Piles: Why We Need Them and How To Use Them

Wondering what to do with the tons of junk mail, bills, magazines and Linda McMahon political brochures that you receive in the mail daily?

You could sort through it: throw away the junk, pay the bills, read the magazines and use the brochures to line your cat litter box . . . but what's the fun in that?

Keep yourself guessing for months where your bills are or where that $20 bill is that came in your birthday card from Aunt Lou. You can do this using the strategy made "famous" by Peas & Carrots: PILES!

Piles are amazing and keep tons of junk looking neat and disorganized! Here are some good things about piles:

1. They make good use of vertical space.

2. They can quickly be thrown into drawers or closets when tidying up.

3. When the credit people call wondering why you haven't yet paid your bill, you can say (in the voice of Gilly of course) "Sorray. It was stuck in between my Wednesday issuse of WWD (Women's Wear Daily) and my report card from 1989."

4. When piles get too big, you can organize your piles by boxing and labeling them. For example: "Pile from April 2010."

5. Piles are always falling over which is really fun. This usually happens if you put small stuff on the bottom and bigger stuff on top.

6. Piles are always full of surprises . . . good and bad!

Interested in starting a pile of your own? Start by printing out this blog entry and placing it on your kitchen counter. Keep adding useless crap to it and before long . . . .

you got it, a pile of your very own.

kk