My desk

The days are getting shorter and shorter.  The cold weather also means that we don't go out very often.  We also don't have to work on the garden any more.  This means that we are indoors most of the time.  It could get very boring but luckily I can find plenty of things to do. 

I could cook and bake more often than I am doing right now but that would mean having too many things to eat.  And with baked stuff, you know they are not the most healthy of things, especially when we don't get as much exercise now.  Since I have started school, some of the time has been spent on studying.  I also watch TV and movies a lot.

Another thing that keeps me occupied is my scrapbooking.  I have been scrapbooking about two years ago and have collected lots of tools and stuff.  I managed to bring maybe 80% of them here.  Pete has also been very nice to suggest sharing his very long desk.  We each get half of the area - his is taken up by his computer and mine is taken up by my scrapbooking tools and knick knacks. 

I love my scrapbooking work space.  I have a chest of drawers next to it for all my papers, stickers, paper punch and other stuff.  Everything I need is within reach.  The wastepaper bin is also next to me.  It's all very convenient.  I also have a huge cutting mat on my desk that saves me lots of time since the grid lines on it makes measuring such a breeze.  The desk is also where I set my laptop when I want to blog or write emails.

Back home, my desk in my room was tiny and I didn't have any special area set aside for scrapbooking.  My stuff are also stowed away under my bed since I don't have much room elsewhere.  It was such a pain every time I want to do my scrapbooking projects.  I ended up dragging my huge box out of my room to the dining table at the start of the project, do as much as I could in a day and then pack up and dragging the box back into my room after that.  I could not leave anything out on the table since my cats would mess everything up and most likely nick some of my stuff to play with.

Now, if I want to do scrapbooking, all I need is to sit at the desk and start.  If I can't finish my project, I can just leave my stuff there and there it will be waiting till sit back down to continue.  The best thing about sitting at my desk, Pete is just next to me.  While I complete my scrapbook project, he would be beside me playing games on his computer.  So, as we do the things we love, we are sitting beside the person we love.  How great is that!