everything i do takes longer than it should...

and the reason?

i never put away my tools, my papers, my fabrics, and last time... my bias tape maker.  at least that is what i thought.  i stood there, at my work table, in my pit studio and wondered, almost aloud, where would i have put that thing the last time i used it? when did i last use it? is it in a project box? is it in one of the several bags lying about with stuff in them because i was too lazy to put that stuff back? is it tucked under several inches of other projects? is it 'kind of' put away in a box of like things? i don't have any other like things, so.... would it be in a box of sewing supplyee kinds of things? what the hell box would that be? and where???

it was on the wall, hanging on a hook, in the only place it ever has been since i bought it... but the problem with it being there is that is where it belongs and since i am a person that never puts things back where they belong it never occurs to me that i should look there first.

same thing goes for all my tea cups that go missing.  they always turn up in the microwave, always. i never look there first - or ever - and instead just get a new cup. i only discover the old cup in the microwave at the moment i open it to re-heat the tea in the new cup... and then? it begins again.

i just went to test myself.... this time i passed. there wasn't a teacup in the microwave, but... i know for a fact that the bias tape maker is not where it belongs. it is on the work table with all the other little bits of stuff strewn about waiting for the creating to begin.

Comments

[tut-tut]

Well, I want to know what's going to happen to that bias tape, now you've created it . . .

[Jen]

Oh my god, I can't believe I've been donating plates to your collection...

Just kidding. I'm exactly the same. :)

[bethany]

everything I own is always lost. my husband always meake fun of me because I say "It will turn up." and it almost always does. the times it doesn't kind of confuse me... but not much.

[pam q]

Everything I do always takes longer than it should even when I can find my stuff.....

& right now I am trying to organize my mess, so after that, I for sure won't be able to find anything.....

[Julia]

Well I'm glad you found it because the bias tape is beautiful!

[shisomama]

i'm currently trying to be REALLY good about putting things away after i finish a project since i could pop at any minute, and i would be horrified to walk back into my workspace after a few months and find it the pigsty it usually is. unfortunately it's not really working so far.....

[jude]

after searching for my tiny scissor for 2 hours this morning, i went on to search for the fabric that i wanted to cut it with, along with my morning coffee. everyday it gets worse.i put 'get organized' on my to do list. i misplaced that too.

[Ali]

I am exactly the same. In my next life, I'd like the compulsively tidy gene. Just imagine how much more I'd get done!

[annieb]

he he he he he...am EXACTLY the same...and was just reflecting on this fact as I have somehow managed to lose my knitting in my own house between last night and this morning...you don't know how good it makes me feel to know I am not alone...although the compulsively tidy gene would have been nice I feel it might be a little tiring to obey...

found you through Syko - love your blog

[Alice]

Well I'm so thankful to see that I'm not the only one who 'misplaces' items. Along with my current to do list, I have added 'CLEAN OUT THE STUDIO'. I do hope I accomplish this atleast sometime this year. I've given myself lots of time to get this complete - 9 months! That should do it! Happy May Day!

[Chara Michele]

Oh I do this all the time too :) What are you making with that bias tape? That fabric is lovely!