DECLUTTER: *Health *Progress - 2026**

Subject: RE: DECLUTTER: *Health *Progress - 2026**
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 May 26 - 10:58 AM

Other than the lost singing voice, the rest of you feels ok?

My health insurance company keeps trying to set up appointments with some kind of reviewer to do an overview of my health and such. I don't need the interference, but they sent out a letter last week explaining why they want to do this and followed up with an email. I haven't had a physical with my GP for a couple of years so maybe doing that will set them to rest. (It's time for the physical, lately I'm wondering if my thyroid Rx needs an adjustment.)

Preparing to clean out the stuff under the kitchen sink isn't as bad as it could be because it was an early recipient of the declutter approach to organizing the stuff. That didn't spare it from the attention of mice, but cleanup will be easy because I put a layer of vinyl tiles under the sink (left here by former owners after they put them in the laundry room, the ones I just replaced) after a visiting friend suggested it. He had helped cut out and replace the rotted out flooring of that cupboard. It dawns on me now that I should put vinyl squares in the bathroom cupboards also. Some of them have had leaks so might also need a flooring replacement just to have a smooth surface to work with (and maybe remove the chronic mustiness found under there?)

I have identified several stashes of past mortgage documents to put on the pyre when the last of the paperwork comes through. The woman who helped me with the last most affordable mortgage is a broker who lives up the street from me, I should invite her over to bask in the flames and dodge the smoke.

Most things are now showing considerable growth in the garden and a couple are failing to thrive. Must figure out what is happening there. I have two tiny tomatoes on my kitchen windowsill that I'll have with a meal today.

Subject: RE: DECLUTTER: *Health *Progress - 2026**
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 May 26 - 06:26 PM

A lovely surprise for my next door neighbor, the village garden club has planted their "Yard of the Month" sign in her front yard. The effect, though, is more traffic because all month the scrolling sign down at the main intersection announces the winning address. My yard is barely tidy and quite unconventional. The best I can do is mow and trim regularly to not make it a foil for the winning yard. With a jungle across the road and along the creek on the other side of them, mine will always look tidier than that, but my vegetable garden is in full view out there and it can get a bit weedy. A teen walking past last night remarked on the sign and since I was working on reducing the brush pile asked if I was working to get the sign next month. I told him I've always felt that I would win the "most improved" sign from that group if I got anything.

This afternoon the cup hooks were screwed into the trim above the front porch and I re-strung the LED lights that I leave up year round. I set the timer to go on at dusk and run for 8 hours; I've missed them. Another thing for this week is to stop at the nursery and get a few flowers to put in a couple of pots out front and at the side. Then there are the rocks to re-configure just because (like rearranging the furniture occasionally.) I'm hoping the painters are back tomorrow to finish so I won't put pots or rocks in their way yet.