everything in its place

... and if it isn't, chances are it's in this drawer.

"Mooooohhhm? Do you have a safety pin?"
"Check the Everything Drawer, honey."

"Honey, I really need a AA battery."
"Oh, I'm sure there's one in the Everything Drawer."

"Mama, I just need one more quarter to get a pack of gum."
"I'm sure there's one in the Everything Drawer."

Need a nail?
Looking for a needle and thread?
An aluminum foil ball?
A cat stool sample test vial (not used)?
Burnt matches?
Dried up super glue?
Actual rolls of film - some used and some not?
A tooth?
A circa 1981 ribbon?

Medical tape?

The instructions for the computerized photo locket?

A first AND second generation iPod? (not even kidding)

All. There. In the Everything Drawer.

When I am looking for some kind of tiny random thing and I need it At. That. Very. Moment. I swear to the Goddess of Domesticity I always always always find what I am looking for here.

And oh, if I need a place to quickly hide something in the midst of one of my frantic clean-up moods, it gets deposited right in the drawer. Easy-peasy.

And oh, the tooth? I was looking for it because we were doing arts and crafts. VooDoo dolls.