Inventory of a Disorganized Office

Disorganized is a rather mild term.

It should be declared a disaster area.

Our house has 3 bedrooms. Since we don't have kids, we turned one bedroom into an office. The other bedroom kind of got turned into a sewing room/junk room. Some people have junk drawers. I've got a junk room. I'm not going to even get into that one yet.

Anyway, we're thinking of cleaning out the junk room, then moving the office stuff over there so we can make the current office a guest bedroom. I've been meaning to start cleaning up the mess for the last month, at least. Every time I get in here and look around, I get so demoralized, I end up just puttering around on the computer, instead.

I don't even know how some of the stuff got in here. So, I'm doing a quick visual inventory, and this is what I came up with (and this isn't even the stuff stacked on the floor):

• a wobbling 2' stack of magazines, computer books, cookbooks, and mail


• a photo snowglobe with no photo in it


• tri-volt transformer for our doorbell, still in the box


• a corner chisel


• various electrical switches


• 3 soda cans, empty


• 12 Mountain Dew caps for free iTunes downloads, already redeemed


• binoculars, in their case


• 4 dog treats


• 9 hair bands


• about 40 CDs, unlabeled


• an old Gateway 333MHz computer that hasn't been used in the last year and a half


• 1 can of compressed air


• various bits of junk mail


• various recipe cards


• 10 computer books on CSS, Photoshop, and graphic design

OK - so that's the stuff that's on actual surfaces, like my desk (where I have approximately 1 square foot of working space at the moment). On the floor:

• Epson scanner box, kept for the barcode to send in for rebate. I think the rebate expires tomorrow


• video camera tripod


• about 5 of Cragar's toys


• Las Vegas Motion Lamp, won at poker night, still in box


• 1 broken holiday projector


• 1 comforter, wadded up, that serves as Cragar's napping spot when I'm in here


• 1 air pump for an excercise ball


• 2 Franklin Covey organizers


• another wobbling stack of magazines

I don't even know how I'm going to start this cleaning process. I'm going to have to totally empty both rooms to start moving this stuff. I had the best intentions of starting in on it today when I got home from work, but I just ended up eating dinner and getting my only reality TV fix with "America's Next Top Model". Now it's just too late to start!

I wonder if there's any hope for a hopeless, disorganized pack rat!