#2930 queen of detritus

I like to think of myself as an organized person. I think I'm pretty good at staying organized at work. I keep my desk tidy and my filing is in good shape. It's all digital, and I know where to find things. My work desk at home is also tidy. I don't keep a lot of detritus in my work spaces. My personal desk, though, that's another story. 

My personal desk is overflowing with little bits of stuff: stickers, lots and lots of pens (two separate pen holders that are full), loose little photos lying about that I always want to use in something, sketchbooks, paints, paint brushes...I seem to feel the need to have all of these things within reach. Wouldn't it be better, I asked myself today, if there wasn't so much detritus on the desk? Wouldn't it be nicer if all the things had a space to live, then I could pluck them from their space when I'm ready to use them? 

I spent a little time gathering all the bits, finding a home for them and leaving empty space to write, paint, or do the bookkeeping. I took down a framed poster of Angel's Landing trail in Zions Park that I have never liked because it makes me feel anxious, and I replaced it with a beautiful framed poster of the Picasso painting, "El Abrazo."  My goal is to fill my office with art and make the space cozy and pretty. It's a work in progress, but at least there is progress. 

MT left for Pocatello on Friday. The house is so quiet when he's gone. It's not that he is noisy, but he bustles around and talks a lot. LOL Maybe that's why I think it's so quiet! I spent yesterday cleaning up downstairs. T helped me take down the Christmas decorations. I left the snowmen because those are wintery, not necessarily Christmas-y. We also removed the coffee table from the front room. Harley and Mac chewed off the corners years ago, and I covered it with a towel, but it has bugged me, so now it's in the basement until we decide what to do with it. There might be an enterprising DIY furniture fixer-upper who might see it at a thrift store and do something cool to give it another life. For me, I'm glad to have the open space in the front room.

my front room

I don't have much coming up this week. Work has slowed down, as it does in the winter, so that's nice. I might go to a hockey game on Friday, and on Sunday I'll go to an Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy. MT was meant to come with me, but I don't know if he'll make it back. Maybe T will come with me. The temperatures are supposed to be colder next week, but we don't have any snow in the forecast yet. 

Oh yeah...no-spend January is now low-spend January. T and I ordered a pizza yesterday :D 

Have a great week!

xo