In the spirit of the New Year

[mojosmom]

I spent the weekend organizing things. I moved hat boxes and shoe boxes around so that I could see things more easily (it really helps because then you know what you have and find yourself wearing a hat you'd forgotten about!). A side benefit was that I unexpectedly opened up some space. Then I hit the master bath, which has a lot of storage space. There's a linen cupboard and hamper on one side, and a floor-to-ceiling shelving unit and medicine chest on the other. When you have storage space, it tends to fill up. I had recently bought new bedding and new towels, so I decided to retire (as in "get rid of", "donate to a thrift shop") some of the old stuff. And then I organized all the bath oils/gels/soaps/etc. that I have accumulated and got rid of all those little tubes that had a tiny bit of stuff in them or were all dried out, etc. Suddenly, there's more room in those units! And I can find stuff! Astonishing. I don't know if this organizational fit will last, but it's nice at the moment.

(P.S. Do you know how hard it is to type when there's a cat between you and the keyboard? Oh, excuse me, between you and the keyboard and sitting on your forearm? Unlike Mohammed, who cut off his sleeve, I am not about to cut off my arm. So I'm just going back and fixing all the typos.)