Wonderful to hear of all the triumphs (yes, W.Y.S.- your water was a triumph, too!).

For those of you who have been asking about Hunt, the wonderful news is that he is generally FINE- no TIAs, no heart trouble or stroke- but he does have to lower the ol' cholesterol and exercise more. After about 4 steady days, he's wavering. I try to keep ice cream out of the house, and to be the one to make the sandwiches, etc., but can't do much about his stop at Starbucks when he runs into town!
...Runs, did I say? Drives or motorcycles, but the exercise isn't happening either. I may have to put ants in his pants or something!

But this morning we hired two vibrant, strong young-uns to help and I am now almost totally de-cluttered of all the stuff that's been taking up space in storage for the past 2 years! Tin shed is tidy and waiting for the new lawnmower, and the garden shed (in which we lived last summer, which instantly became the Storage Shed from the Depths of Hell when we moved out) is clean as a whistle and ready to be transformed into Hunt's workshop.

However, there are boxes and boxes of kitchen stuff, odds-n-ends, family china, etc. sitting around on the floor to be dealt with. Luckily I've gotten used to a relatively clutter-free downstairs, so I'll be picking away at it until the boxes are gone and there's "a place for everything and everything in its place"!

Susan, your water story keeps coming back to me. I'ma gonna ponder it awhile and see what bubbles up!