Thus Endeth the Third Day

Today was, I think, the most stressful day so far, even though we only worked 9-2 (well, it took us until 2:30 to wrap things up); artsy craftsy stuff have always been sort of overwhelming, in part because I want to keep it all, in part because there's so many in-progress stuff and crafty-gifts to deal with.

So when it was all spread out on the table and I didn't know what to do with it, I was freaked out and felt like we weren't making any progress on it. Again I felt like I was just staring helplessly at all the unsorted piles, but Hollie gave me tasks, papers to go through, and I sorted them while she thought and organized and tried on different containers. Hollie brought one of her daughters today, and the girls sorted crayons and tested pens and peeled the paper off broken crayons for future-melting purposes.

And in the end we DID get it done:

http://www.andfam.net/kim/OrgoDay3/OrgoDay3.html

more or less. In reality, much of what was in there was 'schooly' (because it was our art/school cupboard last time I officially organized it, and now most of the schooly stuff will NOT live there. So all that schooly stuff is sorted into different boxes awaiting the day we do the schooly stuff. So it's not like EVERYTHING we took out is back in it's home.

But on the other hand, at the end of the work time all those flux boxes were stacked back in the guest room and not visible. So the task at hand - finishing off the crafty cupboards in the dining room, is complete.

Tomorrow we move on to Family room and/or living room.

For now ... I need a nap.