ONE DRAWER DOWN....

 

Doesn't that drawer look pretty?  The photo is turned, lol, but it still looks pretty!  This one drawer was my sole accomplishment over Wednesday and Thursday.  I had a ton of phone calls to make over the past two days and then had a HORRENDOUS migraine yesterday that laid me flat on my back in bed with the quilt up over my head for several hours.  But I feel good that at least one more tiny portion of my home is organized.  It's my word for 2014 and I'm sticking with it!

 

KEEPING WARM AND MAKING A LITTLE PROGRESS !

It is bitterly cold in large portions of the US.  While our weather is not bad enough to forcibly confine us to indoor activities...it's a good excuse to snuggle down indoors and have a "housework" and "pamper me" kind of day.  I woke up with a really bad backache this morning, so I won't be doing anything too strenuous.  While I wait for my back spasms to loosen I am sitting at my desk with a large mug of gloriously steamy coffee and my "Coupon" file.  I have been going through this pile for about 20 minutes now and have not come across even one unexpired coupon.  Ummmm.....guess I need to go through this pile more frequently to be sure I am getting the most from my coupons and also make sure I am not taking up much needed space with useless paper!  Lol.  Baby steps, baby steps.  All part of my 2014 goal...organizing!

Since I am used to "multitasking" when I ran my own business, I'm also using this time to catch up on some of my favorite blogs.  Above you can just make out today's post from Jenny of Elefantz.  If you have never visited her blog, do pop over there for a healthy dose of creativity, compassion, faith and fun....unmatched in blog-land.  Jenny is warm, wonderful and sure to put me in the best of moods.  Thank you, Jenny, for the joy you bring to me on almost a daily basis!

Stay warm my friends....

Lin

MY WORD FOR 2014? O-R-G-A-N-I-Z-E !!

Late this afternoon I began working on organizing my desk.  Gosh, does it NEED it!  I started with the huge pile in my "In Box".  I neglected to take a photo of the before, but this is the paper filling the recycling container in my office.  All from ONE in-box!

Thankfully, my in-box looks SO much better.  The paperwork turned side-ways (down to the brass paperweight you can just see peeking out) is REALLY important stuff that must be handled first thing Monday morning.  The next pile (down to the cardboard) are things that are pending and I should be following up on in the next week.  Everything below that is in need of filing.  I think the next time I am at the thrift shop I am going to keep my eyes opened for a multiple section wall pocket.  I could really use one that I could label "Tomorrow", "Pending", "J" (for things I need to give to him) and "Mom" (for things I need to give to her).  Hopefully I can set up a more permanent filing system in my desk drawer for all of the other things that don't need immediate attention.  Tomorrow?  I start to tackle that desk drawer.  Frightening.  Truly FRIGHTENING!  And the desk is just the tip of the iceberg!!!!