I was off line a lot yesterday – forgive my lapse in posting. My DH was spending a long day upgrading the Crafty Princess to a new PC. Of course, today I’m still feeling some of the pain like my About.com email is not working thanks to Outlook, which I pretty much hate, and MS Word doesn’t think I should have the right to use it, again, MS, hate you! But, generally, I’m limping along and I’m sure the messy techie issues will be resolved over the next few days. I just hate spending time on that kind of stuff, though, ya know?!

I will say that one nice thing about having limited Internet capability (I do have a laptop but it doesn’t have all the same goodies as my desktop) I managed to get a lot of work done around the house, which included the beginnings of my craft supply reorganization efforts combined with the hope of redecorating my house a little.

My plan of attack for yesterday was to take back the guest bathroom which had been turned into a metal clay/photo studio for my metal clay book. My original idea in using that room was that (a) it could be cat proof to some extent since you can close the door; (b) there are two handy sinks in there so keeping the area clean is fairly easy to do – mucho important for metal clay; (c) and I can put supplies away under the cabinets and in a small rolling cart when it’s not in use. Of course, (c) had a few pit falls, such as the fact that the supplies seemed to only increase in size and number rather than be put neatly away when finished with. Gee, how could that have happened?

So, with a new, larger roller cart (like the one pictured above – about $20 at my local Target) along with a new shower curtain, some pictures for the walls, towel set, and rug, I reclaimed our guest bathroom so that guests may actually use it again. My goal is to at least make it through the end of the month since we have guests due around then.

My next major reclaiming project will be to remove a hoge podj (obviously, I have no clue how to spell that!) of jewelry making supplies, paper crafts, and fibers from the corner of our family room and move, fit, and organize them into my office slash cat room. I think it is doable, but I have to admit that just the small taste of reclaiming yesterday made me realize what a monster task I’m taking on! But, it sooo needs to be done. I mean, who wants to use a guest bath that has a pile of wire, torch, and beads sitting all over the vanity? Even worse, what if my “guests” decide to get crafty with my goodies themselves?

Today, I have some baby steps to take while I work on the next big reclaim/rezoning effort here at Crafty Princess Central. I really need to get this darn PC working too, but I swear at the very least I’ll get started on zone 2.