Progress ...
Aug. 2nd, 2009 11:52 pmOn the Office 'o' DOOM project.
So, after about three days of cleaning, the office is pretty much done. The bookshelves are cleared off, dusted, and rearranged. The electronic equipment is all pretty much dusted -- what I could reach, anyhow. I really need to pull things out and give everything a good dusting, but this will have to do for now. It's still light years better than what I started with. Things that were sitting around on the floor or in front of the closet are now picked up and properly stored away -- some in new places, some in old places, and some in the "to be recycled" pile. My files are cleaned out, with TONS of stuff ready for shredding. My desk is clean and dusted. Hubby's desk is clean and dusted.
Really, it looks like a totally different room. I'm still not sure it was worth the massive allergy attack -- and ensuing ickiness -- I gave myself from the all the dust, but I have to admit I feel really happy when I look around at "my" space. I may not let anyone else from my family back in here -- ever. =P The only good thing about the allergy attack is that I was able to tell myself to keep on trucking, right through the whole yucky-sicky feeling. I figured that I already felt like crap, so what the heck? In for a penny, in for a pound, so to speak.
I'm not totally done yet. I still have a TON (almost literally) of shredding to do. I made a good dent in it tonight, but I think it'll take me most of the day tomorrow to get totally done with it. My hubby has been out of town. He was supposed to come home around 9 or so tomorrow, but he got onto an earlier flight. Now, he'll probably be home around 6 or 7, so I hope I'll be able to get all of it done. I wanted it to be kind of a nice surprise for him to see.
What I don't want to see is how much trash and recycling I'm going to have to put out this week. Yikes! How could so much trash come out of one tiny room? It's a mystery. >.O
So, after about three days of cleaning, the office is pretty much done. The bookshelves are cleared off, dusted, and rearranged. The electronic equipment is all pretty much dusted -- what I could reach, anyhow. I really need to pull things out and give everything a good dusting, but this will have to do for now. It's still light years better than what I started with. Things that were sitting around on the floor or in front of the closet are now picked up and properly stored away -- some in new places, some in old places, and some in the "to be recycled" pile. My files are cleaned out, with TONS of stuff ready for shredding. My desk is clean and dusted. Hubby's desk is clean and dusted.
Really, it looks like a totally different room. I'm still not sure it was worth the massive allergy attack -- and ensuing ickiness -- I gave myself from the all the dust, but I have to admit I feel really happy when I look around at "my" space. I may not let anyone else from my family back in here -- ever. =P The only good thing about the allergy attack is that I was able to tell myself to keep on trucking, right through the whole yucky-sicky feeling. I figured that I already felt like crap, so what the heck? In for a penny, in for a pound, so to speak.
I'm not totally done yet. I still have a TON (almost literally) of shredding to do. I made a good dent in it tonight, but I think it'll take me most of the day tomorrow to get totally done with it. My hubby has been out of town. He was supposed to come home around 9 or so tomorrow, but he got onto an earlier flight. Now, he'll probably be home around 6 or 7, so I hope I'll be able to get all of it done. I wanted it to be kind of a nice surprise for him to see.
What I don't want to see is how much trash and recycling I'm going to have to put out this week. Yikes! How could so much trash come out of one tiny room? It's a mystery. >.O