Well, the holidays are really over now, and it's back to trying to achieve order, calm and joy in our lives

Lenora, so sorry to to hear about your mother-in-law. I liked your piece on her. It is a wonderful thing to have a great MIL

How's everyone else?

I have three projects - one nice, one nasty and one rather involved.

Nasty first - THE DESK. Why is it always such a disaster area/dumping ground/horrible place to work? It needs some fundamental rearrangement as well as a darn good sorting out. (Yes, we have dead computer equipment sitting on it!)

The nice - a sewing box. My mum has passed on to me my great-aunt's lovely sewing box. When I have sorted out the desk PROPERLY, then I get to arrange my stuff in the sewing box.

The involved - the utility room. I haven't really put my mark on it since we moved in a year ago, and DMIL has given me the green light to sort, sort, sort. That's a job for next week. I know my limits

Anyone else got some tasks, nice or nasty?

Zillah