saving the best for last ...

Alas, here is my office / dumping room.

I've got to get rid of the broken mini-blinds, held together with painters' tape ...

Obviously, this mess cannot be fixed in one evening. I think I may have fodder for the rest of the month here!

Here is the area I focused on tonight:

I started straightening up my chorale music. It was supposed to be filed in that plastic file box seen above in the middle of the room, but usually I just pile the music near the box. (The box may have previously been between the bookshelf and the nightstand, but I recently had to dig out my holiday music.)

I did make another pile to the left of the bookshelf, but at least it's like items. I put all mementos from my parents' attic, photo albums and yearbooks together. I have to figure out what to do with all of that so I can complete this project!

Here's where we are now:

Of course now that it's a bit cleaner, it seems to have become a walkway for my cats ...

We will have a short day tomorrow, the office is closing at 3 for Thanksgiving. My husband and I have been celebrating this holiday at home for the past few years, choosing to spend the day together and eating way too much.

I am thankful that we don't have to travel! We get to come home and enjoy a long weekend!