I was visiting this site — http://www.redriderleglamps.com (Don’t even ask how I got here. lol) Of course, my thought was “If all the leg lamps face the same direction, then what do they do with all those leftover shoes?”

Hmm… the things I think.

Anyway, that got me to thinking about this episode of Oprah I saw a few years ago where she gave away one left shoe to every one as they were coming into the auditorium. Once they all got in there, she said “Why’d you take the shoe?”

Actually, you may think it’s kind of ridiculous, but some of the people actually had reasons. Here were some of them…
1. I have a dog. He’d like it as a toy.
2. A keepsake from the show.
3. To fluff pillows in the dryer.

The answers weren’t as weird as you might think.

Anyway, to appease my curiousity, please, pretty please tell me what would YOU do with a bunch of mismatched shoes?

Back in January, my Grandma passed away. One of the things that I remember about her is that she always had tins filled with spare buttons. I have no idea why she kept them all (except that she maybe I get some of my packrat genes from her) — but she always had oodles of spare buttons. All of us kids loved to sort them, and line them up. Maybe that’s why she had them around.

Other than entertaining your grandchildren, what are some uses for spare buttons?

I saved boxes and boxes of my kids’ baby clothes. I went through them again, recently, and saw they had spots on them that WERE NOT there when I put them away. Creepy….

Anyway, if you know how to get those spots out, let me know. But, other than that, what can I do with all these baby clothes to keep them, rather than having them add to the boxes of junk around here?

Let me have it…. Those tiny little booties are precious, but they are just collecting dust in the garage.

So, I’ve got an old pair of jeans laying around. I hear crafty people do creative and clever things with their old jeans, but I can’t for the life of me think of what — other than saving them for working in the yard or camping.

Any tips?

What can I do with denim jeans?