Handyman + Shoes = LOVE

So -- Thanks to Oprah -- I UNDERSTAND how John shows love -- HE FIXES THINGS. God knows, there is never any shortage of things in a house that need fixing. But this summer, John really outdid himself. And he fixed TWO things that put a big smile on my face...

I LOVE SHOES. Holy Cow. I have DOZENS OF PAIRS...but I have never had a good shoe storage situation. Our house is small, and the closet in our bedroom is an ordinary built-in-1980 closet. My shoes ended up in a big pile on the floor -- many of them seldom worn because they got shoved to the back corner of the closet and became buried by other treasure (as you can imagine)....

For several years -- I tried going the "seasonal" route -- taking a bin of winter shoes to the basement in the summer, and vice versa. But last year, I found a cache of shoes in the basement that were like new -- but woefully out of style...

That system sucked....

I've tried the hanging bags -- but there simply wasn't enough room in our small closet.

However...I bought two heavy-duty hanging muslin shoe bags at a thrift store. And there is a corner in my room where shoe bags could theoretically hang...hummm.

IF SOMEBODY HANDY COULD ONLY FIGURE IT OUT...since the bags are designed to hang on a closet rod. I showed the bags to John. Then I waited...

A week later, I came home and found his surprise handyman gift in the corner of my bedroom. He walked around Home Depot for over an hour before he found the right heavy-duty hook (meant for a garden hose). He hung it on the wall so both bags can hang together.

As it happens -- the shoe bag corner is the first thing I see when I open my eyes in the morning. So the first thing I see when I open my eyes are my two hanging shoe bags....and I get the BIGGEST SMILE ON MY FACE....

Because -- yes -- I feel loved...

P.S. And you won't believe the SECOND thing he did...coming soon...