It seems I keep starting out recent reports with "for the first time in ages/years/etc" and now I have another:

THE junk drawer in the kitchen, the one with screwdrivers, nails, screws, washers, screws, ceiling hooks, rubber bands, etc. has been cleaned out. Where previously one couldn't find a nail without scraping their knuckles on some other sharp object, couldn't find anything without an archaeologist's kit, or had the entire contents fall out when they finally grasped that hidden object, there is now order and ease.

Thanks to Morgan for the inspiration! I sent him in the house to get the electrical tape as we were cobbling together a home-made shuttlecock for badminton. (He hit the real one up on the roof the other day and the wind blew it away.) I could hear him huffing in complete frustration because he couldn't get THAT drawer shut and he muttered, "Why don't you ever clean this out!?"

Then he decided the package tape would work, brought it out and we've decided that a small Styrofoam cup with a small hole in the bottom, the end cap for one of the net poles shoved in the hole, then taped in to stay (with a cross bar of twigs wedged in tightly inside the cup against the cap to keep it from pushing through) works better than the smaller, more lightweight "official" shuttlecock. Had a blast with it.

I cannot wait to ask Rog to hand me a screwdriver, tonight.:-)