FAVORITE TOOLS FOR ORGANIZING OR WHATEVER

Some things are more talented than they seem, for instance:

NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS.  A fingernail saver.  Especially good for all kinds of stuff in the kitchen, even pulling that nasty plastic stretch inner lid off the little cup of chocolate peanut butter ice cream.

A long, narrow GADGET THAT THREADS ELASTIC thru waistband, or wrists or whatever.  There is an ugly rumor that this gadget is no long manufactured.  Give presents to anyone who will lend you one.  An extremely long crochet hook might work, but don't count on it.

SWEATER DRYER - I have one sweater that's washer-okay, but not dryer-okay, so these mesh things up on little legs are essential.  Also for my little stretchy liner sox for inside walking shoes. I once knew someone who dried her cashmeres on towels on the carpeted floor, so I'm convinced most knits may not need the cleaners.  CAUTION:  cats think this thing is a bed.

PLASTIC PUSH PINS (the ones that look like a little spool with a pin in one end)  Besides bulletin boards, you can pin the head-liner of your drive-to-work car up where it belongs so it won't fall on your face  in traffic.  My daughter taught me this.  You can hang up anything smaller than a cat with these little pins. Okay, almost anything.

A NOTEBOOK WITH SEE-THRU PAGES I can stuff in torn off corners of envelopes with return addresses and file them sort of alphabetically. Remember how easy it is to keyboard these addresses all wrong, thus losing the guy forever. Judging from letters I receive, most people transpose house numbers easily.

The THREE COMPARTMENT STAND-UP ORGANIZER my daughter put in my car  trunk so coolant bottles and other things don't roll around and leak.  (In LA, this would have been super handy  due to having to brake every five minutes for maniacal drivers.)

Those SETS OF PLASTIC POCKETS THAT HANG OVER DOORS so you never lose stuff like your expensive ear buds or backup stock of your prescription.

That wondrous little PLASTIC OR NYLON KNIT SCRUB GLOVE from the 99 cent store that keeps me from dropping the soap in the shower.  I admit the texture is exfoliating.   You could probably wash dishes with those things, too.