Efficient ways to read emails and RSS feeds

I have a hard time keeping up with all the email I get and blogs I subscribe to.  Some days are better than others, but it seems like when I have several "behind" days in a row, I never get caught up.  I made a "resolution" a couple of weeks ago to handle all my email daily and use google reader to keep up with the blogs I want to read.  (I've got resolution in quotes because I don't really make resolutions.)  This is hard!  Here's what I have found out so far:

• If I keep up with it daily (or as close to it as I can), it isn't so overwhelming.  Duh!
• There are some good, informational links about topics I'm interested in if I just take the time to read.
• For the blogs I really want to make sure I keep up with, I make sure to sign up for an email subscription if it's got one.
• Unfortunately, there's a lot of crap to sort through sometimes to get to the good stuff.  I've kept up enough with it now that I'm unsubscribing from blogs and email lists that can't send me good and/or useful information on a consistent basis.  (Hmm...note to self, make sure I send people on my list useful information)
• I'm considering using a RSS reader service that imports the feeds and presents them like they're articles in a magazine.  Might make them more fun to read??

What else do the rest of you do?  Is there anything else that works for you that maybe I should consider as well?

Cleaning up my art jewelry office

Let me just say right up front that I hate cleaning.  I find it a complete waste of time because I can do it and in four hours, it goes back to looking like chaos.  Perhaps I'm not doing it right, but Hurricane Three Boys might have something to do with it too.  I'm halfway through working on my office and thought if I could somehow make a blog post out of this, it might be worthwhile.  LOL

I cleaned out a drawer in my filing cabinet to make room for new folders.  I do know getting stuff filed is important (for me anyway) to keep stuff from evaporating into dust.

This is "File 13".  Anything that I couldn't find a good reason for it to stay goes here.  This file gets dumped every Tuesday.  (insert hysterical cackling here).













I'm hoping one of these days that I will win a home office makeover.  Although if I did, I would probably convince someone that my office is in my kitchen.  "Yes, I think new countertops would be lovely....."