Still working on freelance photos. That is a known payment so I need to finish this and then get back to eBay stuff, that is piling up.

I've been putting away more stuff in the living room. DVDs were stacked by the television instead of on their shelf, CDs on the cabinet instead of in their shelves, etc. With each new cleared surface the room looks more elegant. I moved things out that need work (I have to replace a couple of switches in my tall pole halogen torchiere lamps) and that don't really have a place to live yet - meaning they may not stay here at all.

I have slowly been taking things back to my friend who lost his house to foreclosure a couple of years ago. Last month it was a large framed photo of him with his late partner, and now I have a few decorative items that, if he wants, are his. If they have to go into his storage locker, no point in sending them over. He is paying back a loan he took against his 401K - when that is completely paid back in a few more months and he has his full salary (his employer withholds the loan until it is paid back to his retirement account), then an apartment in a bit higher price range will give him a chance to put more of his nice furniture and cooking stuff to use. But after that point, he needs to unload the rest of the stuff from the house. One of the biggest growth businesses in the US these days is storage lockers. I resolved when I moved into this house that I wouldn't use one any more (I did have to after my parents died, and after the divorce). I wonder if there is a way to invest in other people's bad habits? Are storage locker business stocks publicly traded? I'll have to check my mutual funds.

SRS