Tidying Up Tuesday: MY DESK DRAWER

Happy Tuesday, friends!

Today is all about TRAVEL + TIDYING 🙂 .

I am sharing PART TWO of our BAHAMIAN CRUISE along with this TIDYING UP TUESDAY.

This week, I tackled…

I’ve shared this before, but TIDYING UP TUESDAY POSTS are about quick and easy things to do around the house to make you feel a bit more “tidy” (without having to spend all day deep cleaning).

I sit here at my desk all day, every day, but I don’t think I’ve actually cleaned it out since moving into my office five years ago.

The other day, I took five minutes and emptied it out, wiped it down, edited the contents and guess what? I felt so good after!

Here’s a little look at my desk drawer, all the randomness that was inside and how it looks now that it has been “tidied”…

This is a “before” pic of the center drawer in my desk. Not too bad, but it certainly had random things inside I did not need.

Please note…

…my desk does come with a 14 year old coton de tulear 🙂 .

She sleeps here under my feet all day long.

Okay, let’s look at what I found inside…

I have one of my grandfather’s business cards inside my desk. He passed away in 1999, so this is clearly an old card. I have no idea where I got it/how long I’ve had it, but I’m so happy it was in my desk! My best guess is that this photo was taken pre-1989. If you look at the credenza behind his desk, he has a photo of my grandmother along with three framed photos of Sean, Brandon, and me. We are his oldest three grandkiddos. Brooke was born in February 1989, so I bet this picture was taken before she was born. Such a special photo.

I also found this in my desk drawer…

…a two dollar bill. Where did I get this? My Mimi! My dad’s mom loved sending cards with two dollar bills inside. She would go to the bank just to get these bills just because they are fun and unexpected. I received many a $2 from her in my lifetime, and I’m very very happy I kept this one because she passed away in 2021.

I also found a Post It Note…

…that my mom left on my desk one time when I was out of town. So sweet, right?

So, those were the sentimental items I found, here are some random items…

…an old iPod. Here is the honest truth, I never had an iPod because I didn’t know how to add things to it. Bahahaha! You know me and you know that’s right. This has to be Andrew’s old iPod, but why is it in my desk drawer? Why isn’t it in his? Why do we even still have this? So many questions…

I will forever be the girl who uses White Out every single day. I am way too Type-A to scratch something out. I absolutely detest the White Out “tape”, but it is hard to find the liquid version now. I found four different things of White Out in my desk drawer. Ha!

I have no idea what these keys go to. Zero. You guys, I threw them away. Don’t tell Andrew. They probably are the keys to something really important, but I honest to goodness do not know what they’re for? Should I dig them out of my office trashcan? I just don’t know why I would keep them if I don’t know what they’re for?!

Because one never knows when one might need to apply a lip product or tweeze their eyebrows while at their desk. Hahaha!

Okay, that’s my handwriting on those two SD cards, but I have no idea what they’re for. I threw them away. I didn’t even look to see what was on them because it doesn’t matter. If I ever need what’s on them, I won’t even know to look because…why would I? I tossed them. It’s probably something super important and one day Andrew will ask me what I did with them. I’m going to pretend like I don’t know.

A Starbucks and a Target gift card. Guess what I did with these? I loaded the Starbucks one on my app and then bought myself two new pairs of pajamas with the Target one. Bam.

I have had my AirPods now for like two years. These are the optional rubber things for the earpiece. I have never once thought about switching the current ones for a different size, so why am I holding on to them? I tossed them.