"I need to be productive", I sez to meself, "I need to pick a task off my DO TODAY list and get it done. "Ah", sez I, "Get V-day kit from closet and send to niece. That will be quick and something I can cross off. Fifteen minutes tops, and then I'll be off onto the next task."

Four hours later, I have the V-day making kit ready to slip into an envelope to mail (albeit a *large* envelope)... AND I've filled the recycle bin with old software boxes that I've been saving for twenty-some years.

No, I don't consider it "hoarding" if the stuff is tucked away somewhere in an organized fashion and this habit of keeping the box has actually saved me money (~$75, when once I needed the bar code off my Norton Utilities software to prove that I deserved the new version at a much lower cost since it was an upgrade). Also, silly me, I always figured that if I resold the software that it would be better/nicer if I could also provide its box and all the associated paperwork. So I saved it.

But with Mac going to the Intel chip and OS10.5, all that lovely backwards compatibility is gone, This knocks any thought of any one ever wanting any of this software completely off the table, so resale isn't an issue. And even if it were, all the resalers just throw the CDs in jewel boxes anyway...

So the boxes are history. I *think* I've checked to make sure that there aren't any other irreplaceable items, like serial numbers needed for installs and whatnot. It's been quite a big step, and made quite a big space in the storage closet. Which opens up a place to put some of the other stuff I have piled around the house ... remember, it's not hoarding if it's tucked away neatly someplace out of sight. ;)

But I still need to get something done off my list.