Organizing is hard

I have to admit that last week's blog ost about my having no excuses for not making art didn't actually work.  It's been a week and I still haven't made art.  I guess I did have an excuse of sorts--I got royally sick with a bad cold that turned into bronchitis, and since my most used supplies were still in a tub I really and truly did not feel up to rummaging around looking for things I could use.

But I did move that tub into the parlor.  Where it sat for several days staring at me. 

Monday, I was still not feeling great but coughing less and decided to go to Target.  Why, you ask?  Well, two weeks ago, my brother Will and I went to Target in Warwick to buy a microwave for my apartment, plus a stand.  I was also interested in possibly buying shelving units to try to organize things.  We found 3-tier shelving that I wanted to put into a small alcove that I could use to get things off my kitchen table.  I also bought an extra one to use for my printer and computer supplies.  Anyway, I liked the shelves so much that I decided to go to Target in Lincoln and get another one. 

The thing is, I went by bus.  When I got there, I decided to see if I could handle a 5-tier.  No luck--I couldn't even handle the thing on the shelf.  So a 3-tier it was.  And yes, I got it home on the bus...two buses actually, which took some navigating.  After all, I'd bought a few other items such as a canister set, plastic baskets from Five Below...  It took some finagling, but I coped.  Not one of my best ideas though.  Once home, I got the thing set up and put it next to my couch.

Tuesday evening I spent sorting the items in the tub into the baskets I'd bought.  The items are more or less organized now, but there really isn't room to put the handmade paper sheets I have on this unit.  Doesn't matter, though--the sheets are readily accessible.  Now, at least, I can find the things I've been using the most of.

The job isn't finished.  I still have boxes.  I still have tubs.  I am thinking about using 5 tier shelves for some of the stuff I still have in boxes, and want to transfer stuff currently in boxes to organized tubs.  I do have two tubs that are really not organized and that do not have a good list of what's in them. 

But now I can see more of what I want to do.

And now that I've started feeling better, I REALLY don't have an excuse not to work.

later,
lin