The Army, quite generously, pours out upon all unsuspecting housewives an enormous amount of items that must be kept at home. Seriously. On any given day, your soldier will come home to your house carrying duffel bags filled with items: gloves, clothes, boots, random things which you don't know what they are, and on and on. You are expected to preserve, protect, and maintain said items when your soldier is gone. This beautiful gifting on behalf of the Army, has created a situation that I do not care for: my closet has disappeared. Seriously. I can't even walk into it!
A couple of weeks ago, I had a random peaking into one of my very dear friends' garage. They had put up hooks out there and stashed the Army's "presents" on the hooks. I. fell. in. love. I quickly rushed out and purchased my own hooks, all the while having dreams and visions of actually being able to walk into my closet!
Today, the hooks went up. The bags are freshly on them, and I have seen my closet's carpet. I am in shock. When I walked into it I swear my closet grew fifteen fold in five seconds! So my army wife tip of the day is: buy bicycle hooks and have the duffel bags hang up in the garage. They're protected from foul weather (and an angry spouse who is trying to get to her items on the shelf of the closet) and it keeps things looking nice and neat.
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