Pick 10

pick. your. shit. up. (said the girl who hasn't even posted in like, 2 weeks)

company tonight, so i have to pick more than i normally would, i guess. so far today:

broken down cardboard moved to studio

all cat toys picked up and tossed in the giganto crate

all dogs picked up

items i forgot to put in my sister's xmas box put in birthday box

all dishes done

miscellaneous papers picked up AND sorted

picked all the weirdo hair dye clips laying about the house

picked up giant pile of items to be mailed and hid them in the office (that counts, right?)

folded all out living room quilts and comforters and stowed them in the armoire

... and not because of the deadline: i just really didn't pick up that much. i will fix that right now!

pile of weird mail sitting on the edge of the entertainment center

put away a small mountain of first aid supplies

recycled 3 water bottles next to my bed

sorted another small ledge in the kitchen

moved a pile of MMRs to the trash, where they belong

threw away a couple random chobani containers

took spoons from said containers to the sink

threw away 3-6 kleenex (the movie was SAD, okay?)

picked up all of my watercolor tubes

i'm running waaay behind today, y'all. my dog actually had to give me her "i'm sitting here and we aren't moving until you figure out what i need" stance. she's now in my lap, sort of. new kittens are hard, i guess!

my pick 10 for the day is this counter in the kitchen that is NEVER clean, no matter how many times we clean it:

put cereal boxes in the pantry

hung up towels and potholders

threw away the empty soda containers

put all the meds back in the cabinet

put the coffee away

put the coffee maker away

put away the dutch oven holding my ice cream drum

threw away the (empty) paper towel roll

put away all the dishes

put all the cookbooks back on their shelf

ooooh, a photo pick 10 today! this picture is actually totally inaccurate because the kitten has more than doubled in size since the rescue sent us this. she is coming for her home visit today, so there are lots of pick 10s happening, but i limited myself to just one space: the dreaded kitchen table.

candy boxes (left over from xmas gifts that have yet to be mailed)

dog treats put away (we went to the treat bar at petco, heaven!)

mini cupcake liners (meant to hold truffles, still to be made)

red polka dot ribbon

kitten treats

kitten chow

cocoa powder

laser pointer

plain red ribbon

cut-up whisk (for making fairy floss!)

i love this. ten seems so simple! you can do ten items in less than a minute, right?

today i did my night stand:

all pill boxes moved back to their regular spots

hair ties put away

miscellaneous water bottles and caps recycled

3 days worth of chobani containers in the trash (don't judge! i've been sick)

lotions and potions put away

watercolor scraps thrown away

watercolor brushes taken to kitchen and washed

finished books moved to the book case

art project moved back into the studio

entire area de-hairballed (between me and two dogs, we do this regularly)

Yesterday, my Pick 10 was the pile of crap in my car. Over the past month or so, the car has been filled with receipts, parking slips, wrappers from breakfast bars, empty coffee cups, water bottles, and more. It was driving me nuts. 

I grabbed a bag from the grocery store run, and went out to my car, and Picked 10. The nice thing is that I actually picked up a few more things, and now my car feels much better. 

Pick 10

scarf

pair of gloves

water bottle (not disposable)

red coffee mug

ticket that needs paying (totally disagree with it, btw)

Snow Leopard install disc (???)

wrapper from power bar

empty water bottle (disposable - should stop buying these)

tape dispenser

parking receipt