general Update on the Being-On-Fire Situation

Posted May 20, 2007 • Comments Off on Update on the Being-On-Fire Situation

More stuff has left via Freecycle. Even the bed frame tomorrow, as despite my “offer” going unnoticed last week, a “wanted” was posted today. I picked up some nice baskets from someone else; I gave one to Lisa and kept one that’s just lovely and will work as a hamper, off-season sock storage (yes, this is a problem that I have), or even an extra seat.

I got a shoe rack at Ikea. It looks and works perfectly fine. Better than the Pile O’Shoes method, anyway. The curtains in the guest room are up (and hemmed, even) and look just terrific. Just really, really great. I’m thrilled. The little finials on the rods really complete the package. I also ripped out the little soapdish and toothbrush holder in my bathroom and put up a glass shelf instead. That also looks like a million bucks if you don’t look too closely at the spackle behind it.

As soon as the people come and take away the desk, I’ll be able to make room in that room for the entertainment/storage cabinet from Lisa’s basement. Once that’s in, I’ll be able to get rid of the thrift-store nightstand that’s currently serving as a server rack and the square foot of floor that’s serving as reference book storage. Then I’ll reinflate the guest bed and put it up on its stand and make it up as a real bed.

Also I brought the Death Spikes downstairs and set it/them up under my actual desk where it/they should have been for years now.

Current hurdles to be got over include what to do with the random stuff (not pens, not files, not computer parts) that was in the desk and what to do with the dollhouse (it’s so frigging big). I also need to strip and recycle my old desktop computer and CRT monitor and finally hang the Harry Potter poster in my room (a project I gave up on a few months ago in profane frustration). Then I’ll be able to move on to a new project, which will probably involve cleaning out closets.

It’s all so exciting and so very satisfying. I’ve never gotten much satisfaction from cleaning (I belong to the school of “it’ll just get dirty again tomorrow”), but I am getting it from this.