We’re in the process of re-doing my home office, which has essentially been a rat’s nest of mismatched, under- and over-sized furniture since we moved in here a few years ago. In short – a complete ground-zero atomic bomb explosion site – just the sort of environment I feel most comfortable in.

Oh well, there’s something to be said about organization, and workplace efficiency – perhaps I can thrive in that sort of environment as well. Lord knows if I can even just find my keyboard during this effort we’ll have scored a surprise victory.

We participated in a neighbourhood-wide yard sale yesterday. It was something I was less than thrilled about doing (“no flippin’ way am I going to sit outside in pouring rain to get bartered down to 25 cents for a Van Gogh original!!”), but after the first hour I had to admit to Mrs. That Dan Guy that she may have been on to something. My old office furniture went quickly, plus several other household items that had been taking up space where we were still using them. I believe I even went so far as to call her “pretty smart” for getting us involved in that effort.

Anyhow, for today I am typing this blog up on a couple of stacked milk cartons, and sitting on piled phone books that I have been a bit slow to bring to the recycling depot ((who's “pretty smart” now, eh?). Luckily we still had an old candle with part of a wick that I was able to successfully ignite for some small bit of light in here.

Soon, this room will be a model of modern efficiency. And it’s all thanks to MTDG – or at least I’ll let her think it was her idea…

Chow for now!!