I've got several homeless shelters set up at my house. They are called Junk Drawers.
They shelter every drifter, misfit and lonely soul that wanders through my home. The drawer in my kitchen used to be fairly organized until there was a mutiny of sorts and now it's just a free-for-all in there.
Many of the items have been in the shelters so long that now they've become citizens and elected a mayor (Swiss Army Knife, the sharpest knife in the drawer of course) and have their own Society of Misfits. While the receipts cower in the back corner, the bouncy ball and rocks take care of business for their Swiss boss. The spools of thread are always tangling up progress, but they're just part of the bureaucracy.
Many of the items are useful and could be given full-time employment elsewhere, but without a permanent address they can't be located when they are needed. There is nothing more frustrating than trying to hire scissors for a last-minute job and not being able to find him. These guys are elusive.
So today's Small Thing is to find permanent homes for one or two items drifting around your house. Just visit your own homeless shelters and find a couple of characters with potential and either lead them on home to where they belong (their kinfolk have been worried), or create a new place for them.
You know, when you give a guy a place to call home in this world, you're giving him a chance at new life. He is free to become a productive member of society. It feels good to offer hope to the homeless, and the reward of organization will warm your heart.
POINTS: 20 for finding a home for one drifter
BONUS POINTS: 10 for each additional home, up to 5
(70 points max)
Let us know: what's the oddest thing you've got drifting around in your shelters? Mine is a tiny jar of baby teeth. Eeww. Perhaps I could just let that go...but that's for another Small Thing.