Linn, I detect a technique similar to mine re: changing-the-linens: I didn't get the laundry basket folded last week so yesterday when I changed the sheets I pulled a set out of the clean laundry still in the basket and made the bed. And had a lot less left to fold. :)

I made progress while Mudcat was offline. I recycled 20-30 pounds of paper (a big chunk of it was old notebooks from graduate school classes that I will never look at again, and old term papers.) Now I need to arrange the few things I'm going to keep, and I may be able to remove a large set of wire shelves from that closet. Or use the wire shelves more efficiently by putting other things in there that I want to keep but don't need to keep in plain sight.

SRS