Personal Organizer: Day One
Well, last night I met with my Personal Organizer for the first time. We’ll just call her Sunny. She’s just fantastic. Definitely no judgement, full of energy, and lots of fun. She just kind of dived in, which is definitely what I needed.
We started with the kitchen which was horrible. I lost the kitchen about a month ago. I’ve been eating take out that long. One of the discussions of course is appliances and what I actually use.
There was a battle over the crockpots and I put my foot down and managed to keep both of my crockpots. There’s just too many times that I have dueling crockpots going. I can’t not have both.
I also told her that my mother would hunt her down if she got rid of my coffeemaker. 
Actually, it was loverly to have fresh coffee this morning for the first time in ages — to actually to be able to get at the coffeemaker was a joy. I even cleaned up and tossed the coffee grounds when I was done making the coffee. 
In the end, I parted with my toaster oven, which a co-worker snatched up, my mother’s old portable black & white t.v., and my egg steamer. I also had to part with one of my utensil holders and a oil burner. She also made me part with some plasticware and some chipped dishes.
Definitely good work.
Plus we did a lot of dish washing, counter cleaning, and scrubbed down the stove. We cleaned the microwave and swept the kitchen too. (I moped this morning before I left for work too. Aren’t you proud?)
Oh, and she’s rearranging where things go on my counter, trying to figure out a better system for me. Swapped the side the dishdrain is on. Don’t tell my mom, but she put the coffeemaker back where my mom had it. She did put the dish tub I like back in the sink and pitched the one my mom prefered. Hah!
She convinced me to pitch a really disgusting plastic step stool I’ve had since college. Now I’ll have to buy a new wooden one I’ve had an eye on. I’m also eyeing a bamboo cutting board for my counter to replace my old counting boards. And I just got a $25 gift certif from work as part of their employee appreciation week.
Tonight, everything comes out of the cabinets and drawers, sorted and purged and arranged and then the argument about the cubit cabinet and the baker’s rack will begin. I’ve already said that I’m willing to negotiate what goes on the baker’s rack, but just like my mom, she’s trying to get rid of my cubit cabinet.
I took pictures 45 minutes in and right when we finished last night but I’m saving them for when the first room is finished for before and after photos. Perhaps tonight or tomrrow morning if the room is finished, you’ll get phase I pictures.
We’re scheduled to work all day on Monday and then she and her gay friend (described as all the guys on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy) are coming next Wednesday night and then the schedule gets iffy. I guess we’ll see where we are by then. I think the upstairs is going to be the real nightmare. Oy.
She has a friend who cleans houses who I might hire to come in and do a deep clean when we’re done and then maybe to do maintenance twice a month or monthly.
Anyway, I think this is really a good thing for me, whether my parents approve or not. I see me growing from this experience and learning from it. Certainly it’d be good to go from being Oscar to Felix and embrace my inner neat freak.
tags: personal organizer, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
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on April 6, 2006 at 10:29 am
Tamara said:
Wow, I’m so excited for you, and jealous of course! How did you find her again?
Sounds like it will be just what you need!
on April 6, 2006 at 10:38 am
Tamara said:
BTW, I sent you an e-mail about this. A kind of long one. Sorry!