Organizational Skills Aren't In My DNA

DH isn't super happy about my "organizational" skills, and I fully admit that large categories, when relating to my craft and art supplies, don't work extremely well. He's taken it as his job to get me organized, and I'm fully in favor of that, except I need to survive the process and I'm not sure that's working really well. It does seem that every other box contains new spools of wire or more beads. Those two categories are by FAR the worst. 

One of my major mysteries is this antique Swarovski
crystal. It's one of their "Elements" styles, crystals without
holes that are meant to be bezel-set. I want to list some of
my older Swarovski elements on Etsy, but I can't ID which
specific style number this one is, or the exact color
description. I sent photos off today to a friend who is a
distributor. Maybe he can come up with answers for me. 

Considering that I've owned and operated a store that sells these products, and that a large part of my artwork for the past three decades has used one or both of these products, it's sensible that I would own a lot of it. Of course, I sigh every time we open something and there, staring us in the face, are more beads, and even more beads. Ugh! Even if I had another fifty years I could never use up what I've got. While he's thinking about how to organize all of this, I'm thinking about how I can get rid of a lot of it. *sigh*

How do people manage to organize stuff? I know I have WAY too
much junk, and I'm not even a hoarder! I'm not the person buying
everything on HSN and then never opening boxes. I'm not the
person who weaves through narrow pathways in an ever
decreasing living space. I'm just trying to get my craft room into
order. ARGH!!!

I've been in a stall pattern on my holiday cards. Since Wednesday's unsuccessful search for my inks, I've just been spinning my wheels in the mud. That will have to change next week - no choice on that at all. As much as I may growl, I do have a firm Solstice deadline and usually I try to have things finished long before then. I'm trying to focus, but maybe a general need for more sleep and the cold temps have caused some brain drain. Yeah! I'll blame it on the cold. 

Sometimes it seems like my entire life has been spent
running in a hamster wheel. *sigh*

Today will be better, though. It's 5:00 am and it's 30 F outside. Yesterday at the same time it was 17 F, so we're definitely warmer. Huzzah! 

On that note I'm calling it done for today. Have a great weekend, all, and I'll be back on Monday. A special "Thank You" out to those of you who suggested Veterans Spousal benefits for my friend. I'll send her the links next week after she's had a bit of time to breathe.