Does Your Mind Turn to Gardening too?

The camera battery arrived early last week, so I took about 107 photos of about 40 models. I've been busy cropping and photo-shopping those shots to get good illustrations of the models for the website. Tonight I'll start researching and writing up the sales pages. That could take several weeks, but hopefully I will also soon have some marketing efforts in the works - my Thursday nights project.

Does your mind turn to gardening already too?

I heard on the radio this morning that some good harbingers of spring have arrived in this area. So hope is springing up in many hearts for gardening and farming and of course those who enjoy being outside for work or sports. Even just walking.

I haven't quite decided yet if I'll make my garden as usual or make it smaller, or try to find a reliable helper. Right now I'm feeling great, and full of hope... but I don't want to be stupid/foolish about the whole thing either.

My most important projects are the ones I do inside here at my desktop. But I have enjoyed the garden so much too.

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20 Minute Cleaning Up Tip

I happened upon a video on YouTube about how to do your down- sizing cleaning, especially when it all looks so overwhelming.

I was not comfortable with the way she chucked out stuff that did not look used at all, or that still had a lot of potential! However, she advised setting 20 minutes at a time to tackle one corner, cabinet, or shelf at a time.

I turned around and looked at all the spaces on my semi-circle of desks, and the bookshelves on the wall, and I realized that some of that clutter could go.

Now I can turn around and see small areas - maybe only 2-3 feet wide - that look much better. I look at another area and I think if I switched this out of here, and put a storage unit with 3-4 little drawers there instead my loose clutter could be tucked away and yet be handy when I needed something from them.

Now the job I had dreaded for months, and promised myself I'd do in the winter months, is suddenly more do-able! It may take me all week to finish up this office/desk area, but some things can become re-gifts, and some can be discarded, and a more serene, peaceful view grow around me.

Maybe I'll get really revved up when I get to the basement! Also, I should be praying for a helper to lift the heavy bins and boxes off the shelves for me to investigate. (I know in my heart that I will have more fractures if I try to do that by myself!)

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