Stash Organization

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Yes … like the party animal I am, this is how I’m going to spend my Memorial weekend Saturday — organizing my sizable stash. 😳  All if it — today only!!! Party over here!!!!!  Wooo Wooo!!!!

For some things, I’m super anal about organization. My friends can attest to this by the number of times per year I destash clothes, bags, accessories and shoes.  Living in a small NY-esque sized apartment, I have to destash often or I’ll become overwhelmed with stuff.  I swear some “stuff” fairies come out at night and procreate one’s stash.  No kidding!!!!

I had a detailed MS Excel spreadsheet with everything in my stash. Had being the operative word.  😦 When I say detailed, I’m not joking.  I had everything on there.  Vendor, purchase date, yarn composition, yardage, project potential, cost, the whole nine.  When my computer crashed a few weeks ago, that was one of the documents I lost. Whomp, whomp  😦  So now I’m doing it again.

Goofing off on the internet this morning led me to a great article with fabulous tips for organizing any stash.  It’s amazing … although I’m not a professional organiser, I adhere to all of the stash organisational rules listed in the article on the Lion Brand website.

For my “good” yarn, I store them in huge craft ziploc bags and sealed storage containers.  My huge acrylic stash, I store in a lawyer’s bookshelf.  Bugs only like to eat good yarn … grimmy mongrels.  Ughhh:  🙄

So yes folks, that’s what I’m going to do today.  With a long weekend ahead of me,  and my “30 Days of Craft” staring me in the face — uhhh, with me still unprepared — I figure it makes sense for me to dig deep and finally get this done.!!!

Happy Memorial Day everyone!!!  Hope you each have a wonderful weekend, no matter what you do!!!!

I Got In!!!

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This is totally unrelated to crafting and I’m not even sure what to do with myself — but I got in!!!  Into the only Master’s program (Industrial/Organizational Psych conc. Organizational Behavior) that I applied to.  It’s even more crazy that I got in in the first draft picks.

Friends and readers of my other (now defunct) blog know that I’ve been talking about it for a while and I’ve been taking steps,  to move out of my city — soon.  It’s overstimulated and my quality of life isn’t as great as it could be.  I applied to that program because I knew I’d be here in the Fall and after not doing anything academic since graduating from undergrad four years ago, I just threw my hat in the running.  Not anticipating much, but just as a “just in case I’m still here” contingency plan.

I didn’t even tell anyone I was applying except my mom and the two people who provided professional references.  My headset was that even if I got in, I’d take core, transferrable credits, so it’ll be easy to pick up where I left off when I do move.  Given the typical student population/demographics of that area of study,  I thought my chances of getting in were slim to none.

Who knew this was going to be the result?  Probably only God.

I have to find a way to appropriately celebrate because one,  this is a blessing/priviledge and two, because I know of one person who’s waiting for word if she got in or not.  Although I don’t know what to do or how to celebrate yet — for what it’s worth … I got in!!!!

Maybe if I buy some yarn that’ll make the celebration somewhat crafty instead of all academic?  Hmmm ….