Doncha just love it when you put something important "somewhere safe" until you realize that you have no idea where you put it?
Case in point: I am working on a major piece that requires the use of a unique, handmade focal component that I have had for quite a while. My three year old is fascinated with everything on my work table, so I occasionally allow him to explore and touch the various beads and components I have spread out for various projects.
The last time I can remember seeing this very important unique, handmade focal component, it was in the chubby hands of my delighted three year old, running somewhere towards the kitchen. I seem to remember retrieving it, placing it in the pocket of my bathrobe, and then I put it......where?
I have turned all my drawers inside out. It is not in the drawers where I keep beads for my current projects. It is not in the bag of inventory that I usually keep on my desk. Nor is it stashed away with the beads in my drawers that are labeled "Someday". It is NOWHERE.
My husband will laugh at me when I tell him this and say, "Oh, well, I'm so surprised - you're so well-organized!"
But the truth is that even well-organized folks lose things from time to time. (And I won't go into detail about the pile of "stuff" that is on HIS dresser in the bedroom!)
So now, my only option is to spend half a day clearing everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - off of all three work surfaces in my "corner office" and see if I can find the aforementioned unique, handmade focal component. Wish me luck, and leave a comment about the time you lost something you thought you had put in a safe place - it'll make me feel better.
I misplace things whenever I clean-up my work space. I think I am organizing my space by putting something here or there but then I forget my new way of organizing and have to back track. But I do have plenty of help when I have to look for whatever it is that I have put away... my dog Charlie... he likes to put his head in the drawer I am searching through and so I have to look around his head. Under the couch or in the cabinet and in the closet he goes with... And then when I seriously can't find it, I have the kids take him out for some play time while I re-look through the drawers, cabinets, closets, etc LOL.
ReplyDeleteI have lost many a bead in my semi-organized stash. I have these gorgeous blue blown-glass-looking beads that I got from a chain store before they closed several years ago. I bought them with a wirework pattern in mind but changed my mind, as I don't really work in that medium any more. So I've been keeping them tucked away for the perfect project. I found them a few months ago and moved them from their original spot but now that I have an idea for them, you guessed it, they are nowhere to be found. I know I put them somewhere "safe" and probably in plain sight, since I planned on using them soon, but I just can't find them. They'll pop up as soon as I use something else in the project, I'm sure. ;)
ReplyDeleteWe recently did a "Spring Cleaning", so naturally a lot ot stuff gets re-organized. As I get older, it gets harder to remember where I put stuff, or sometimes what I'm looking for. (I end up in the "here after". That's when you get up and go into a room, and forget what your here after) My new solution to finding things in their new home, I've been leaving little sticky notes in their old familiar location, telling me where I moved them to. Funny thing is, I forgot I did that, untill I found the first note.
ReplyDeleteCheck you "empty" Tupperware I found something there that was really safe, for three years.
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