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Feb. 15th, 2010 03:41 pmHow did February get to be half-over already? It seems like I just turned my office calendar over to the latest cute illustration of mice (eating peanuts this month), and now we're already at the 15th? Whimsy for the win, BTW. (House Mouse Designs are the cutest - check them out.)
I spent most of my "free" time at the end of January performing inventory on our media possessions. I cataloged and stored all of the graphic novels we had piled up in the living room, and our DVD collection, which I also reorganized on the shelves. Since we don't have the room to just file them alphabetically, this led to a few entertaining discussions, such as whether giant monster movies belong under classic horror or science fiction, and where in the hell do you put Sukiyaki Western Django? Also, I seem to be missing my copy of the original Alien Nation movie. Did I loan it to any of you fine people at some point? If so, I don't need it back right away - I'm just wondering where I put it.
This month I've heading back in to my neglected sewing area and started to plow through it so I can sew easily again without having to move half-a-dozen piles of stuff. The problem with having an open-air sewing area that's right in the middle of the house is that it ends up as a dumping ground for anything that I'm not currently wanting to deal with but need to put down somewhere. After a while, the table is buried, and the thought of having to unbury it in order to sew is too depressing. Boo. :( So I'm unburying it while not thinking about sewing. Hopefully, this will help.
And, since I can't really work on that and hang out with the family, I'm also cleaning up the household files in the living room. Because I am half-sick of paperwork. Especially old records that should have been pitched/shredded/burned ages ago instead of stuck in a file and never looked at again. Bleh. The first step to this was deciding what actually needs to stick around. Now that I have that list in my head, everything else can go. It has been very enjoyable, actually, to get rid of this stuff. Because even I lack sentimental attachment to the things one is likely to find in old piles of papers and catalogs, so I can enjoy the satisfaction of pitching without any of the stupid stress about "my stuff".
I'm okay with being a dragon. I'm definitely not okay with being a hoarder.
I spent most of my "free" time at the end of January performing inventory on our media possessions. I cataloged and stored all of the graphic novels we had piled up in the living room, and our DVD collection, which I also reorganized on the shelves. Since we don't have the room to just file them alphabetically, this led to a few entertaining discussions, such as whether giant monster movies belong under classic horror or science fiction, and where in the hell do you put Sukiyaki Western Django? Also, I seem to be missing my copy of the original Alien Nation movie. Did I loan it to any of you fine people at some point? If so, I don't need it back right away - I'm just wondering where I put it.
This month I've heading back in to my neglected sewing area and started to plow through it so I can sew easily again without having to move half-a-dozen piles of stuff. The problem with having an open-air sewing area that's right in the middle of the house is that it ends up as a dumping ground for anything that I'm not currently wanting to deal with but need to put down somewhere. After a while, the table is buried, and the thought of having to unbury it in order to sew is too depressing. Boo. :( So I'm unburying it while not thinking about sewing. Hopefully, this will help.
And, since I can't really work on that and hang out with the family, I'm also cleaning up the household files in the living room. Because I am half-sick of paperwork. Especially old records that should have been pitched/shredded/burned ages ago instead of stuck in a file and never looked at again. Bleh. The first step to this was deciding what actually needs to stick around. Now that I have that list in my head, everything else can go. It has been very enjoyable, actually, to get rid of this stuff. Because even I lack sentimental attachment to the things one is likely to find in old piles of papers and catalogs, so I can enjoy the satisfaction of pitching without any of the stupid stress about "my stuff".
I'm okay with being a dragon. I'm definitely not okay with being a hoarder.
