I moved the couch to the other end of the front room to think about rearranging the furnishings. As it is, I have trouble seeing and hearing the television from the kitchen, especially if my son is playing his guitar simultaneously in that same room. But if I flip the room, put him on the other side (requires re-wiring the computer, but I wisely put a wire there when I first moved in, it just isn't attached to any plug yet) then I have to go pick up a couple of electronic pieces to do it. I have the television on a swivel, so we could still sit in the living room and watch tv, or watch it from the kitchen (half of the kitchen is open to the next room).

I'll do laundry and defrost the freezer and think about it some more.

My last eBay listing ended; it didn't bring me sudden riches, but it did have what I think is generally a satisfactory conclusion. The buyer will probably have the bills graded and could sell them for a lot more, but I wasn't interested in spending the appraisal fee on spec, since I don't know for sure that I have something here that would pay for the cost of appraisal let alone any profit over that.

SRS