This Sunday we sat down in the hall in front of the now accessible shelf of cookbooks. Christine chose one book and i found an entree in it. It was the first time she'd *sat* infront of the shelves she'd assembled.

We still have a ways to go: the dining room table is still covered with the CD sorting to be done. The shelf allocation to CDs drives other shelf allocation schemes. There's going to be a ripple effect. One thing i noticed is that while 4 CD boxes leave several inches unused, 2 CD+2DVD boxes equal the shelf width. I'm pondering what close packing -- mixing CDs and the DVD boxes (which also hold trade paperbacks, some software...) -- would be like. The organization of like with like would be problematic, but, as i'm already using one DVD box to stash my purple sweater project, i can see some plusses.

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Housekeeping isn't going so well between my weariness and Christine's new responsibilities.

We'll manage.