I function, so much better (in the figurative sense, not the literal sense – or this would be a post about the benefits of a fibre rich diet), without clutter.
But you see, I live with three males (who knows *how* Supermom does it with four!) who find it perfectly acceptable to ‘drop whatever they’re holding, wherever they are’. So the maintenance of my sanity is up to me, because the constant nagging, which has no discernible effect other than to annoy MYSELF, is doing *as* great a job driving me nuts, as the actually clutter itself.
My husband, is a dab hand, at tidying the kitchen. I *will* give him that. 10 minutes and any stray dishes are washed, put away, and counters wiped down to an acceptable level even Gordon Ramsay would approve of.
Socks, underwear, shorts, shirts, socks, and shoes and towels however, remain resolutely on the floor. So even when I have to display a measure of gratitude for when he gets the children ready for the bath, I am simultaneously grinding my teeth with the effort of not moaning at him, for just leaving the kids clothes, wherever he has managed to corner them and remove them at bath time.
I have tried to employ the wash basket in each bedroom technique. I have even tried using the ‘take your clothes off at the washer’ technique, and have a perfectly good ‘whites/colours-adults/colours-children’ laundry basket system set up. However in order for it to have any effect at all, I have to pick up everything and put it in the appropriate baskets myself. Everytime.
Mail. Snail mail. Every single time I am in the kitchen, I have to throw away opened envelopes, because somehow, they’re magically magnetized, rendering my husband unable to approach the garbage can less than three feet away! The filing, naturally , is simply dumped onto MY desk, completely f*cking up my zen-like CHI that I have established, since the arrival of my iMac, which meant that my desk is tidy at all times, enabling my head to expand, and fill itself with creative thoughts, and to be at one with my iMac. Making cool stuff.
One thing that my incessant nagging *did* accomplish was getting the husband to move my evILs shipping boxes into the garage so that they were no longer cluttering up the dining room, and since we moved all the toys into the braai room, things have been much better in that general area.
Do most of you find, that no matter how organised you are, you find yourselves fighting a losing battle with your nearest and dearest? Do they toe the line? If they are messy how do you deal with it? Clean it yourself, or splurge on a credit card as punishment?
I’d love to know how YOU all deal with this issue.
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This post is a lot like my brain.
Full.
Of Stuff.
My brain could really use an iPhone. That I could synch stuff with my MacBook. Or at least that’s the excuse I’m using right now.
Anyhoo, so here we are back online.
I have decided to become a planner. Someone who plans.
No longer will I simply fly these blogs by the seat of my pants and spew whatever chooses to come up at that moment in time.
Henceforth, I Plan.
I’ve enlisted the help of my awesome iCal application to create some sense of order of my time spent on the computer, I’ve even scheduled stuff like housework (see this is why I need an iPhone – cos that baby will synch right up with iCal on the phone and make sure that even when I’m not eyeballing the computer screen, I can be kept on my toes) and other important things like remembering to fetch my kids from school etc.
My study time, scheduled. (Am still buzzing hugely on my graphic design course - it COMPLETES me)
Also on my calendar are things like “blogwalk and brainstorm” then each blog has it’s own hour a week for me to actually write posts (or transpose them from the notebook that I now carry around with me at all times (again an iPhone would help here for me to record my thoughts like a dictaphone, I’m just sayin’ s’all).
Tags are now planned.
Categories categorised.
If I finish my writing, assignments, blog scheduling and other tasks before their allotted time is up. Then I’m allowing myself to do stuff on facebook. Not Before. If I need to search for random, things on google, like the need for the services of a Seattle personal injury lawyer, then this is when I do it. Not Before. Sure, I could *totally* need one, one day, you never know.
I AM A PLANNER!
Occasionally, in between ‘proper’ posts you may find a ‘shortie’ like the one just before this one where I showcase something from the web that has caught my eye. Sharing is caring. Linking is (insert word that means something good and rhymes with linking here).
So here is some more stuff that I’m loving on the web right now…
Smashing Magazine
If you like this related to the web, design, fonts, icons and pretty much anything ‘design-ey’ then you should *really* subscribe to their rss feed. They are one of those sites where I click through to nearly every post because, well, they just blow my hair back.
Check them out. They inspire me to make my blog more interesting, to stretch as a designer, and to even mentally give some thought to starting my own magazine. Total ego trip I know, but still, wouldn’t *that* be *totally cool??*
Right now I’m still trying to come up with a title, since Ness Magazine (yeah why can’t I be like Oprah and call it after me?) is already taken. Boo.
Better Browsing Now With Firefox!
Firefox 3.5 for Mac. I usually wait until I’m using wifi bandwidth to do upgrades, because of my ludicrously small cap on 3G, but this morning I figured that upgrading to the latest firefox is totally worth it. I’m already enjoying better, more secure browsing by having upgraded, AND it now features ‘private browsing’ meaning you can surf a site without leaving any trace that you were there.
So if you would like to surf Amazon for instance – without them remembering your preferences etc that is the kind of thing that it does. There may be many reasons why you would not want to leave digital footprints, and this is just one example.
For those of you who don’t know, Firefox is a web browser for Mac and Window’s PC’s. It is much safer, faster and better in every way than IE. If you are still using Internet Explorer please, please PLEASE do yourself a favour and stop! Firefox is open source, totally free, and the *best* browser out there right now.
For both Mac and PC.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Did anybody notice!? I has a donation!!
Thank you *SO* much to the person who kindly donated $20 toward my doggies quarantine costs.
That money has been set aside into a special account where it is now earning 8.5% interest per annum, and it is appreciated MORE than I am able to express.
The images is click-able if you would like to read about why I’m trying to raise funds for my dogs.
It also offers some helpful suggestions if you aren’t able to donate outright, on ways that you could make a difference nonetheless.
Lastly, if any of you are still reading out there:
The Nominations!
Now before I even try to the fake ‘beauty queen walk’ (in a swimsuit and heels) and wave to you all, and wipe away a fake tear, and plan to change the world, cure world hunger, halt climate change, and bring about world peace:
I’m going to confess here and now to the entire world (that’s all 3 of you reading right now any anyone who may follow you), that yes, I did indeed nominate myself.
Egotistical? No.
Any hope of winning? No.
Do I really believe that I have the ‘Best Geek Blog’, ‘Best Blog About Stuff’, ‘Best Photography Blog’ and ‘Best Parenting Blog’ ??
Well, the answer is that yes, my blog (and others) is all of these things to me. I love it. It’s why I write it. I visit it daily, gently tweak its sidebars, lovingly create new graphics for it and so that, in a nutshell is why I nominated myself.
Now here is where I insert a plea to all of you to follow the link of your choice (out of the two provided up there) to go and vote for ME.
(Waves to crowd, adjusts tarnished tiara, grins cheesy grin, and exits stage left)
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