Andrea, is there anything you can do to prepare for moving into the new area? When you unloaded cupboards and drawers and such did you sort out what was moved or will you have to declutter as you put it back? Maybe now is when you can sort out what won't go in the cupboards? (This is akin to stuffing everything in boxes when you have to move then sorting it out when you get to the new house and giving away or doing a garage sale for the stuff you really didn't want to keep.) Just a thought.

I'm zeroing in on clear kitchen counters - on the peninsula there are more ripening tomatoes in a bowl and peppers didn't get cut up yet, but other surfaces are just about perfect. I'm also clearing my big dining room table and aiming to take boxes of paper to the library this week to donate to Special Collections. I've made slips of cardboard and dated them from 1958 forward and filing these things. I looked up one randomly and find that it is priced at about $75 on eBay. I have dozens of these things. I'll need to keep a lot of records to document why I'm claiming a tax deduction for this stuff.

The next bag of grout awaits my attention, and that's also this week. Busy days here!

Kat, when you do qi gong do you have a DVD or tape you use to follow, or have you worked out a routine via classes that you do now? Is it silent or do you use music?

SRS