Alas, when the cable installation guy came through the house I still had plenty of stuff to stumble over and around, but at least the kitchen still looks great. Time to flatten a bunch of boxes in the sun room. They may still get used for eBay stuff, but they don't need to be 3 dimensional while they await use.

Cable is fast, but now I need to reconfigure the wireless connection, and cancel the old DSL service. And I need to do income tax donation stuff today, and make another run over to the Goodwill. Anyone else planning to make one last big effort, my hat's off to you. Doing all of this with folks and new gifts under foot is a challenge, but it does feel nice in the evening when you're turning of the lights and can admire the room, not just wince at the thought of the work that awaits tomorrow. :)

SRS