{"id":107,"date":"2006-12-08T14:18:33","date_gmt":"2006-12-08T21:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestidhams.com\/kathleen\/wp\/?p=107"},"modified":"2006-12-08T14:18:33","modified_gmt":"2006-12-08T21:18:33","slug":"and-the-reason-for-my-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestidhams.com\/kathleen\/wp\/?p=107","title":{"rendered":"And the reason for my attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are pictures that demonstrate exactly (I hope) why I am unproductive creatively the last ten months &#8212; and why I am so frustrated!\u00a0 Hoping it will be remedied soon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"bottom\" alt=\"Overview of office clutter from door\" title=\"Overview of office clutter from door\" src=\"https:\/\/thestidhams.com\/familypics\/blogpics\/officeviews\/overview.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, there is still plastic hanging from the ceiling to protect my desk and some of the fabrics, a large container of insulation, the shopvac and various other tools strewn about.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"bottom\" alt=\"The wall that got soaked...\" title=\"The wall that got soaked...\" src=\"https:\/\/thestidhams.com\/familypics\/blogpics\/officeviews\/wall.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Behind the empty boxes and the boxes of empty beer bottles (we save them to refill when friends make beer) you can see a bit of the wall where the insulation isn&#8217;t yet up.\u00a0 The mottling is from mildew&#8230;\u00a0 I treated it so it no longer grows, but the staining remains.\u00a0 This corner is where Tom&#8217;s desk belongs.\u00a0 His desk now takes up part of the entry area, and books and boxes of his supplies are piled in our bedroom in front of the dressers&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"bottom\" alt=\"The window which lost its sill to water damage\" title=\"The window which lost its sill to water damage\" src=\"https:\/\/thestidhams.com\/familypics\/blogpics\/officeviews\/window.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image above shows the clutter of tools better.\u00a0 Behind the tarp is the desk I use for computer work and writing.\u00a0 Not much getting done there now!\u00a0 and below on the other side of the wall is the corner I use for sewing and studying.\u00a0 You can see some silk scarves awaiting their makeovers, and the desk piled high with items I can&#8217;t put away on the writing desk.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"bottom\" alt=\"the corner with my sewing and studying corner\" title=\"the corner with my sewing and studying corner\" src=\"https:\/\/thestidhams.com\/familypics\/blogpics\/officeviews\/sewingdesk.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"bottom\" alt=\"my art workbench, partially uncovered\" title=\"my art workbench, partially uncovered\" src=\"https:\/\/thestidhams.com\/familypics\/blogpics\/officeviews\/workbench.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I finally cleared a narrow path to my workbench a week or so ago, but as you can see in the image above it&#8217;s still pretty cluttered and cramped.\u00a0 Not real conducive to creativity.\u00a0 And the image below shows the very end of the workbench near the door, and the comfortable chair that belongs over by the window for reading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"bottom\" alt=\"my cluttered comfy chair\" title=\"my cluttered comfy chair\" src=\"https:\/\/thestidhams.com\/familypics\/blogpics\/officeviews\/chaircorner.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hard to stay organized when there is no SPACE for organizing.\u00a0 I have spent most of my time the last many months working from the sofa where the light is poor, or from the kitchen which has a skylight but I can&#8217;t leave my materials set up while things dry for a few hours&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Lest you think I complain with little effort to change things, we have thrown out or donated at least a pick-up full of items in the last three months!\u00a0 But organization comes slowly when storage and time are at a premium.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I now have a skylight that will stay bright (the plastic in the old one had turned semi-opaque), and does not leak.\u00a0 And the wiring in the wall under the window is complete.<\/p>\n<p>And the rest of the house will seem so much bigger when I can get things stored away properly in the office again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are pictures that demonstrate exactly (I hope) why I am unproductive creatively the last ten months &#8212; 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