domestic blitz

[anotheranon]

Does anyone (local) want ~2 garbage bags of sheepskin scraps? You'd have to come get 'em yourself and you'd have to take them all, but they're free, free, FREE! I'll even throw in an overstuffed bum roll, 'cos I'm not using it either...

Not sure what possessed me, but this weekend I started an ambitious organizing campaign. The house is (relatively) clean, but cluttered, and most of it is mine - books, fabric and related trappings.

The dyes, their developers, and specialized prep/cleaners are now in their own Tupperware box. Most were sealed pretty tightly in their containers already, but now any unexpected spillage/breakage is contained and won't stain/eat through everything else in the basement.

The vintage rave flyers (from the 1990's - pop culturally speaking they're historic documents, IMHO) that I'm going to file (really, truly, one day) are now all in one place with their future acid-free storage. I got another bin for the fabric, which is good but simultaneously makes me think perhaps I need to be using what I have rather than creating storage for even more....

There is a great disturbance in my bookshelves - mostly that I have more books than shelf space, with last year's K.Zoo stash stacked on one side of my cutting table because I don't have anywhere for them to live - yet. I will find them a home, just as soon as I finish reading them (somewhen between now and infinity, surely...)

I jest but seriously - cluttered surroundings = cluttered mind and I'm tired of marveling that I can't get organized when I'm physically not. This, and I have no business starting new projects with this much junk lying around.

So, if you need sheepskin (makes great cat toys! Piece them together to make fluffy throw rugs and doormats!), lemme know.

Comments

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Okay, question...are you and shemhazai going to K'zoo this year?

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I'll let Shem answer for herself, but I am not - saving up for Florence in the fall.

Are you?

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Yep, I'm presenting. ;) And Florence is GORGEOUS!!!! You will love it! Where are you staying?

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so sorry I'm going to be missing it!

Where we'll stay will depend on where the conference (http://www.costume-textiles.com/) is. I know this is something I need to consider now, but Nov. is so far off I still can't believe it!

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Oh ho! I know several people who are planning to go...where *are* they going to hold it? If it's at the Palazzo Strozzi itself, then I can shoot you the information on the apartment I stayed in. It's literally about one hundred feet away.

[dreamtigress.livejournal.com]

How big are the pieces of sheepskin on average ? Big enough to line, say, cuffs or blindfolds, or much smaller ?

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Some of them might be, yes. Most are roughly 4x4" though :/

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Wanna come to my house and straighten my stuff out? ;p

***wonders if this flurry will have a LibraryThing sidebranch, as self is very curious as to what other books we have in common***

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Wanna come to my house and straighten my stuff out? ;p

Oh YEAH... and if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you :P

As for LibraryThing - perhaps, but that's a whole separate endeavor to be handled after I can see my desk!

[hockeycat.livejournal.com]

Actually, I could use a bumroll! I have two gowns that I hardly ever wear, but realistically they should be worn with the bumroll. (I used to be able to borrow my mom's, but MA is too far from AZ to conveniently do that)

Would you be willing to ship it? (I'd cover the cost)

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Sure! Contact me privately to tell me where - myfirstinitialmylastname @ gmail.com. Or just have your mom check her GirlThing Yahoo group...

It's a good thing you contacted me just now, as I was about to throw out a box that's the right size to ship it.

YEESS! A few cubic inches of space freed!