Here is an aches and pains thread, to let folks working through some of this stuff share their remarks without having to trip over the boxes left in the hall by de-clutterers. I've started by adding a little more info about the kiddo.

Michelle has made some great progress through all of this, but it must feel just a little odd at times to post the news about surgical staples falling out following a description of the stuff someone has discarded from a hall cupboard. And Michelle, as you feel better, we expect you back over here with your cleaning and redecorating (remember when you were redecorating last summer?) and such. This is kind of the same as what is going on with maeve, the recovery of her homestead is so much bigger than de-cluttering that it really needs a place of its own, the way it's set up now.

The sun is out, my yard is a mess of leaves plastered on the turf. I suppose if I was really organized today I'd put fuel in the mower and mulch those leaves. But I think I'll start with taking the last of the xmas lights out of the Italian cypress in the front. Table clearing and cupboard stuff can take place once the sun is down.

SRS