Today I nailed a picture hook in my dressing room and put up a little German porcelain-face clock that my aunt gave me when I was probably 10 years old. It was on my room wall forever but when I moved out to go to college a younger brother moved into the room and unfortunately didn't know what he was doing and over-wound the clock.

If I bump the pendulum any time I walk past, will that movement eventually untighten the spring enough to let it work again? Or once they're broken, is that it?

The porcelain sink in the kitchen is looking better today after I put a few folded layers of paper towel down and poured on a little chlorine bleach and moved it from one section to the next until I'd completely removed the brownish tea stain that cleanser never seemed to get. At one time cleanser alone did the job, but it seems to be formulated differently? Anyway, progress in the kitchen advances with more clear counter and table space. The fridge is also more clear as I try to avoid overstuffing it (as I change my diet I'm not eating all of the same things so I'm shopping for fewer items now.)

Poking around in other people's rooms comes to mind as I remember that brother mocking some of the things he found in dresser drawers when he moved in (why didn't Mom tell me this was going to happen and I'd have put my things away?) I also remember occasionally going into my Mom's room trying to find something that she said she'd "keep for you so it doesn't get lost" then promptly buried and lost herself. Two lessons here: deal with the things you don't want other people poking through yourself, and be more organized in trying to save things that you really do want to keep for later. Both parts of what I work on now. Back to the glasses on eBay . . .