Boots have feelings too

Recall a sale from a month or so ago at which I bought 200 empty, clean peanut butter jars for a dollar? It was the same sale where I bought the orange juice concentrate lids. Since then I have used a few jars to hold little stuff: nails, thread, craft supplies, whatever.

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And remember the kickin' cowgirl boots from a few days ago? Those boots brought my boot collection to a critical mass... I needed to rethink the storage of the boots. They were all just piled haphazardly on the floor of my closet, and frankly, such wonderful footwear deserves more respect.

So I displayed all the boots on the deep ledge above my closet. But look how floppy they are? They are limp and sad.

Concentrate... here is the genius part.

My mom, Betty, had a stroke of brilliance. Here is what it looked like:

Her idea: use the empty peanut butter jars inside the boots to keep them upright!

Here is the result -- erect, perky, proud footwear, standing tall, ready for action!