By throwing a cover (half of a spare set of draperies) over the stand, we had a hiding place for a myriad of sins not fit for public viewing. A similar cover over the dining table, made another stashing spot. So far, so good. Things were disappearing at a rapid pace.

What I didn't anticipate, however, was how TV viewing would change when we lifted it up off the floor. It's fantastic! Due to the position of the desktop and torchieres, we had been squinting through odd lighting and reflections for months.

Now, every seat in the room has a perfect view - no glare, no reflected monitors! Amazing how solving our storage problem fixed an issue we didn't realize we had.

Did you know that there are zillions of neighborhoods that are part of San Diego? I didn't! I figured that one moved to San Diego, period. But, oh no!

There is central, downtown, east county, north county coastal, north county inland, San Diego coastal, and - if that weren't enough to consider - south county real estate. Then, there are the areas within these areas. Vista, Rancho Santa Fe, La Mesa, Little Italy, Columbia, San Carlos - they just go on and on.

How, in the world, is a person supposed to know where to look?! North and move south? East and move west? Central and fan out from there? My head is spinning already!

Guess I'd better make another pot of coffee and a big breakfast. I'm gonna be at this for a good long while.