tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356184928339139776.post5723757736804170500..comments2023-06-14T02:57:20.800-05:00Comments on This Ro(a)mantic Life: A serious requestThis Ro(a)mantic Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09324882155203905958noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356184928339139776.post-74833001124655755292010-05-03T18:15:17.703-05:002010-05-03T18:15:17.703-05:00MW -- I know, right?!? As if anyone walking into a...MW -- I know, right?!? As if anyone walking into a room sans furniture (when furniture was expected) would look closely enough to determine whether the books were alphabetized or not. I think that was the sort of hopeless note that came through in my reading (yes, close-reading a prof's e-mail ...!). "I'm not going to be able to control the situation much, so I need something to feel controlled. And that's the alphabetization of my books!" I get that, I really do.<br /><br />And $300 disposable cash? No kidding. I would have had plenty of uses for that ...<br /><br /><br />SuziCate -- D and I have a slight fear of putting things in a "safe place" sometimes because we tend to forget where that spot is. Out of sight really is out of mind! So on many occasions, we let stuff clutter up just so we know where it is until we can come up with a location less nonspecific than the "safe place" for it. That's our version of the organized mess, I guess!<br /><br />TKW -- sweet. Tell me when you want me and I'm there!<br /><br />BLW -- I think we would both need the footstool. Not even the tallest Louboutins would get me within reach of those top shelves!This Ro(a)mantic Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324882155203905958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356184928339139776.post-60260380870875883502010-05-03T17:06:46.444-05:002010-05-03T17:06:46.444-05:00This is a great story. (And I am one of those peop...This is a great story. (And I am one of those people French Fancy mentioned. We don't necessarily live in chaos and disorganization by choice, but by circumstance.)<br /><br />Nonetheless, I would've enjoyed filing the books, too - on the low shelves - unless footstool was provided along with the pizza.BigLittleWolfhttp://dailyplateofcrazy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356184928339139776.post-84913238226603371482010-05-03T14:05:07.873-05:002010-05-03T14:05:07.873-05:00Unlike you, I do NOT enjoy filing. So I'm plan...Unlike you, I do NOT enjoy filing. So I'm planning your visit here so you can get your organizing "fix"!TKWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409505008377005185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356184928339139776.post-2370044953643736982010-05-03T09:49:57.062-05:002010-05-03T09:49:57.062-05:00I used to be so organized...now I am an "orga...I used to be so organized...now I am an "organized mess"...I am the only one who knows where to find the things I file (place, hide, lose etc...)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356184928339139776.post-50424519132426560472010-05-03T07:48:57.049-05:002010-05-03T07:48:57.049-05:00Okay, this is fuh-nny! I love the thought of alph...Okay, this is fuh-nny! I love the thought of alphabetized books as a distraction from the fact that there's no furniture. And to have $300 to give to the filers? That would come close to buying you a cheap IKEA couch. But it's far better this way!<br /><br />You may also come file for me anytime! The only thing I'm psychotically meticulous about is my taxes!medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457130525946143002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356184928339139776.post-67473155040366412712010-05-01T19:48:29.781-05:002010-05-01T19:48:29.781-05:00FF -- a filing twin! I love it. And yes, my hair&#...FF -- a filing twin! I love it. And yes, my hair's thinned enough in the last decade that I'm totally with you on being anal.<br /><br />Sherlock -- ha, there's a shot of the sewing machine I didn't post but was tempted to. There's an essential screw missing that's supposed to hold a piece of hardware in place (can't properly thread the machine without this little metal bracket screwed on at the top of the rig). We used duct tape as as quick fix. I should find a proper screw before this part falls off and goes missing. No idea how much help eBay would be for us then.<br /><br />Jane -- yes, yes! It took me forever to get my bookshelves in order after we moved because I was sorting subject; decade; and, to some degree, size (to make everything fit). But filing regular old paperwork? Much more straightforward for me. Happy to help if I'm ever in the neighborhood. Really, I'm serious! People think it odd that I find it fun, but ... :)This Ro(a)mantic Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324882155203905958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356184928339139776.post-53327937514000105282010-05-01T12:46:34.740-05:002010-05-01T12:46:34.740-05:00Could you PLEASE come over to my house and show me...Could you PLEASE come over to my house and show me your system? I'm hopelessly unorganized when it comes to receipts. But alphabetizing books? In groups of subject, decade it was published, color even - I'm your gal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356184928339139776.post-89026261531709969592010-05-01T05:46:13.977-05:002010-05-01T05:46:13.977-05:00Well I'm about halfway there. I can usually fi...Well I'm about halfway there. I can usually find the important stuff. Funny you mentioned a decades-old hand-me-down sewing machine. I just gave such a machine to my daughter-in-law. I'd had it for ten years, never used it, and she wanted it. I found everything except the plates for the various functions (hemming, zigzagging etc.) Have no clue where those are and now she has to find them on ebay cause you buy them anywhere anymore. <br /><br />I did find the manual and all sorts of other stuff to go with it :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356184928339139776.post-27832139048951033462010-05-01T03:08:01.954-05:002010-05-01T03:08:01.954-05:00You are my filing twin and I claim my £5.
Probabl...You are my filing twin and I claim my £5.<br /><br />Probably, like me, I wonder how people can live in a state of disorganisation and chaos. I too can pinpoint receipts from five years ago and manuals for every gadget ever bought. I don't understand why people want to put themselves through the 'hunting around to find something' lark. Then these people call me anal - but I would rather be anal than run around like a blue-arsed fly (UK slang there) tearing my hair out.<br /><br />Hope things are going well for you<br /><br />xFrench Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.com