Patty, we're never completely done with experiencing "firsts" in our lives, are we? They rush at us when we are small (or when we see our children grow) but they continue throughout life (if you're paying attention and looking for those opportunities).

If you can give yourself the option of mapping the storage locker and taking in some long 2x4 pieces of lumber (house studs), I think you'll find that putting everything up with aisles between the rows, and all of it a couple of inches off of the ground on those planks makes the space easier to work in. When boxes are placed directly on the concrete, they're harder to pick up (if you need to get fingers underneath before lifting). You'll also avoid the classic "flood in the storage locker" disaster in case of heavy rain or something leaking from an adjacent locker. I had a storage locker after my father died because there was a lot of stuff that I couldn't move down here all at once.

Dad had lots of steel storage shelves in his shed so I set those up in the locker and realized I could actually find things when a storage plan was in place, and since I made room to reach the shelves (that were at the back) I ended up making room to reach everything. Organization by accident. :)

My back yard is almost 1/2 mowed now, but the grass is so wet that the mower is laboring and I don't want to burn it out. I'll let the grass grow a little more - tall is less of a problem than wet, it seems. I'd like to keep this mower operating as long as possible, so I'll pace myself. It is a good workout, particularly arms and shoulders with the pushing and tipping of the mower on each pass through the weeds. I'll also sharpen the blade before I continue - something I should have done at the time I was doing the tuneup.

The house plants are beginning to sprout and send out floral spikes and cuttings in water are rooting. Even indoors they detect the longer days and are stirring in their pots. I'm going to need to organize that area again so I can reach everything.

SRS