The week of broken things - St. Paul Real Estate Blog

It is Friday and Fridays are for fun. It really wasn’t a bad week but it wasn’t a good one either. One of the downsides to being self employed is keeping all of the electronic equipment and computers working. Right now I am having trouble with two pieces of technology that I can not even look at without wanting to scream or cry. It has been one of those weeks when I feel like I am the only thing in my office that works.

In between fixing things I managed to get some work done sell some real estate and do more of that de-cluttering that I mentioned on New Years day. My paper shredder broke but I had 8 pounds of paper shredded by a professional, for a mere $.79 a pound and I managed to get rid of some holiday “stuff” by taking it to the local thrift shop. They actually like stuff and re-sell it. The store kind of looks like a more organized and cleaner version of my basement.

I have a before and after picture of my top desk drawer and yes the crayons are mine and no I do not use them to write real estate contracts. We use electronic contracts.

desk drawer

Everything in the drawer works, it is all low tech. I was thrilled to discover that I have a life time supply of paper clips, staples and glue sticks. I have no idea what I will use the pile of thumb tacks for but at least I know where to find them and I think they all work.

5 Replies to “The week of broken things”

Ruthmarie says:

January 7, 2012 at 11:34 am

Congrats on the desk drawer. Strangely my big New Years resolution was NOT to lose weight this year. I’ve done that every year – so even though I still need to lose weight – its time to shake things up. So I decided to try something new…Clean out the cobwebs of my space. Too much accumulated junk, too little time to control it. My first project – my desk drawers….

Teresa Boardman says:
January 7, 2012 at 11:43 am

then you should join Linda’s 365 days of eliminating crap on facebook. we are cheering each other on.