Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I just wanted to post something quickly today since it is January 1st! Guess what my New Year's Resolution is? You got it! My big resolution is to finish unpacking!

Here are a few smaller resolutions:

1. Make more muffins
2. Find other uses for muffin tins - ideas anyone?
3. Reduce my tin collection by half
4. Organize all my craft supplies to fit on the intended shelves

And in case you were wondering, here are a few things done lately:

1. My younger daughter's winter jacket found, thankfully still fits
2. Many school supplies organized by type
3. My iron found after I borrowed my mother's
4. My 10-cup coffee maker found which my mother used when she had company
5. Lots of boxes recycled, some left where someone moving might find them
6. More room for the kitties who are enjoying racing around the apartment
7. Some items I had for other people have gone to those other people

More has been done, but I have got some stuff to do before I head to bed.

Again - Happy New Year!!!!!!

Major Progress!

In the last three weekends I have finally gotten help from my older daughter's friend (I'll call her H.). I am thrilled to report that we have made major progress! We have worked on the kitchen, dining room, and living room. We have thrown out about 6-8 bags of trash, recycled an enormous amount of paper and cardboard, and put aside 5 boxes for donations, 4 of which have already been dropped off. Stuff that is remaining is getting more organized as well, meaning that it will take up less space. The kitties love being able to chase each other almost from one end to the other!

Not only have we done that, H. put my Christmas tree up yesterday, and it is now awaiting decorations. I now have 3 trees - a big one that my mother used last year and will use again this year, a nice pre-lit tabletop one that is in storage, and the one that is up at my house. The last one was bought for use at a Christmas party, along with some shatterproof bulbs. Although I have hundreds of Christmas ornaments, many in storage, I am going to use the shatterproof ornaments because one kitten thinks the tree is food, and the other thinks it is her property.

I know this post is short, but I wanted to take a few minutes to post this update. More details will follow, especially as I make more progress.

Dead Computer Mice

I wrote this a few weeks ago, and didn't think anyone was reading my blog. A couple of friends have asked for updates so here it is. The next update will tell of some major organizing that is happening. Finally we have progress! Still - what to do with dead computer mice?

We use a laptop that has so many problems that it has become a desktop. The screen is dead so it's hooked up to a monitor. The track pad has problems so we use a mouse. We have too many pictures on it so I'm looking at external hard drives. It has other issues as well, but it is all we have to use at the moment.

When the mouse died yesterday I was really frustrated. Last evening I went to Walmart and bought a mouse; it was tough choosing one from their many options, but I settled on a wireless mouse. Unfortunately, it doesn't work! I spent about an hour I trying to fix the problem, and finally gave up. The website for the mouse has no options for using tab and enter to get to where you want to go. No mouse? No mouse directions! Ha! It's going to get returned.

Since it was too late to go shopping for another mouse I set out to look for one in the house. The most logical place was in a box of cords and small electronic devices. I found mice alright! I tried every single one of them, except for the one with the serial port since this computer isn't that old. Every mouse was broken. I now have a dead mouse graveyard.

Please tell me if you know where I can recycle the dead mice. My trash goes out on Saturday this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.