In amongst the holiday detritus I found a good eBay item--a "Candle Chime" with a couple of boxes of candles to go with it. It came from Mom's house, another hint of her first-generation Scandianvian upbringing, but something I'll never use it. It is easy to pack, easy to ship, and there have been a few selling on eBay lately. Pop a few photos on Photobucket and whip up a table in Front Page to post on the auction page and I'm set. (Note to self--it is GOOD to set aside the guilt every time some little item speaks to you. Choose carefully. I kept her Daughters of Norway cookbook that I found the other day--it's less likely to be a fire hazard.)

I moved more paper off of my office floor, and not to a new resting place, but actually into files where they belong or (mostly) into the shredder or recycling bag. Those papers were in three bulky boxes I cleared from the floor in here today.

The many many film packets are in a box on the shelf in my office closet. I need this new slide scanner repaired (long story, but it ran once then died. At least there is a warranty. . . ) and I'll put a lot of my slides from over the years to work, hopefully earning a little income. There is a silver lining associated with all of this dusty work!

SRS