When lame Thursday Thirteen topics are discussed, 13 Things on My Desk is usually considered one of the lamest. But I'm going to do it anyway (hi Nicholas!)...AND make it interesting!!! It's a lame Thursday Thirteen! It's a contest!
13 THINGS ON MY DESK
(ONE OF WHICH I AM GIVING AWAY TO A RANDOMLY SELECTED COMMENTER)
***Please indicate in your comment if you actually WANT this thing so I don't give it away to someone who will then have it cluttering his/her desk. Contest winner will be drawn on Monday, June 16 at noon!!!***
Here's the big picture...and following is a list of 13 items in the picture...kinda like Where's Waldo for people with messy desks.
1. Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac - This software is touted by MacWorld magazine as one of the best for running Windows programs on a Mac. I bought it when I thought I needed such a thing and then, before I even loaded the software, found a different work-around for what I was trying to do. I've lost the packaging, but everything else is there and unused...CD, User Manual and Registration Card. So just leave a comment saying that you want it and you might be a winner!
2. Eight Below - waiting to wing its way to the winner of last week's giveaway.
3. Reading Woman Postcards in picture frame - from my Mom. It will be the first thing that gets put up in my study when we move into the new house.
4. My beloved MacBook Pro...with my desktop picture of my beloved children and nieces and nephews.
5. Origami Lotus Flower - yes, I am a frustrated teacher or something. I've created a bulletin board for our Ladies' Golf group where each lady who makes a birdie gets an Origami bird and each lady who makes a par gets a...prepare yourself..."par-tunia," indicating the name, date and hole on which the feat was accomplished. The Origami lotus flower in this picture was for practice.
6. Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere speakers - purchased on a whim at the Apple store. Love it! I can listen to tunes on my iPhone while I'm working.
7. Staples Splat calculator - pink.
8. Magnetic Note Pads - one with my last initial and a shoe and one with the header "momneeds" from Triangle Mom2Mom where I am a contributing blogger. The latter has the addresses of the three places I took my daughter and her friend on a last-day-of-school outing! Keep that in mind when Mother-of-the-Year nominations come around.
9. A Disney coffee mug filled with pens (that probably don't work) - I've had this cup for probably 20 years. Someone brought it back from Disney for me when I was working my first "real" job after college.
10. A portable phone - that is actually on its base!!!! This is a rare occurrence at my house. Savor it.
11. A birthday card and bookmark from my Mom & Dad - my Mom is so good about cards. I am so bad about cards. But I really appreciate the wonderful cards they send me!
12. A Mother's Day card that I bought for my Mom and forgot to send - see...I'm really bad about cards. I'm going to send it right now. Do not keep this in mind when Daughter-of-the-Year nominations come around!
13. A black tape dispenser (laying on its side) and a red stapler - it is highly unusual for these items to actually be where they belong instead of on the floor in the living room or in one of my kids' rooms. Please note that there are no scissors to be seen so the universe will not implode due to the juxtaposition of three impossible events coexisting in one place!
I hope you've enjoyed the tour of my messy desk. When you leave a comment, feel free to tell me about anything interesting on your messy desk. And BE SURE to let me know if you want to be entered into the drawing for Parallels Desktop 3.0.
Di
Now that's a fun tour. I'm too embarrassed to do a tour of my desk! I will tell you that your Thursday Thirteen link goes to another post. June 5ths?
Happy TT!
Posted by: On a Limb with Claudia | June 11, 2008 at 06:57 PM
No. 10 deserves its own photo!
Posted by: SandyCarlson | June 11, 2008 at 07:14 PM
Much better! :)
Posted by: On a Limb with Claudia | June 11, 2008 at 07:15 PM
I love seeing what's on other people's desks. Go ahead & add me to the drawing- a friend of mine just bought a mac
Posted by: Nancy | June 11, 2008 at 07:28 PM
Such a brave woman to show your desk! Fun TT!
TM
Posted by: orneryswife | June 11, 2008 at 09:10 PM
I am so glad to see someone else's MAC desktop as cluttered as mine is. It's just so easy to keep things there....and dragging and dropping is so handy.
Do not enter me in the drawing. I have no desire to run any Windows program on my beloved MACs. LOL
Posted by: JoAnn | June 11, 2008 at 09:16 PM
Ive seen desks that look way worse;) Happy TT and thanks for stopping by.
Posted by: Lori | June 11, 2008 at 09:54 PM
No need to enter me; now that I'm running (what's for right now) a contest blog, I've sworn off entering. Okay, I entered one the other day, but it's the rare exception, and it was for a book on my wish list.
As for desk Thirteens being lame -- no way! They are some of my favorites!
Posted by: Susan Helene Gottfried | June 11, 2008 at 09:54 PM
My desk is messier...by a lot.
Posted by: Journeywoman | June 11, 2008 at 11:10 PM
You're right -- Things-on-my-desk TTs usually are lame but your is different. An accompanying photo makes all the difference.
Is that exactly as your desk is or did you do a little set dressing before you took the picture?
Posted by: Nicholas | June 12, 2008 at 01:12 AM