The "Other" work area

Gill did such a great job of showing ALL of her work area that I thought I better improve on the What I see when I work post.

Behind my back, Romeo sleeps with HIS back to this kind of work, because he is NOT interested in computers, Clementine, however, gets into this computer stuff
She watches the screen when there are items of interest, like Manny Ramirez being traded from the Boston Red Sox to the west coast...Hooray, out of our hair with your hair, Manny.
This is how it generally looks, my scanner and printer are on the left and it is generally this messy.





Further to the left is the other half of the bookshelf with Rocky the Flying Squirrel right next to my pear monoprint ..... unframed still. Most of the first shelf of books are knitting books, and above that are my graphic novels and some art books. (You didn't think even THIS part was ALL about computers, did you?)



Looking to the right is the stack of paper that equals Gill's stack. Weren't computers supposed to move us into a paperless society? When does THAT happen??? Far to the right are my old cameras and my photos... something to look at so I don't get too wrapped up in the computer screen..

Ok, where are YOU working today???? or yesterday or where will you be working tomorrow?

desk, day2

I got it mostly clean. It looks fake it is so cleared off... although I suppose even a clean desk is relative. There are still things on it, but close up it looks shiny.

Before I do "before" pictures on the "studio" though, there are a couple of other aspects of this cleaning jag I am on.

The desk is really the first thing people see when they clear the hallway. Frances' comment about how different our lives were made me think about this view:

Standing in the entry foyer, you can see why the clean desk is something I need to focus on. If you look carefully you can also see that Sienna thinks this is a waste of perfectly good time that could be spent shagging balls on the tennis court (her), or throwing balls on the tennis court for shagging (me).

Finally, there are these things..somewhat neatly arranged in a tray. I found the ladybug in the

subway, just sitting on a bench, the knitting cables are for the Denise set I am going to list on EBay. (I want to know where they are and the minute I put them somewhere I will forget where they are). The mouse is for whenever someone else uses my computer so they don't mess with my stylus and pad.

There are sunglasses, folding reading glasses, a hair clamp and a battery for my phone. I NEED all of them, and if they aren't there, where would they be??? someplace where I couldn't find them. SO, as long as they all fit on the tray they are staying there.

Now on to the studio, but that is a several day project and "befores" will wait til tomorrow.

I am learning that my biggest problem is that I am an "in the open in piles" kind of organizer. If I put it away ...I can't find it.

How to address that.. do I make lists of where I put everything I think I might look for and then put the lists on the desk? That sounds a little weird. Suggestions? Getting rid of most of it is NOT an option, wait til you see the stuff in the studio!

Starting the final push

This is my way-too-messy-to-work-on desk. It is sort of symbolic of the mess that I am living in right this minute. When I first moved in, I was all about cleaning up and putting away, but when I got to the last boxes it started to overwhelm me like it did when EVERYTHING was in boxes. I need a jolt of "just do it nowitis". The kitchen and the living room are overall fine, the desk is a hole in that particular fabric.

Today the desk. Tomorrow the dreaded Studio. I had a good start there, but later when I unearthed anything that didn't seem to have a home I put it in the studio to deal with later. Now is later.