Aah, Saturday

It has come to my attention that Christmas is coming on fast. I haven't a clue what to get people at work. I happen to have several people who support me so well, I would like to give them a gift. The hard thing is knowing what to get. Money and gift certificates seem the most practical and actually are the easiest. They avoid the pitfalls of traditional gifts...will that person like it? can they use it? will they have to return it? am I adding to the clutter at their homes? Yikes. My brain is going to explode.

I am de-cluttering at home myself, and have discovered a vast collection of packing worms and bubble wrap, saved from Amazon and other deliveries. What to do? What to do? They are not biodegradable for the most part so tossing them in trash somehow seems enviromentally unfriendly. I did manage to give a little of it away. That seems to be the best solution. Or I suppose I can mail the gift certificates in large boxes full of packing material to my family on the Mainland, but then somehow that seems like passing the buck. Of course maybe others are not stuck on this like I am.

I also discovered a shelf liner collection. I think it came to be because I bought the stuff on sale, but never lined any of my drawers like I intended. As far as I can tell this is from sheer laziness.

Decluttering also led to pattern organization, and if course I came across my Traveling Quilter pattern, and of course that led to an obsession with knitting needle cases, so I'm off to get Hobbs Thermore to pad the case. Dang. More clutter.
That's how it happens.

I might buy a small TV, too. My main one broke down again, and I have to wait 2 weeks for a part. I have already decided that if it breaks down again, out it goes. My son hooked my computer up to the cable TV, so now at least I won't have to miss Monk, Yoshitsune or Boston Legal. Hmm, maybe I don't need that small TV after all.