when I started clearing out the "office"...
I sorted & discarded boxes of books...
reorganized the "keeper books", magazines & memorabilia...
using storage boxes, clearly labeled for the lower shelf storage...
this organizational effort has lasted pretty well...
with only minor kitty depredations...
and since Creamer is no longer around to climb the shelves...
knocking things down & crapping on top of the shelves...
[I loved her, but hated her habits...]
it's time to finish the job which the bath redo halted...
besides the bath redo stuff that found its way in front of the bookshelves...
there was all the "dog" stuff [food, medications]
as well as the junk moved for the aborted DSL install...
I had moved a lot of stuff out of the computer cabinet...
and on top of the low file unit that sits next to it...
other problems surfaced when the animal drinking fountain...
got its water reservoir broken and stopped working properly...
of course, they don't sell replacement water storage units...
and in my attempt to use it anyway...
it leaked and soaked the rug that's glued to the sub floor...
creating a musty smell in a room that already had it share of smells...
[cat boxes, feeding dishes, garbage can...]
but I have an incentive for cleaning up this mess...
a few months ago, I bought a used fish tank & stand...
and I'm hoping that the existing space [28 to 33" wide]...
will accommodate setting it up here...
next to the computer cabinet...
if that's not enough room, I'll move the computer cabinet over...
there's a good foot of room to the left...
but it will need to be cleaned out...
and the new phone line in box installed before it's moved...
just in case I ever want a phone line to my computer desk again...
if I don't have to move it...those chores can slide...
but I need to measure the tank & haven't gotten around to it yet...
so I just need to get busy & do it...
measuring, cleaning, installing, moving...
so that I can move the tank...
from its current storage place, which has to be in the way...
decluttering is frustrating enough...
without having "what's in the way"...
not even be yours anymore...
& large & ungainly to boot...
then, of course, there's all of this...
stuff to file, drawers to go through...
now I remember why I piled this all here last year...
*SIGH*
4 comments:
32.5"W x 14"D x 56"H
Approx. 39 gallons! :)
I would suggest you finish decluttering/cleaning the room before adding the tank, though. It's a b***h to do anything to/with once it's full of water (it's heavier than most aquariums I've had).
...thanks for the info...:D
since I moved a smaller tank WITH water when I was younger...
I've learned NOT to do that...
I definitely will get busy now...
but I'll need to move the computer cabinet over about 5 "... it's 33" wide now including the door trim...
so I need to move it...
thanks for the incentive :D
I see you're adding another TV channel for the cats! Sure hope the tank has a lid.
...ha,ha...yes it has a lid...
I kept fish for years & have had some very large tanks... I'm looking forward to watching fish again...
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