarbrough says.

Or repurpose a soda or beer six-pack carrier, says O’Hara. “Cover it with decorative duct tape and fill it with office supplies.”

8. Wine boxes

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Drink wine, get organized! Yup, a wine box is ideal for storing holiday ornaments. If it can keep glass bottles from breaking, it’ll keep your fragile decorations safe, Coraccio points out.

“And many times, you can request the color of the wine box, so ask for a red one, and you can color-code your Christmas items,” she suggests.

Finally, don’t throw away egg cartons, Basher says. “They might not look like much, but Styrofoam ones are perfect for storing and protecting tiny ornaments.”

Yeah, we know ornaments are probably the last thing you want to hear about this time of year, but it’s good to know.

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Speechless Episode 2.02 Press Release. MAYA ENCOURAGES PARENTS OF THE NEW SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS TO DEMAND FULL-TIME AIDS, DYLAN HAS STRUGGLES RETURNING TO THE SAME SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND JJ PUSHES KENNETH TOWARD ROMANCE WITH HIS TEACHER, ON ABC’S ‘SPEECHLESS’ “F-I– FIRST S-E– SECOND F– FIRST DAY” – When Maya encourages the parents of the new special needs kids at Lafayette High to demand full-time aides, the school administrators tell her anything the new students get will spell losses for her beloved JJ. Meanwhile, Dylan develops a hooky habit, unprepared as she is to return to the same school for a second year; JJ pushes Kenneth toward romance with his teacher; and Jimmy endeavors to enjoy a long-awaited uninterrupted shower, on “Speechless,” WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4 (8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. “Speechless” stars Minnie Driver as Maya DiMeo, John Ross Bowie (“The Big Bang Theory”) as Jimmy DiMeo, Mason Cook as Ray DiMeo, Micah Fowler as JJ DiMeo, Kyla Kenedy as Dylan DiMeo and Cedric Yarbrough as Kenneth. Guest starring is Marin Hinkle as Dr. Miller, Jonathan Slavin as Mr. Powers, Sedona James as Taylor, Katherine Kamhi as administrator #1, Lou George as administrator #2, Natalie Camunas as employee, David Hadinger as father, Makayla Lysiak as girl, Alina Foley as Leah, Melanie Paxon as Carla, Mary Hollis Inboden as Darla, Ursula Taherian as Ms. Moreno, Adriohn Richardson as neighbor, Robin Karfo as panelist, Steve Agee as lunch man, Karly Rothenberg as crossing guard, and Louisa Abernathy as librarian. “F-I– FIRST S-E– SECOND F– FIRST DAY” was written by Danny Chun and directed by Rob Cohen. Source: ABC

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

We stopped in Memphis for lunch at Charlie Vergo's Rendezvous. Bryan actually shot a documentary about the restaurant and you can watch the trailer here. I don't think I've been here since Cate was born. And I probably don't need to come back for another dozen or so years, or until the barbeque gets better.

Dad.

Memphis, Tennessee. 1.12.2024 - 1.09pm.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

In my first overnight work trip since Summit, back in October, I left this morning for Alabama with Darla and Bryan. We met some of our Aviation folks at a small general aviation airport for a photoshoot on our way into town. I like being at small airfields, especially during this time of the year. Somewhat strangely, it reminds me of my adolescence and spending long hours in wide-open spaces -- cow pastures, long dirt roads, open fields, etc.

We only saw one person (and her dog) at the airport and I thought about how peaceful her days must be out here at the lazy airport. When I mentioned something about it to the project manager, she told me the woman just mans the office and the actual airport manager is on the way out, so they're looking for a replacement. For just a moment I imagined what life would look like if I became an airport manager. Then I started looking for what great food we were going to use our expense account to eat and all was right with the world again.

Getting back out in the field had a positive affect on me today. Sometimes when I don't accomplish everything I want to at my desk, I get overwhelmed with guilt that I should have done more to earn my paycheck. I get consumed with fear that I will be exposed as a fraud. But being in the field, talking to people, and helping get photography assets makes all that go away. Today was a good work day -- one that I needed for my own feelings of self-worth.

Dad.

Hartselle, Alabama. 1.10.2024 - 3.36pm.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

We scouted a couple of different locations for the Garver Christmas video shoot this afternoon. I'm always surprised by how pretty the Capital Hotel is when I'm in there and I wanted to document it while we were all standing there, so I made the Video Team take a family photo.

Yiayia (and also Rhett) joined us for dinner tonight, which was fun.

Dad.

Little Rock, Arkansas. 11.27.2023 - 1.59pm.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

We shot a promotional Summit video today with the rest of the Comm Team. Usually when I write scripts, most of the characters are interchangeable because I don't know who will actually say the lines, but I like writing for our team because I know who they are and what they would say in certain situations. It's fun to watch my ideas play out.

Dad.

Little Rock, Arkansas. 7.7.2023 - 2.51pm.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

The Video Team and I spent the day making a promotional video for an event we have in our Ridgeland office. The event is called the Garver Rib & Roll, but I wrote a script in which an employee thinks it's called the Garver Ribbon Roll, and of course, shenanigans ensue. It's going to be a good video, but filming took way longer than I had hoped it would, and we accidently broke a $1,400 video monitor, which made the process a little more difficult. We got back to little rock after midnight, making for a really long day.

Dad.

Ridgeland, Mississippi. 2.10.2023 - 5.28pm.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

We needed a house for our video shoot today, so Bryan and Will stayed in this Airbnb for a couple of days. It was a nice change of pace to shoot in a house instead of an office or a job site. Still, it was a long day. (And I was glad to have my own space at the hotel.)

Dad.

Overland Park, Kansas. 8.22.2023 - 4.12pm.

SIDENOTE: Mom messaged me tonight to say Mags choked Gus in the bathtub (again). He's out of control, but it feels mostly driven by curiosity rather than malice.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

After a whirlwind of a day at the children's water festival, we packed up as fast as we could, left Will to catch an Uber to the Colorado Springs Airport, and Bryan drove me and Darla to the Denver Airport to catch a flight home. The decision to fly out of Denver vs Colorado Springs was a tough one, but ultimately Darla and I made the right call because Will's flight was delayed. He didn't make it home until after 1am. Darla and I landed in Little Rock around 9pm, at which point she told me she'd left her phone in the Denver Airport bathroom (right before I took this picture of us walking across the tarmac to board).

As we walked to the parking lot at LIT, I said, "I have zero recollection of parking my truck here." And then it hit us that my truck was at the Signature airplane hangar because I caught the Garver jet to Harlingen on my way to Denver earlier this week, so we had to get an Uber to the other side of the airport, and then I gave the driver an extra $25 to take my phoneless friend to the warehouse to get her car so I could go straight home and see Mom before she needed to go to bed because she'll be at the hospital at 6:30 in the morning.

We're keeping it all together, but not without significant effort.

Dad.

Denver, Colorado. 5.19.2023 - 5.09pm.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

I didn't take a picture today, but Bryan took this one while we were filming Juliana at the Denver Metro Water Reclamation plant. I'm holding the boom pole. It was windy as all hell.

Dad.

Denver, Colorado. 6.27.2023 - 10.00am-ish.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

The video crew had to be up before 5am today to film. When our early afternoon interview fell through, we decided to have second breakfast, then head back to the hotel to nap at lunch. I woke up, ran on the hotel treadmill for a mile and a half, then wrote a script that's been weighing on me for the last few weeks.

Dad.

Denver, Colorado. 6.21.2023 - 11.28am.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

We continued our Denver-area filming today at the Westminster Wastewater Treatment Plant, where we filmed some chemists in their lab, then filmed the entire team running through an Ops Challenge event. After we wrapped and got the van loaded around 6pm, we drove two and a half hours to Colorado Springs, where we'll film a video in support of the Pikes Peak Children's Water Festival tomorrow.

I miss you two and Mom. And Mom's ready for some help -- it's been a long last couple of weeks on the road.

Dad.

Westminster, Colorado. 5.18.2023 - 12.39pm.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

Winter Storm Mara has hit Texas and threatened to hit Little Rock last night, so about half the team opted out of our planned retreat. This is the group who stayed the course. We ended up making the retreat less about overall Comm Team initiatives and instead about this year's Summit.

Dad.

Grapevine, Texas. 2.1.2023 - 3.18pm.

FUN FACT: We're at the Gaylord Texan Resort, which is where I came during my first six months of working at Garver. I came for a conference and felt completely out of place. Now I'm here planning my own conference and totally in my element, which kind of makes me think I've completely sold out to corporate America at this point. But not really; our conference is way better than the one I came to back in 2013.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

I barely had time to unpack from the NOLA trip when I had to pack for a work trip to Wichita with the Video Team to film this year's Montana Breakfast video. We took this picture because I needed a thumbnail for my daily announcement, which I recorded in the van for the first time (that I can remember).

Dad.

Somewhere in Southeast Kansas. 1.23.2023 - 4.08pm.

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Dear Gus & Magnus,

This morning I dropped Gus at school, then dropped Mom's car to get repaired (because someone ran a red light and hit her recently), then Darla picked me up and we went to the airport to meet Derek and Laura. We dropped Derek in Norman and picked up Graves so we could go to Rogers and rehearse for Summit next week. After rehearsal, we flew Graves back to Norman before going home. It was a long day. We're all exhausted from weeks and weeks of Summit prep.

Dad.

Somewhere in the air between Little Rock, Arkansas and Norman, Oklahoma. 10.6.2022 - 8.28am.