Every trip up to The Room is an opportunity for problem-solving: "WHAT am I going to do about THIS (or that) left-too-long problem?" I solve what I can and remove anything I cannot solve, to re-introduce later when possible. AFGO.

Like the padded arms for the desk chair. Heck, they been stained since before the nest emptied, oh, 12 years ago? Always "meant" to "do something." OK, so I figured out how to get them off, and re-cover them, and did so today, and enjoyed some music....; . But can I get them back ON? NOOOoooo...; the recharger for the cordless drill/driver is down one flight and up one flight just to GET it. So I'll leave them off for now! It's still a usable chair and the black metal arms beneath the padding are OK! And I'll email myself to bring down the damn charger tomorrow AM!

Still, Faulkner is more relaxed up there each time I take him (bodes well for summer heat relief), and I did get the damn electric blanket extension cord run (and made safer). And figured out how to make them ALL safer, which also needs.... the cordless drill/driver... which has to charge.... so... hey, tomorrow is only Thursday, right? :~)

The supplied laundry bin. I use it so I figger the tenant will. Dirty plastic to wash, with parts to cut off. Got it started with the hand saw then saw how many places had to be done, so I tossed it down to work on it LATER, and the tenant can have the one that has been in MY way in the laundry room INSTEAD. It folds! It rolls! It holds lots of laundry! Jeansjeansjeans! I don't need to let mine pile up in it!

Sheeshe, the stuff that has to GO when I think like a landlady instead of a tenant! :~)

I also got rid of more summer stuff (stowed it out of sight) and pillow-cased a few more pillows-- and sorted out from the tenant's linens the ones I like, for the camper that needs a few to match the sheets in there.

Hey, we got some nice news today. A guy we FreeCycled Hardi's good ole Specialized road-bike to-- wrote today that after several years' use, he just passed it on to a new teacher in his town. The Bike That Would Not Die, LOL. (A well-made road bike-frame can get endless new brakes, wheels, etc etc etc-- it's like a car chassis.) And the tenant got the same guy's mom's old sheets when he FC'd them after she died. Big wheel keeps on turning.

~Susan