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It’s about 11:30 pm and I’m sitting at my new desk typing this post! Yay!

Everything came together well (though not exactly as I had envisioned due to a few pieces I had to leave in the room for the time being). And I’m not quite finished organizing the bits and pieces but at least things are set up for the most part.

So far, I really like the shape and size of the new desk. Having drawers again is very cool but it’ll take some getting used to since it’s been a few years now since I’ve had a desk with drawers.

I really think taking the time to do this is going to prove to be an enlightening experience. My husband says he thinks it means I’ll end up with work coming out my ears. I sure hope so. (He’s very good at de-cluttering, thank goodness! So when I get a hankerin’ to do so, he jumps right in and helps me get it done.)

Tomorrow I plan to finish up the re-organizing, putting things away, shredding papers I don’t need to keep any longer and taking more pics of the process. Once all of that is done, I’ll grab the card reader from the teenager and upload them for you.

You know what I envy, though? Those totally minimalistic spaces with nothing but desk, chair and computer.  I wish I could work that simply.

Maybe someday . . .

Right now, however, it’s time to take my tired arse and seriously aching back to bed before I can’t move and have to have my husband carry me there.

In the arena . . . er, going to bed?? as the case may be,

Make $10k in a weekend – “Too good to be true.” That’s the first thing I said when
I heard of http://tinyurl.com/5lq2g4. You can’t REALLY make $10K in a weekend. But I quickly bit my tongue once I saw the content. . .

Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business – just as if it were her own.

Well, I’ve gotten about half of my office cleared and things are shaping up for the re-organization. Taking a quick break to fix the kids some lunch and to vacuum.

I’ve taken a few pictures of what it looks like at this point (had to charge the camera batteries so unfortunately, no pics of the actual “before”). I’ll post everything later along with the final results pics once that’s accomplished. My daughter has my card reader – takes too much time to get the reader from her and get it setup to do right now otherwise I’d post them here.

Looks like I’m on track to be ready when my husband gets home with the new desk! Yay! I measured out where things are going to go and my guesstimates were right on so things should fit together nicely.

One of the major bonuses is that the new desk has drawers on both sides so a lot of the stuff I generally end up keeping on top of the desk will be able to be stowed away when not in use. It’s going to help a lot, I think.

Now, if only I can get the kids to keep their toys out of here . . .

Until later,

PS – Well, isn’t that interesting – we just had a 10 minute summer rain shower. Cool! Now I might not have to water the plants this evening. Downside – kids are now INSIDE making loads of noise.

Make $10k in a weekend – “Too good to be true.” That’s the first thing I said when
I heard of http://tinyurl.com/5lq2g4. You can’t REALLY make $10K in a weekend. But I quickly bit my tongue once I saw the content. . .

Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business – just as if it were her own.

You might remember last week I asked the question as to whether or not is was useful to set up some type of schedule for blogging. Some of you sent me comments via email confirming my thoughts – thank you, I appreciate that.

A couple days later, I saw a post on Caroline Middlebrook’s site about her plans to create one. So, I have decided that I will indeed create a framework for myself to work within. I think it will not only help me keep organized, but will ultimately make it much more valuable for you – the readers of this blog.

Beginning this week across all my blogs, I will be implementing a schedule. I’ve tentatively set a topic for each day of the week (not the same on each blog) and for this blog, it will be as follows:

Monday – Stuff from around the web. This will be news, ideas, thoughts, tips, and whatever else I’ve found on someone else’s blog or another site that I found useful and want to share.

Tuesday – Writing. I’ll talk about writing, publishing, digital books, print books and anything else to do with writing. I’ll share my experiences and thoughts about being a writer at times as well.

Wednesday – Reading List. Just a weekly list of books I’m currently reading. Feel free to comment! I’d love to hear your thoughts on books you’ve read too. I might also post reviews and such on Wednesday’s or maybe even just something fun or out of the ordinary to keep things lively.

Thursday – Projects. All the projects I have going – this will be details on updates, news, questions and such. (On that note, I’ve just updated the Overcome Writer’s Block ebook and uploaded the new file in a post just below. Go check it out.)

Friday – Design. As you may know, I’m not only a writer, but a graphic designer as well. Even though I’ve been in design since 1991, I decided to go back to school and update my degree so this will be not only about what is going on design wise, but also about school stuff.

Saturday/Sunday – Real Estate. And as you may also know, I have worked in Real Estate for about 10 or so years now. I’ll be posting about trends, thoughts, future outlook and all things RE related.

If there is something you’d like to see here, please let me know. This blog isn’t just for me . . . My aim is to make it a place you enjoy visiting, where you find useful content and develop a network of peers that helps us all grow.

That’s it for now. Get ready for tomorrow! And don’t forget to check out my other sites for a similar post of what will be happening there.

See ya soon!