I don't know what possessed me tonight...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

But I was looking at my computer table, and the mess just got to me.

It really needed cleaning up. Piles and piles of random papers, books, poems, etc. as far as the eye could see. Well, almost.

It's a lot better now...

My recycle bag is fuller, and so is the shredder...

It feels so good.

[Aristus]

1. Hey, even I feel good.

I'm a neatnick. That post was like porn...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Really, my dear Aristus???

The only problem is that I'm not always that neat!

[nolabear]

2. Could you come over and get possessed at my place?

LOL! Actually it's not too bad right now. But I'll keep you in mind!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear nolabear!

I might.....especially since you're injured!

[nolabear]

6. Thanks! I'm down to a big band-aid now. Not at all impressive.

It is a really big Band-aid though. So I can't bend anything. Looks good, though.

[elleng]

5. WISH your inspiration were contagious, CalPeg.

Have lots of docs to sort and classify due to recent event, and MUST make them orderly.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I wish it were too, my dear elleng!

But it's not.

I don't get this bug very often, alas...

But when I do.........look out!

Partly it's because my life has been unusually chaotic lately, and this gives me a way to exert some control over something!

Good luck, sweetie...

[elleng]

8. Thanks, CalPeg.

Similar chaos, and HOPED-for inspiration on Right Coast!

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. I have the same "pile-collecting" habit and the same bullpowering method of suddenly...

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'Course... gets messy again in the next day or so.
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear MiddleFingerMom!

Mine will get messy too............just not in the next day or two!

I enjoy it for some time.

And then the old bad habits creep back in...

[denbot]

10. Miss CP, at that same time I felt a tremor in the force..

It was as if billions of voices were suddenly silenced.. Way to clean out a fledgling biota.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. I don't think there were any organisms in my messes!

I hope not anyway...

You stinker!

Hey, I need to talk to you one of these days...I need your videotaping skills, if you're around. Details when we talk, OK?

[WCGreen]

13. Nothing like the dust from a good shredding to show you have rid yourself

of stuff...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. That is for sure!

[Locut0s]

15. Was it as bad as this? Yes this is my desk:

[In_The_Wind]

17. Mine is!

[Paulie]

22. Amateur. You can still see the keyboard on the desk

Should be on a 6in pile of old paperwork and pizza boxes. j/k

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. Mine was differently bad, my dear Locut0s!

Things tend to stay upright in my mess, and I don't let magazines get in the way of my keyboard!

[RebelOne]

34. Yup, but mine is worse.

Maybe I can get some inspiration from Peggy to clean it up.

[Scuba]

16. "A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind."

My old boss used to have a sign with this message in his office.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Well then, I must be terminally ill, my dear Scuba!

[In_The_Wind]

18. You've inspired me!

I found money tucked under my key board.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. How good, my dear In_The_Wind!

A little reward never hurts!

[alarimer]

19. That's a lot wilder than my evening.

I watched tv and then went to bed. Party on!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. My evenings tend to be pretty tame, my dear alarimer!

I did watch a little TV before I got back online...

But being here is where I really like to be!

[a la izquierda]

20. I'm getting ready to move...

Can you come declutter my husband's messes? I can't handle them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. My dear a la izquierda!

Uh........dunno....

Good luck!

[a la izquierda]

29. Thanks...

We have too much crap. Luckily the move is not a far one...

[Baitball Blogger]

21. You think that's tough? I'm ready to purge the contents of an entire garage with a garage sale.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. You have got me beat, my dear Baitball Blogger!

That would be beyond my meager skills!

Good luck and have fun!

[Baitball Blogger]

30. I hear that if I break a hundred dollars after six hours, I'm doing good.

The odds are not in my favor.

[femmocrat]

31. My place is a mess but I have a good "excuse"!

I was disabled due to an injury. I am now hobbling around with a cane! Progress!

When should I throw away all the "Get Well" cards? I have around 20 of them displayed on my mantle, but I'm ready for a change of scenery. Still... I hate to throw them away.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. My dear femmocrat!

Progress is a good thing, and I'm glad to hear you're better!

Don't throw away the get well cards! Those are to be treasured...I have various ways to keep mine. Little boxes, or piled up someplace...........well, that's when the trouble really starts...

Some day, my kids will have so much fun sorting through all this stuff.......or, not!

[femmocrat]

33. Thank you, Peggy!

I'll save them for a while.

It's a shame to get rid of greeting cards. They are so expensive and sent with such valuable wishes. The best ones that I got included drawings or messages from my students. Those are true treasures.