9-29-07

Organizing is Like a Giant Jigsaw Puzzle!

Okay folks, I am in the middle of the Final Phase of the Organization of the Ophoenix Household.

We did the garage last week. I will post before and after pics when I get them. Suffice it to say that the entire one car garage was shoulder high in boxes and stuff---and now I have about six boxes left to sort in there. *smiles*

In my house however, there is a TON of stuff to put away in unused cupboard and shelf space. But most of it has to be washed first. So there are clothes in my laundry room and dishes in my kitchen. Livingroom and bedrooms are steady---no messes.

Then there is my studio. There are boxes of stuff that have miscellaneous memories, art supplies and some important papers. So here is the puzzle part. I have to figure out which goes where, and in which kind of bin to put each kind of paint, pencils etc, and also figure out how to fit it all in the space that I have in a pleasing arrangement.

It's a challenge...but I am doing it.

And I found out, I may Never have to buy acrylic paints again. It seems every time I lost my paints I bought new ones---and now that they are all together---I am Stocked!

It is very strange to have all of my art supplies in one place and in boxes, labeled and ready to use. I have never had that before. I have always had to hunt for something, buy it over, or just give up because I couldn't find it.

Oh, and I donated another TON of stuff last Thursday to the Lupus Foundation. Stuff I never would have parted with before. I also have a TON of trash.

OMG, that is 3 TONS of stuff---metaphorically at least!


But this experience is enough to make a pack-rat change her ways forever!