My side of the bathroom vanity has been getting very crowded and messy. The top was covered with half-used sunscreen bottles and the like, and it was impossible to find anything in the under-sink storage. It’s been irritating me for a long time.

This week, I finally found the roundtuit I needed to tackle the problem. I cleared off the top in time for our house cleaner’s visit on Tuesday and enjoyed the result.

Today, I attacked the under-sink area. It was filled with dental floss, prescriptions, insoles, bandages, toothpaste, and much more – all piled haphazardly and awkwardly. I didn’t know what was under there or how much I had of anything.

I had bought a bunch of stacking sliding drawers from the Container Store before the pandemic and used some of them to clean up the shelves in the office, but the rest have been sitting on the floor waiting for inspiration to arrive. It arrived today.

We went to Costco this afternoon, and for a change, I was sure I didn’t need to buy more dental floss – 43 containers should last us for a while!

I’ve been an Amazon customer since at least 1996 (remember when they only sold books?). I was pleasantly surprised at the end of that year when they sent me a free mouse pad; the next year, I got a free tumbler.

And that was the end of the freebies.

Until this month, when, out of the blue, I got invited to join Amazon Vine, which is a program to encourage reviews of selected items for sale on Amazon…but you get them for free (though the fair market value is taxable, and Amazon reports it to the IRS so they get the write-off).

I looked through the items on offer and found something I thought would be useful, a USB-C docking station, so I ordered it.

I hooked it up; it is, indeed useful (if nothing else, I have fewer cables on my desk than I did before). I’ve written and submitted a review, which should be posted soon. I don’t know how helpful the review will be to potential buyers, since the dock is “Currently Unavailable”, but I did my part!

I have three more items on order.