Catching up

I have a lot of paperwork to do. I don't want to do it but it is seriously piling up on the corner of my office desk. My desk has become this horrible forest of stuff. It's hideous. It's like the black forest in fairy tales, the one that little children get scared about. Yeah, I'm scared too. 

One corner has the gadzillions of dog-mags, those that are for the avid pet owner, the pet related business owner, or for those who are just curious enough to buy this and then show it to a friend exclaiming, "Isn't this CRAZY that people actually do this for their PETS?!" Meanwhile, this person has just PURCHASED a magazine to mock and laugh about. These magazines aren't cheap by far. In fact, many of them are published a few times a year only. Like some are published every two months or quarterly even. I've resigned myself to just being the recipient of complementary magazines and trade journals related to the dog/pet snack industry. I get everything you could imagine, including those journals related to pet grooming. I am stuck with this stuff so since it piles up, I took to reading through a few of those previously mentioned pieces of literature. I learned many things. Like for example, there are tons of shampoos out there for your dog. I actually don't wash Katie a lot because I brush her almost daily so this was just useless for me. The next thing I learned is that there are a lot of doggy bakeries out there. I myself am just a stay-at-home, easy bake dog treat baker. I do not consider myself as upscale as those that advertise in magazines, but my cakes are good. Dogs don't always eat everything and I think that my cakes are really pretty good. 

Pile 2 consists of miscellaneous "stuff." I do not say 'stuff' a lot. I DO say the four letter word that has the same letters as "carp." a lot when I refer to my desk. Sometimes I just want to torch everything on that desk because it freaks me out how much stuff accumulates if you don't pay attention. It's like sugar. I say this because we  are actually studying sugar shaping in class and well, sugar is great because you can do so...much with it but if you burn it, there is no going back. 

Moving centrally, I have a few non-doggy related magazines on my desk too. Like FOOD by Martha Stewart is good for really quick and easy recipes and some basic information about herbs or whatnot. 

My collection of decorative tools for Marzipan, brushes for painting on cakes, all types of colors for cake decorating, cookie cutters (billions), ribbon samples, paper samples, my huge bucket of pens that ranges from fine to big fat highlighters...ah, gotta love the smell of fresh ink:) Not really. 

I've got my favorite flowers, ranunculus in a glass vase in the middle of the desk. It isn't the most convenient spot for this decorative piece, but I love this fake plant because it is so bright and colorful. It's gorgeous. 

Much to do...