What's on your desktop?

No not the computer desktop... the actual physical horizontal space on which you set the computer.... What do you artifacts do you keep close to your virtual reality? I keep things that remind me of friends, family, victories, and some bittersweet moments of my life. I am a visual person, and while some people may feel unessecary objects bring clutter and chaos to their desk scape... These things keep me grounded and help me remember what is important.

Within my peripheral vision, l'objets that are considered non work essential are (from left to right):

• A framed portait of Rosie the Riveter that my BFF Julia gave me - it says "Jenny Can Do it" - I do look at it every day and it keeps me motivated
• A collage of pictures of former coworkers at various team events. Included are kickball with service ops, pre-bowling lunch with the BEST TEAM EVER, Ferber and I looking like 6th grade playground buds, Happy hour shot of Messrs. Rocket, Gunderson and English drinking beer, and a group shot of the last Women's build day that our company had with Habitat for Humanity.
• A pitcture frame that is filled with many layers of promises written on napkins from former co-workers - Ferber, I still want that free IT release, damn-it - even if you have to work Rocket to death to get it!
• Several pictures of my children at various ages, all the way from fishing up at Grindstone Lake to them in front of the cabin to their current school pictures.
• Tokens from my affections - small gifts from various friends - the majority from my wonderful husband:
• A Devil rubber ducky,
• a white VW Bug,
• A keycard from our stay at the W Foshay tower recently,
• A lovely arty magnifying glass, a gift from my step daughter Samantha
• A stress-ball apple with an I3 on it (this is what I throw at the wall when I get frustrated)
• A promotional puzzle block from a former vendor that unfolds in various ways - great to play with while on interminable conference calls
• A dolphin keychain that squeaks when you push the button,

• Several "i voted" stickers (in case anyone wants to question my patriotism),
• My subliminal Democrat button (you'd have to get really close to know what it is),
• A pin from Pracna on main, which came from an afternoon playing hooky this summer with my husband, drinking Gin and Tonics all afternoon
• More picutres of teams from the past - this one is from the ORIGINAL BEST TEAM EVER at FBS - damn we were young.
• A single photo of Marne flipping me the bird at an all day planning session - that one makes me giggle
• Several coffe receptacles, some for use, some for show
• Tickets to the Hiromi show at the Dakota
• Ticket Stubs from the movie Matrix, when we all took an afternoon off from the office, had a fabulous lunch and went to the movie
• Pictures of the team sock puppet (Lola?) in front of various desitnations on the Curise of a lifetime - La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the Port in Santa Margherita, the casino in Monte Carlo.

Clearly a reflection of what's important to me: Family, Friends, Politics, travel and not taking myself too seriously...

What's on your desktop?