You've hit on an important point--always flip through those books to be sure there is nothing stashed or forgotten there. I was going through some of the mysteries from my Dad's house last year and found a note he had written to me tucked into one, but hadn't ever mailed it. It was so precious!

That driver's license sounds like something you could frame and hang as a curiosity in a hallway or little nook somewhere. I have a bunch of old family bills and documents that I need to get out one of these days.

In the garage today I've discarded a bag of lumber bits that I'd saved for Dylan, who when he was 10, was interested in pounding nails. That interest (at least in junk wood) has passed. But instead of the trash, our new recycle center on this side of town takes lumber. I also found an old plastic frame with strips of mirror. Left over from my bedroom when we moved in. I removed the large bevelled mirror from this frame and hung it in my bathroom, but this frame remained. Now it is at the curb.

I did a little plumbing research this morning, and while I was at it, I did a little cookie press research. Apparently those old Mirro cookie presses, manufactured for decades, are no longer in production. I decided not to keep the garage sale one because I have two cookie presses already, different types, but most of the same fittings. She can have one of these if the need arises.

SRS