I used a harness with my kids also - it's particularly useful when they walk well enough that they want to be on the ground but are so young they don't respond well to voice command or have the ability to recognize danger or reason about what they should and shouldn't be doing. I got my harness (all cotton, fits around the chest, zipped up the back, and had two cotton ribbon lengths that were, for lack of a better term, the leash) at Sears. I think we might have used them for up to a year with each kid, if they weren't being carried in the backpack or on the hip.

I drove to a couple of Big Lots looking for another string of LED lights to use in my tree. These don't look like the holiday lights, and I found two strings yesterday. I may have to commingle a couple of brands. All of the lights in the pine outside and the strings on the crape myrtle inside came down today, and I found the boxes of motors, hiding in plain sight. :-)

Big load of laundry done, and the closet is looking better (not finished yet, though). Bills paid this morning, and a couple that I need to call about I'll probably take care of tomorrow.

SRS