Linn, the "talking cure" is just exactly that - talking to a few good friends can easily be as helpful as professional counselling.

I moved a few more things out of the living room or around the living room this morning. If I can keep from pushing piles into other rooms and actually put things away then I'm accomplishing a baseline of good space and unclutteredness that is my goal for this house. But one room out of 8 means I have a lot of work ahead of me. :-/

I think I need to revisit the hall pantry and see what else can be put in there or to see if there is stuff in there that I don't need to keep. Thing is, this time of year it's pretty quiet, but when the garden is going full-tilt I use all sorts of boxes and containers and storage that I don't want to lose sight of.

My kitchen garden is looking good this morning, and I'm going to work on highlighting a path into it and partitioning it a little bit to make it look more intentional. It's the patch outside the kitchen door with lots of herbs plus things like strawberries, onions, garlic, and Swiss chard. Broccoli is in there also right now. I talked with my kitchen guru yesterday to see if he has any requests - he likes the steady stream of zucchini and cucumbers. I'm going to relocate the cucumbers - I learned my lesson about just how far they spread and how much they climb last year.

SRS