*rubs mouth* I have been doing my best this year to finish craft projects and get them out the door to the intended recipients or put away in other parts of the house. But somehow my office closet is still full to the brim with bags of projects, two enormous storage containers full of fabric, a serger, boxes of tools, musical instruments, a high shelf full of financial records stretching back seven years, pillows for when visitors need to sleep in my office, and my really cool swashbucker hat.

I thought I was doing pretty well on Swedish Death Cleaning but clearly I have to get on my stick about this because damn. I don’t have any more time this weekend but next weekend I need to pull everything out of the closet, go through it piece by piece, reorganize the shelves and cubbies, and make some hard decisions about letting stuff go. I have sufficient room in that closet and my office in general. I just have to arrange it all in the most efficient manner.

In the meantime the J Crew have been taking turns peeking inside the office while I’ve been walking back and forth with my hands full muttering to myself. They like to sleep there when the bedroom door is closed, but I think even they realize that this is not the time to bother Mom.