update

i have been working for a while now, and haven't cleared the first box.  it is a huge box, granted, but i decided to start with one of the hardest. (actually 3 boxes in one). there are teensy scraps of paper, etc, in this box (which i dutifully chucked) but there were also some family photos mixed in...had plans for a collage/painting.  there is also a load of stuff that made me scratch my head wondering why in the world i felt it had any value in my life whatsoever.  so progress is being made, but not at the heave-ho pace i had planned.  just getting the stuff out of my studio is a major feat, and the only way i can do this project is to remove the box or bag or whatever, and make stuff justify it's way back in.  i have set aside a specific and non-adjustable amount of space for all this ephemera and "objects of imagination."  it's the only way i can do this, after looking at some of my "prizes."  there are 3 objects that i have no immediate use for, but will remain.  and i will fight you on them.  one is an antique typewriter given to me by Lynn.  I love it...the way it looks, the way it types, the way it feels.  i do have use for it when i make some of my jewelry.  the other 2 things are tools, as well.  and i don't like to give up tools, as they are expensive to replace.  so there's the update.  husband goes on a 6-day sailing adventure in a week, so i hope to have this mess cleared by the time he returns on the 16th.  then i'll treat myself -er, my studio, rather - to a coat of fresh paint, and actually hang some artwork!  breaktime is over...got the shakes real bad, so had to protein-load.  that crazy blood sugar thing.  and the coolest thing i've found is......a secret.  but if you have a trip to italy planned anytime soon, you are going to want to keep your eyes peeled for the necklace this treasure ends up in!  keep checking here for it.