tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post7751987764824640975..comments2024-03-15T15:41:21.785-05:00Comments on Midlife Roadtripper: Is Tidiness My Thing?Midlife Roadtripperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-40729497426774889922018-02-07T20:09:53.354-06:002018-02-07T20:09:53.354-06:00Haha! I completely get the opposite thing with the...Haha! I completely get the opposite thing with the spouse. <br />Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-80398603518951044922018-02-01T13:06:24.514-06:002018-02-01T13:06:24.514-06:00Oh my this is all so familiar. Of course, me being...Oh my this is all so familiar. Of course, me being of German heritage everything must be in "ordnung". My spouse being of somewhat different heritage is ah er hmm choosing my words carefully cause she check my blog of a somewhat different persuasion. So in the yin and yang of the universe preserver in perfect harmony ah sort of...:) troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-46853415566921516212018-02-01T00:02:24.828-06:002018-02-01T00:02:24.828-06:00"There's something very satisfying about ... "There's something very satisfying about putting the world to rights--exerting control when everyplace else seems so chaotic."<br /><br />Yes. Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-52843330160229512112018-01-27T08:59:40.197-06:002018-01-27T08:59:40.197-06:00Part of tidying is knowing what you WANT to keep a...Part of tidying is knowing what you WANT to keep and getting rid of the rest, right? So you're perfectly right to keep all the socks you want. THere's something very satisfying about putting the world to rights--exerting control when everyplace else seems so chaotic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-53276964613460333312018-01-22T01:19:37.693-06:002018-01-22T01:19:37.693-06:00I love pretty paper and fabrics. Maybe that should...I love pretty paper and fabrics. Maybe that should be my next project. Hmmmmm.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-7524491702508782172018-01-22T01:18:55.812-06:002018-01-22T01:18:55.812-06:00I'll let you know. I did have a washing yester...I'll let you know. I did have a washing yesterday and folded four pair neatly back in there. Scared me.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-43249347763308836082018-01-22T01:17:39.609-06:002018-01-22T01:17:39.609-06:00You've inspired me. Panty drawer next. Might n...You've inspired me. Panty drawer next. Might need to go purchase some interesting ones, though. And, I hope to hell I'm interesting or else I will bore myself to death in old age. Ha!Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-85865628169742770962018-01-22T01:15:49.664-06:002018-01-22T01:15:49.664-06:00I would have replied sooner but I was frozen. Weat...I would have replied sooner but I was frozen. Weather warms and we went for a boat ride on Saturday. Crazy. 32 tonight, but here you are soon to get hit. Stay warm.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-19189132824020517732018-01-19T12:06:23.252-06:002018-01-19T12:06:23.252-06:00Wonderful! And, of course, about so much more than...Wonderful! And, of course, about so much more than socks. For me, it’s pretty paper and fabrics.IdeaGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930216448413347865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-36093157230394978232018-01-18T13:26:30.515-06:002018-01-18T13:26:30.515-06:00Your last paragraph says exactly what I was thinki...Your last paragraph says exactly what I was thinking.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-15856544400360740932018-01-18T13:25:35.672-06:002018-01-18T13:25:35.672-06:00Your last paragraph says exactly what I was thinki...Your last paragraph says exactly what I was thinking!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-15963756273221535942018-01-17T10:44:17.372-06:002018-01-17T10:44:17.372-06:00I really like the socks-as-souvenirs thing! Way le...I really like the socks-as-souvenirs thing! Way less pricey (one would hope) than jewelry (attractive only in the moment, in my experience) and way more packable than a Turkish carpet.<br /><br /> I flat out admire you for being able to focus on what was important and tidiness be damned. Like many messy people, I find creating order soothing, and stupidly satisfying. What's with that, when you know that a day later everything will be askew again?? Although, although...your sock drawer may stand half a chance of maintaining its neat little rows if my panties are any indication. For some reason, over the last fifteen years, I have never failed to fold them nicely—something which had never happened previously. <br /><br />I really do like your sock thing, generally. It's just more confirmation that you're interesting. Deborah Sudulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03989882069643518388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-54824413960193385582018-01-17T06:30:43.289-06:002018-01-17T06:30:43.289-06:00i am lacking at organization .I rotate summer and ...i am lacking at organization .I rotate summer and winter socks because I have so many.Saves doing laundry often.Nice to see you back, I hear the snow is clear down to the gulf.It is -3 right now, i am just coming back in from feeding critters, frozen solid.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-82974339271478312018-01-16T16:48:14.263-06:002018-01-16T16:48:14.263-06:00Thank you for missing me. Those socks are third ro...Thank you for missing me. Those socks are third row up on the far right in the last picture. I bought those in a small hotel gift shop steps from the Pacific Ocean in Yachats, Oregon. 2014? I was traveling with three other women up Highway 101 from LA to Portland. I made each one buy a pair so we could remember our trip. They are cotton and so warm. I love them. Keepers!Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463633428173967234.post-89752576351855241232018-01-16T15:50:23.375-06:002018-01-16T15:50:23.375-06:00It does take a lot of socks to get through life. T...It does take a lot of socks to get through life. That's the book I may write. But right now I Must Know, where in the drawer is the neatly folded blue variegated pair; the pair with the chartreuse heel of royal pinkness shoved up the middle in the first picture. This is the second pair of that yarn I've seen this month, a third being mine. I bought the yarn in Wisconsin and knit the socks in 2003. One foot is darned and one toe. I can't remember the manufacturer of the yarn, but it seems to have been mighty popular and I hope all turned into a pair of socks. In the meantime, respect, dear woman. Where is that pair of socks?<br />And, welcome back. I've missed you.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.com