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On Wednesday we're having the wood floors on the first floor of our house refinished. I shouldn't say Wednesday. I should say Wed-Fri. Really, Wed-Sun., Sunday being the day we can move all of our furniture back in. It's a drag having to pack everything up and cram it into the garage, especially when there's no moving truck coming to take all of our stuff away to brighter horizons, horizons that would ideally involve quahogs, the distinctive smell of low-tide in a shallow harbor, and a boat or two. I feel particularly bad for Dave because I'm running on extremely low stamina and can only manage a couple of trips up and down the stairs before I'm ready for a five hour nap. The living room and dining room are pretty much all done, all that's left is the dreaded back room, the room where things go to die, or at least where they get stuffed into dark corners to be dealt with at a later date. Unfortunately later is now, and Dave has been chipping away at it all day. He doesn't feel like he's made much progress, but it's definitely getting close. A few years ago we decided to put most of our books into storage until we could figure out a way to get them out again without having them take up all of the living space in our tiny house that they were taking up. In that time we've managed to amass yet another impressive collection which has spilled out of our bookcase and onto the floor where it is stacked in two precarious piles plus a couple of large paper bags. I'm complaining about the books because I'm glaring at them right now and am dreading packing them all up. Although I originally eschewed the notion of the Kindle because there's nothing like curling up in bed and relaxing at the end of a long day while juggling an awkwardly-sized book that almost broke your nose last time you fell asleep mid-sentence, it would be nice to have a lot of books contained within 8"X5.3" worth of space. There. I said it. I am ashamed. So anyway, we have a lot of books to pack. And bills. And other silly stuff. And we're not even moving. It's a drag. But it'll also be worth it. The floors are going to look spectacular.

Meanwhile, I was on Loobylu and she has a link to a totally cute video that I thought I'd also share because it made me happy. Happy, that is, until I looked up and saw all of the books again.