Things within easy reach

And I daren't mention the sewing dining room

I’m with old meg on this. I’m always wandering about with things in my hand. I put them down and they are always where I don’t want them, never where I do. Has anyone seen my credit card? It is in this house somewhere. I must have done 10,000 steps in the last couple of days just looking for that

Nothings lost in a house as my mum used to say! Beside me, remote controls, magazines, pens a pile of DVDs o'h dear.

We both have “useful” piles of things around our usual seats. Some of mine travel with me up to bed and back down in the morning. Every so often I have a blitz and get rid of catalogues, magazines etc and put away stuff that should be elsewhere. I never thought of it as lazy, untidy, possibly!

Nothing. My mobile or tablet are usually in the kitchen but I don't cart them with me everywhere I go and I only have a plant and couple of silver framed photos on a coffee table. I hate 'old lady clutter. Don't need tissues and not on pills so all is clear. Any paperwork is in my desk in the study.

I aim for that Gabriella but fall very short of it every time!

Although, it is only the coffee table where we pile things up, the rest of the house is clutter free.

I'm totally with Jane10 on this. If I had my immediate needs around me I might become mounded into the chair! Also a huge thank you to WilmaK for the reminder that Spring is underway. What a lovely thought! It's a beautiful sunny day here but currently minus 7. Right now I'm keeping warm in my bedroom whilst plasterers are making my kitchen and lounge ceilings attractive. I just hate having workmen in even although they are likeable lads and the end result will be a long awaited bonus. Roll on teatime.

Yes, everything is brought into our easy reach but I like to think that I'm so busy when I'm not relaxing on the sofa that I genuinely want to be able to sit without having to get up and down all the time. If I sat from dawn till dusk I'd be worried.

I have a box of tissues and handcream next to every seat I use - including the dining room.
In the sitting room, I have my knitting, and I usually walk about clutching what I shall be needing - phone, iPad, cuppa tea, book...
Simple things really.

LG
I 'fall short' in other areas but I never aim for perfection, just happy to do my own thing. ☺

Nana mc geek am intrigued how does tv remote help oh doze?

Need I say more?

Love it 00mam

Phew......glad it isn't just me. I sit and sew in front of the TV. It works for me as some of the programs hubby chooses to watch aren't my choice. I get to watch mine during the day when he is out. I have a magazine rack, sewing boxes, yarn, crochet hooks, knitting needles, pencils.....
I have a veritable nest around me.....a tidy nest but everything to hand....it works and suits.

Mine's not so much coffee table as I rarely sit on the settee so there's only coasters & remote controls.

I sit at my dinning table most of the time, easier to get off the chair. I have laptop next to me, newspapers (love doing crosswords & sudoku), coasters, glass of water for pills, remains of this morning's fruit juice, mug of coffee, post to deal with, fruit bowl, box of tissues, pens & notepad also testing kit for my blood sugar, sunglasses & fingerless gloves, electronic crossword solver & calculator.

I'm not a "tidy" freak, as there is only me now it doesn't matter but I can soon clear table if I have visitors,

Oh I forgot empty glasses case. Glasses needed or reading & laptop. I don't sit for long periods as I'm in the garden if weather is nice (like today, very sunny 0c outside) or doing housework generally faffing around

I'm with Jane10, I need the exercise that walking about fetching and finding things offers. Also, I am OCD and clutter would send me into an anxious tailspin.

It's not being lazy! It's being efficient!
Good point about needing to get up every so often and move about as we get older though.
I'm thinking of setting a timer to jog me into action for when I take root at the computer. Sometimes the morning has gone before I know it. Crikey! Is that the time now........

I don’t think anyone has mentioned my essentials - tweezers and a small mirror. I always seem to find that annoying little hair when I am relaxing, watching tv or reading.

Mobile
TV Remote
2 tablets ( not the pill kind)
Dibber for above
nail file
Nail varnish
Box tissues
2 pens
scissors
tube of Blisteeze
Spare glasses
Cat's pills
I can not even start saying what is on DH's table-a lot of is stuff that I have no clue what it is actually FOR! All computer/ gadget stuff.
No wonder it takes so long to dust

I have at the moment current mug I am drinking from, 2 pairs of glasses, remote controls for television and stereo ( currently listening to music) , newspapers and kindle, pencil case, and mobile phone. I do get up doing things regularly but like things close by when I am sat down.

In the drawer of my side table I keep pens/pencils, magnifying glass, hand cream, comb for the cat, nail file and scissors - hidden away in a tidy fashion.
My bedside table is quite another matter - lamp, phone chargers, pen/pencil, car and house keys, photo of late DH, his old mobile, small cat ornament, nail scissors and my hearing aid box - what a mess.

Have you got the second sight.

I have all the things mentioned, plus by my chair assorted medications.

I have :

My crotchet
Dog chocs
Hand cream
Selfie stick ???
Baby wipes
Yankee Candle and matches
Slimming world menu book
Dog brush
Miniature of rose flavoured liquor
And a pen!

Grampy has

Tissues
Pills
Remotes - various
Vitamin D pills
Glasses
Cup of tea
Peanuts

Sam the dog has

Ratty
Marmite ( not the stuff in a jar)
And t shirt !

Hoarders? Us? Lol !!!

Convenience. I have a large toiletries holdall containing, paracetamol, small bottle of water , inhaler for asthma ,a kindle with charger, a phone with charger , tissues, bar of chocolate This stays by the armchair and comes with me when I go to bed.

I live the remote controls on the television, so I have to cross the room to switch it off.
On our table is my mobile phone, glass case with spare pair of glasses in. A lamp and a glass bowl full of marbles my h
Got from a charity shop. He said it brings back memories of the school playground.
Shelf underneath has al” my favourite magazine# and a few books that I am reading. Got 2 on the go at the moment.