I have more floor space!

My captain's bed had been getting wobblye, so I decided to move it a few weeks ago. Instead of sticking out into the middle of the room, it's now along one of the walls. Unfortunately, I lost use of one of my shelving units in the process; I'll be moving the disassembled parts out into the garange sometime later today (it's cold out there!) unless we can think of another place to put it. Granted, I do have another place I could put it, but it's just that little bit too big for said area, so it's not going to work out. Because of the rearrangement of everything, I have a lot more floor space, so I'm probably going to be moving the PS2 back into my room; we're not really using it where it is right now anyway. The down side is that in order to do this, I'll definitely have to get a move on on getting all the random papers in my room taken care of, so that's what's on my agenda for today. Would I rather be working on custom ponies? Definitely! But it has to be done. If for no other rason than Squeak keeps trying to climb one of the stacks and I'm worried about him getting hurt. Besides, it's on my to-do list for the year anyway, and that's one item I can definitely see me putting off way too long - that's what I did last year. *^^* So, if I really want to stop being a slob, I get it done, and now's a good time to do it. :)

Yay Laundry!

That's 6 baskets down, three to go! :D Not counting the big basket of socks and the leaning tower of ironing. ^__^; I've been avoiding the ironing, honestly. Not only because I don't particularly like doing it, but becuase it's, well, boring. I know, I know - "why don't you put on a movie to watch while doing the ironing?" I could, but it won't do me any good. The TV we have is the kind that we have to have a little black box for digital tv, and there's a subsidiary box we have hooked up so we can get input from the DVD player, but the sound isn't working through it. Which is to say, there's no volume from the DVD player. Or the PS2, so I know it's not the player itself. And when we went to various stores to get a new one, we got a ton of "what are you talking about? It does what? Huh?" from clerks, so I don't think it's going to be fixed anyh time soon. I've been considering trying to iron 10 pieces when I get up and 10 pieces before I go to bed, and see how far that takes us. Especially since after ironing 50 pieces at a time, even with a movie going to listen to, you lose interest in ironing clothing pretty fast. And, I'm pretty certain that with three people's worth of ironing in that basket there's well over 100 garments in there. So, yeah - try ironing a few pieces a day, and we'll see where that takes us. In the meantime, I'm taking a brief break from sorting all the ponies to clean up the bedroom. I still have stacks of paper and magazines to deal with, and want them gone. Some of them are valuable though, so I get to sort thoruhg them. First however, I get to pick up the ones that have fallen onto the floor from when Mr Squeak decided to jump onto the table. XD I have to admit, I'm torn. I have the choice of sorting and scanning the papers now, or waiting until after I re-os my computer. And I don't know how long the re-OSing will take. 9.9 Joy?

Something of an update

I haven't been updating this blog as much as I should, but then, what would it update with? I have been cleaning, of course, don't get me wrong. I've mainly been organizing, though. And what am I supposed to make an entry for that for? "Today, I sorted out another box. There is now a new box, with sorted stuff in it." ? Still, progress is progress, and I imagine leaving everyone in the dark sin't a good idea. But really, all I've been doing, organization wise, is sorting ponies. Yes, My Little Ponies. The toys from the 80s, more specifically. I collect the 80's style of My Little Ponies - MLP, for short. I still have all the ones from my childhood, as a matter of fact. And since I bought many, many of the ones I still needed, I have quite a few duplicates of the more common ponies; not really a shock, since I know I'm not the only on who operates this way. Due to space contraints, I've been working on getting the MLPs sorted out so I know what the condition is, whether I have said pony, and can get the rest of the ones that I won't be keeping ready to sell either on ebay or at the yearly MLP Fair. This is a process that is unfortunately very boring. On the other hand, it enables me to go right to XYZ box and get the pony in question without too much hassel. Not that I've needed to do this yet, but it's an option that I have. Sorting ponies is a process, and I've been doing my best to stick to it, but I have wound up changing a few things up. First, I'm using the Home Depot's moving boxes to sort the ponies into. The small ones, actually; I didn't want to try using the medium or big ones; I do need to move the boxes around every now and then, after all. I take a pony, and examine it; mark down whether it needs a bath and it's hair done (which more often then not is the case), the condition of it's eyes, blush and cutie marks, condition of cutie marks that aren't on it's flanks, and whether it has any stray pen, high lighter, or other dirst marks on it, the presence of smooze/pin dot mold/age spots or regrind, tail rust (from the washer holding the tail in place getting wet) and whether the pony rattles, whether there's mold coming out of the holes in the mane (which tells me the pony has massive internal issues from being in someone's bathtub), etc., etc., etc. Once all that has been cataloged, I also put down what it's stamped on it's feet. Because there are two main countries that Hasbro used for the US, and a lot of other countries that the pony could have come from. I have about 4 Argentinan ponies, 2-3 German ponies, and a good number that were made exclusively for the UK. There are also other countries that ponies were made in, but as far as I know, I don't have any from said countries. Regardless of this, jotting down the markings under the hooves is beneficial, as it means I don't have to pull a pony out if someone asks about the hoof markings. Once the pony is cataloged, it gets a piece of colored yarn ties around it's neck, so it's obvious which box it was in/came out of (mainly due to all the duplicates), then goes into either the bottom of the box, or the second layer of the box, whichever I'm working. I try to get as many ponies into a box as I can, but ideally I don't want them touching each other. This is because a lot of them have glitter for their cuties, or are covered in a soft fuzz that can rub off if you're not careful, and after doing all that work, I don't weant to have to go back and re-examine a pony because I ddi something stupid. ;) Now, when I started doing this, I waited until I was totally done with a box before photographing the ponies. This reculted in my knees getting very sore, as I have to kneel in front of the table my light box is on to get decent pictures. Then I wised up and am wearing knee pads while doing the photography, but this still isn't fun to do. Especially when there is usually a minimum of 8 photos for each pony. So now I finish the one layer, and immidiately photograph the individual ponies in that layer, and take a group shot of them all in the box. Then I either get a piece of 1/2"-1" thick styrofoam (which I cut to fit inside the box), put it in the box, and start the second layer, or I tape the box shut and label it for what color of yarn the ponies have around their necks. Granted, this, like cleaning, is mainly something I'm doing in my spare time. Thus far, I have a white list, a purple list, and am currectly working a gray list. After that I'll move to green, orange, and other colors as yarn permits. I have yet to start the G3s, but 99% of those are going to be sold anyway. See, this is progress without really making a lot of progress. ^__^;