And Today on My Desk

A couple of weeks ago RadioMan, bebe and I loaded up into the truck to hit our local (2 hours away) IKEA story. Looking for organization helps. Our home isn't small, but there are three of us, bebe's plethora of toys (and now school stuff), I work from home and RadioMan works from home. So while our home isn't small, space is definitely at a premium.

What I came home with were 3 of the units to the left - which I love. First, because they went together in about 10 minutes. Second, because the drawers are very spacious. Third, because our closets have never been more organized. (Yes, that's a hot pink feather boa in the second drawer. It's bebe's. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)

You know what I realized today? Our closets are organized but my desk...is not. I don't think it ever will be and that's okay with me because I work well in a little bit of clutter. Take away my calendar, my stacks of paper or my geegaws (as my grandmother would say) and I can't focus.

Here are three random Things on My Desk today:

* a pair of headphones without the foamy-protective layer. I should toss them, but I keep thinking I'll find the
foamy parts and they'll be fine. Of course, Angel-the-dog probably ate the foamy bits...
* bebe's backpack filled with school supplies. Which we're delivering to school later today. But still, it's taking up space so I'm sharing...
* a new selection of Sharpies because who doesn't need a Sharpie in every color of the rainbow? Pay no attention to the duplicate colors, they're needed in case the existing colors run out. No, I don't want them in a drawer, I want them where they are...they are my precious.

Okay, your turn: are you a super-organized writer? A messy-desker like me? Somewhere in the middle? How do you make your space work for you?

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  1. I'm definitely a messy-desker. It drives hubby crazy, but I've told him, it's my desk and I know where everything is! :)

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    1. that is my mantra, too, Amber! I actually *do* know where everything is (I'll bet you do, too) even if it looks like a tornado just came through.

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  2. I'm a total mess, Kristi. I clearly need to find an Ikea.

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    1. I always laughed when people said they went there. And the store will make your jaw drop because it's the size of a small city...but they have the *goods*!

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  3. We've already seen mine--it's messy. But I do want me one of those feather boas. I think I'll have purple.

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  4. Organized? What's that? LOL I want a green boa! Love markers!

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    1. I saw a green one...may have to get one of those, too. lol

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  5. I hate clutter, so once the paper mountain on my desk appears to be taking over, I have to do something. Just don't open my desk drawers. I'm with you on the Sharpies thing. You need different colors for each task (oops, did I just allude to my compulsive nature?)

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    1. *nods* Totally get it, Gemma. I think I have some OCD tendencies, messy desk aside.

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  6. Ok, I'm not even touching my closets (or Bebe's boa). My desk, when I choose to dig it out from under all hubby's work papers, has a favorite cup that got a fatal mysterious crack and now holds my precious sharpies and pens. There is also a feathered Piglet pen in it. I'm addicted to office supplies, namely sticky pads of various sizes, colors and shapes. I keep two or three note pads for writing things down and a calendar (which is on the wall above my desk. Oh, and a tiny rubber frog with a crown I got...somewhere (a 25 cent bubble maybe?)--don't ask. I usually have a four inch Captain Jack stuffed doll for inspiration and a stuffed unicorn Mr. Rhose gave me, but they're packed until I move into my new office.

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    1. lol, Calisa...I have a sudden urge to track down a feathered Piglet pen of my own. Do you think they make a Piglet Sharpie?

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