my beloved ryan seacrest talked about the upcoming holiday season on his radio show yesterday. with the state of our economy these days, he seems to think that a bit of holiday cheer is desperately needed right now. of course, this could go one of two ways - folks will either cheer up, or they'll get even more pissed off if they've been affected by the craziness of the financial situation and can't afford to do up the holidays like they usually do.
and then that fool cued up some actual christmas music. we were treated to the smooth stylings of barry manilow (of course, another favorite of mine - no sarcasm) and then a bit of whiny mariah, singing "all i want for christmas is you." a classic, yes? [eyeroll]
in other news, i haven't been able to sleep very well lately. i don't know why - i'm not stressing out about anything in particular, but the last few nights have been the same. i go to bed at regular time, wake up thinking that it MUST be morning by then, roll over and peek at the clock, only to find out that it's all of 12-freaking-30. yikes. and the night before last, a thought popped into my head: i really need to organize my cardmaking supplies. in a big way.
in our old house, i had much easier access to all of my stuff. plus, it was more visible, so i was forced to keep it a bit more organized than it is now.
old house:
now:
what a mess. not to mention, i've got a lot more crap now than i did then, like spools and spools of various colors and widths of ribbon in bulk. so i decided i'd reorganize the two closets, buy some dowels or really narrow curtain rods, and hang 'em up. easy peasy.
target didn't have what i wanted, so i hit up home depot, where i was amused/bemused/amazed at the giant selection of christmas decorations already out. we aren't even past halloween yet! sheesh. even my holiday-loving ass refuses to bust out christmas decor until thanksgiving is officially over. right now, i'm still in the mood for this:
but they're already selling this:
dang.
anyway, i managed to find what i needed and got the hell out of there. home depot is normally one of my least favorite places to go. bleh.
when i got home, i played with the bean for a bit. she's been cracking us up with all sorts of silly faces lately, and this one is her current favorite. if i make it at her first, she'll giggle and then make it right back.
after we'd read a few books and played with her toys for a bit, she settled down and played quietly by herself while i dragged out a couple of those boxes of paper goods from the supply closet. i wanted to get all of my paper source stuff out, separate it by size and type, and then make a list of what colors i had so that the next time i need something, i can check my stock quickly and figure out if i need to make the trek out to the store or not.
i came to the realization that i could damn near open my own paper source store. and this isn't even everything i have.
heh. okay. paper source inventory, check! next up, inventory of that vast ribbon supply.
and don't worry. i'm not going to bore you with a play-by-play of operation organize paper goods. i might post a picture of the finished project, but i'm even boring me at this point. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
