So some of you are going to read this and say "duh!" but I am so excited that I have just freed up two drawers in my house and got some clutter under control.  One of the biggest areas of clutter in our home is on top of the DVD/VCR/CD player -  you know, the kids take a movie out of its case, set it on top, take out another case and another movie, set the old movie and the new case on top and before you know it there is a huge tower that eventually topples back behind the TV and I am scrounging with a plastic hanger looking for just the right Little Einstein video that Boy2 needs so I can get math done with Girl8. 

In our travels at another family's home, I noticed that she had taken all of her DVD's out of their cases and put them in a CD storage case.  I went to Wal-Mart and found a case that holds 100+ DVD's for $10 and guess what?  I have a whole drawer and a lot less clutter.  A side benefit is that I don't have to stand by the drawer while the kids try to remember all the different movies we have.  They can flip through it like a book.  Today, I got another one for our CD's and I have another cleaned out drawer!  The only question is how much of a pack rat am I?  How long will I continue to keep the CD & DVD cases in the garage "just in case" I need or want them later? 

-J