Stuff & Things
January 27, 2010This is the name my husband and I like to attach to peculiar retail establishments we pass by here and there. You know the ones – “Groceries & Bait”, “Laundry * Sandwiches * Farm Equipment”, “Yogurt + Dim Sum” – places that describe a selection of offerings that one might not necessarily think would work well together. But apparently the thought of picking up a carton of wriggly worms at the same time you stock up on Cheerios and butter is no big deal to a decent-sized segment of our population. Who knew?
At this exact moment, however, “Stuff & Things” applies to a pattern in my life that I can’t seem to escape – a pattern of piles. I create a pile, dismantle it, and within seconds of feeling proud of having accomplished a Very Important Task – tada! – a new pile. It happens within seconds, I tell you. Once I clear off whatever random stack of bills, notes to myself, cards to mail, papers to sign, notebooks, magazines and art supplies that have been teetering on the verge of collapse I immediately set to work on creating a new pile.
So today, as I stare at my latest pile, I am asking myself, “What is all this stuff and why are all these things on my desk?”
You and me both, girlfriend! Where does it all come from? And it’s important or I wouldn’t have kept it, but just don’t know what to do with it all.
Life for me at the moment is ordered chaos!
Susan
I’m not too dissimilar… whenever I ‘tidy’ I end up with piles of stuff everywhere!
My favorite sign at a local (country) store: Minnows, Worms, Soft Serve Ice Cream:) I kid you not!
Nothing beats Chinese Food and Donuts. This is my alltime favorite wtf mixture of friedness.
Stuff and Things! I’m so stealing that.
lady, you should see my place.
i swear some little imp scampers around behind me undoing all the good & tidyness.
(loving these little pieces of your days)
Pile Syndrome — I suffer with it too!
my standard response (usually out loud to myself) to the rapidly procreating piles is: who did that? and why?
…because you are a “writer, artist explorer”. Goes with the territory :^)
kd
this is speaking to me. i am sitting here reading your blog, the task that i planned for today was to disassemble several piles in the office. my husband actually wanted me to watch the tv show on hoarding…thought that it might help me see my future.
love the stuff and things. our favorite over here is “patio and christmas”
off to un-pile and re-pile