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[ksmith]

Taxes mailed off. I don't like slopping over into April, but I just couldn't find the drive to pull stuff together. I should commit to setting up my 2007 spreadsheet now and logging things as they come. I've been talking about doing this for 5-6 years--why can't I manage it?



My room now looks a little less like a college dorm room thanks to some major straightening up and the replacement of the clunky stereo with the Bose. I still need to put actual framed prints on the walls, which means I need to take said prints to the framers. One will likely be the ENDGAME illo that Chris McGrath sent me. The other is up in the air.

I am still afflicted by my weakness for stuffed animals. One, however, is the teddy bear given me by an aunt and uncle over 45 years ago. Not giving that up or packing it away. Then there's the wolf from one of the nature organizations that howls when you squeeze its sides. Not getting rid of that, either.

The crab and cockroach stay, too (Hey, a new name for a pub--The Crab and Cockroach).

And my piggy bank with the spaceship decorations. It's staying. And the King Arthur figurine...I should probably take Guinevere and Lancelot out of the living room display case and set up the triangle atop my armoire.

I need a bigger bookcase, but for that I would need a bigger room.

Those gorgeous bedrooms in the Crate&Barrel catalogs? Just a dream. I think the best I can hope for is "not a dorm room."

It's not that I don't like nice things. I love to leaf through house magazines and design catalogs. Then somewhere it all disconnects, and I fail to try to bring some of that into my life. And I should, because I'm a little old for the dorms.

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[pbray.livejournal.com]

My efforts to evolve past dorm room stopped around "first house" stage. For example, my dresser, entertainment center, bookcases, computer desk, end table, etc, are all kit furniture (mostly Sauder).

I have many things which need to be framed and hung on wall. But with a small house, it's a tradeoff between wall space for art and wall space for bookcases. Plus, getting things framed would require me actually getting organized to bring things to the frame shop....

Most (but not all) of the stuffed animals live in a large wicker basket in the writing room. Don't ask how many koalas I have--but each of them has their own individual back story (not my fault, blame my dad). The bears make an interesting contrast to the four foot replica long sword which is the other main decoration.

While the living room is dominated by my bike and the life-size cardboard Aragorn that lurks in the alcove next to the bookcase.

I'm hoping to declutter sometime this year, but I can't see myself getting rid of my treasures.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

My office desk and small rolling file drawer are kit furniture, as are my dining room hutch and living room end tables. All my bookcases but one.

I see the house evolving into a dormish office amoeba, with computer stuff, books/bookcases, and reference materials spread from living room through the kitchen/dining room into the bedrooms.

So I'm not the only person who keeps the stuffed animals in a wicker basket...?