263 Corkboard

263 Corkboard

Object: Two packets of cork tiles

Acquired: 2009

From: Store

Notes: I once lived in a very tiny room with walls that were too hard to stab a pushpin into.  I managed with a few, and tried different solutions, like buying nails (must have got the wrong type), and buying this cork, which I figured I could hang on the wall and then hang things on it.  I didn't account for the fact that it's really thin and the pins could barely push into it at all before running into the wall.  So I used the sticky tabs provided to make the one tile I had on the wall two-tiles thick, which worked for a while--until it fell down, anyway.

You can see that I never opened the second package of tiles. And at one point I put one where the bunny could get it, and SHE thinks they are the coolest thing to dig and chew upon. Maybe that's what I should do with the rest of them...

254 Dry Erase Markers

254 Dry Erase Markers

Object: Ten dry erase markers

Acquired: Various

From: Various

Notes: I keep these wrapped up in a bandana (I switch which one I use every so often), and since I was photographing the bandana, I figured I should photo these, too.  These were all gifts from NC at various points, except for the yellow.  See, I had two black markers and no yellow.  Black is certainly more useful, but I wanted the full rainbow so I could make colorful and fun things on my dry erase board.  So I traded one of my blacks for an unused yellow in a bin in the supply room.  I felt guilty for a while, but eventually managed to convince myself that the black was preferred by NC, since no one ever used the yellow anyway.

I took rather obsessive care of these, and almost never let the kids touch them, let alone use them. And that's why I have ten well-working markers, and everyone else was stuck using a half-hearted green.

111 Folder

111 Folder

Object: Old folder-thing

Acquired: Late 2010 or early 2011

From: Mom

Notes: Mom thought I might want this. I'm not entirely sure why, but it does look like something I might want, so I accepted it. And now I have some random papers relating to my car insurance in it.  Which is fine, except that if I need those particular papers, they are not with the other ones relating to my car insurance, and so I will never be able to find them.  Oh well.

061 Clipboard

061 Clipboard

Object: Bright orange plastic clipboard

Acquired: between 2001 and 2005

From: The Mid-States Camping Convention

Notes: I went to Mid-States four years running, and they gave me a new clipboard each year! I seem to have misplaced at least one of them--unfortunately the blue one.  Recently I've been using this one to hold my bead patterns and various bead-related papers. It does an admirable job despite being orange.

059 Rulers

059 Rulers

Object: 2 metal rulers

Acquired: High school, unknown

From: Unknown

Notes: I got one of these going to art class in high school. I accidentally slammed it into my locker and bent the end slightly.  The other ruler I have no idea where it came from, although I think it belonged to one of my sisters before it was mine.

058 Clipboard

058 Clipboard

Object: Decorated Clipboard

Acquired: 1999

From: Gift from my CIT counselors

Notes: This was decorated by my counselors at summer camp the year I was a Counselor in Training or CIT.  That was a good year, and the year I picked out the nickname 'Qui' which I still use to this day. The clipboard is getting to be a bit abused, but I still like it.