the friday five

Oh wait, is it Saturday already? Here it is anyway. I like these questions.

1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not?
No. I am a SHE. I live in CHAOS. See the Flylady link over to the side. I'm working on it though, and I am making progress.

(Although some people are obviously more organized than me, I wonder if there are really people out there who think that they are "Born Organized" as Flylady puts it? There are definitely those that I think are organized, but do they think so themselves or have they had to work at it more than it looks like on the surface?)

2. Do you keep some type of planner, organizer, calendar, etc. with you, and do you use it regularly?
That's funny. I have two wall calendars (one I write things on and make an effort to look at it), a planner that I use as a place to keep my stamps and a source of scratch paper or sometimes a place to write things down that nobody is likely to ever look at, and also a control journal (see the Flylady link over to the right). My control journal has a pouch with stamps in it too. I use some of the sections, but I don't look at it every day like I ought to. I have my routines written out but try to do them from memory. I have the lists for Zone cleaning printed and in their section just in case. One thing that I am doing is I made a section for the farm and I am keeping track of sales and stuff, as well as lists of hay sellers, shearers, etc. I use the menu section too. I made lists of possible meals so that if I'm stuck I can look in there and find ideas. No, I don't have meals planned out like I should, but I'm thinking about making stir-fry tonight. I have wish lists too. One that Mark can look at if he wants to know what I would like for gifts, and one that I ask him to fill out so that I know what he wants. I don't carry any of this stuff around - it stays at home.

3. Would you say that your desk is organized right now?
Are you kidding! There is a to-do pile in front of the computer monitor. My camera is perched on top of that where I left it last night. Misc. knitting needles, hair elastics, yarn, swatches, and other junk are wherever they landed. I declared the top of the scanner a clutter free zone some time ago. It only has one magazine, one pad of post-it notes, and the Viking Patterns for Knitting book on it right now. I do know what is in the desk drawers though.

4. Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter?
Ha! They are kind-of grouped by subject.

5. What's the hardest thing you've ever had to organize?
My thoughts.