Here it is February — in fact almost the middle of Feb. already! It seems like the time goes by so fast, but at the same time, I can look back and see that a lots happened and I’ve accomplished quite a few things.
I’ve been cleaning and re-arranging things in the room we call the office. It’s really Hubby’s office, I suppose, because all of his stuff is in here and this is where he earns his money. But my computer, the file cabinet where we keep all of our papers, and a little desk that’s been handed down on Hubby’s side of the family where I keep all of my office supplies are also in here, so it’s kind of just an office.
I’ve been cleaning and clearing out a bunch of old receipts from the file cabinet. I can’t believe I hang on to them until they start getting brittle and turning yellow with age! I must be my mother’s daughter after all! Needless to say, it took me a while to go through everything, but I did manage to get rid of quite a lot of useless paper.
Next I tackled the little desk. My goodness, I don’t think I’ve cleaned that out since we got it and started putting things in it. What a mess! Yes, again, it took a while to go through everything, but I think it looks quite nice now. AND I can find stuff that I’d forgot I had. In fact, I’ve bought duplicates of supplies that I didn’t realize that I already had! Gee, am I the only person out there that’s done that? I hope not!
After I got the desk looking all organized and clean, I moved on to bookshelves of books and equipment that Hubby needs to do what he does that keeps money coming in to our bank account. I took everything off the shelves, cleaned the shelves, and then put everything back again. He says I shouldn’t move anything of his because he knows where everything is. Boy, I have a hard time believing that because it just looks like a mess of mix-match junk to me. But he would probably say that about my sewing and craft room. (Actually he wouldn’t be too far from the truth right now because it kind of looks like that to me too.) I also moved one of the bookcases full of books from in front of one door to the back of another door. It makes the room look a little less cluttered.
NOW I’m to the point that I’ve got to tackle his two desks. This is where I’m going to be treading on really thin ice! His desk is his sacred ground. Everything that’s there is supposed to be there, (no matter what I think). Except the dust. So I need to move everything to clean up the dust and manage to get everything back to where it was. This is tricky. But I’m going for it. I’m pretty sure I can do it. Wish me luck.
Once I get that done and my little desk straightened up again, I should be through with the office. For a while. I still need to wash the curtains, blinds and windows but that will be for another day. When it’s warmer.
