Took about 50 old cassette tapes to my sister-in-law. She has a device she can play them on, which I don't, and I'm tired of waiting for JIK or son John to rig the stereo so we can transfer the music to CD. I know I'm going to regret getting rid of some of them, as they are not findable on CD, but it cleared a big spot on the living room floor where the tapes and their containers were.

Also took a big box of books down to her. In retaliation, of course, she sent two sacks of "stuff" back with me, but I think I'm ahead this time, at least temporarily...

Liz, yay for getting some decluttering done in the garden! I refuse to even look at the back yard, or I'd be running in circles trying to figure out what to do with that.

JIK scanned and "stitched" my family scrapbook for me so I can send it to a relative in Iowa, and is putting another file through OCR to send to the museum in my little home town, so computer/favor backlogs are being decluttered also. And why am I not doing both the above? Because he's the only one with the programs on his machine to do them... in other words, it's his own darned fault! (Of course, he did a beautiful job, so I certainly am not going to complain in his presence--LOL).

Son and soon-to-be-ex daughter-in-law have been moving things out of the back bedroom; the two dogs are now gone (one with DIL, one tonight with son); the laundry room is cleared out to where you can actually see the floor--Whew! I'm getting giddy just thinking about it. It's possible I may soon actually have a guest room for the first time in five years!

Lin