Gettin (more) Organized

So by time the actual 4th of July came around on Tuesday, I was definitely ready for some serious me-time. I went nowhere and saw nobody. I’d already celebrated the holiday plenty. And, after another show-and-tell session with my artwork a few weeks prior (this time with Mom) I finally realized that I really ought to document my collection. Mom even suggested I might need to add a rider to my homeowner’s insurance for it. I’m not entirely sure about that yet… I’ll see what things look like after I get it all into the database I created over the holiday.

I still have a lot of work to do on it. I’ve pretty much customized the actual database to my needs, and entered the basics (item, artist, format, size, etc.) of most of my artwork. So far, 400 and some entries. Of course, a lot of that is in the format of art cards, bookmarks, and various and sundry. But still… that’s a lot of artwork. If nothing else, it will be good to have a handy reference on hand to determine what I already have, and what I need to finish collections, etc. Much like my books and movies databases. But once I start digging out records about prices and framing and such… then the database will hold a completely different value to me as well.

I hope to work on some of that again this weekend. Of course, now that Pop is working all week at his new job, Gram’s hair appointments are on Saturdays again, and we (the folks and I) are taking turns each Saturday to take her. This week is my week, so I really won’t have a whole day this weekend to focus on the database. But perhaps that’s just as well, since I tend to single-mindedly work myself into a migraine if given the opportunity.