Nayu's Craft Time #308 Organisation takes time

The sands of time...

I had originally planned a different post today, which you will get soon, but after spending the morning how I did, I thought it better to talk about how organisation can take a lot of time. I know it saves time in the long run, but it can take a while to sort whatever you need organised out. 

This morning I created a list of which books I need to read for review, made sure the ones I had proofs for were on my Kindle PaperWhite in a collection so I simply read from that list and don't have to scroll through a gazillion ebooks, and make a paper list of what I had and what proofs I was waiting for. 

It wasn't as simple as that (sort of) sounds. 

First to make sure I had all the books noted on Blogger I had to go through my emails, check the info then put in relevant notes into Blogger. If I know the date a book is reviewed I'll schedule it for that date. If I don't know the date, I put DATE UNKNOWN in capitals. I state whether I have the proof copy, and where it is (Kindle/bookshelf) and sometimes where it's from. This is relevant because if a book is from NetGalley (a site filled with loads of books for reviewers that publishers sometimes use to provide digital proof copies)  I need to put my review there once I've written it. 

Next I wrote the info down on cute Pusheen stationery, because it's Pusheen. For some reason I've either used/misplaced the donut holding Pusheen. But they did come in a set like this one. 

After that was done came putting the books onto my Kindle. This was a bit more complicated because upon receiving a digital book proof I immediately send it to my Kindle Fire. I recently acquired a Kindle Paperwhite because someone in my family got a newer version. I wanted one so that when I have trouble looking at screens (usually with a headache that invariably turns into a migraine) I can still read, because the Paperwhite device family is famous for not being a screen in the normal sense, and being like an actual book. 

Ebooks save so much space!

That process took a while because I hadn't done the process much, since I only got it recently, so I wasn't sure what I was doing. It took me time to realise I could press down on a book (either on the cloud or on my device) which gave me the option to directly add it to a collection, rather than try and find it in a long list of books/documents and add it that way. 

The end result is I have drafts in Blogger of the books I'm reviewing, a physical list, plus a collection on my Kindle Paperwhite. Organising all of that took time, but now I've sorted it, it will be quicker to add new books to the lists/blog posts. 

There are so many areas of life that can benefit for organisation. I love organisation, which my family is surprised by as I frequently look disorganised. However, organisation takes time to do, which uses up the precious little physical energy that I have each day. Therefore I only organise the most vital of things. I can organise to my hearts content in video game inventories, which is so much fun! I wish I could do it more in real life, but I make do with the very faulty body that God gave me, saving my energy for fun things like seeing family visiting from abroad, like I did on Sunday. 

It was awesome having them over, I haven't seen them for years, and the visit was far too short but I'll see them again next week before they return home. I'm mostly recovered, and doing things that I'll chat about in future posts. 

I hope you've enjoyed today's post, and would love to hear your organisation tips! 

Kind of busy

Such a cute bag! Wish it could be a real clock.

In the middle of a busy few days with family coming for a fleeting visit from Australia (sadly not quite all those over there could make it), groceries and the usual chores which somehow ended up needing to be done on the same day. So I'll blog later in the week once I've recovered. 

Over on Nayu's Reading Corner #18 My Time At Portia has a release date!

Find out why I'm so hyped about the game over on Nayu's Reading Corner.

The minions totally capture my current mood ^u^

 

Nayu's Craft Time #307 Cat Tales

Found a friend making herself comfortable!

My cat Belle frequently creates a lot of enjoyable entertainment, and last week was no exception. On one day she was what I can only describe as clingy. Whatever I did she came with me. I was mostly relaxing on my bed, but had to get up a few times. Each time she would steal my place. I made her move off, only for her to come sit on my lap. This happened at least 3 times. 

Thursday was quite a different matter. I was out all day seeing a friend. My family also happened to be out all day. Now on a usual day all Belle does is sleep in various locations, so really she doesn't need someone home. Apparently she does. She was extremely annoyed with me for not being around, so much so she ignored me most of the evening on the sofa, not coming onto my lap which has a heated blanket, but sitting with her back to me on a dining room chair. 

Taking into consideration that she had been given preventative flea medicine (she never has any) which meant she couldn't be stroked for a few hours, add in me shutting my door while seeing my friend so she was denied access to look hungrily at my birds, and her grumpiness is understandable. I can safely say she seems to have forgiven me and at least started off sleeping last night on my bed with me. She spent all of this morning on a dining room chair that was in the sun, then migrated to her usual morning spot on a bed that wasn't mine.

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Belle doing her best to ignore my return

I would love to hear if your pet ever gets in a mood with you!

Nayu's Craft Time #306 Goldilocks and the 3 Cheeses

At the time of writing this on Saturday, the previous few days have involved searching for a certain type of blue cheese which I ate in the past and wanted to try again. When I did my groceries I bought a cheese with blue bits in, stilton. I thought it was the cheese! 

Nice with the right colour mould but wrong texture

It wasn't. It was too hard. So like Goldilocks and the 3 bears I didn't give up. After seeing my friend on Thursday I popped into the supermarket and tried another cheese, that looked like Brie with some blue bits in. 

Not my photo

I was all excited but when I examined it and tasted it I knew it wasn't the cheese. It was too soft! 

When my family next went out they went and got what they thought I must be thinking of. It was the right cheese!!! The cheese that I'd been craving was..

this one!!!!!

..Danish Blue cheese! 

So I have 3 yummy cheeses, with the 3rd being the yummiest and the one I wanted. I can't eat much in one go because blue cheese can give me a migraine, but I'm so happy and thankful to have found the cheese that I'd been craving. The moral of this story is not to give up when trying to find something you want to eat but can't quite remember which brand it was! I'd love to hear what your favourite cheese is, if you like any type of blue cheese or if you like something entirely different. Cheese is rather wonderful! 

Nayu's Craft Time #305 Craft Day!

As spring slowly creeps in from the depths of winter, I am waking up from my annual hibernation (not literal, unfortunately). On Thursday I spent the day with my friend and instead of cross stitch, which is my current craft project, I did a bit of crochet. Haven't done it for ages, had forgotten how easy it was and how fast it grows. 

I did basically all from the blue part of the inner square. I'm going to make this a blanket for me from odd scraps of yarn in similar pale colours. Hope to do more soon! However I'm having my mega strong meds tonight that send me loopy for a few days, so will be enjoying being horizontal and mostly gaming and reading. I am pre-scheduling a couple of posts for you to enjoy so check back soon! Several short and sweet posts is a bit better than one long post ^u^ 

Got to love Snoopy's happy dance!