Andrea,

Get those sockets in place (it will hit your pocketbook, I'm afraid--that's a part of the declutter that is less welcome) and you'll find yourself inspired to get the rest of the work done. Most exciting work around here in a while was a couple of years ago when I had the extra cash to have the electrician come in and fix a few things I'd wanted done for a while. One of those was to put an outlet on my front porch--I absolutely love it! I can work in the garden and plug a portable radio in to listen, and I can plug my xmas lights in without running an extension cord under the slight gap under the front door and into the house.

I hope you enjoyed your travel! It has to have been nice to get a good dose of high summer after the winter blahs.

SRS