Michelle,
I'm sorry to hear about your Nana. With you watching over her, I'm sure that she is now getting the best care possible. It must be a great comfort to your mom, having you there.

SRS,
That flooring system looks very handy. The "floor" in my roof space is pieced together from the good parts of the plywood that I salvaged when I removed and replaced the surface of my sun deck.

Susan,
I know that you're right. I used nothing last year because I did nothing. Therefore all boxes should go. I need to let go gradually, I'm afraid. This round, I targeted boxes that held computer peripherals and those that part of my doll collection came in. It was hard to let the doll boxes go after keeping them for 30+ years as "collectors items". For the time being, I will keep the boxes for one brand.

I recycled all my nature calendars with the bird paintings by prominent artists and the gorgeous photos of birds and wildflowers, (sigh), followed by correspondence I was keeping from family members and friends -- lots of memories as I glanced through those.

All my notes and mailings from my time as an Ecological Reserve Warden, and field notes from bird nest record studies are gone forever now too. I'm a little sad that there will be no record of the things that I've done and the small contributions I've made to natural history here over the years.

My 8 foot high ladder is outside in the rain. I'll have to wait for it to dry before bringing it in to climb up into the roof-cave for another load. My university notes and assignments are 15 years old already so I guess they should go to the top of the hit list for the next round?

rags