On my mandatory employee retirement account statement:
Your return for the quarter: -20.10%
Your return for the prior 12 months: -41.91%
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Well let’s hope not.
Archive for January 12th, 2009
12 Jan
Progress
We spent the weekend tackling the first of many organizational projects.
Top on the list: my closet. I found this shoe contraption at the hardware store. Like any “As seen on TV” product, it features a ridiculous “before” shot to illustrate just how well it will work:
Wait, did I say “ridiculous?” I mean “realistic.” Here’s the actual “before” shot of my closet.
The “after” was just as good as the box promised.
Next up, the closet downstairs.
I repurposed my old, smaller shoe organizer here, and that cleared the floor…for a moment at least. I later found Ava and her babies in the closet playing Hello Kitty Bingo by flashlight.
And finally, the dreaded pantry. This is the house catch-all–if you don’t know where to put it, put it in the pantry. As a result, it looks like this most of the time:
Two hours later, it was slightly better. In Bry’s words, “It’s a good start…”
Three areas down, 347 to go.
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