Well, maybe not but at least the things attempting the order will be pretty.
In this house there are some tasks that are firmly in one camp or the other- putting the bins out (his), organising cupboards (mine), ironing (his), paperwork (mine). That's not to say we don't make occasionaly foray's into each other's territory- I do occasionally do a spot of pressing that isn't sewing related and I've been known to drag the bins out and it is probably fair to say that Christopher makes a lot more attempts at my jobs as they lie neglected for months on end.
Not so the paperwork. Bills are paid (by him), letters are opened (by him) and carefully piled in the desk to be filed (by him) where I then work out what can be binned, needs shredded and what needs kept. Except I don't. I don't think the filing around here has been done since last January... oops!
So I finally sat down last weekend and worked through the mountains. And then I went to file it all away again now it was neat and up to date. And I was disheartened because all I had to file it in were these:
How ugly! And these were the prettier of the lot. I just wasn't having it. If I must keep bank statements, mortgage paperwork, MOT certificates and other ephemera of modern life then by golly I was going to do it in a way that didn't make me feel deflated everytime I saw it.
But at 9pm on a Sunday night this was going to have to be achieved with things I had lying around. Always a risky undertaking, but this time I would say it was successful:
Oh look, they are bright, and cheerful, and look like chocolate. See, not depressing.
And they are not easily draw-on-able now either.
- Cover the spines and half of the font and back with left over wrapping paper attached by double sided sticky tape.
- Make labels from bright paper
- Add description of contents (I particularly like that one looks like it contains instruct ions. I don't know what they might be but they sound fun)
- Cover in clear sticky back plastic (what do you mean you don't have that lying around, don't you watch Blue Peter? It's so useful)
- Fill with boring things
- Put on shelf and never feel depressed at the thought of filing again (fingers crossed).
Right, now I'm off to sort out another cupboard... ooh, tea.
