Whew! I cleared out the guest room closet, then rearranged it. I consolidated the toys into one small plastic three-drawer unit, and put in the now-empty small chest for the girls' clothes. What I decided makes more sense, I switched the wrapping paper, etc. stuff to the other side. THEN I cleared out one side of the study closet, which contained three bulky items: a long, flat plastic container containing past theatre group items--scripts, flyers, programs, plus some props--and an identical one with memorabilia from Pat's death--letters, notes, and so on. I put these in the freed-up space in the closet guest room and they fit perfectly. In addition to those mentioned, there was a large container of son Mike memorabilia. I put that in the garage with the other three kids' containers. I'm planning to put the low bookcase in the open space (omigawd!) and use that for the things I'll need when I sleep in the study over Christmas.
Before I started all that, I put up lots of onions and peppers, added the usual garlic and oil and set them to simmering in the crock pot. I hadn't realized how much I was making, so when they were finished, I took a bowl down the street to Judy and Roman, who were very appreciative. Also, trimmed the Brussels sprouts I had bought at Produce Junction and put them in the smaller crock pot.
Packed up the car--second full-car load--and took the stuff to the Manahawkin thrift store which, luckily, are now accepting clothes. Dropped them and about 30 books off, plus other stuff. Couldn't resist going in; bought some videos for the kids coming for Christmas. Stopped at Shop-Rite, too.
I was glad to get a CD from P. and N. about their trip to Fukushima Prefecture, along with a uniquely designed souvenir bookmark. However, when I put the CD in, what came up on the screen was "This disc cannot be played. Please check the disc." Darn! I'll have to ask somebody what the problem could be. The person from up north is coming to help me move the bookcase so I'll ask if her husband can figure it out.
Dropped a long dress off to Ellen V. at rehearsal last night to see if it can be used for Moon Over Buffalo.
UPDATE: The Tokyo Twosome just Skyped me and asked me to run the CD again. Did and it didn't work. I asked if the shiny side went up--no and that wss the problem. Put it white side up and it works--problem solved!