Claire, congratulations on the room and the weight! You'll note that these handy declutter threads are also for keeping track of "accountability" items (use sometimes fit that in the subject line) for reporting weight loss and exercise. Success breeds success, so keep us posted and pamper yourself with those new flowers.

Andrea, we are on the edge of our seats awaiting photos of the roof and the new stove!

Michelle, kids grow so fast - I would sometimes find clothes I'd bought for a season were missed and had been completely out-grown before I discovered them again.

Susie was late bringing Zeke today - I was ready to go check on her to see if she'd had a stroke or something when she rolled up. Overslept - but that is a good thing, because she hasn't gotten much sleep at all lately. And now I'm off to my last couple of hours of helping my friend empty his house. I've been wearing the same set of clothes every day, putting them in a heavy duty wash cycle overnight, and yesterday was so foul with the garden stuff that I threw both my gloves and my shoes into the dumpster. I'll pull out a different pair of sneakers and get myself a new pair of the Reebok "Princess" black walking shoes this afternoon. They're an inexpensive pair that work well for gardening, dog walking, and for dumpster filling (no diving this time!)

Maryanne, I see that the Dallas crowd is sending the Tigers back home today, and I was near the stadium at one point yesterday afternoon, but for a restaurant, not the game. I was asleep before the game was over. This heavy lifting is a good whole-body workout but I'm glad to be finished with it.

Kat, are you going to set up more on Etsy, or are you going to list on eBay? Once all of this other activity is through I have a backlog of eBay listings and a garage sale to arrange for in a couple of weeks.

SRS