Where I work.

All around the b5 Media Network, bloggers are sharing where they work.

Good thing that yesterday was ‘clean the workspace’ day. Seriously, my desk is horribly bare, but this time yesterday, my desk was a cross between a crypt and landfill. With 3 small children ( I call them dirt monkeys) running around, my desk gathers small toys, candy wrappers, and various other odd bits of junk.

Right now the top shelf holds a few things. A bottle of home made cleaner, a can of air which my husband purchased 3 years ago, beeswax candle, a glade candle, a transformer (not sure who), and a flower my daughter made at school a few days ago.

The second shelf holds the new printer/scanner thing. When the old computer died we finally threw out the printer that had died months before. Beside it are a few XBOX360 games. Call of Duty4, Rainbox6, and Gears of War. The only one I really have a clue about is Call of Duty. Tried it, got killed instantly. Go me! The camera case sits there on top of some blank cd’s.

Then we have the speaker shelves that are currently empty. I do have a picture of Mr. Spooky, the skull that used to sit on the right shelf. My kids love skeletons and spooky stuff. I have no clue where they picked up that…ok, I lie. Mama love da spookies, too.

Then we have the main work are. Here is my monitor, computer tower, modem, and wireless router. The modem you see on the left above the tower is the reason we had to get a router. Darn thing went putz each time we replaced it. Cable company swears nothing is wrong, but we all know better, don’t we? Under the big work area shelf is a pull out keyboard that I never use. Hate those things.

Other than that, not a lot to say, except this is in the corner of my living room. It can get annoying because anyone who walks by can peer over my should to see what I’m writing. Not that I write anything that should be hidden, but just having anyone stand over you and breathe down your neck can be really annoying. Luckily, most of my work is done in the morning after my 6 year old is off to school. I round up the other two, fill their trough, er…I mean feed them breakfast…then sit down to try to work while they eat.

(I added in one more picture. Here are 3 members of the Living Room-Office Demolition Team, aren’t they evil looking? 10 minutes after this was taken, all 3 were dead asleep, not just the bald one. Oh, and his head is shaved, he isn’t just bald!)

It doesn’t always work out perfectly. The last month has been full of things that has kept me from getting much of anything done. Today, for example, the cable guy is coming out to hook up the phone service. He is due any minute, literally.

After I deal with the morning junk, I may get two or three posts done, one for each blog I write. By the end of next month, I’ll be back in my old groove, back when I could slam out 10 great posts a day. Yeah, baby, the time is coming. By the time fall rolls around and my 3 year old heads to pre-school, Mama will pump up the volume. Before last month, I’d wake, throw Amber (6yr old) into the shower, get her dressed, get her to school, feed her siblings, and work until noon. Post after post, with only pee breaks.

Hey, we all pee, darn it. I just realized, being pregnant now, I’m going to be taking around 100 of those an hour. Yay. Woot. The rest of my day (was) is spent sending out queries for magazine article spots. One of these days I’ll break the national glossies. For now, I have to be satisfied with smaller, local magazines. I’ve cracked Western New York and Baton Rouge, who knows, maybe one day you’ll see me in Woman’s Day.

Then you can tell everyone you know what I do each morning. You know, pee 100 times an hour. (really, don’t tell anyone. I’ll even sign you a copy of WD, ok?)