Thursday Thirteen: Edition 5
2. Overtime approval form from the end of October.
3. Two Christmas cards from coworkers. Both had been opened and read.
4. A potential article with the topic of “rejection.” The note from my boss was to “reject” it. Ironic.
5. Two e-mails from Oct. 8. (This shows how long it’s been since I’ve given my desk a really thorough cleaning. I had taken care of the query contained in the e-mails.)
6. My long-lost staple remover. (How I’d missed it!)
7. An envelope that had been returned to sender (me). A note inside said the recipient hadn’t worked for the company since 1985. (It’s been awhile since I’ve cleaned my desk, but it hasn’t been THAT long.)
8. A note pad that’s been buried since just before Christmas.
9. Multiple copies of various items I refer to often. Apparently, I needed to refer to one of them, couldn’t find it, and printed a new one.
10. Labels that were to be put on boxes when our office moved – in September.
11. A million now-unnecessary Post-it notes.
12. My calculator.
13. The surface of my desk. It’s walnut-colored. I hadn’t remembered.
Sadly, I have multiple surfaces still to clean off. Today’s effort was the area where my keyboard, monitor, etc., live.
18 Responses to “Thursday Thirteen: Edition 5”
By Nicholas on Jan 30, 2008
I think that Post It notes multiply behind our backs when we’re not looking!
By Pretty Life Online on Jan 30, 2008
Happy TT! mine’s up…
By Chelle Y. on Jan 30, 2008
It’s always nice to get organized, huh?
By Open Grove Claudia on Jan 30, 2008
Hurray for a clean desk! Boy I bet that’s like a breath of fresh air. What brought on the change? It’s so much work….
Happy TT!
On a Limb with Claudia
By SJ Reidhead on Jan 30, 2008
Who opened the cards?
No money?
SJR
The Pink Flamingo
http://thepinkflamingo.blogharbor.com/blog
The one with the disorganized but ‘cleaned off’ work area.
By MondaythroughSunday on Jan 30, 2008
Nothing like a clean, organized desk!
By Sandy Carlson on Jan 30, 2008
Your No. 5 reminds me I owe a friend a letter! Yeesh and egads. Where does time go?
By Sandee (Comedy +) on Jan 30, 2008
I have a mess here too. I just never seem to clean up. Have a great TT. :)
By Journeywoman on Jan 30, 2008
I feel so great that someone’s desk is a little messier than mine…well, not now. Happy TT!
By Natalie on Jan 31, 2008
That sounds like my desk when I was cleaning it up because I quit (I quit because my husband got another job in another state and I was going to be able to be a stay at home mom…my messy desk had nothing to do with it). LOL!
By The Mama Bear on Jan 31, 2008
Always nice to know what color your desk is…This sounds like my desk at work when I was working. We had to keep the top clear each day, so I had a drawer to shove everything in.
~ The Mama Bear
TT Participant @ http://cafeendofuniverse.blogspot.com/
By LceeL on Jan 31, 2008
I just took a look at my desk — among other things, there are three boxes of disks and manuals for operating systems from computers we sold more than three years ago. I am such a pack rat. I am going to clean my desk - but it is going to take more than a day. Way more.
By -atomik kitten on Jan 31, 2008
I clean my desk about once every two weeks…but by the end of the day I clean it - you can’t tell.
I am up at http://atomik-kitten.sisterrobin.com
By storyteller on Jan 31, 2008
I’m impressed you found only 13 things for I fear my list would be over a hundred (and I’m still working on my 101 Things about Me for my 101st post and don’t need THAT!!) LOL
Fun idea for a T-13.
Hugs and blessings,
By Maxie on Jan 31, 2008
I love cleaning out my desk because I find ridiculous stuff that i’ve been looking for.
And… i have NO clue what color my desk is.
By Joyismygoal on Jan 31, 2008
I like #4 you have a fun way w/ words:>
By Susan Helene Gottfried on Jan 31, 2008
Oh, I SO need to follow your lead… I know what color my desk is, but I do not know what is on the bottom of a pile or two.
Apparently nothing important!