Day Out

As a reward for the progress I’ve been making on the garage, I had a day out of shopping. Half Price Books is one of my favorite places to go, and there I found a book called “Productivity Power” by Jim Temme. It has a neat chart comparing the similarities of projects and goals, and an interesting take on priority setting. I found a wonderful hanger for slacks at Target that holds five pairs of pants on swing arms-what an improvement over the ones I’ve been using! A stop at Office Depot for project files (a great tool for keeping papers together) led to the unexpected discovery of a desk chair that was half price too! I’ve been wanting a new one for awhile, as the one I was using was too large and just didn’t fit well. Since I spend a lot of time in it, I think it will pay off to have one that is more comfortable! It’s my favorite new productivity tool.

Garage Update

Progress report on the garage project.

This is sort of a “before” picture, because I didn’t have the nerve to take a *real* before picture. That’s how bad it was! OK, so I forgot to take one earlier too. The garage is detached, and not real large. The floor needs work too. A friend has offered to help me organize it, however the first phase is simply to eliminate everything possible that is broken, no longer used, etc. One load of junk has been hauled off at this point, some stuff put out in the trash and other stuff moved around. The mattress still needs to go, and more stuff sorted out. I’m sure there is more that can go. Next on the agenda are getting some old tires taken away (note to self: nag son) and some bags of crushed cans to recycling. It really feels good to get rid of the clutter!