I don’t do well in chaos.
My workspace is relatively organized, my clothes are usually folded and put away, and my house is clean. Not holiday clean, but if unexpected visitors showed up, I wouldn’t be embarassed.
And then comes the last third of the book.
I have this little yarn corner by my side of the couch in the living room. It has reached horrifying proportions of messy. I received a yarn organizer bag for Christmas. I need to use it. I’m pretty sure the clean laundry in the hamper is several days old. My bookshelf to the right of me is…
Switches for my custom keyboards. Surprise yarn gift from Gordon. Empty glasses wipes box. Full glasses wipes box. I don’t wear even glasses anymore except for close up things. Random notebooks. Random books. Why is Emerald Blaze out?
Mmmggghghg.
How did we even get here? Tuna clearly disapproves.
I have got to get this under control today. We start work at 10:00. I have 20 minutes. Surely I can at least get some of this sorted out.
Oh, the test mug from with one of the Inheritance interior images came.
When Candice painted these, they were to a very specific format for the blog. They work remarkably well for mugs, but the resolution is medium-high rather than high. We are under 300 dpi.
I have to tell you, I love this mug. It’s not pixelated at all, so I will be tossing this one and other Inheritance scenes out there when we reopen on Friday.
We also received a small box of This Kingdom hardcovers, so there will be a giveaway in the near future. Probably next week. This week is too full.
Must clean. Must organize. Must not live in chaos.
I picked up Tuna, he does in fact give me joy. He stays.
Cats are Gawds. We worship Cats.
(Yes, yes …more treats coming immediately Oh Great One)
He didn’t look disapproving to me, but I only have girl cats.
What would you have done if this was one of the non-joy-giving days? I ask this as someone who had her most loving and cuddly kitty cat screaming her head off this morning because she was bored and I was sleeping in.
Kondo first!
Glad to know Tuna stays! Mine are often moved several times during the de-messifying process (it’s not really cleaning, more…mess reduction). But how exciting to hear that the last third of the book is in progress, and that there might be giveaways! So chalant. All the p*tience for next week.
To be fair, Approving Tuna looks very similar
“Must clean. Must organize. Must not live in chaos.”
Oh good. I’m not alone.
+1
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+1 But I seem to be failing and the chaos is winning right now. I’m still trying to fight the good fight though! 😄
Do you mean looks very similar to Disapproving Tuna?
This was supposed to be a reply to Dave? I’m sure I clicked reply. Strange.
Hi Mary, it can be a bit fiddly sometimes but we get what you mean 🙂
decluttering is really hard 😉
I only hear about future give aways, but I don’t think it will come our way as I’m from the north of the border 🙁
Happy Wednesday
Are you sure those aren’t pictures from my house… looking familiar😉
Lovely keyboard! You are having Spring Cleaning jitters. My sister -in-law has started talking about her windows and the stuff she couldn’t”to get to before the holidays! It is getting more light out and I must clean my own stuff up. I am working on pastel baby quilts and little bonnets. Fabric everywhere. It is only clutter but it all does add up. I usually start with putting away 3 things to start with. Maybe more will happen but it gets the ball rolling. Dust bunnies are my current enemy!
Never mind Tuna – who is gorgeous- tell us more about the surprise yarn gift. Please show and tell the yarn
au courage! I was up until 1 this morning, taking care of a years-old stash of piles and bags o’ stuff under my lovely sideboard in my bedroom. Very happy today.
It feels so good after, doesn’t it 🙂
Best of luck with the organizing! You got this! I live with 4 children so I’ve learned to embrace a bit of the chaos but I definitely have a tipping point.
Having an organized space gives me joy as well. I have pockets of mess and when they start to grow, I am frustrated and angry with them.
I hope you have a successful by your own standards day and feel good at the end.
Some days I’m the Queen of Chaos. Not saying that’s a good thing, but it’s a thing. One dog and five cats. I keep trying. I would be distracted by the yarn goodies. Hang in there!
SQUEAL another giveaway?????
We are beloved!
I’m so excited for the giveaway of This Kingdom hardcovers!!! Good luck w/ the cleaning!
I need to know more about the yarn organizer!
I notice the flip flops lol I wish could be wearing flip flops right now but we’re on the umpteenth day of stupid freezing temps and snow and ice. Last night driving home I realized the world had turned black and white due to all the salt and the overcast sky.
Anyway!! Tuna is so darn huggable. Hope you got things sorted 🙂 and yay to all the mugs
Gah, the never-ending battle. Wishing you much luck in the organizational effort and much calm, happy productivity.
Speaking of organizing – Mod R, could you perhaps organize an eligibility post of Andrews 2025 works that could be nominated for the upcoming award season (Nebula, Hugos, etc) – like The Inheritance? I have my little list, but I always worry that I’m forgetting something or that I’ve gotten the category wrong (novel length? novella?), and the season is upon us. Others might find it useful too.
Will do 🙂
I am retiring and facing closing my office. I have forty years of accumulated stuff. Already sent six trash barrels to shred. All records are digital now. Nobody wants old traditional office furniture. Mostly giving it away for free on Facebook Marketplace.
I feel the pain on cleaning up clutter.
“Why is Emerald Blaze out”? Giveaway, chaos…..so much to unpack here. Good luck – it is amazing what one can accomplish in 20 min.
My 8 month old kitten (so cat with questionable decision skills) fell into the bathtub after my son got out but before it was drained yesterday.
I was not home, but reports are that my daughter (who is chaos’s bestie) immediately swooped the bedragled skinny shivering mess into a towel and managed to get her dry without bleeding.
I think it’s just February. January lasts forever and February is this crazy splat of everything suddenly moving forward again.
Flip flops are our friend in Texas with temperatures in the 70s and in some spots 80s (like Fort Worth earlier in the week).
Glad Tuna gets to stay and chill out in the office.
The yarn chaos…I hear you on that. I think yarn multiplies when no one is looking.