Random Things on My Desk - Again
There's a paycheck from my gig teaching deep water running at the local Y. I think it might be from March but it's possible that thing has been there since February.
A picture of me, drawn by bebe, in which I have no hair on the top of my head. Seriously, I look like a demented Kojak in this pic. And I might be underwater.
The strawberry cupcake eraser is now wedged inside a keychain-croc with a jewely thing that reads I (heart) RadioMan. I have no idea why the cupcake eraser that I've never used is wedged in there...but, hey, everyone needs a little mystery on her desk.
And empty bottle of hand sanitizer. No, I don't know why I have an empty bottle, but, hey, now that I realize it's empty plop...it's in the trash.
There is a phone number, written down rather illegibly...but I'm almost certain I'll use it at some point.
My stack 'o magazines is still growing. There are now four. I mean eight. Nope, found another. Nine. I swear I'll read them...sometime.
A jar of Cracked Heel Repair because sandal weather is almost here...and that stuff works! I swear by it...no issues, not even in the dead of winter coldness.
What about you? Is your desk messy? Ultra organized? Don't worry, we messy-deskers don't mind your clutter-free work zones...we're not jealous at all. Much. Okay, maybe a little.
I have an Irish flag and a roll of breath mints among my clutter. Not sure what that implies. :-) Cool post, Kristi.
ReplyDeleteThat there is an Irish bad-boy who likes to drink among your future characters? lol
DeleteHa! I have to see the picture Bebe drew of you!
ReplyDeleteMy desk is a mess right now. It has two books I'd read, lent out, and gotten back. A pile of paid bills. A baggie of candy left over from my rounds at the home show. Some random notes, my mug o' Sharpies, and all the other junk I normally keep there!
Jill, I'll bring the pic along to our next chapter meeting...I thought about scanning it here but...yeah, not gonna happen. lol
DeleteMy desk is a complete disaster. I actually have 3 checks that need to be put in the bank. A doctor's test order that I never went in to have done--that was from last August, I think. An apron, papers galore. Total disarray! I did clean it no too long ago. But it easily get's this way.
ReplyDeleteMe, too, Jerri. I clean my desk and *somehow* it gets piled up again. I think it's a clutter magnet. Or there are evil fairies who take my put-away-things back on my desk.
DeleteOkay, first off I want to see Bebe's artwork. lol Second, I don't write at a desk--kind of. I have a lap desk that use because I write in the living room on my little chair and a half with the extra wide footstool and awesome views of nature out each window, no matter what direction I turn. Now if I had a desk, in my office, like I had in the past--I'd probably be buried alive under "necessities" lol
ReplyDeleteburied alive is a good description, lol, Christine! And your work space sounds perfect - love a comfy chair, a laptop and a view!
DeleteYour desk is positively neat compared to mine. I have EVERYTHING on top of my desk. Stapler, nail polish (15 bottles) note cards, tooth picks, lemon drops, candle, lighter, nose pads for my glasses. Well you get the idea. I have a tiny spot in the middle for my WIP. So don't belabor your messiness. Embrace it. Somewhere in that chaos is a new book.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Cindy! I couldn't work with a perfectly clean desk. Messy is good, although it drives RadioMan crazy.
DeleteI do have a desk even if it appears the piles are holding each other up. Random item on my desk: Nail polish (never did get it on my nails) a dust rag, and a fit-guide to a toe ring I got in Key West years ago.
ReplyDeletea fit guide for a toe ring...I always just figured if they didn't fall off, you were good to go! lol
DeleteMy desk is an utter disaster at the moment (hubby and I are in the middle of remodeling my den). That aside, it's normally pretty messy, although I call it ordered chaos. I generally have post-it notes everywhere for reminders on different items related to my current WIP (I need to start using a notebook!). Right now there are rack cards I need to distribute, notes about websites I want to investigate and a list of music and books I want to buy from Amazon (among other collected oddities). At least I know where everything is in that mess, LOL!
ReplyDeleteHa! Love that - ordered chaos. It's true, we messies usually know where everything is, even if it takes a second to dig to it.
DeleteGrinning here. Just posted a note on my computer..."Clean desk off." It will last a week and then I'll have little piles everywhere again.
ReplyDeleteI leave notes like that for myself - clean the desk, toss the magazines. Once I used the note as a bookmark. Don't think I've every actually used it as a reminder to clean, though. lol
DeleteLove the topic! I have a gargoyle, a trilobite (a fossil from way before the dinos roamed the world, and one can of Flair pens and another of misc pens (that I never use.) From your picture, I think I also have that same blue-green bottle sitting by my computer. Mainly, though I have a layer of cast off seeds and bits of cuttle bone scattered across the desk every morning courtesy of the two parakeets who share my office space. 8-D
ReplyDeleteOh, I'll be the parakeets are great office-mates, Alexis! Thanks for visiting...and now I wanna see that fossil!
DeleteGreat topic!
ReplyDeleteI don't think there's enough room here to list all my junk!
I'm gonna guess there is at least one horse-related item, D'Ann...
DeleteWhat a great post! My desk is the family room couch. Ever since The Puppy arrived she can't be left alone FOR ONE MINUTE so I moved my writing to the family room and my husband has taken over the desk. Nothing would dare junk up my husband's desk. He's OCD about that.
ReplyDeleteSo is RadioMan, Sharon. I walked into his office the other day and felt the urge to move one of his bobble heads *justasmidge* to the left. Would've messed him up for days, though. :D
Deletewriting pile, catalog, blackberry, 3 lip balms, pens, diet coke, sticky notes, a trophy, inbox, foot stuff, desktop, cds, lamp from a silver pitcher. I feel neat today. lol Fun post.
ReplyDeletethanks for visiting, Vicki!
DeleteOK, so on my desk: a 20 yr old Random House dictionary (taped together), empty plate from breakfast, full tea cup, 9yr old's school papers, prescription for Mr. Laurence that he never filled but wants me to "just in case" he has allergies, bar-b-que lighter (don't ask), pens, pencils, bills I haven't paid, invoices I haven't filed, iPhone. At least you know it's not just you! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm beginning to think we messies are taking over the world, Selena! Thanks for visiting. I also have bebe's inhaler, prescription and a host of other things...oh, well, another post! lol
DeleteI have an antique bottle that reads 'Sanford Inks and Library Paste', and of course that has to have several feather [quills] in it. The almighty candle. Lots of disgusting tissues as I've returned home from the beach with a cold. :-( Library card. A vitamin supplement of unknown origins. One stack of papers, also unidentifiable. What I don't have that you all seem to have are CHECKS!
ReplyDeleteboo! Coming home from vacation with a cold?? *passes the rum* My check is actually off my desk - RadioMan just left for the bank...I'd be a lot more regular about depositing that thing if it was worth more, lemme tell ya! lol
DeleteI try to organize my desk, but basically I just shift the piles of paper to another location. Fortunately I rarely write there. I have a netbook in the living room on computer stand. It rests on a pirate ship puzzle that I use for reference for my latest WIP, has a leaf mousepad, hair doodads, a pen and stylus, and usually my Kindle Fire. Even my small desk is cluttered.
ReplyDeletesmall desks, large desks...general tables where I might leave my Kindle and a drink...they all form catch-alls of some sort, don't they?
DeleteMy desk is pretty clean, but the table next to it is horrible. I have my tbr pile, post cards, my kindle, reference books, pages from chapters of random stories, and post its with mystery notes on them (meaning I have know idea why I scribbled them), and a huge box of Nerds candy.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a table...probably a good thing I don't, Shawn! And Nerds - love those teeth-breakers!
DeleteMy desk is a utter mess. I don't even know what's all there. Great post!
ReplyDeletethanks for visiting today, Sara.
DeleteI'm a "messy desk" person. I've long maintained my creativity only works in clutter. Neatness bothers my muses.
ReplyDeleteNeatness distracts me, too, Constance. I've tried and tried but when my desk is neat I can't concentrate. Messy desk, kiddo running around, RadioMan doing his thing? Absolute perfection.
DeleteI love neatness. I fantasize about a large, flat, unsullied expanse of desktop populated only by a coffee cup, a notebook and pen, and a perfectly placed laptop. My reality is a small desk in the corner of my room where my laptop and half the things I own are playing a game of 'buck-buck'. No matter how often I tidy, things seem to creep up on their own. Right now a couple odd bits from a dearly departed SUV roosts on one corner. Anybody need an air filter and a v-ribbed belt for a '93 Ford Explorer?
ReplyDeleteI have a purple poodle bobble-head and a magazines and empty box where my thank you cards were in.
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